Day 1: So far, Okay

Well, today was my first day and it is going okay. Little hodge podge. I haven't completely decided if I am going to do Atkins 72 or not. Little discouraged by it because I did so good and then completely stopped. It's pretty strict. I think of it as a middle ground between KK and the newer Atkins. At first I really thought it would be great, but when I stalled like that, I don't know that I feel the same. Well, I am not really going to worry about that right now. Today is more about making sure that I get my mind right and ready for low carbing. I am feeling a terrible bloat right now from my binging over the past several days. I can't wait until that goes away. What I want to try to do is be mindful of the way that I am feeling offplan so that I can really appreciate how I am feeling on plan. I don't know that I have ever really made that connection and perhaps that will help me see the importance of staying on plan. Any little bit that helps. :)

I think step 1 in staying on plan is on target. My mind is set and I am ready to stay on plan. Good for me. My plan is to just keep building on top of that to succeed. Kinda like momentum. I know that in order for me to reach my goal, I have got to be consistent and not give in to temptation. In the old KK days, I did not cheat and that is why I was able to lose weight so quickly and effectively. I believe I can have similar results if I continue on without cheating and keeping my mindset on course.

I have decided to stick to low carb, but still haven't decided which plan I am going to follow. I know that I need to figure that out, however, I think that a large part of the battle has been won with just getting started and being determined to low carb.

Exercise, I plan to start tomorrow. I think I can get the most for my efforts by combining intervals and weight training. Since I am trying to yield results by the convention in 6 weeks, I need to punch it, but not too much. I really don't want to push myself too hard. I will just end up burning out and that is not what I want. I so want to put myself somewhere in the middle where I am practicing something that is sustainable that can be my lifestyle. While I am not sure that I will low carb my whole life, I do feel like I started my journey LC and I want to finish it this way. We will just see.

Supplements, bad me today. I did not get my supplements in, but I will be sure to take my supplements tomorrow. Dr. Atkins really talked about how important it is to take supplements, so I really want to do better in that area.

Support, well, I think that I found a nice group of ladies over at the LCF board. They seem to be really nice and I hope that I am able to connect with them. It is still very new. There is one lady there that I met on another thread a few months back, so that is nice.

Consistency, I feel like I am definitely on the right path. I'm trying to get my mind trained to just keep going. Realize that each day that I do what I'm supposed to, I am building on what I did the day before, soon to be the week or month before. I am not focusing on perfection, because I am not perfect, however, I do feel like it is important to do the best job that I can to get REAL results.

So, that was day 1. Tomorrow is another day and my opportunity to build on what I started today.