One week since I started eating low-carb, and the results are pretty encouraging. The scale said 257 today, which is the first time I have seen a number under 260 in a while. Considering I was around 265 when I started, that is some real actual progress.
Being Easter, today was not a good low-carb day. Bread and sweets were everywhere, and unlike the rest of the week, I didn't turn everything down flat. I had (smaller than usual) portions of cake, Easter candy, and some bread with dinner. I figured special occasions are a good time to splurge a little bit, since they will be rare and keep my spirits up. It's not like I was giving in to drinking a soda in a moment of weakness, which would be a slippery slope. Holidays mark discrete events where I can bend the rules a little, while getting right back on track the next day.
It may seem silly to create these arbitrary rules for my diet, but I think in the long run it will help me maintain it. The clearer the rules are, the easier it will be for me to identify times where I break them.
Given the results of this week, and how relatively easy it seems to maintain this diet, I want to keep up with and see what kind of results I can get. So far I am doing absolutely no working out, so adding that to the mix at some point could help even more. For now, I am happy with losing weight just by changing my diet.
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