End Week 2

I feel week 2 was a success, despite that fact I may not had made some of the best choices this week.  To start, I did lose 2 pounds, so I am down for a total of 4 this year. 

I found this week my appetite was not as massive as it was last week, and my morning blood sugar is getting steadily lower, this highest of which this week was 139.  I just know this upcoming week will be the week I awaken to a NORMAL FASTING BLOOD SUGAR.  :)  That will definitely be a day for celebration.

There were 2 nights I just had what amounted to a small snack in the evenings instead of a full dinner simply because I wasn't hungry at all.  That is a weird sensation for me, as my whole life there has been so much ritual and law regarding eating that skipping a meal is almost mentally painful for me.  It took over a year before I would consider anything short of a meat, veggie, starch, and bread a meal.  So eating just an apple and piece of cheese or some almonds for my evening meal?  Yikes.  But I was fine, and had stable blood sugars through the night.  Ooohh, and no hypoglycemia this week!  Yay!!!

I am finding that I am hungrier in the morning and at lunch than the rest of the day, so I am getting most of my calories in before 1pm.  This is probably a good thing, as you hear time and time again that this trend results in more weight loss, but I am going to continue listening to my body and feeding it when it says it is truly hungry, not bored or just thirsty.

So, the negatives for the week.  I didn't get in my core exercises like I had planned.  Getting home around 7pm does not make for me wanting to be much more than snack a bit before bed and snuggle with my Sweetie and mutt-mutts.  I did manage to walk at lunch 3 days this week, and once after work though.

My Sweetie and I went to a seafood place we had heard about called the Marietta Fish Market and it was fantastic.  I haven't had seafood that good since my last trip to Savannah or Malibu.  I could have made better choices, but my Sweetie suggested fried Calamari, which is my favorite, and it was all down hill from there.  I did avoid the bread and hushpuppies and had collard greens instead of fries with my *ahem* fried clams (my second favorite seafood), and the cole slaw only needed a bit of doctoring on my part, just adding a bit of lemon juice to balance it out.  The portions were huge, so I had clams for dinner, and lunch the next day. Which resulted in two and half days of tummy upsets.  I do believe I am allergic to wheat, as anytime I reintroduce it we end up in the same place: the bathroom. :(

Last night we went to our favorite local 'meat and three' (if you consider over 15 miles one way local) called Doug's for dinner.  I did a little better, but had fried chicken, green beans, and mac and cheese.  My Sweetie happily took my biscuit, and I did only eat a few bites of the mac.  It's weird, but I can taste so much more now, and the cheesy goodness was over powered by a starchy noodly taste.  However, the beans and chicken were awesome as usual.  So far my tummy has been ok, but only time will tell.

So in all it was a pretty good week.  I could have done better, but it was a treat, not an everyday thing, so I am not too worried about it.  I met my carb goals on all but one day, but still stayed under 75g as it was.

So for next week my goals are to stick with my carb goals, do my cardio 5 times and core 3, and hopefully have a normal fasting sugar at least one day.

I am excited, as I think it will happen. :)