Day 3 - 169.8 pounds

So far so good! I started off the day on the scale. I guess there are different ways to keep track but I weigh first thing in the morning without a stitch of clothing. I thought bra and underwear would be pretty much the same, but i tried it this morning and it made a difference of .2 pounds....not a huge difference but whatever it takes...naked it is! I have found that I will always be at my lowest when I first get up, but I don't think it matters as long as you're consistent. It doesn't matter what you weigh but how you've lost. As long as I pick the same time of day, I can see how much I've lost....

So today I started with a fried egg sandwich. Again, I like the Healthy Life High Fiber wheat bread (5 net carbs per slice). Of course the eggs and mayo are carb free. I've always liked these cooked this way so I don't feel like I'm dieting when I'm eating them. The only adjustment I've had to make is buying the more expensive, low carb bread. Since I've never met a bread I didn't like, this is only a monetary sacrifice because it does taste good.

I did my cooking for today, last night. I found another recipe on Linda's Low Carb Menu's and Recipes at http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/eldorado_casserole. I cut the recipe in half but left the same amount of onion and used 3tsp of the taco seasoning. It added up to about 20 carbs total for me with it making about 5 cups--this comes out to 4 carbs per cup. I have a pretty big appetite but 2 cups was plenty for lunch. This was QUITE yummy. I do admit I could have eaten 2 more cups but I think that's just me. I think I eat more than most women I know. You know those pasta dishes at places like Ruby Tuesdays? Well, I might stuff myself, but I almost ALWAYS finish them. Most of my girlfriends eat just a little over half and are stuffed. Many of them are also smaller than me.....hmmmm...something else to think about--just not too hard:)

Dinner was the typical soccer mom scenario with a 40 minute trip in the minivan with a 16, 3, and 1 year old. Actually she is not quite 16 which explains why I'm still making the drive... Anyway, 40 minutes each way with 1 1/2 hours of soccer...me trying to entertain the babies. This spells dinner at McDonalds!

I love the mushroom and swiss angus burger which comes with just 1 slice of swiss cheese, some sauteed mushrooms (I think canned) and mayo. Everything is do-able except for the bun. They do look at you a little funny sometimes, but you can order it without the bun. They just put it in a plastic container instead of the typical paper box. McDonald's has this great feature on their website when you look up the nutritional info. It lets you subtract specific things (such as the mayo, or bun in my case) and then it recalulates the nutritional info. The bun for the Angus burger is actually over 50 carbs! Taking if off made the sandwich only 8 total carbs minus 1 gram of fiber for a net total of 7 carbs! I just found this out while I was looking it up tonight and you don't know HOW excited I am at this moment!!!! I love that burger:)

So my total is....10 carbs for breakfast, 8 for lunch and 7 for dinner--25 for the day. This is a few carbs higher than what I want, but I do have to admit, this is way lower than a typical day LAST week and I don't feel deprived in the least. The lack of a bun at McDonald's actually kept me from that usual feeling of having eaten too much too fast and wishing I hadn't. Full but not stuffed.