Why I'm Breaking Up With Carbs...

My low carb journey to weight loss!
I'm addicted to fried foods, and things smothered in chili and cheese! It doesn't help that I'm from TEXAS, home of the Fried everything! I'm 5'5 and my goal is to lose about 75lbs. AND I'm getting married next October and I want to look fabulous in a wedding dress!!
I'm blogging the entire experience here. Now for most, this would be easy, buy some veggies, grill your chicken and beef for the week for lunch, dinner, etc. But here is the thing, I do NOT cook, ever! Which is probably the main reason why I'm where I'm at, I lived off of fast food, and I still do. I eat out every single day of the week, so it's a bit more challenging for me to be on this new low carb diet. Oh yeah, it's not a diet, it's a "lifestyle change". I have the help of my wonderful boyfriend who decided he'd join me on this journey. Hope you enjoy reading my blog! xoxo Gina
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Thursday 1/17/13

Lunch was Chick Fil A, again. My mom got lunch today and that's where she picked. I had a bun-less grilled chicken club, lettuce, chicken, cheese, pickles, and bacon. I mixed up a little mayo and mustard to do it in. For dinner I had Mexican food at Teotihuacan Mexican Cafe in Houston, Tx, I had the pollo Ranchero, it's a grilled chicken breast covered in ranchero sauce and has melted Monterey jack cheese, I substituted the rice for double beans, charo & refried, and it comes with guacamole & tortillas which of course I did not eat the tortillas. I did eat a little of both beans.

This upcoming week I need to focus and work on FIVE things.
#1- Drink more water!! I'm really bad about this, and water is a key factor while on a low carb diet
#2- Get myself in a routine that involves going to bed at a decent hour, not sleeping in until lunch time, I need to wake up and eating breakfast! I've only been eating lunch and dinner, and I know that is not good. And it's because I stay at home, so I don't get up for work or anything which equals me sleeping in, must work on!!
#3- Eat more times per day. Even though I feel like I am already eating alot, I need to add not only breakfast, but a mid morning snack and an afternoon snack. Something like sugar free jello, Atkins bars, Atkins shakes, or even almonds would work for snacks.
#4 Eat more veggies! I don't eat nearly enough veggies, besides my love for salads, I'm not getting any other kind of vegetables in there!
#5- Must try new things! This kind of goes hand in hand with eat more veggies... I've never tasted CAULIFLOWER! I need to make this happen soon because there are sooooo many low carb recipes that look so good that call for cauliflower! And I must learn to like broccoli more... that is all for now!

-G

1 comment:

  1. FYI - Beans have a lot of carbs in them. 1 cup of black beans has 41 grams of carbs.

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