Month 1 - Completed!

I cannot believe it has been 30 days since I’ve started the SCD! Some days it feels like I’ve been on it for months, other days I feel like I've just begun.

I weigh myself everyday. Someone once told me to only record a weekly weigh-in, otherwise if I gained a pound one day, it would only be discouraging. Quite the contrary, however, it gives me gratification to weigh myself every morning to see where I am from the day before. I keep a log in my ‘Notes Application’ on my iPhone. I have almost my entire life on that application.

I don't have a 'goal weight,' just more of a goal appearance. I've never had a flat stomach and always wanted one. That is what I hope to achieve with the Slow-Carb Diet. I don't want to be ripped by any means - I just want to have some definition in my abs.

On a side note, I started the spring semester on Monday, January 28^th. I'm also trying to polish my professional image as well as apply for professional jobs later this month - that is going to really put a damper in the time I will be able to devote to this blog. However, I’m going to try to keep tabs on it... at least a short weekly posting as to what my progress is. Or if I find some other earth-shattering recipe to share, I will make time to post. I realize I am frequently inconsistent in the timing of my posts – i.e. I won’t work on the blog for days and then all of a sudden I’ll pound out three or four at a clip.

Folks, this diet really works. As I’ve mentioned the initial benefits of the SCD in a previous post, there is also the benefit of losing weight rather quickly. Generally, there is a gross loss of water weight at first, and then a net loss of 1-2 pounds per week afterwards. As of Thursday morning, January 31, I weighed 172.4 – which is a net loss of 11 pounds of fat in 30 days.