Spring Chick Challenge–Week 6 Recap

	Weigh in this week – 204.3 which is 2.5 down. Total down for the challenge is 9.5.
	My eye continues to heal. Some days are better than others, but overall, it’s getting better and better.
	My new way of eating this week was following a metabolic diet which is very low carb. Although I’ve been low-processed-carbs for several years, I realised I was still eating too many natural carbs – fruit, brown rice, oatmeal, root vegetables and decided to try something different. My biggest challenge was replacing the carb calories with protein calories so I wouldn’t be hungry. For a non-carnivore, this was hard…but I’m getting there! The  diet is very close to Atkins Phase 1. I’ll write more about it  and how I”m making it work for me, in a separate post.
	That’s my joke for the day! The weather is not cooperating with me and I am not cooperating with myself by pushing myself to the treadmill. Between my eye and the “just not feeling like it” mood this week, exercise was non existent.
	This is a good tip – I’ve been doing this for years, it also makes you very conscious of when you go for seconds so you have a better idea of how much you’re actually eating. So I’ll keep doing this!

My goals for this week are pretty much the same:

• Stick to the metabolic diet for another week before going to Phase 2
• Exercise
• Water, water, water, water
• Check in with my SCC buddy once a day
• Read blogs and be supportive

I had all kinds of plans for today but woke up with a sinus cold and was coughing most of the night so I cancelled everything in favour of sleeping in, which did help a little. I am going to go back to bed for a few hours before my eldest son comes home and I have to start the food/work/school prep stuff for the week ahead. I swear the clocks from Friday night to Sunday night go at double time…do you ever feel that way?

I need to review my goals from the beginning of the challenge and see where I am at half way point – but not today.