Day 11

Day 11.  The past 10 days have been relatively easy to keep my carbs under goal of <50 grams daily.  I have cheated 2 out of the 10 days though!!!  The first day I cheated  (day 5)I went over by 50 grams of carbs.  It was at a tree lighting festival and even though I said no to pizza I caved for the delicious looking cake.  Being in Kuwait and even though there is a dessert bar at the DFAC this cake looked too good not to pass up.  Granted everyone I was with egged me one and even the cak epeople practically begged me to eat the cake.  SO I caved.  This is why I am never successful at home- all the food guilt!  Anyways after I ate the cake I felt pretty terrible crazy how not eating sugar for 5 days can affect you.  

2nd cheat day was on a trip into Kuwait City to an amazing buffet.  I did pretty well eating only meats, cheeses, veggies, but I had to have some dessert. Again one of those when am I ever going to be able to do this again moments.  My body felt less appalled by this sugar intake as I think i was able to do so in more moderation then previously. 

Overall:  

The first couple days I felt tired and my work outs seemed especially horrible.  I felt fatigued and lack energy.  My stomach took some adjusting also.  I have since adjusted and feel like its not too bad.  It's quite easy eating a low carb diet when you have a salad bar available at every meal and a person who can make you omelette at breakfast :-).  Food wise is it pretty monotonous, but I feel less hungry during the day and find myself eating less overall.  Once you realize what foods you can eat and what foods are packed with carbs the low carb diet is pretty easy.  Seems sustainable without being miserable.  

Current weight:  Down to 142 pounds from 146 pounds.