Day Five-Carb Cycling-My Favorite Buttery Toast With Fried Egg-

By the time it's been toasted
& buttered, with a fried egg on top...
"Yum!"

I should get my greenhouse today. So I have got to clear the area I want to put it. Which means moving the planks & digging up plants. Hopefully the plants can stay put, as they be under the shelves. I can't wait to fill it with plants...

I had the urge for some carbs. I listened to that urge. After all. I should listen to my body. Luckily. I had enough saved carbs to add on to my carb allowance. So I had a slice of toast with butter & a fried egg. My favorite. Yummy!

Diet still intact. I enjoyed every mouthful of my buttery toast. If I had deprived myself of that, I would have ended up binging on high carb food. Instead I was 'In control'. I am going to get some gluten free bread. 1 slice is 12.7g. 1 slice of thick white bread was 21.6g {I think}

When I fancy potatoe. 100g microwaved = 21.7g carbs. I can add butter & cheese. A low carb diet is not just 20g net carbs. It is between 20g & 100g. So technically. I could count 50g net carbs & get plenty of food. After all. I seem to have slowed down my weight loss effect when low carb dieting...

As much as I want to lose as much weight as I can, as fast as possible. Losing weight slowly is easier, healthier, more likely to stay off...&...No obscene loose skin...

By saving carbs, then adding them to my daily carb allowance, I am 'carb cycling'. Today is a high day, but not a high day, because I am still below 50g...

Day Four-Its All In The Mind...

"Wooo!" Another successful diet day. Today is day four. I know I am going to stick to my low carb diet today, because I have no intention of failing...

I have decided to have two weigh days each week. That way I know how I'm doing for my weekly weigh in on the Saturday. If I'm doing bad on Tuesday, it gives me the incentive to try harder for Saturday...

1 lb of fat...
That is quite a lot of fat...
I know, its spread thin over
your whole body,
but that is still pretty impressive,
still better then 0 lbs of fat
or worse 'gaining' fat...

Sooo! I weighed myself this morning. "Wooo!" I lost 1.5 lb after 3 days of eating 20 grams net carbs. If I was exercising I would have lost more, but first I'm improving my breathing. Low carb eating always improves my breathing & my general health. So does eating gluten free & healthy eating. Just cutting out the processed junk improves my breathing...

Dieting is definitely a mind thing. If you tell yourself its hard, I hate dieting, I can't eat such & such. You are setting yourself up to fail. If you tell yourself 'this is easy' 'I love eating this way' 'I can eat whatever I want as long as I count it...

I was reading up on carb cycling. I might look into this. Basically you eat low-med-high {er} carbs. Exercising more on the higher carb days. At the moment I am eating 20g net carbs {Carb grams minus fiber grams}

I won't be doing any extreme weight lifting on high carb days, but I will be doing more exercise then I am used to. Change gets results. So I will keep on increasing the length & intensity of my exercise, also doing different activities. Like digging in the garden, squatting & bending to weed, etc. Or going for a walk. Just moving is exercise. As long as I keep on building up...

Goes off to google 'carb cycling'