June 14, 2016
I have survived day one and onto day two.
Coffee one and two are drunk and they were mighty tasty. I'm trying to drink a lot of water and doing my best to psych myself out of the "diet mindset" where my brain decides I'm starving and must eat bad shit. No bad shit!! Well, less than yesterday, that is.
I ended up having a homemade hamburger patty and trail mix from Costco. Holy shit! The trail mix was 1.5c worth and a whopping 1,261 calories and a bucket load of carbs! Okay, so when they say a 1/4 c, they mean it. I know that calories aren't supposed to mean anything on this way of eating and they won't, because after awhile, I'll eat less automatically, but wowzers! 1,260 calories is astounding!
I made bacon and eggs for lunch, with some low carb ketchup and that was pretty good. I know I'll need more in the way of leafy greens, so it's off to the grocery store to get some EatSmart Sweet Kale salad, which has only 8 carbs for an entire big bag, if one doesn't eat the pumpkin seeds and poppy seed dressing. I ended up getting a big bag of that salad PLUS some 18% coffee cream just to see how much I actually used in a big cup of coffee. Well, it's 10 carbs per coffee and that's not counting sugar cubes, so coffee is definitely a no-no. Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh....
I will miss coffee and could change to decaf, but having that many carbs in cream and sugar is my downfall. I can do it, I can do it, I can do it - quit coffee that is. A few rough days and I'll be fine. Herbal tea? Not my cup of tea, so to speak.
All is good. I will get the weight off, build up the miles and be efficient where my body will use my fat for fuel and eventually, I'll add some more carbs back (of the good kind) for long ride fueling. I just have to keep telling myself it takes time and doesn't happen overnight. Why not??? Aaarghhhhh...
I won't post again for about a month.
