Day 2 - 171.2 lbs.

Okay, don't know how I did it, but I'm down 3 pounds. Woohoo! The best thing about starting to go low carb is that you do see movement on the scale right away. I know it will slow down in a couple of days, but it still gives me that initial motivation to keep going.

So, the biscuits were WAY worse than I expected yesterday, even though I could only estimate their carb count...which was through the roof! I guess because it was the first day, it was still lower than what I had been eating on a regular basis. I started planning for this 2 days ago by going through recipes and checking out which ingredients I still needed to pick up. I know if I'm not prepared when I get home from work, there is no way I'll have the energy to start from scratch at that point.

I started off the day with a couple of boiled eggs. I was feeling a bit lazy and didn't really have anything I wanted to eat. These come to a whopping zero carbs so they were a good choice. I continued to drink Lipton diet green tea today...i like the citrus flavored one. I still managed a diet Dr. Pepper or two, but all of these are carb free so I'm still safe. I just feel like the tea may at least have a little bit of good to add to my system, so I'm trying to take it easier on the soda. I couldn't pass up the 32 oz one at Arby's this morning though, because nothing else gets me going quite like it! I'm a pepper! hehe

For lunch, i had some left over chicken I'd made in the slow cooker a few days ago. I put a can of cream of mushroom soup and some onions but I really didn't have any sauce left on the left over chicken. Since a whole can of the soup is only about 17 carbs, I'll round up to maybe 5 carbs for that, just in case. There were about 4 pieces of chicken.

I got lucky at dinner because my husband beat me home and he was starving! He's doing the diet with me and he had skipped lunch (bad idea) so he went ahead and made some basic hamburgers with just meat and seasonings. I picked up some low carb bread -- I like Healthy Life High Fiber wheat bread (5 net carb). There is a white variety that is 6 net carbs, but I figure with 2 slices, 2 carbs is 2 carbs--why waste them! I was able to fit 2 burgers onto my "sandwich" so I could get the most out of my two slices of bread with mayo which is a freebie and it was pretty filling.

At the end of the day, I've got my recipe picked out and even have started to prepare for tomorrow. I've got it in the oven now and will use this to get us both through lunch tomorrow. I may try to make something else in the morning to prepare for dinner. This is the hardest part for me because cooking is a MUST and I have to do it whenever I have the time! I leave for work by 7am and don't get home until about 4:30. I have about 30 min. before I have to head out on the hour drive to soccer which gets me home at about 8:30....definitely too late for dinner.

My carb count today is about 5 for the chicken (maybe) and 10 for the two slices of bread. 15 is way better than yesterday and is the reason I feel so drained right now. In a couple of days, the sluggishness will go away.

If you're not sure how to find "net" carbs, here is a basic explanation. Look at the number of carbs per serving and subtract the amount of fiber. For example, If it is 5 carbs but has 2 grams of fiber, you only count it as 3 carbs. Occasionally, you can find things (usually sweets) that have "sugar alcohols" listed. You can subtract this like you do fiber, but since they are sweets, I try to avoid them unless I just really need a fix. Sugar Free Oreos are one product where you can find an example of this....of course I'm not sure HOW I know that;)