Speaking of rage...

So, I updated my blog today and Tyler was sitting next to me as I browsed all your blogs. He said, "I don't know why you guys feel the need to share when your periods are." And I explained to him it was because your period makes it really hard to stick to your diet what with food cravings and all. Then HE said, "It just sounds like an excuse to me." While I am on my period. And he knows it. Maybe it wasn't all my period that was causing my homicidal rage. Maybe I have a husband who has a death wish. I hope that some of the knowledge men gain after they leave this life is what it's like to a) have a period, b) be pregnant (Tyler also told me he thought I was faking my pregnancy sickness once), and c) go through labor. Then I want to hear them say, "It just sounds like an excuse."!!!

Still Hangin' In There

Well, I'm still sticking with it. No cheating at all since Easter. I really need to add exercise now! This is going to be a tough weekend, though. We're celebrating Mom's birthday on Sunday and I said I'd make her a cake b/c no one should have to make their own birthday cake! So we'll probably have a delicious dinner and then cake, which I cannot eat. In the first couple months it's really important not to cheat while your body is switching from burning carbs to burning fat. I just want to lose some weight already! I'm like Heather, I want it FAST! If I don't lose anything in a month I'm just going to be anorexic! Yeah right! Not being able to STOP eating is what got me into this in the first place. Anyway, I hope you guys are all doing well!

Raging Beast

Whoever said quitting sugar helps PMS is a BIG FAT LIAR!!!!! Sybil - sugar + menstruation = HOMICIDAL RAGE! I am so angry my back is in knots of tension the size of Tokyo. I really hope I do not end up divorced/in jail by the end of my 5-7 days. Help!

Easter Sunday

Well, I was planning to stick faithfully to my diet even on Easter. BUT, I weighed myself and I lost nothing! So I went ahead and ate whatever I wanted! Today I'm back on the diet and I am regretting yesterday as I am now having to detox from sugar again and have been nauseated and headachey all day. I was very disappointed that I hadn't lost anything. I was so faithful. I didn't eat any of Tyler's Easter candy, I made a delicious BBQ chicken pizza that I didn't take a single bite of, and I went to Chipotle's with Tyler and still managed to stick with the diet! And after all that hard work... nothing! Oh well, we'll see about next week. Mom gave me her old scale so that I can weigh myself more than when I am at her house! That should help me keep better track. Oh, and I started my period. Yay! That was sarcasm. Love you guys! Hope you had a great Easter.

Third Successful Day

I have managed to stick to the Atkins for 3 consecutive days! I did have to go buy some Atkins candy. I had to get Easter candy for Tyler and I just was not that confident in my ability to resist if I didn't have some kind of crutch. I've managed not to overdo it though. Sarah having explosive diarreah is a great deterrent. I felt pretty tired and grouchy the first two days. Probably side effects of no sugar which we all know I am addicted to. I feel pretty good today. Tyler, Sarah, Puppy and I all went for a walk down to the park. Anyway, I was just really excited to have been able to stick with something for 3 whole days! I did find out something, though. I was using the carb counter on the Atkins website. I was looking at the carbs in the first column, but I should have been looking in the third column, so I was actually eating way under the amount of carbs I should have been. Which also might explain my tired and grouchy first two days!! I hope everyone else is doing well. I have to give Kyla kudos. I talked to her the other night and she's been working out every day! I think the exercise is just as hard, if not harder, than the eating part. Way to go Kyla and Heather! And way to go my fellow yoga sisters!

First Day

I started the Atkins diet today. I ate 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast, a cheese stick for snack, and spinach and romaine lettuce with tuna salad w/ celery for lunch. I feel pretty good about this, as it's pretty much the healthiest I've eaten since before I was pregnant. No sugar at all today! I have a bit of a headache, which is probably due to the fact that I normally would have already consumed several grams of sugar by this time in the day. I'm really excited to lose some weight! I hope you are all doing well in your fitness plans. Kyla, have you been able to work out since I left? Heather, sounds like you're doing well. Keep it up. Anbo, we all have days like you did, I'm glad you're feeling better. Niesa, just post when you can, we always like to read what you have to say!

Starting Tomorrow

I've been worrying about whether or not to do the Atkins while I'm nursing but today I went to the Atkins website and realized that the way I did Atkins before is not the way you're supposed to do it. Imagine that! You're not supposed to live off Atkins candy and diet soda! The way you're actually supposed to do it is actually pretty healthy. You're supposed to eat a lot of high fiber vegetables and eat protein, too. I went to the grocery store and bought a bunch of vegetables and some eggs and I plan to start tomorrow. I know it's not a permanent eating style, but if I can just lose SOME weight 1) I'll become motivated and 2) I maintained my last Atkins weight loss for 2 years until I became pregnant. I just feel so sick today and I'm ready for a change. ANY difference in my eating is a healthy one at this point. I'll keep you guys updated. The Induction Phase is supposed to last at least 14 days. Wish me luck!

Low Carb

There's a woman in our ward that is doing the low carb thing and asked if I wanted to join her so she'd have someone to report to. I really want to do it. The low carb diet is how I lost my 80 pounds before. I know what the guidelines are, there's no calorie counting which (sorry Heather) I REALLY hate, and I know it's been effective for me in the past. The only thing is, I don't know if you can do it nursing. I mostly ate a lot of chicken salads and scrambled eggs before, which isn't too bad. And you can eat a lot of vegetables as long as they're high in fiber. But I also have to have the sugar alcohol candy in order to stay on it. It gives me diarrhea like no other and I'm worried what it might do to Sarah. Anyway, I have until I get back from Kyla's to think about it. I leave tomorrow! Yay!!

Crash and Burn

So yesterday I had a huge derailment. I ate like 5 pieces of cake and half a bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Dinner was good though. Except I used those oven-ready lasagna noodles and they didn't cook all the way so our lasagna was really firm, almost chewy, you might say. Today is not shaping up any better. I am so HUNGRY lately. I wonder if Sarah's going through a growth spurt and my bodies ramping up the milk production. Anyway, I'm a ravening beast and am going to go eat a lasagna.

First Day of Challenge

My first day actually went pretty well. I had an apple with peanut butter for breakfast, some leftover chicken pot pie stuff I made for lunch, and some Thai peanut pasta for dinner. BUT, then I ate some cake. That was it though. I usually eat something late, but I didn't last night. Today I had a protein shake from the Sugar Addicts Total Recovery Program and I have no idea what I'm having for lunch yet. But I'm making lasagna using ground turkey and low fat cottage cheese instead of beef and ricotta for dinner tonight. I've been really busy trying to get the house clean. I think I have a bit of Spring Cleaning Fever because I folded all our laundry that's been sitting around for months last night and I've been cleaning like mad. It's been nice. My house is getting clean, I'm too busy to snack, AND I'm burning calories! It's a win-win-win situation! Anyway, I hope everyone else is doing well. Oh, one more thing I forgot to tell you. Since I've been doing yoga everyday (except the past 2 days) my clothes are fitting me better! Yay!