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Fit as a Farmhand 2-2-10

   Posted by: MotherHen   in Atkins Diet, Fit as a Farmhand, Fitness, Linky-do

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I have never been so excited to get on the scale as I am these days.  Now I can’t wait for Monday mornings to roll around.

Atkins diet is kinda difficult since I am only supposed to eat 20 grams of carbs per day right now, and I do miss the carbs.  But there is so much incentive to stay the course that I can muscle my way through all the cravings.  I just think about my beloved bathroom scale.  (Trust me, I never called the scale that IN MY LIFE!  ’Til now!)

I realize that Atkins is not for everyone, but if you are doing Atkins or any other low carb weight loss plan,  Here’s a cool web site for ya.   It’s called Low Carb Luxury.  Very helpful site!  There’s even a recipe for cheesecake!  (I love this diet!)

Weight

Lost 8 lbs this week!  That’s a total of 15 lbs on the Atkins plan!  Loving this!  Remember, it’s only been 16 days!

Exercise

Still not 100%, I exercised 3 times during the past week.

Diet

The diet is pretty easy to stick to.  The thing I’m finding to be a real challenge is not automatically licking my fingers when I’m making something for the rest of the family.  That sounds kinda gross when I say it out loud, but, you know, when I’m pouring store-bought salad dressing on their salad and there’s that bit you wanna wipe off before screwing the lid on?  I use my fingers for that.  And it appears that my habit is to just pop that finger right in my mouth.  I know there’s only a tiny bit of badness in that drip of salad dressing, but sometimes I’m making peanut butter and honey sandwiches and it’s a drip of honey…  That’s a few more carbs than I need.  Anyway, I’m tryin’ real hard to be a good girl and stay under the 20 gram limit every day.

Now it’s your turn.

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Related posts:

  1. Fit as a Farmhand – 1/26/10
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  3. Fit as a Farmhand – Jan. 11, 2010
  4. Fit as a Farmhand – Jan. 18, 2010
  5. Three Reasons and Three Recipes to make Homemade Salad Dressings

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4 comments so far

Cyndi L
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Awesome weight loss! Keep at it! Also exercising 3 times in a week is really good. We aim for six days a week but usually only hit five. Can’t wait for spring and summer when we can exercise outside. The exercise videos, while very good, are getting old. The DH and I are getting bikes for Valentine’s day. Comically we won’t be able to use them for at least a month (or more) depending when the snow cover is gone.

February 2nd, 2010 at 6:33 am
MotherHen
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It’s like you and I live in different countries, Cyndi. I was born in Iowa and lived in Wisconsin but have been in Texas for 46 years, so I know nothing else. Snow must be a real bummer when it’s not a novelty. None of my kids have seen snow, ever.
Wait, do flurries count? The olders might have seen flurries once.

February 2nd, 2010 at 8:20 am
Cherish
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Great job! I’m avoiding sugar and carbs right now and it’s really a struggle not to lick off my finger when I wipe a drip.

February 4th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
MotherHen
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Oh, Cherish, I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one! :D

February 4th, 2010 at 3:50 pm