Day 6 BPIF

So my weight inched back down another .6 lb, and my body fat percentage is down as well, so I guess I'm doing something right.  As of right now I am sitting six pounds below when I first went grain free two weeks ago, so I guess no matter what I can't complain about a 3 lb/week average weight loss.  It isn't as exciting (or craving deterring) as it was in the beginning, but I think I'll be okay.  Last night I made a fantastic egg bake (recipe below) for dinner, with two more meals worth left over.  I was still just a teensy bit peckish right before bed, so I had a small piece of cheese.  As of right now it is almost noon and I'm still sipping on my BP coffee from my new travel mug.  I think I'll make it til 2 okay, but it has been a bit of a struggle.  I may just have to shorten my fasting period.  I doubt that I could eat much more than I do already but it is proving difficult to go a full eighteen hours without meals.  Sixteen seems to be my max for now.  I should probably pick up some ketone test strips at some point, too.  I definitely do not have any plans to do a carb re-feed until I get back down to where I was before.  Theoretically that would be Friday or Saturday. 

The strangest thing has been the return of the food obsession.  I can't stop thinking about wanting to eat, just as bad as before I quit grains.  But when I first dropped the wheat et al I didn't struggle.  One off-plan re-feed and suddenly I am back to square one and then some.  It has inspired me to get out the house more, though.  I can distract myself wandering around Target or even going to the gym, but I don't want to work out TOO much because it leaves me hungrier and makes it harder to resist the bad carbs.  Work stress isn't helping any, either.  I have a major deadline coming up in a couple of weeks that is looming over my head rather ominously, and next week I am going down to see my parents.  I'll be taking my work with me, of course, but I really feel like I need to go down and take some of the pressure off of my dad who has been taking care of the house and the cooking and my mother while still working full time and then some, and I also really want to help them get the rhythm of grain-free living so that maybe just maybe my mother will be able to walk again by the end of the year, or even by the end of the summer.  It might be just a dream, but I have to try. 

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