Day 4 - Happy New Year

10:16 a.m. - Happy New Year! Enjoyable evening at home last night. Since I really could only eat protein, I hated the idea of going out but you know it was nice to stay home with the kids and play games. We ate dinner and played a game of Scrabble and then around 10 pm we made appetizers and played Tribond and then Steven and I played another game of Scrabble until the ball dropped in Times Square. We had Champagne (the kids had sparkling cider) and toasted the New Year. How did I do with the diet? Well all in all not too bad. I think the psychological factor of knowing I'm on the program and the supplements and medication helped me not blow it. I paced myself with food earlier in the day so and only had chicken for dinner so that I could have some shrimp as my appetizer while Stan, Steven and Carrie, had chips and dip and pizza rolls. I was temped with the chips but I snitched one and even though I handled the pizza rolls a couple of times, I did not take one. My normal routine when I was on a "diet" was snitch a few because, what would it hurt? Well that is why I look the way I look so with my new determination, I was not tempted. I did however, sneak a couple of bites of the chili I made for Dinner. I love chili and of course I had to taste it to see if it was seasoned right. Anyway, I made a chicken breast to have while the fam ate the chili and garlic bread. So overall, I think I was 75 cals over my 500 goal for the day. But since it was mostly protein I don't think the dietitian will yell at me.

10:31 p.m. Made it through day 4 not too bad. First day I tested my ketones and they were in the minimal range and that is good. Being in ketosis means I'm burning fat. I have to measure it every day. Not hard ...just pee on a test strip. Enjoyed the day lounging at home in the morning/early afternoon. Then Carrie and I set out for a little shopping/errands. I made it through taking her out for lunch at Fridays by ordering a grilled chicken dish with the glaze on the side. My thought was that since the dish came with a full breast instead of just 1/2 the breast, I would eat the 1/2 of the breast and box the rest to take home for either Stan or Steven to eat. I hate being one of those fussy people in a restaurant asking for special things so that was a good compromise for me. I also asked the waiter to bring a box immediately so I wouldn't be further tempted. The next challenge was the coffee shop at Barnes and Nobels. The sweet coffee drinks I usually drink have to become a thing of the past for me so while Carrie got her usual Strawberries and Cream frappuccino, I ordered a plain coffee and added the Splenda and half and half on my own and even then, I just drank half of it. Half and half has 1 carb per table spoon so that is okay for me to have in moderation. That at least replaced one habit with another. Headed home and played a game of Scrabble with Steven and then had my last meal, which was 3 ounces of Tuna with the Miracle Whip Free. Satisfied with that. Calories for the day were under the 500 at 385...but with my going over yesterday I think that is okay. It is probably even less than that because believe or not, I couldn't even eat the entire breakfast that I had planned out that would have put me to the 500. I made a 4 egg white "omelet" (with nothing in it can it be called an omelet?) and only ate about 3/4 of that and instead of the 2 turkey sausage patties I planned, I only ate 1 (it did help that they did not taste like real sausage and in which case I would have eaten both). So I deducted the one sausage patty but left the full count for the egg. Here's the count for the day.

Noon - Egg Whites (4) and 1 Turkey Sausage Patty 115 calories
4 p.m. - Chicken Breast 4 oz 140 calories
7:30 p.m. - Tuna salad 135 calories