My diet

Anyone who knows me would tell you that I have a pretty good diet. I've had people say that I eat better than anyone they know. There have been moments in my life when they has been true. I still eat pretty good, but I have made allowances that I wouldn't have before. Like fries. I swore off fries for years, didn't even like them anymore (because really, isn't it more Ketchup that you're eating!), but when the weight wouldn't come off, the french fries came back. And the occasional Kettle Chip. And Annie's Mac and Cheese. I certainly didn't eat them all the time, but I allowed myself to have those foods.

I have tried a lot of diets. My issue with some of them is that they don't focus enough on eating foods that are natural, or as Jillian says, "Have a mother or come from the ground." Isn't that how we were meant to eat? I'm pretty sure that 150 years ago people weren't eating food that was processed in a factory and was made with high fructose corn syrup (which has been mostly out of my diet for many years). I decided that I would try a low carb diet, just to see if it worked.

My family is big. (My dad's side is athletic, but sadly I didn't get those genes.) The only diet I have seen them really successful with is Atkins, which was one of my reasons for going the low-carb route this time. I also like the idea of big numbers coming off quickly. I need that to stay motivated. One pound a week is just cumbersome.

I started last Tuesday, so it's been a week. And I lost six pounds almost immediately. I was hopeful that the trend would continue. But the scale has been stuck for three days now, and I am feeling discouraged. Am I still eating too many carbs? Am I eating enough? Do I have to eat fattier foods?