Phase 2, Day 37

I haven't been getting on the scale much lately, mostly because I just don't put much faith in the electronic ones. (I'll be buying or ordering a mechanical one this weekend) But even with the electronic scale's inconsistency, it's pretty clear that I haven't lost much, if any, weight in the last week or two. I'm still weighing in at about 235, just as I was on 6/3 when I last really paid attention.

Not worrying about it, though. In fact, today is my Mom's birthday and I'll be taking her out for dinner tonight. I figure I'm going to go ahead & have a glass of wine, maybe even dessert, just tonight, and then do a protein blitz for the rest of the weekend to get back to ketosis. (I bought some more ketosis test strips at Publix today- you have to ask the pharmacist, but they are non-prescription- and verified that I am still in a solid state of ketosis... just haven't lost any appreciable weight in the last week or two)

I'll probably do a casual blog entry tomorrow about my food intake, but I won't be counting portions, etc. just logging what I eat to interrupt the diet. They key with this type of diet is the protein binge to ensure re-entering ketosis after you cheat.

Today, 6/12/09:

Water: 1 gallon

Cardio: Resting after 2 straight days, but there WILL be cardio tomorrow after tonight's cheating session!!!

Meal 1- 8 oz scallops (8 vlp) with 3 cups mushrooms and spinach, measured raw (3 veg)

Meal 2- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese (4 vlp)

Meal 3- 4 oz lean ground sirloin (4 lp)

Meal 4- 3 cups raw bell peppers (3 veg)

Freebie- 1 sugar free Jell-O

Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 6 servings veg. DING!