AROUND THE MOUNTAIN AND BACK AGAIN!

I'm reading the title of this blog with a grim smile....A LIFESTYLE! Maybe not yet! On the other hand I have been doing this for a year now without cheating much at all. This two week break from eating strictly LOW CARB has been a good but devastating break.

GOOD - I had a good time just celebrating and eating things that I normally crave and drool over. Was such fun to eat Kentucky fried chicken with my family. I did not just freely ate everything in front of me but ate some cookies and chocolates from time to time as a treat.

What really kicked my bud was the ginger cookies I baked and frosted with my kids. Oh! Oh! it was just so good and I found myself at every crave to just dig in and eat another one. The terrible thing about sugar it is grabs you by the neck and you fall into more cravings and feeling terrible and then it is a vicious cycle..... of craving and eating.

BAD - I have picked up 2kg in ten days! That is so hard to see. I reflect on how long it took me to loose that 2kg and it breaks my heart.

On the other hand I feel, yes I had a bit of a "break out" and I'm not going to stay there but coming back and going forward.

I want to reach my goal of weighing 65kg this year! It might take a while but I'm going for my goal.

THE BEST PLACE TO START:
-Reading the Atkins book again and going on strict INDUCTION for a week and then go from there.
-Making sure I eat enough protein and carbs. Keeping my carbs under 20g a day and my protein at about 70g a day. (not the grams on the food scale but actually the grams of protein within the protein itself).
-Drinking enough water - this is actually a tough one for me.
-Trying to incorporate more exercise into my day. I walk my son to school and back every day but I need more than that. I do good walking the dog. I have a walking route with him and aim for 3km plus a day.
-Being accountable on this blog and my facebook page. Nothing like to come and tell the truth on what I ate :D

I'm back on this blog the first of January again. Now you all know what I'm going to do the next few days ;) No! not eating CARBS and ginger cookies :) but reading the Atkins basics again and planning some menus and great food ideas. Preparing my heart and mind to do this! Pulling myself out of a sugar hole and getting into healthy eating!

COME ON JOIN ME! There is no hole to deep that you can not get out of!!!!!!!!!!!!