Chaos ensues

The scale moved down 2 pounds today. I don’t know what caused it, but I’m thrilled. I’d been stuck between 207 and 208 for nearly a week, and that drop down to 205.6 was quite exciting.

Of course, I had to “break” my diet today. I’m currently pigging out on pumpkin seeds. Or at least, that’s how it seems, looking at the pile of discarded shells. Looking at the bag, I’m only had about a serving and a half, which isn’t terrible I guess. My 3 egg breakfast was significantly less filling than I’d hoped.

Once kiddo gets home from school, I’ll be heading home to grill up a juicy, grass-fed steak. Maybe that will fill me up for a little longer.

My weight loss slowed for an entire week. I had been dropping .5 to 1 pound per day for two weeks, and, suddenly, it slowed to 1.5 measly pounds for the whole week. What was I doing wrong?

Had I been paying attention to my body instead of the scale, I would have realized sooner that I was dehydrated. Ketosis on low-carb is great and all, but your body will only releaes fat cells-more accurately, the water stored in the fat cells-if it has an abundant supply of liquid.

I realized this yesterday morning, when I was alarmed by how dark my urine was. I thought for a moment and couldn’t remember how long it had been since I drank an entire glass of water. 2 days? 3 days? 7 days?

So, I made it my mission yesterday to drink my self-promised 6 16-ounce glasses. I did it, “peed like a racehorse” but was down one pound this morning. I just wish I’d figured this out a week ago.