The Carb-less House

I'm back from a lovely weekend in...you guessed it...DC, full of many fun events which I will post about just as soon as I can steal some pictures from my friend, E.R., as of course I didn't take any of my own.

In the meantime K and I started doing Atkins today, I have just been finding it hard to actually lose weight by watching what I eat so I thought I (and K) would try something different. We also both love meat so hopefully that will work in our favor! I know Atkins has been criticized by some, but I know a lot of people that it has really worked for and if you actually read the book and follow that it is much more balanced then just eat a bunch of meat and cheese.

We are in the "induction phase" right now, and I have to say if everyday is this yummy I don't think I will have much problem sticking to it. I had a turkey sausage, cheddar cheese, and egg scramble for breakfast, half and avocado and crab salad for lunch and salmon, spinach salad and some mozzarella cheese for dinner...and I found I didn't get as hungry throughout the day. They say the 2nd and 3rd day of "induction" can be the worst...but both of us are committed so I think we can get through it. Wish me luck!

And to end this on a random note...they are building homecoming floats on "Greek" tonight and I must say I built (almost single handedly...if I may brag for a moment) 2 amazing floats while in college, including one with a life sized chicken wire and paper mache crocodile. It is very hard to wrestle 8 feet of chicken wire...I still have scars. Those were the days.