I passed my exam! Yay, I'm so stoked. I took it on Tuesday and passed the National portion but missed the State portion by 2 questions. Thankfully, I was able to take it on Friday and passed. Then I interviewed at a place and was hired! I am so excited!
I seem to still be losing inches but not lbs. Well, I lost 2 lbs but geez...
I'm still not sure why...I asked the Atkins forum and they said I wasn't eating enough veggies for my carbs or it could be sweeteners don't do well for me such as Diet Rite, Splenda, and Diet Coke. Ugh! I'm not giving up though. :)
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Tuesday!
This Tuesday I take my big ole' exam. I took a full practice exam yesterday and passed the state potion but didn't pass the national portion...I want to take the exam once and pass both portions!! If I pass one, I can come back and pass the second but who wants to do that? Blech!
Since being on Atkins for one month, I have lost 9 inches! But I haven't lost any weight which I don't really understand. I've been in ketosis so I'm not eating too many carbs. I have to present my case to the Atkins forums and see if they can help me. I'm stoked about the 9 inches because the majority of those inches came from my belly which means I can fit into another pair of pants and I need all the clothes I can get from my closet...hint...nothing in my closet fits!
There is a key to my not losing weight and I think it has something to do with a stall or starvation mode. I've been reading on Atkin's forums about stalls and if you aren't eating enough then your body is going to just maintain. What confuses is me is how much I need to eat because last month on Atkins I went from eating 1700-1800 continuously to upping it another 1000 calories this past week and I'm still maintaining at 2500-3000 calories...who has time to eat 2,500 calories!!?
However, I've been motivated to find out what the heck it is because I feel really great about how I feel after eating the Atkins way. Yesterday, I had a MIM for breakfast with a Venti Caffe Misto (with sugar free cinnamon dulce syrup with Breve cream) from Starbucks, then tuna with dill and olive oil and pork rinds mashed into it (like crackers for me), then a big salad with tomatoes, with pork cut into it with ranch dressing, I had some green olives and a lil cashews when I was at work, and when I got home I made 2 medium steaks sauteed in butter with 1/2 c summer squash with sour cream. AND still I was at 2500 calories but I didn't want to make a mock danish but they are soooo yummy! But I'm determined I will find out what I need to do!
Here is the recipe for the mock danish-very yummy!
Mock Danish
2 oz cream cheese (soften in microwave)
1 egg
1 T splenda
1 T Hershey's cocoa
1 T Sugar free syrup (I have hazelnut)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix softened cream cheese and egg.
Add remaining ingredients.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
Mock Danish Topping
2 oz cream cheese
1/2 bar of bittersweet chocolate
1 tsp of splenda
Microwave just the chocolate in a bowl with a lil water to soften and then add the cream cheese and microwave together for 30 seconds and then add splenda and mix and top over the mock danish. It's a great dessert or when you need something sweet.
Okay, so I'm going to leave you with a picture...I was going to put up a Mock Danish picture but it didn't look to appetizing and I didn't want to dissuade you. I then was going to leave you with my new find at Starbuck's the yummy Caffe Misto with Breve but I figure I don't need to help sell Starbucks...so that leaves you with my CRUSH of the WEEK...
dun dun dun Dun DUNNNNN...building suspension here....
May I introduce you to Mr. Shahid Kapoor, an Indian film actor who I can't stop thinking about. (I'm seriously not kidding!)
Since being on Atkins for one month, I have lost 9 inches! But I haven't lost any weight which I don't really understand. I've been in ketosis so I'm not eating too many carbs. I have to present my case to the Atkins forums and see if they can help me. I'm stoked about the 9 inches because the majority of those inches came from my belly which means I can fit into another pair of pants and I need all the clothes I can get from my closet...hint...nothing in my closet fits!
There is a key to my not losing weight and I think it has something to do with a stall or starvation mode. I've been reading on Atkin's forums about stalls and if you aren't eating enough then your body is going to just maintain. What confuses is me is how much I need to eat because last month on Atkins I went from eating 1700-1800 continuously to upping it another 1000 calories this past week and I'm still maintaining at 2500-3000 calories...who has time to eat 2,500 calories!!?
However, I've been motivated to find out what the heck it is because I feel really great about how I feel after eating the Atkins way. Yesterday, I had a MIM for breakfast with a Venti Caffe Misto (with sugar free cinnamon dulce syrup with Breve cream) from Starbucks, then tuna with dill and olive oil and pork rinds mashed into it (like crackers for me), then a big salad with tomatoes, with pork cut into it with ranch dressing, I had some green olives and a lil cashews when I was at work, and when I got home I made 2 medium steaks sauteed in butter with 1/2 c summer squash with sour cream. AND still I was at 2500 calories but I didn't want to make a mock danish but they are soooo yummy! But I'm determined I will find out what I need to do!
Here is the recipe for the mock danish-very yummy!
Mock Danish
2 oz cream cheese (soften in microwave)
1 egg
1 T splenda
1 T Hershey's cocoa
1 T Sugar free syrup (I have hazelnut)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Mix softened cream cheese and egg.
Add remaining ingredients.
Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
Mock Danish Topping
2 oz cream cheese
1/2 bar of bittersweet chocolate
1 tsp of splenda
Microwave just the chocolate in a bowl with a lil water to soften and then add the cream cheese and microwave together for 30 seconds and then add splenda and mix and top over the mock danish. It's a great dessert or when you need something sweet.
Okay, so I'm going to leave you with a picture...I was going to put up a Mock Danish picture but it didn't look to appetizing and I didn't want to dissuade you. I then was going to leave you with my new find at Starbuck's the yummy Caffe Misto with Breve but I figure I don't need to help sell Starbucks...so that leaves you with my CRUSH of the WEEK...
dun dun dun Dun DUNNNNN...building suspension here....
May I introduce you to Mr. Shahid Kapoor, an Indian film actor who I can't stop thinking about. (I'm seriously not kidding!)
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