Atkins day 5

I woke up this morning not too sure I wanted to keep going with Atkins. I must be doing something wrong; I’m pretty sure that the cravings for sugar are supposed to disappear after a few days. This is definitely not happening for me. I weighed myself again this morning and although I noticed that I had lost a bit more weight,  I still felt like I should stop.

I had to go out for the whole morning and I was in no mood to make anything so I just grabbed an Atkins bar and left. On the way back, I stopped at the take away and bought some chicken shish thinking “this is it. My last Atkins effort”. I did not even like it. To make things worse, Myfitnesspal had the chicken kebab at about 33g. They probably count the bread,salad,etc.

When I got back home, I decided to browse through my Atkins diet book and went on a few forums, trying to find some last resort motivation.

It really helped. I think I’m doing things the way I am supposed to. However, I have read on a few forums that it’s a bad idea to have the chocolate bars during the Induction phase as it maintains the sugar cravings.

By the end of the afternoon, I was mentally back on track.

Here is my dinner:

The doctor said that I shouldn’t exercise because I’m too anemic. I am still taking my iron tablets, bought some Feroglobine and I have another session of iron infusions coming up.

I think what my GP meant was cardio, I can probably do some resistance work. If I go to the gym for 30 minutes and just do some work on my arms and legs, I’m hardly going to be out of breath and pass out. I really feel like a potato, not doing anything.

I still feel thirsty all the time but I don’t think that  this is necessarily a bad thing. To make this better, I barely use salt and don’t use dressing on my salads.

I am now feeling super positive about where this is going and I try to remember the reasons why I’m doing it.

1) I need to be fit for surgery

2) I was warned at the hospital that Zoladex was going to make me put on weight and that I would need to keep an eye on it.

3) Summer is coming. It’s a bit selfish and irrelevant at the moment but hey… it’s true.

At least, the weight is going down.

PS:  Although I have lost 3kg, I have tried on work trousers today and they feel more or less the same… Maybe I should try measuring instead of weighing.

A quick update

Hello everyone!

I know this blog started as a “running blog” but the truth is that I haven’t run in 6 months. I just physically couldn’t and how much I miss it surprises me every day.

I was scheduled for a myomectomy a month ago but the consultant declared that I was unfit for surgery (too anemic) so it was cancelled. I have now been put on Zoladex injections and iron infusions and I should hopefully be able to have my surgery in September.

On Friday, my GP told me that I should not do any form of exercise until my iron comes back up. To be honest, I’m super exhausted anyway.

The Zoladex makes me swell up like crazy and it is quite depressing. The worst is that I don’t really understand what’s happening because I am not actually putting on weight. In addition, it’s giving me hot flushes.

I am going to the Caribbean in July and I’ve been looking forward to it for the whole year. If I end up looking like a sweaty ogress on the beach, I’ll need therapy when I come back.

I have now decided to go on a diet to limit the damage. I have chosen Atkins because it seemed like the less dumb thing to do. My thinking is “at least,I’ll be able to get loads of red meat, spinach,etc to boost my iron”. We’ll see jhow it goes.

Here are a few things I made last week. I did potato gratin and a leg of lamb. I had never cooked a whole leg before and I was so happy it turned out well.

I made spicy prawns with basmati rice. It wasn’t as good as my mum’s but I’ll get there!

And…

I made cookies for the first time in my life. I thought it was supposed to be super easy but I guess I got that wrong. The dark chocolate ones got a bit burnt (was on the couch watching Game of Thrones when I started smelling them) and the milk chocolate ones were too soft (got too nervous after burning the 1st ones). The dark ones were still very good and got the “yummy stamp” from my neighbours’ baby.

I will try to post more regularly but it will only be “Atkins food”.Not looking forward to that…

Have a great week!