My Low-Carb Experience

In approximately 40 hours I am going to start a low-carb lifestyle.  Saturday, Dad and I embark on the new carb-reduced frontier. I can do this.  I’m assuming the induction period – the first 2 weeks – will be the most brutal part of the whole thing.  No sugar, no carbs – basically meat and vegetables and that’s it.  It’s okay.  I’ve got this. I like meat and vegetables. I’m psyched.  Easy-peasy (but no lemon squeezy).

Here we go.

I’ve just realized that I need to eat all of the Christmas candy and drink all the wine in the house before tomorrow morning.  I think we should likely order Chinese food tonight too.  Send ourselves out with a bang! We have about 4 bowls of candy, one tub of jelly beans and 30 bottles of wine.  It’s going to be an interesting night.

I didn’t sleep very well last night, and I have a headache this morning. There must have been MSG in the Chinese Food.  I can’t find Dad. Wow, look at all the bottles and candy wrappers! In any case, let the carb reduction begin!

I could murder a chocolate bar and a Coke.  I haven’t actually had a chocolate bar or a Coke in about 8 years but for some reason I really want it today.

Dad is complaining already about the missing carbs. I caught him licking his headphones.

This is actually pretty easy. Keep busy and you won’t notice.

Monday lunchtime, the 8th of January:

Hmm – it’s pizza day at work.  Stay strong and eat your broccoli and turkey. That pizza looks amazing. Does it always smell like that?

I feel faint. All these vegetables can’t be good for me.  I need sugar. I have a cold. I think I’m dying.  A day seems like a month.

I haven’t lost an ounce. My cold is worse.  The only thing that can save me is pasta. This is life or death.

I feel a little better. That pasta really did the trick.

I wonder if I went on a all-carb diet if I would miss eating meat and vegetables? I bet I would. Hey, maybe moderation is the key after all.

Love Mum xo