Our Keto Journey - Day 21

Day 21 – 

I’m not sure which is harder; staying on this diet or having the discipline to do a blog post every day. In addition to the daily blog posts, I am also trying to write down a food journal each day so I can see what I am eating. 

According to an article from realsimple.com 

Writing down what you eat helps you take a critical look at your food habits and make healthy changes. Here are some tips.

• Record everything you eat and drink immediately.
• Note what you're doing while you're eating―driving, watching TV, etc.
• Describe how you felt while you ate: angry, sad, happy, nervous, starving, bored?
• Be honest. It's a journal, not a newsletter, and no one has to see it but you.
• At the end of each day, examine how your emotions affected your eating.

I am not writing down the food I eat immediately, but I do try to make sure to write it down as soon as I can.  This just feels like another level of accountability to help keep me eating healthy. According to Livestrong.com keeping a food journal has four main benefits; accountability, eating balanced meals, success attaining goals, and connecting food to feelings.  

A big part of overeating for most people is equating food to feelings. I actually am opposite from most people, I do eat out of boredom sometimes, but generally when I am angry, sad or upset I tend to eat a lot less.  Understanding when and why you are eating is an important step in changing negative habits.  

Today I started with my coffee. We are using the sugar free version of creamer since it has fewer carbs, only two total carbs for a serving. After the mistakes of yesterday I want to make better food decisions today so in the morning I made myself some scrambled eggs with one piece of crumbled bacon and some shredded cheddar cheese.  

I made it to the YMCA later in the morning so I had plenty of time to get home and showered before working this afternoon. I jumped on the stationary bicycle for 10 minutes then I did the treadmill for 35 minutes.

We have officially been on this diet for three weeks now and…. Drum roll please….I have lost of total of 13 pounds!!! It is a great feeling when the weight bar slides to the right. 

Yeah! That is really encouraging and that is the kind of news that keeps me motivated.

I had to rush out to work in the afternoon, but unlike yesterday, this time I also brought a couple cheese sticks and one of those yummy nut bars so I wouldn’t get overly hungry.

For dinner I made some broccoli rice for both of us, Peter had a steak, which he enjoyed with fresh sautéed mushrooms, and I had a lovely piece of salmon. 

Feeling really good about my progress so far, I decided to celebrate and splurge my remaining few carbs on a glass of red wine. 

Three weeks and we are still on track – that really is something to celebrate 🍷