Day 1 The Purge

Today was the first day on the diet and i think it really went well. I felt really motivated to start strong and I was proud of myself as I shopped refusing samples and keeping my eye on the ball. Momentarily as i walked by the bakery entrance of Costco the smell of sugar almost had my head spinning and for a split second I thought about running in and taking a gigantic muffin....but i didn't want to ruin the first day, crisis averted. I also wanted a glass of wine at the end of the night. My cousin was drinking it and it smelled so good and I could just imagine how wonderful and relaxing it would be to have a glass, but thankfully my sister was there and because I wouldn't let her have a blow pop she was not going to let me cheat either, crisis averted.

I think the hardest part of the day was when my cousin called and asked us over for dinner. She wanted to make pizza, which is my VERY favorite thing. I didn't tell her we were starting the diet and just told her we would be there, thinking in my mind that I would figure something out so we could still have fun and not blow our diet. I don't really know why i didn't want to tell her. Realizing this was a recipe for disaster I called her back and told her we were starting a low carb diet and she was happy to change the plan so we could have a salad. I was so relieved, I don't think I could have resisted the pizza! We went over and had an amazing salad with chicken and a yummy avocado dressing. She was so supportive altering the recipe to take out some of the ingredients we couldn't have. Moral of the story, spread the news far and wide that you are starting your diet. Family and friends will be more supportive and accommodating than you think and they may learn something in the process as well!

Day 1

Carbs-  19grams

Protein- 17 grams

Fat-       89grams

Calories-1355

I am an avid calorie counter so it is going to be a challenge to change my mindset to think less about the calories and pay more attention to the carbs. 

sweet (low carb) dreams!

Quinn