Um, excuse me?

Well, then. Here I am, going merrily along, alternating between maintaining and losing, and lo and behold, I get on the scale this morning and it says 179. If I could write numbers in all caps, that number would be in all caps. 179!?! Who does this scale think he is? That's 1.5 pounds HEAVIER than yesterday! And I haven't been that heavy in over a week! So, crap, that's depressing. I mean, I KNOW that I didn't actually gain that much weight, and I KNOW that I'm probably just retaining water (I drank like four gallons of it yesterday; surely some of it stuck around.), but that doesn't make me any HAPPIER about seeing those numbers on the scale. (By the way, after my shower, I tried again, and the scale said 178.5. So, I guess that's a little bit better, but still up a pound from yesterday.)

I'm not going to get discouraged ... or I'm going to try not to. I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. I am finding that this diet takes a little more experimentation than Weight Watchers did. I assume that's because Weight Watchers carefully controls calories, but Atkins doesn't. I could eat a pound of bacon for a snack and still be at zero carbs, but it would be a lot of fat and calories and I probably wouldn't lose weight. So I guess I just need to keep using my hunger as a guide. I ate some very salty stuff yesterday, so that probably contributed to my water retention. I ALSO need to look into getting more active. Maybe Oliver and I could do yoga together :)

Anyway, time for the food diary for today:

BREAKFAST
Bacon and Cheese Fritatta (2)

LUNCH
This one's a bit tricky because we're having a potluck lunch for Ron's birthday. I actually brought my own lunch, plus a broccoli/cauliflower casserole to share. I'm going to try to avoid indulging in any of the MANY sweets and other delicious items that I'm sure will be there, tempting me.
Alice Springs Chicken (2)
Leftover cauliflower casserole (4)

DINNER
Leftover buffet -- We've got Bacon Beef Roll, Alice Springs Chicken, Italian Meatball Burgers, and more. Maybe I'll make some green beans to go on the side; I'm probably going to be sick of cauliflower casserole by then.
Bacon Beef Roll (2)
Green beans (3)

SNACKS
Cream Cheese Cloud (1)
Sunflower seeds (1)
Chocolate chip cookie!!!! (25) - I caved ... for some reason, I was still hungry after lunch, and they were just sitting there. I wish I had calculated the nutritionals before I indulged. By that point, the craving would probably have passed, and I would have come to my senses. As it is, my mouth has that gross after-sugar feeling, and my head feels weird.

TOTAL: 15 net carbs 34 net carbs