When I am stalled.....

It is so frustrating when I am stalled. I was hoping that I would lose some last week when I was doing my training for my job, but that didn't happen. I gained and then lost this week, but didn't lose anything extra. I actually start working tomorrow and it is a 12 hr shift. I am a little concerned because I cant take my own food and I am sure that many of the meals they make are high carb. I don't know if I can do 12 hrs without food. I am going to eat my eggs before I go so that should help some. I need to figure out something that will keep me feel full. 

Ughhhh

I have been struggling again. I am not sure how to break out of the slump and get the pounds coming off again. 

I know that I have been struggling with eating things that I shouldn't and am trying to get back in the right mind frame.

Ughhhh

I blew my diet today.... Big time. I went to a buffet restaurant with my mom. I ate all of the things that I shouldn't have ate and it even made me feel crappy. I came home and ate a banana with peanut butter because I figured that I already blew it so I might as well eat something I really like.... Now I feel worse. 

Not going to beat myself up. Will do an egg fast starting tomorrow and get back on track.

New job

I start orientation for my new job today. My plan is to work night shift when I get put on the schedule for a house. I am hoping that by working night shift I will be able to maintain my diet and keep losing weight. 

I am taking my own lunches this week for orientation so I don't have to fear the unknown. I am hoping that after this week I will have lost a few more pounds.

Nope, not going to do it.....

I left for a while today and came home to this......

A fresh baked homemade apple pie. It smells so yummy but I will not give in to the temptation.

Cheese chips.....

A few weeks ago I had a run in with a container of Pringles. It was not pretty and the Pringles won. I knew that I needed to find something that I could snack on that wouldn't kill all of the progress that I had made so I went to Pinterest and started searching. I found a recipe for cheese chips that only required one ingredient..... Cheese.

Here is the recipe that I used.....

Cheese Chips

I use Great Value Fancy Shredded Fiesta Blend cheese to make mine. I suggest laying them on a paper towel when you take them out the oven to cool because they are a little greasy and that helps some.

I had seen somewhere that they used regular slices of cheese to make these as well, but they would be higher in net carbs.  A serving of this cheese is 1/3 cup which makes about 6 chips. I always round the >1 net carbs up to 1.  I usually eat mine with a Laughing Cow cheese wedge, or occasionally with some hummus.

 

Struggle.......

I am sure that there are others out there in the same position that I am in, but I struggle with portions when I am out to eat or at a friends/family members house.  I can't just ask them to whip out measuring cups/spoons so I can portion my food.  I am also not going to ask to see the packaging for the foods so I can scan it into my Atkins app.  I usually try to judge what I think a serving is and go from there, but not knowing really bothers me. I come home and put in the generic non descript version of what I ate was and call it good. Usually when I do that I am way over my allotted numbers and that throws me off.

Since yesterday I gained a pound, but I guess that isn't too bad since I have done a lot worse in the past. I am concerned about this coming week because I am starting orientation for a new job on Monday. I think that I need to plan my lunches and probably dinner ahead of time so that I don't lose control and eat the things I shouldn't or too much of the things that I can eat. I am thinking quite a few salads this week will be happening. I might make some cloud bread so that will give me a little something more than a salad.

Looking back I noticed that I haven't posted pictures of cloud bread or about my favorite snack.... cheese chips. I will post later today about both of these items and add the links to where I got the recipes for them.

Water, water, and more water.....

We always hear that we should drink 8 glasses of water a day. If a typical glass is 8oz then that is 64oz of water a day. I know that I don't drink that much, or even come close. Today I am challenging myself to drink this.....

A gallon of water. I don't know if it will happen but I am going to try. I started this morning after breakfast and only got 1/3 of it drank so far. I try not to eat or drink anything after 9 so I am going to have a tough time completing this.