Maintenance Day 15

Okay, I drank like a fish (water that is) yesterday. Had sugar free jello, some cheese, chicken, eggs, salad, zuchini lasagne, sugar free candy. I only fluculated about .4 pounds up. I'm going to drink water like crazy again today, eat similar and see what happens tomorrow. I'm thinking that the water was the issue. I looked back at my first maintenance round and I was drinking a lot of water. So I think that was the culprit. But we'll see what tomorrow brings.

I'm looking forward to the weekend. It is suppose to be hot, dry and sunny!!!!! I'm going to do some yard work and go horseback riding. Both are stress relievers for me and I really need some down time. Sunday, I need to take my son to town to get some gifts for his Finnish host family and some clothes and new shoes to take with him. He leaves on June 13 so we need to get cracking on putting together everything he needs to take. We will also be working on a scrapbook next week for him to leave with his host family. I'm excited he gets to have this amazing opportunity but will miss him while he's gone for the four weeks.

Well hope everyone has a great weekend and I'll check back in on Monday after the weekend of food, lots of water and relaxation.

GOOD NEWS!

The egg day dropped me back down. I'm pretty sure it is a water retention things, since the egg day worked and eggs are a natural diuretic. So I'm going to make sure I pump the water. I brought some broiled chicken breast and salad (lettuce, mushrooms, cucumbers, tomato) with no sugar dressing (oil/vineger) for lunch and a sugar free jello for a snack later today. I also had 2 scrambled eggs this morning cooked in about 2 tsp. of real butter. I'm going to not eat anything with milk in it for a day or two then try some again and see if it affects my weight. Then if it does, I'll know the culprit. If not, then I'll try some nuts and see what happens. I'll get this figured out. And it might just be the easiest thing and that is I wasn't drinking enough water to flush out the water retention in the first place.

Well, I'm feeling much better this morning, so off to work!

TTFN

Update

Well it's been a few days since I posted. Went away for the weekend and was fine until I got home. I'm not sure what the problem is. I don't know if I have an intolerance to something, but I was over my 2 lbs. so today, I'm going to try an egg day instead of the steak day.

I don't know if I didn't get enough water, or if something I ate (possibly milk) is causing me to retain water, because everything else is fine. I cut out nuts and am only eating veggies, my dressing (no sugar), protein, eggs, and my fruit. The only thing I had was some milk so I'm cutting that out and see what happens. Cheese doesn't seem to bother me, so I'm not sure. I know I'm eating plenty.

I'll check in tomorrow and let you know how it goes. It is frustrating this time with the struggle of stablization. Last time was so easy and I had low carb ice cream, sugar free puddings, peanuts, almonds, etc. and never had to do a steak day.

Well, I'm determined to stablize and keep it there. So til tomorrow. Keeping smiling!

Off for a Long Weekend

Well it's almost time to go and tomorrow my family and I are heading to the lake for the long weekend. I'm looking forwad to some down time in the sun.

Today my weight was right in there with my LIW only up a .2 so nothing to get excited about. I did buy some Atkin Bars and they are actually really yummy. I think that will help with getting in my calories without eating peanuts. I think that might had had something to do with my weight gain.

I'll be packing my salad goodies for the lake, but at least I can enjoy a hamburger (bunless), steak, eggs, cheese and a variety of other foods this weekend.

I'll report in after a fun in the sun (LONG) weekend. YIPPEEE!!!!!

Happy camping.

IT WORKED!!!!!

Wow, yesterday's steak day worked.

I lost 2.4 pounds the exact amount I was over my LIW. And in all reality it wasn't too bad. I just drank a lot of water to fill the grumbling and then ate an 8 oz steak and had a raw tomato for dinner. Worked like a charm.

Well til later!

Steak Day

Well this is the first steak day I have ever had to do. All most had a heart attack this morning because between my first and second round never had to do one. So I'm not sure what is different this time as I'm eating the exact same things as I ate before. The only thing I can think of is that my period is about to start and it might just be water retention, but I'm not taking any chances so today is a steak day which means, nothing to eat all day except water, tea or coffee, until dinner then a 6-8 oz. steak with either a raw tomato or apple. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Hope this works and it is only water retention.

Till tomorrow.

Maintenance

Not much to report, except I've been enjoying having some real food, okay, maybe not real, but at least a variety.

I've had salads, veggies, eggs, a little cheese, oil/vinegar dressing, etc. Nothing exciting, but sure tasty.

I've been bouncing between my LIW and a 1 pound over, so far so good.

I have pictures, just figuring out how to post them. I'll probably post this afternoon again when I get it figured out.

TTFN