Day two breakfast

After feeling completely worn down and exhausted, I slept for about 11 hours last night. I set my alarm, blew through that, and didn't wake up until I had to use the bathroom again. I feel much better, although I'm a bit cranky I slept in so late. A part of the diet is to eat at roughly the same time every day, so this knocks me off schedule a bit.

Anyway, for my gourmet breakfast I measured out 2oz of turkey jerky. I asked the dietitian if jerky was ok, and her theory was that as long as it meets the other requirements for my proteins (under 3grams of fat per oz and low in carbs.) I checked, and the fat is ok, but there are 9 grams of carbs per oz. To give a reference, I need to keep my two veggie servings under 10oz of carbs total for the day. So, Jerky is out, unless I can find a low carb version. I should be able to, but until then no more. Crap.

Reading other blogs of people attempting low carb diets, of which there are many, this is actually a pretty common phenomenon. It's shocking how much of our food has corn syrup in it. Turkey Jerky, which should be nothing but dried meat, has more carbs in it than most fruits. Check labels, check labels, check labels.

Part of the problem is that carbs halt the ketosis process, and I can't just exercise more or cut them in other areas. I have to be more vigilant.

In better, or at least, different news, I actually wasn't hungry when I woke up. I almost had to force myself to eat. I'm sure now that my metabolism is kicked up, I'll be very hungry again, but I think this diet will work.