Creeping Up The Rungs

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I've gone back down the rungs to see what I've been eating that has made me not loose weight. I also need to cut down on protein because I was eating too much - need to fill up on veggies not meat! Need to get my LDL back down where it was last year when I had my last lipid panel done.

I've put Rung 3 so I can have nuts if I want them on my salad (or during the afternoon as a snack) but I'm trying to keep closer to Rung 1. We'll see how it goes.

[imagood1]

I went back to induction to get back into keotsis because I was obviously out after my un-Atkins weekend last week.

I've done good today in the exercise department -- I mowed the lawn before lunch and took a walk (slow but long) after lunch. After dinner I took a walk alone so I could get my heart rate up and get some actual exercise! God love her mom is 4'11" and her steps are half what I take (I'm only 5'2" but I take a good size stride) and he hangs on to my arm when she starts getting tired so I'm pulling on the dog to get her to stop smelling and come on and mom is hanging on....hey wait, I think that's probably a good way of exercising - I'm getting a little extra cardio with the dragging and pulling....LOL!!!

I'm off to do the Zumba dvd I got yesterday then to the shower!! Have a great weekend.

[imagood1]

I've been back in keotsis for a week and on Rung 2 thsi week. Last week I made sure to stay with just additional veggies to start with to make sure I was in keotsis. This week I opened a large can of Libby's pumpkin and have been making pumpkin desert each day -- it sure does help keep you regular with all that fiber!!!

We ate at a Chinese buffet tonight but I did good. I ate crab legs in drawn butter, green beans (they said they steamed them with a little bacon grease - and I didn't taste anything that shouldn't have been on them) and they had a tomato/cucumber salad with oil/vinegar on it -- I didn't overeat I ate until I was full -- and I ate slowly. The tea was a little odd tasting, it had a flowerly taste to it -- not your normal chinese tea...but it was nice for a change -- I didn't finish the cup because I figure it wasn't decaf. Yea for water!!! I did have a little chicken also - just plain baked chicken wings (no breading). It's the first time we've gone to a chinese place since I started Atkins. Normally I would have loaded one place with fried rice and lo mein noodles topped with sweet & sour sauce -- then all the chicken that had the breading would have come next. A few egg rolls and crab rangoon with sweet & sour sauce. They had a great looking desert bar but nothing looked appealing to me tonight. I looked at the sushi but nothing jumped out and yelled for me to take it so I didn't.

By now if I had gotten into something real salty my hands would be sore and stiff but I don't have that so I really think I did a good job. They had 1 of the buffet tables that was foods with no breading or sauces -- they had pooched salmon (not for me) I'm not a salmon eater, chicken wings & thighs, broccoli, green beans, (these were steamed) then they had 4 other buffet tables with "the other" stuff...LOL!!! It still amazes me to see garlic bread and french fries on a chinese buffet!!!!! The Chinese buffet in the town where mom use to live had tacos, hot dogs, french fries and chili on their buffet....along with all the other dishes....we use to laugh about that.

Have a great weekend.