Day 13

I'm totally wiped out today, and now I have a headache. I don't know if it's from the way I'm eating, or because I'm starting to come down with something. I also feel like I may be retaining a bit of water, so I'm a little worried about my weigh-in tomorrow. I usually retain some water a week or so before my time of month, so if my weight hasn't gone down much (or at all) tomorrow, I know it will go down soon.

I used some ketostix to check my ketosis today, and each time I was in the moderate to large range. When I was doing just Protein Power, I was only ever in the moderate range. So maybe my new "rules" are doing something :-)

Today I had some breakfast casserole, pizza skillet, and a ribeye steak. I ate a piece of cheese and some bacon for snacks. I haven't really felt hungry all day. In fact, I couldn't eat much more than half of my breakfast casserole this morning because it was so filling!

One other thing... I haven't, ahem, pooped in a few days. I think I'm going to drink some "Smooth Move" tea to help things along. I've done it before without any ill effects (the cramping and such that some people get) and tomorrow morning I don't have to go anywhere, so it'll be as good a time as any to do it tonight before bed.