Day 3 I woke up feeling like I hadn’t slept at all, due to a pain in my neck all night. (And I don’t mean my husband. Ba dum pum!) So I wasn’t feeling all that happy with the idea of being up at 5:30, and decided just as an experiment, I would do an unofficial weigh-in. I hadn’t planned to do that for at least a week, but, why not? To my surprise, I was down 5 pounds. I’m sure that’s all water, but that has to go first any time you lose weight, so I’m happy that much went that quickly.
Food was a bit more of a challenge today. I need to do some more in-depth prepping. And this weekend, I need to do some experimenting with breakfast ideas. That’s been a big challenge for the 12 year old. She doesn’t care for eggs, and though she loves bacon, there’s only so much she can eat to last her until her school lunchtime at 12:30. She’s used to having bacon AND a waffle or cereal. That’s still a work in progress. The hubby’s breakfast is easy. He loves eggs. For him this morning, I scrambled eggs with prosciutto and swiss cheese. I’m sticking to Bulletproof coffee and loving it.
All of that to say, dinner was a treat! I cook for the folks at the church where I work on Wednesday evenings, and the menu tonight was spaghetti and garlic bread. Since we wouldn’t be having that, the hubby and kid went and picked up wings for us. Oh man, they were good! And the real, full-fat, bleu cheese dressing on the side made me happier than I should admit.
I was wondering why we haven’t experienced as many of the “keto flu” symptoms we were expecting. My theory is that it’s because we started adding lots of electrolytes to our day at the same time we started this way of eating. That’s the only thing I can come up with, because we have stayed under our daily carb allowance easily each day. (So far!) I’ll take it though. I’m happy not to have felt as lousy as I was expecting. There’s been some fatigue and a bit of nausea, but it has been manageable.
One other perk – and I suppose this could be mere coincidence – I haven’t had ANY heartburn since before we started. I had been dealing with it every, single, day. That’s something I didn’t expect, but am thrilled about. I hope it stays that way.
This evening, since I’ve only used 11 of my allotted 23 carbs, I’m enjoying a nice glass of Merlot and looking forward to a better night’s sleep.
Her High and Mightyness 