September 05, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:Atkins, Day 3 I don't
Atkins, Day 3
I don't understand why people say they're not hungry. I'm hungry all the time.
Menu so far:
Tuesday:
Cheese omelette
Bacon
Veal chop with mustard cream sauce
Large salad
Wednesday:
Roast beef
Lettuce
Provolone
Egg
Barbeque chicken, two pieces
Salad
Two stalks of celery with 1-2 tablespoons cream cheese
Thursday
Mushroom omelette with cheese
Bacon
Thankfully, the nausea and stomach cramps have started to abate somewhat. I find it's better if you put a little carb into each meal; all-protein meals make me sick.
I've started to notice things. First, that I'm amazingly hungry when I eat. I find myself stripping the bones and pursuing every last lettuce leaf. I've never found lettuce so appealing before. I mean, I like it and all. But now it's the best part of the meal.
Second of all, even though my food is prepared with more fat, I don't know how much more fat I'm getting. Take the cream sauce. Normally, if I ate such a thing, it would come with lovely bread with which to mop it up. Now I end up with large pools of salad dressing and cream sauce on my plate, where it has run off my lettuce leaves and meat.
Third, I don't get full. My vegetarian diet had a lot more bulk. I go to my meals hungry and leave a little less hungry. Presumably, I could eat four pieces of chicken instead of two, but that's a lot of chicken to eat. My hunger levels are steadier, but also unfortunately omnipresent. Perhaps they'll get better as my stomach shrinks.
Fourth, I'm losing a hell of a lot of water. I don't think I'm losing any fat, though. I've started weighing myself, and was five pounds tubbier than I thought. We'll see what happens day by day.
Fifth, I think I'm eating more calories than before. But I'll have to go in with a calorie counter to be sure.
Posted by Jane Galt at September 5, 2002 12:14 PM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound links