LC Day 73

Man-o-man...yesterday was a rotten day at work. My last "dear friend" was laid off and it came as a complete shock to her. It's hard to understand sometimes how they choose who get's let go. I learned that we will all know our fate by June 30th...so there is an end in site. The worst part of this is not knowing. I've been toying with getting my house on the market...but what if I DON'T lose my job and now I've sold my house? I just don't know what to do...can't wait till I have some direction.

I took her out to lunch after her meeting and fully intended on ordering lots of deep fat fried carbs to drown our sorrows, followed by a mountain high mud pie for desert...but when I sat down to the menu, it just didn't sound worth it, and I ended up getting the chicken caesar with no croutons that I always get at that place. It was a right choice.

After work I did a quick grocery store run to pick up some produce and a few essentials that I was out of. Fortunately for me...I have this rediculous "stockpiling" mentality so my freezer is still very full of meats. I then rushed to pick up my dog, and rushed home to unload groceries with 5 minutes to spare before the neighborhood watch meeting...consequently, I didn't eat enough yesterday. I only had time to grab about 3 slices of salami and a pickle for dinner. Yeah...that's it. At least my caesar salad from lunch kept me going all day long.

Today's food plan is my mini-egg and sausage micro-scramble for breakfast (mmm...it was tasty) mockaroni and cheese for lunch (with 2carbs worth of beef hot dogs), celery and cream cheese for snacks, and dinner will be something with ground beef...cuz I have some sitting in the fridge. Not sure what though...we'll see.

I actually got on the scale this morning to see the damage, and it's not near as bad as it could have been...I'm actually quite impressed. I'm at 274.6...so up 3.6 from 5 days in Las vegas. I might be able to get back to my low within a couple of weeks (assuming a lot of this is still water). My ankles are starting to look better, but have a way to go. I'll check for ketosis later today, but I'm sure it's too soon.

I don't yet have the energy to do a real workout...but I have physical therapy today, and he usually makes me sweat a bit. I'm still re-adjusting to my work schedule...I sure did not want to get out of bed this morning! Am looking forward to ketosis just to get some energy back!