BOTT Week 2 for me

This week was exactly what I feared would happen last week, my weight loss was not nearly as good as the week before. I only lost a 1/2 lb.  but its a loss and not a gain so I will take it.  I've beat my self up for the last hour trying to figure out where I went wrong and honestly it could be a number of things....I slacked off as far as my meal planning went. I had my dinners planned but failed to plan my day in advance. The first week every morning I planned my day out while drinking my morning coffee.  And I stuck to my day plan, its easier that way as I don't get hungry so I know what to eat and I just eat it.  Guess what I will be doing again this week. I also slacked off on my vitamins...I missed a couple nights because I fell asleep on the couch watching tv with the family.  I will start taking my vitamins with dinner. My water intake could have been better as well. I ordered a new cup and used it yesterday.  Its the same style I had years ago that I got from weigh****chers and was my favorite go to for as long as I could remember. When it came in the mail the other day hubby just smiled. He knew exactly why I ordered it. It cost me less than $6. But If I fill it up 2x during the day I meet my daily requirements, it has measurements and a handle and it has a sliding disc on top that closes the lid. It came with a straw but I ditched that in the junk drawer.   I also failed to check in and keep my self accountable.  I did stay on track with my eating as far as high protein, low (almost no) carb.  I'm struggling to figure out how many calories I need to be aiming for. I called the base nutritionist and he was less than helpful. He said not to worry about that to do what I'm doing and see how I feel at the end of the day. If I feel good then I'm eating enough and if I'm feeling run down then I need more calories.  I don't guess he has ever had anyone in his life with fibromyalgia.  I have put in a call and an email to my original Nut from Balboa. Just waiting on a response.  Well I better run. I have another dentist appointment this morning. They have to replace one of the crowns from last week. Hopefully this will be the last major dentist appointment and after this it will just all be maintenance. Hope you all have a great day an I will check back in to read everyones posts from the week when I get back. 

When we go on a low carb diet - initially we lose a lot.  First week or 2. The more carbs we ate before - the more initial weight will come off.  

most of it is water weight. With every gram of glycogen our body keeps in our muscles - we keep 8 gr of water. So as we lose the  glycogen from out muscles (by going low carb) we also lose the water. 

then the stall happens..  the body lost all of the water... and suddenly things go really slow..we may even gain a lb por 2 as our body gets adjusted to the new eating.  We may get muscle cramps, or low Blood pressure, flu like - "keto" symptoms.. (aches all over, headaches, etc...) 

that is when the hard part starts... 

keeping low carbs, and controlling portion and calories may allow the scale to move again - and this time - it will be real fat loss. 

BTW: even one "carby cheat meal" may cause weight gain - significant enough to makes us go crazy, unless we understand what is going on..

I can gain or lose 5 lbs in a day or 2. I can gain it in a day (water) but it may take me 2-3 days to lose it again..  even fruits, wine, some veggies... may cause that.. 

Also - low carb diet is rather dense - so making sure we have good BM every day is important. Poop has volume and weight...  

I'm back from the dentist and I don't know if it was that my coffee hadn't kicked in or from lack of sleep but I just looked at my my profile on here and on MFP.  It says I've lost 1.8 not the .6 I thought I had lost. I'm so confused.  Well I will still make the changes that I said I would make and drink more water, take my evening vitamins at dinner not at bed and plan my day in advance. It couldn't hurt.  Off to cook my eggs, AGAIN. My daughter ate them while I was at the dentist...ha!