Ketogenic Diet - Day 2

Hello-

I'm joining this blog as a contributor to chronicle my journey on this diet.  From what Jason tells me, this low carb diet is like magic!  It entails limiting oneself to a 60g daily intake of carbohydrates, which means limiting the sugar and starches (goodbye, Sour Patch and Belts!).  Replacing these carbs is an increase in meats and fats.  Supposedly the body will adapt to this change by converting the fats into energy, and thus burning the body weight/fat over time, instead of storing it, a result of carbohydrate consumption.

I started this diet yesterday, November 16, and obviously I haven't seen much of a change.  As of this post I weigh 204.6 lbs with a waist size of 38 inches.  I don't have a set timeline for how long I plan to do this but hopefully I'll see results in time.  I want to start this diet for health reasons (obviously!), specifically to lose weight and slim down.  I'm off to a good start so let's keep this ball rolling!

Here's my lunch for the next three days (I had chicken and salmon yesterday for lunch and dinner; and chicken and steak today for lunch and dinner):

Ketogenic Diet? Why?

I'm not much of a blogger, but I thought it would be a great way for me to document my progress.

I'm not trying to lose weight. I'm not trying to look good.

I'm doing it for two reasons:

1. It's healthy
2. To get stronger

I'm already starting my third week and to be honest.... it's not that hard.

Steak every day yo!

No More Juicing For Me!

With that being said, you would think I would be eating normal now, but somehow I ended up joining the low-amylose diet LOL.  All thanks to Jason reading a book called Why You're Fat and What To Do About It, we decided to start eating low-carb and high-fat (protein).  That means no more rice (which is so hard when you're asian and had rice all your life), no more bread, and no more sweets (bye bye sugar filled Starbucks!).  But that also means I can eat as much bacon as I want! PTL! I'm seeing the light in this diet. lol. I was looking up into this diet and it's called Ketogenics.  This info graph will show the whole background of it:

 

(https://www.pinterest.com/pin/66709638208154965/)

So this is why we're doing this diet.  I should've even call it a diet.  It'll be our lifestyle now.  

Btw, I added a few more guys to this blog because they'll be joining us on this journey.  Jason converted guys haha. 

Carbs. Everywhere.

Dear Blogspot,

It's been 3 weeks since I've started the low-amylose diet.

I am still alive.

Praise the Lord. 

Lol. I know I seem a bit dramatic about it. But seriously, praise the Lord for sustaining me through, what I call, physical and mental torment. This change in lifestyle has opened my eyes to how often I unknowingly eat things that are bad for me. Especially at work.

ESPECIALLY.

AT.

WORK.

All it takes is a simple act-of-kindness by a co-worker to buy bagels or donuts for the whole department. "Just have one!" "They're fresh!" "It's still warm!" "We deserve it after the night we had." And boom. Before I knew it, I accidentally had a bite of a donut because I really did have a hard night and I lost all memory that I was on a diet.

It was so good! That was the best bite of a sugar donut I ever had!

However, a couple minutes after that bite, I actually did feel kind of odd. I don't know if it was I haven't had carbs in a while or if it was just because of guilt... but my stomach felt all weird. I felt a bit nauseous. In general, I felt kind of lousy.

So I tried to remember how I felt after eating that, and it became somewhat easier to stick to the diet. Cooking has become a real pleasure. I'm enjoying looking through Pinterest for recipe ideas and I'm so excited to try one out. Lately, I've just been winging it, nothing special.

{ Al pastor, scrambled eggs, homemade salsa }

{ Pot roast, grilled brussel sprouts }

These dishes actually filled me up AND they were good for me. Not too shabby.

I miss a lot of foods. Boba, cookies, macarons, french fries, baked potatoes, hash browns, sandwiches, nutella, honey nut cheerios, fruity pebbles, ramen, pie, chips, lavender syrup, apple juice, Oreos, fried rice, rice.... The list goes on. But I'm starting to think about them less. (Cake.) And starting to focus more on foods (Pretzels.) that I could actually eat that are so much better for me. (Cheesecake.) I mean, I already lost about 7lbs. (Waffles.) Seeing results on the scale has definitely added some encouragement to continue. (French toast.) Maybe even for another month. (Twix.)

We'll see what happens! The struggle is still very real. But I'm enjoying it with Ann & LeighAnn :)

When there's a will, there's a way.

It's been 10 days since we started this diet. And man, it is really a test of my will. I almost gave in when my mom visited me the other day. My gigantic dog broke our gate, escaped the backyard and gave me a hard time coming back home. I ran outside in my pajamas and had a neighbor help me bring him back. It was so stressful. When I came back inside, my mom's Starbucks vanilla latte was staring at me and whispering promises of fulfillment into my ears. I literally stared at it for a few minutes, debating whether or not to take a sip. But I thought of Jainah and Ann and walked away. At church, I didn't even look at the food (they had CAKE!) and when I go grocery shopping it's so hard to pass by all the desserts. I was at Sprouts with Jainah and she sighed, “Oh man, I've never even had a chocolate covered almond before, but that looks so good...” LOL and of course, I just stared at the ice cream longingly. It's been so long, mi amor!

Last night I went to the gym for the first time in a long time. Needless to say, I am SO sore and embarrassed by how weak I am. On a brighter note, I am really excited to get back to doing zumba. I love dancing! But I need to implement some strength training in there to gain muscle and not just cardio. I've committed myself to working out at least 3 times a week at the gym. I really admire Ann and Jason for their commitment to eating healthy, being strong and disciplined in working out. Ahh...why can't they live closer?! Thankfully our gym is less than 10 minutes away. When we lived in Lakewood it was literally across the street. So when I go work out I won't be gone for more than 1 hour and I'm happy about that. This past year it's been very difficult for me to leave Kevin and Evangeline in the evening because Evangeline had a super late bedtime, had so many medications, and Kevin was always tired. I wanted him to come home and rest, not babysit and do medication rounds while mommy was gone. Since she's getting older, I have less guilt knowing that she's just going to be put to bed and while I'm gone. Plus, instead of sleeping at midnight bc of medications, she's gonna be sleeping like a normal baby at around 8-9 pm bc she only has one medication left! Hooray!

I actually just got my body fat percentage done by the gym and I have 37% body fat! HOW GROSS! Ugh! I hate thinking that almost half my body is fat! And I definitely don't want Evangeline to be like that when she grows up, so eating healthy and working out is much more of a priority than before. The person said I have to lose 30 lbs in order for me to be within a healthy BMI. I'm down with that! I can do it! Just gotta have accountability, and that's what Jainah and Ann are for! SISTERHOOD OF THE SHRINKING PANTS, GIRLS! Losing that weight, day by day....

Green Street

I was supposed to make an entry yesterday, but I forgot (oops).  So I'm making one today :)

This week is almost over and so far it's not too bad.  Maybe because I'm just replacing one of my meals with juice and still eating for the other two meals lol.  But I've been making healthy choices and it's super hard to not order a mac and cheese or stuff like that lol.

I thought I'd share what I drink:

 

This is a drink called "Greet Street" from this juicing place in Los Alamitos called Simply O and it consists of:

• Spinach
• Kale
• Cucumber
• Celery
• Apple
• Parsley
• Lemon
• Ginger

When I first made this at home I thought it was alright, but the more I drink it the more I'm actually liking it.  AND I drink up so many vegetables from this drink so it's good!  The only bad thing is I get really hungry still lol.  So that was my meal for lunch and for dinner I just had a salad and soup.  I thought it was the best thing ever.  It could've been because I was super hungry though haha.

WHY.

Hello!

My name is Jainah, & I have never went on a diet. Lol. 

I am currently a co-sufferer of the low-amylose/PCOS diet with LeighAnn. The only difference is... my goal is not pregnancy. Hahaha. I just want to see if it's even possible for me to change my eating habits and try to get healthier. Why this one? Because LeighAnn. Lol. We both have similar health issues, and I figured this would be the one to try out to see if it makes a difference in my own health condition. Plus, my MD said to just try to see if it makes any difference. (Okay, doc.)

So, I started the low-amylose diet on Nov. 1st, and on Nov. 1st I already had a source of carbs. LOL. 

What was it? Communion.

Lol, just kidding. That obviously doesn't count. No diet is gonna get in the way of partaking in the Lord's Supper with my local church! 

We were celebrating a friend's birthday during fellowship hour. One thing led to another, and I found myself with a piece of cake in my mouth. Womp womp. So I ended up feeding the rest to my one-year-old godson. (Sorry, Ann. LOL.) We went out for dinner later. Pho. Ate all the meat, no noodles. (Sorry, pho-making people.) Afterwards we went to ShareTea. Nope. Can't have anything. I felt guilty just smelling the sweetness of the place. (I miss you, oolong milk tea.)

Sigh. Ever since, it's been so exhausting putting in so much effort in trying to figure out what to eat. I had no idea how often I eat foods that are so bad for me. I won't be surprised if I go through a day not eating just because I've lost the will to eat. Hahah.

It's starting to get better, though. I'm making a list of recipes that I could make so that I can plan out my trip to the grocery store. In the meantime, I'm just enjoying my turkey burgers, romaine lettuce, and eggs. 

Seriously, that's all I've been eating here. 

HOW SAD IS THAT. IT'S EVEN MAKING A SAD FACE.

Lol. The struggle is too real, guys. 

Anyway, I think that's it for my first entry. I still can't believe this blog exists hahah. 

To be continued... 

PS: I suck at blogging. I take a terrible amount of time putting words together. This whole blog took maybe... 40 minutes. LOL. But I will try my best to update as much as the other girls! If I don't pull through, they'll probably text me and tell me to post something.

PPS: I'm hungry.