Low Carb Lifestyle

I began my low carb diet today and I'm writing on here for accountability. I'm terrible with food. I'm definitely an emotional eater and I even use food to reward myself for a job well done. However, I have this stubborn baby weight to lose and I'm determined to get it off and keep it off. It's been hanging around (pun intended) since I had Honeybear and I'm tired of it. I lost 30lbs in 2007, then found out I was pregnant with Baby D, so all the weight came right back. I am DONE!

Here is my food diary for the today 01/13/2010

Breakfast

• 2 Eggs Scrambled - 199 calories / 2 grams Carbs
• 1 slice of Oscar Meyer Turkey bacon - 35 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• 1 bottle of water
• Grand Total for Breakfast- 234 calories / 2 grams of Carbs

Lunch

• 1 can tuna in water - 191 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• 2 tbsp Mayo (regular) - 180 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• 1 string cheese - 110 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• Grand Total for Lunch - 481 Calories / 0 grams Carbs

Dinner

• 2 80/20 hamburger patties - 460 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• 2 slices Kraft American cheese - 100 calories / 4 grams Carbs
• 1 cup shredded lettuce - 8 calories / 1 gram Carbs
• 0.5 cup sliced peeled cucumber - 7 calories / 1 gram Carbs
• 2 tbsp buttermilk ranch dressing - 110 calories / 2 grams Carbs
• Diet Mtn Dew - 0 calories / 0 carbs
• Grand Total for Dinner - 685 calories / 9 grams of carbs

Snack

• 1 string cheese - 110 calories / 0 grams Carbs
• Grand Total for Snack - 110 calories / 0 grams Carbs

Grand Total for the Entire Day

• 1510 Calories / 11 grams Carbs

I also did 45 minutes of heavy cleaning (moving stuff, etc, etc) which burned approximately 244 calories and I did the Sparkpeople.com 10 Minute Jump Start Cardio Workout which burned 121 calories for a total of 365 calories burned! Of course, this doesn't take into account the other things that I did today that I didn't add to my fitness chart.

Have a great day and let me know if you have any great low-carb recipes!