Day 1 on Transition-- 183.2!

A pleasant surprise this morning!   I knew when I went to bed last night (I weigh myself then, too) that my weight would be down...But given the stubbornness of the scale in the past four days, and the fact that I ate more than 2 times the calories yesterday, I wasn't expecting to be down  1. 6 pounds! 

I even had an Atkins bar right before bed, which pushed my total calories for the day up by 170 calories. (still well below my usual count though)  Go figure. Dave always says it takes 2 days to see on the scale what you eat, but I've never found that to be true.  Is this the hypothalamus kicking in with a new set point?

Who knows. Again, the vagaries of weight-loss. I'm not ready to set a new set point yet.

Rereading Atkins, the important thing here is to keep your carbs low enough to keep the body burning fat rather than available sugar. This is the famed ketosis (not to be confused with ketoacidosis, which is a dangerous condition requiring medical attention)  Ketosis simply means using a natural body process to access stored fat for energy, something our primitive ancestors did naturally --before hot dog rolls and Twinkies arrived to give us so much instant accessible fuel.

I woke up feeling steady and refreshed from my 7 hours of sleep. Just knowing that I can eat fulfilling food eases my anxiety level.

I'm still rubbing my BEADS -- can't see why I shouldn't-- they help with appetite suppression, though on Atkins Induction and On Going Weight loss phases, your appetite should be suppressed simply by the lack of carbs spiking your insulin. The rules of this game are: count carbs and stay with in 20 grams for Induction-- 25 for on going weight loss -- you can add a few carbs a week if you continue to lose weight --Atkins suggests you lose very slowly on PreMaintenance-- so that you become fully adjusted to what your carb tolerance is before you put back the foods like corn, beans, potatoes etc that will be part of your complete, healthy diet for life.

But in the meantime, there are yummy Atkins chocolate snacks, Atkins bread recipes, ice cream made with heavy cream and the like. And it's really not a free for all with the protein and fats -- though it may feel like it to a former low fat dieter. The recipes in Atkins books are controlled --For instance, my dinner last night, satisfying as it was after two weeks of fat and protein sparing meals, was just 365 calories.

My plan is to keep the same mindset as the BEAD diet required-- planning, organization, accountability and focus --to keep losing weight. At 183.2, I'm 20 pounds from my goal weight-- though size will be more important that pounds. On this diet, I feel I can work out harder and maybe build some muscle at the gym. I need to look into those actual requirements --

So glad the weight did not go up this morning  ---

PS-- someone stole my Solar Wrist Watch at the pool. Yuck. Second time that has happened to me in my life. I also lost my GRUVE -- a little device that I clip to my belt that reminds me to move when my metabolism goes to sleep (If you sit for more than 45 minutes, that's what happens)  that's $400 worth of losses in a weeks time.Is that they psychic equivalent of 18 pounds of fat? LOL.