Tag: weight loss

So the thing I tried to tell myself over and over again this week was that I shouldn’t be disappointed by not losing as much as I did those first 10 days. It wasn’t gonna repeat itself – there was the race, the big meals in Montreal and so on. But still, I am a bit disappointed if I am gonna be honest.

We did pretty well. I’ve gotten into the habit of tracking on myfitnesspal.com every day. We went out for dinner and a show last Friday (we saw The Book of Mormon – holy smokes was it good!). Dinner was at Benihana. And we both did pretty good I thought. I had a piece of meat, Toby had meat and lobster, neither of us ate rice. We had some veggies. I had a couple of scotch and sodas.

At the beginning of the meal the waitress asked if we were there for mother’s day. I said no, it was our anniversary. She said “happy anniversary” and then took our drink order. That was it. Nothing more about it until they brought out a piece of white chocolate cheesecake at the end. Completely unexpected. And we had already decided we were gonna have cake so I wasn’t at all upset at getting my choice as a present 🙂

Needless to say, many carbs were consumed on Friday. Then there was the much alcohol consumed as the Leafs blew a 4-1 lead on Monday.

So I knew it wasn’t gonna be great this week. But still, I should be happy I’m going down at all right? It’s even better I think that we’re eating far less processed food – no packaged snacks, no chips, no cookies. So that’s still a win. Oh and ’cause I promised to keep track – I lost 2.5 pounds since last Friday or 12.5 since May 1.

Some good food things for the week (to end on a happier note): My favourite keto snack has turned out to be: 1/4 cup almonds, a slice of bacon and an ounce of cheese. Toby made this awesome chicken salad last night with left-over chicken, mayo, almonds and celery. I ate it all wrapped up in a large romaine lettuce leaf. No more left-overs though!

Yea, I like alliteration. And today happens to be our 16th wedding anniversary. Think about that for a second. Wow. We’re going to go see The Book of Mormon tonight. I cannot wait!

So we introduced the keto way of eating on May 1, 2013. That’s it, cold turkey, no bread or beer since then. And, perhaps not surprisingly, I’ve been missing the beer more than the bread. mmmm beer.

I am including the following information in no way to diminish the improvements I’ve had this week but to keep it all in a realistic manner. When I weighed myself Wednesday May 1 in the morning, I had: (a) run a half marathon 3 days before (Sunday morning) and there’s some effect there for retaining water in muscles or something like that. I don’t know how much that would impact my weight three days later but I mention it just in case;
(b) we had several fantastic meals in Montreal. Several. We went to Garde Manger and Le Comptoir. I had fabulous post-run margaritas at a nice little Mexican place. (careful it plays music loudly!)
(c) uhm, I had just started my period. Is there a nicer way to write that? Some euphemism I should use in future?

All that to say that I might have weighed a little high on that morning. So with all of that out of the way, from May 1 to May 10 I lost 10 pounds. Not too shabby eh?

Eating keto has been easier has been easier than expected. I track my food at www.myfitnesspal.com and there are days when I find it hard to eat the 1600 calories it has me pegged at. Toby’s made an awesome keto-friendly stew (beef and cabbage so it appeals to my Polish background) and lots of sauteed veggies too. And yes, I do miss not opening a bottle of wine mid-afternoon on Saturday and having it empty by bedtime, I figure the… uhm… the losses make up for the losses if you know what I mean. I’ll be honest and say I’m looking forward to being closer to my goal weight and seeing how adding back things like beer will turn out.