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It’s settled

I definitely do better on a low-carb diet. Even if I’m not completely doing Atkins, I find myself less hungry eating fewer carbs.

Good to know. Now, to put the knowledge to use.

Tale of two eating styles

I may be blogging here a little less often as I concentrate a little harder on my writing career/writing blog.

A part of me thinks that’s a darn shame, because now I need y’all more than ever: I want to drop as much weight as I can before the RWA National conference in July so I can feel better … and — let’s be honest, here — look better in a nice dress at the awards ceremony.

I think I mentioned that I want to start cutting carbs again — if not doing full-blown Atkins, something close.

Well, if I judge my eats by that yardstick, Saturday was much better than Sunday. I had a few carbs Saturday, but Sunday was a very carb-heavy day.

Saturday’s Eats

B — 1 strip bacon, 2 egg-cheese omelet

Snack — Handful smoked almonds (Mmm – bacon-flavored nuts!)

Lunch — Wildflower Bread Co. salad w/ beef, blue cheese dressing, veggies (hold the corn) and the bread that came with it.

Snack — Cup of SF mandarin oranges, 5 slices hard salami rolled up w/ cream cheese

More snack — single-serve bag popcorn (yes, I’m aware this is not low-carb. It was in my drawer & better than a vending machine pick … unless I went for nuts)

Dinner — three pickle spears, each wrapped in two thin slices ham & 1/2 slice provolone cheese

Snack — Peppermint stick Luna bar (not low-carb, but again, in my desk when I was hungry)

After-work Snack — low-carb tortilla w/ mozzarella and pasta sauce, grilled on George, with 3/4 cup milk
Drinks —  2 16.9-oz bottles H2O, 1 can Diet Dr Pepper, 30-oz iced green tea w/ 2 Splendas

Sunday’s Eats

Breakfast — 8 a.m.

Wait! Isn’t that what I’ve been trying to do all along?

I did it!

In case you were wondering, my silence yesterday was a good thing.

That’s right: You’re now reading the healthy-living ramblings of an RWA Golden Heart® finalist. (That’s me in the Contemporary Series Romance category.) Did I mention how huge a deal this is? Like the Oscars of unpubbed romance writers? (Sorry. I’m still having trouble getting over the excitement.)

I spent the day hyperventilating, calling my writer friends and family and obsessively checking e-mails and tweets. (Oh, yeah … I had to work, too. Ask me how much work I really got done.)

If you want more details about the story, you can visit my writer web page. Or check out my writing blog.

Of course, with this huge accomplishment comes a renewed pressure to lose more than a few pounds. I want to look fantastic in a dress at the awards ceremony in July. (There’s also the pressure of trying to figure out how to fund my trip to NYC and the RWA national conference. Anyone out there with deep pockets and a few bucks to spare? I’ll mention you in my dedication if the book ever gets published.)

Yesterday I ate with abandon, celebrating with lunch at my fave pizza place and dinner of a burger, fries and a shake. And I treated myself to a piece of chocolate cake. Today, I decided to give up carbs again. Yep. I’m going back on Atkins — at least a modified version of it. I already ate some nuts that wouldn’t be allowed on Induction after my walk through uptown Sedona.

I know it works. I know I can lose weight relatively quickly on it. I know I can stick to it. And now I have that extra added motivation to do so.

Of course, it won’t help me look better for the head shot I need to submit to RWA HQ   by April 8. I’m having that taken next week. Maybe it can be my new “before.”