Day 6

I'm waiting for SRH to get finished with her eye surgery,  and we'll have breakfast after that. We have a couple of kickass breakfast places, but I usually would have a country fried steak with all the trimmings. It will be an adventure trying to figure out what I can have without blowing my carbs for the day.

Day 5

Saturday, I picked up a few more goodies. I got some coconut oil, greek yogurt, almond butter, and nuts to snack on from Trader Joe's. I found the recipes for "Bulletproof Coffee", which is a breakfast replacement, so you don't have to eat bacon and eggs every day.

I'm drinking water like it's going out of style, and by adding the coconut oil, it's going to kick up my fat intake to where I want it to be. I need to pick up some Ketostix to see if I'm in ketosis yet.

I had to force myself to eat this morning. I wasn't hungry, but I made a plate of sausages and eggs topped with cheese and hot sauce. I slowly ate that over the course of about 45 minutes, along with drinking some regular coffee with a little heavy cream.

Noob mistakes and a eureka moment

It's more important now that I track my food. I can't just "wing it" or "guesstimate" point values and nutritional information like I used to do. In Day 2, I'm short on protein and calories, and on target for fat and carbs. Between MFP and the Calculator, I know what I need to be hitting every day to kick my body into ketosis.

The good thing is that I'm not hungry through the day, which was a problem with my last few diets, including WW. I've been reading books and looking at websites, and I've come down to a couple of simple conclusions:

1. The whole "Breakfast like a king" mantra makes sense. A big protein and fat laden meal to start the day will carry me through well past noon. I've noticed this during my Sunday breakfasts, and other times when I've had a "hearty breakfast" that I'm going 6-8 hours without even thinking about food. 
2. Sometimes, traditional wisdom is bad, such as the need to eat a whole crapload of grains and fruits. "Going Paleo" or going back to a diet that is short on anything processed and long on raw, fresh, natural, and protein- and fat-rich seems the way to go. 

I'm going to start going back to the gym once I see my body kick into a fat-burning mode, and hopefully that will accelerate things. Maybe I can take 15 minutes twice a day and walk around the block to get a little bit more movement, and to get my ass out of the office. 

Day 2

Breakfast was a quad venti heavy cream latte. Lunch was steamed veggies and kung pao chicken from Panda Express.

I'm having some intestinal disturbances to put it politely. This is probably because of the amount of fat that I have been eating. My body doesn't quite know what to do with it yet, because of my high carb diet previously.

Edit: Dinner was 3 eggs scrambled with a little milk, and 3 Cheddarwurst. I cooked a pan of bacon, so I'll have some breakfast goodies. 

Dinner Day 1

SRH wanted fish tacos. So we went to Rubio's. 2 grilled Mango Habanero Mahi-Mahi tacos and stevia -sweetened mango iced tea. I probably blew through the 50g of carbs I was trying to stay under, but it was good. I should do the salad next time.

Lunch, day 1

A trip to Chipotle. Bowl with fajita veggies, chicken, pico, hot salsa, cheese and guac. Iced tea with lemon and no sugar to drink.

Back on track... again

(Insert apology for not posting here)

I'm over 300 again, specifically, I'm at about 308, or at least that's what the scale said the last time I was at the Doctor's office. I've been on BP meds and a statin for quite a while now. I've only got 3 pairs of pants that fit me well, and I'm not about to go out and buy more. I had to get 3x shirts from the uniform company for work.

I've been reading on and off about Ketogenic diets (AKA High Fat, Low Carb) and the Keto Subreddit, and all the successes that they have had, losing 10-15 pounds a month, so I'm starting today with that. Maybe I can make some headway and be able to wear all the clothes in my closet again by summer.

Breakfast today is a 2-shot misto with heavy cream. I'll probably have a big salad with meat and dressing for lunch, and we'll see what dinner brings.