WORKING ON IT

So...this low carb thing is H-A-R-D! I never realized how many things have carbs in them until I started keeping track of it. So far, I've only had a couple of days in the past 2 weeks that I went over my carb count. Every day other than that, I kept the count way under what livestrong.com is telling me to have. And I'm also trying to eat good carbs, like whole grains, fruits and veggies. Sounds easy right?

Um...no. It's easier to do at home because I can get a salad, fix veggies or eat fruit. The hard part is when I leave my house. For instance, John and I went to a beautiful wedding this weekend and the buffet was fried and baked chicken, cole slaw, mashed potatoes, baked beans, bread, brownies and, of course, wedding cake. I had a little cole slaw, a little mashed potatoes, some baked chicken and 1 bite of wedding cake. VERY HARD to pass up a lot more mashed potatoes and that cake...especially the cake!

It was hard when I went to eat Mexican too. I got chicken quesadilla, no rice or beans, but still got seduced by the chips!

It is getting somewhat better, although I think I will always WANT that piece of cake, cookie or whatever sugary goodness is around.