Iโm feeling kinda miserable today. Just โBlahโ really. Emotionally AND physically.
I didnโt get enough sleep last night for starters. That wasnโt intentional, I just woke up way before my alarm. And of course, once Iโm awake enough for the thought of โcoffee!โ to enter my mindโฆ the idea of sleep is OVER. lol.
Lack of sleep has affected my weight loss time and again, by the way.
Iโve noticed this every time Iโve gone through bouts of insomnia, so I really make it a point to get enough rest. And GOOD rest. More on that in a future post, because thereโs some good science thereโฆ
Iโm struggling lately because Iโve been dealing with a knot in my shoulder, and a pinched nerve that is affecting my neck and all the way down my left arm. Have you ever touched your tongue to a battery? Yeah. Thatโs what my left arm and shoulder feel likeโฆ x1000. ๐ Ugh. Itโs been like this for 4 or 5 weeks, so Iโm working with my Chiropractor on that โ and just scheduled a deep tissue massage (double ugh!).
I share all of this with you for two reasons. First, to validate a bad food choice I made yesterday (lol). And second, because how we FEEL often determines what we eat. Even though it should NOT. Ever.
Tip: Donโt feed the feelings!
Iโm slightly disappointed in what I chose to eat late last night because it had tons of ingredients in it, so itโs not a 3IMAX friendly food. Thatโs all. My macros were actually fine, and I was within my carb count limit for the day.
I didnโt do my workout yesterday either. For obvious reasons (pain) โ even though I know movement actually helps relieve the muscle tension. DUH. So today.. I am ON IT.
I said โslightly disappointedโ just because I regret eating it (for more than one reason) and not working out. But I have a personal rule of โget over it, forgive yourself, onward & upward!โ So there ya go.
With all that said, hereโs my 6th day on the 3IMAX challengeโฆ
3IMAX Challenge: Day 6 Low Carb Food Journal
For breakfast, I finished off the beautiful beef roast I cooked on Sunday. I love leftovers. ๐ I didnโt bother making anything to go with it, I just heated it up and called it a meal.
For lunch I ate half the leftover sausage cooked the day before, with 1/3 cup of pecan halves and some colby jack cheese. Quick & easy!
For dinner, I ate the other three sausage patties that were leftover.
Iโm glad I had leftovers yesterday, because I truly just did not feel like cooking OR getting out. I was just having one of those BLAH days. ๐
I got hungry before I went to bed, and hereโs where I blew the 3IMAX deal (3 ingredients max). Ricky and I had stopped by the store the other day and I was scouring packages and labels just out of sheer curiosity. The PowerCrunch Bar was new to me. I hadnโt seen those before. โHmm. Only 7 net carbs,โ I said. Ricky grabbed a couple for us to try outโฆ
Most โprotein barsโ on the shelf are very high carb. Even the low carb bars like Atkins bars and Quest bars can stall some people, so you want to be cautious with bars until you know how they affect YOU. Anyway, 7 net carbs for a bar is high to me, but I decided to test them and do some more research on them as a product. I planned to wait and do that AFTER the 3IMAX Challenge though.
But there I was, late last night, all out of leftoversโฆ and hungry. I should have grabbed a handful of pecans. But there sat that bar on the counter โ and I ate it. Itโs all good, like I said my macros turned out fine for the day. I donโt know why itโs weighing on me like I ate a waffle or something. ๐ Probably just because Iโm moody, lol. Still, on top of that I didnโt eat a single vegetable yesterdayโฆ
Here are my Macros & Totals for Day Six:
2,073 Calories
20 Net Carbs
29 Total Carbs
79% Fat / 18% Protein
Iโm not 100% sure those calories are accurate, or if I ate 8 full ounces of beef roast โ or what size โsausage pattiesโ are in MFP, etc. Youโll notice though that the majority of my carb intake yesterday was: coffee creamer, sugar free chocolate, and that bar.
All junk I need to work on.
My goal for today is to work out and eat clean. I stopped on the way back from my appointment with the Chiropractor and grabbed a Low Carb Grilled Chicken Club. But I did pull some hamburger out to thaw and I have some veggies on hand, so itโll be โreal mealsโ for the rest of the day. ๐
Join us for the โ3 Ingredients Per Plateโ Low Carb Challenge
See you there!
Best,
Lynn Terry, aka @LowCarbTraveler
p.s. The fact that Iโm having TWO crap days in a row, and STILL eating low carb, is a WIN to me! ๐ lol
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Itโs good that you can forgive yourself and move on. Iโve been in that rut before in the past where I may screw up and eat something I shouldnโt have at 10 am and figure โoh well, Iโve messed up the whole day so I may as well continue.โ That turns into the whole week, then the whole month and here I am a year later having gained back the 20 lbs I lost a year ago. But thereโs always a new day and the best time to start is now (although I started again yesterday).
Your posts have inspired me, so onward and forward!
Itโs so easy for that to happen. It can unravel on you FAST! ๐ I know, itโs happened to me before as well.
Iโm really glad youโre back to a healthier you, Alicia โ thatโs awesome!
Hi Lynn โ Your roast looks fabulous! How do you cook it -would you share your recipe?
Hi Susan,
I think that was โhiding in the Macrosโ, lol. I used McCormick Beef Roast Seasoning, dissolved in two cups of hot water, poured it over a large beef chuck roast (2 pounds I believe) and cooked it in the slow cooker on high for 5 hours. It always turns out perfect!
Iโm loving your posts! You donโt try to be perfect like most when doing this lo carb WOE.
Thanks for all the advice. Iโm hoping to drop at least 40-45lbs by the end of Summer. I started the two week challenge on July 3 but I started my woe on July 1 (190 lbs). Iโve got a lot at stake here. Medical issues! I just want to feel healthy and finally wear that fitted black dress without my stomach showing bigger than my butt! Anyway, thank you for being brave enough to help people like me!
Thank you Sylvette! And yeah, perfection is NOT my gig -lol. ๐ I have my own black dress that motivates me, and it helps to pull it out and admire it now and then. Itโs great motivation!
That, and feeling good โ which is huge. I have chronic pain & inflammation issues as I mentioned in this post, which used to be *horrible*. I used to see my chiropractor 3x a week. Now itโs maybe three times a year!
Eating a ketogenic low carb diet reduces inflammation, so it controls (if not cures) the symptoms for many people with things like arthritis or fibromyalgia, or any type of inflammatory issues. Which is big motivator for me!
Thanks for your comment about the protein bar. I have one in the cupboard that was given to me in a local grocery store as a promotion and just checked it โ That โSimple Truthโ protein Bar Peanut Butter Extreme which has 21g of protein also has 14g of carbs! Isnโt it simpler to eat peanut butter on celery or some cheese? Yikes, Iโm giving this bar to my husband who doesnโt have a weight problem!
Itโs amazing what you learn when youโre reading labels, isnโt it? I never even gave labels a second thought before going low carb! I find it encourages me to make MUCH healthier food choices. ๐
The one positive (yes, let me turn this around! haha) about โtestingโ that protein bar NOW โ while Iโm in the middle of the super simple eating / 3IMAX challenge โ is that I was able to tell 100% for sure, without a doubt, that it did not knock me out of ketosis or cause any cravings. It didnโt leave me bloated, or affect my losing streak. So thatโs at least a good thing. Because if I were eating more โcomplicatedโ it really would have been hard to tell, so it was a good clean test! ๐
The bar is decent, outside of being 7 net carbs, and I ordered some samples from the company to give it a more detailed review sometime in the future. *cheers*
awww donโt kick yourself. At least you stayed at your 20 net carbs ๐ So glad you have this blog and all you are doing. It is helping me immenselyโฆ You are helping alot of people. I was thrilled to know that my 76 year old aunt and her husband are going to start eating this way. ๐
Iโm just glad you are human and that you are so loyal to our group that you would talk to us about itโฆ.thanxโฆ.very much!
Thank you both! That does make me feel better. I almost hated to share my MFP journal today (lol) โ especially with it lacking ANY vegetables TOO, haha.