Day Five-Promising But Disappointing.

My weight shot up by 2 lbs this morning, from 213-215. I FREAKED out until I realized that it would be a better idea to weigh myself naked, sans clothing. Behold-I only gained half a pound (water retention from the salt or the chocolate, not sure which). Which makes me wonder. If I started at 213 the 1st day, went up to 218 the third day, down to 213 yesterday and am up today, I wonder how much of that was clothes weight, except for today. Hm.

I had forgotten how difficult P2 is. It's only the 3rd day and I am dreaming of the olive oil roasted almonds and peanut butter eaten straight from the jar and peanut butter Atkins pie and almond meal cookies and baked chicken breast in olive oil and cauliflower pizza crust I had the last time. I've spent my time searching for Atkins recipes and bitterly wish I could have cream or oil or chocolate. I only tend to want sugar if it's presented to me in the face-like the tub of cookies in the kitchen or the bread rolls from "Blertucci's" Italian chain restaurants. I am also starving like I don't remember doing the first round.

I remember when I was at work in Round 1 and one apple would be able to sustain me from 7 am-noon with some water. Today, that apple lasted me half an hour, even microwaved with stevia, cinnamon, Butter Buds and nutmeg to make a "baked apple". Half a grissini did not touch the starvation, weakness and dizziness I had-it touched it for five seconds each bite. The same with water, it did not help. I resorted to stealing a bite of chicken and 2 celery sticks from my lunch and eating that and poof, my hunger disappeared for 2 hours until I ate my lunch and the other half of the grissini. The second grissini got transformed into onion rings that I ate for dinner with ground beef browned in taco seasoning and Tammy's Spicy Orange Sauce in her cookbook. Onion rings were nom but the sauce? Tasted like shit, wanted to puke, won't make the sauce again. I also allowed myself a "cheat"-a Chocolate Delight ice cube to get rid of the taste of that horrible sauce. I also got very tired of peeing all day at work (every half hour on the half hour, I visited that bathroom 10 times today and quickly got annoyed after the 3rd trip). I find I pee less when I have something to occupy myself mentally rather than the repetitive spiel with customers. I am still running to the bathroom but much less.

I just discovered the Lean Test-finding out how much of a substance your body is supposed to receive each day by asking it a yes or no question-yes is a lean forward, no is a lean backward. I've added those links to the sidebar.

I just hope I can lose tomorrow, that would be nice!