Good Evening everyone,
We appear to be winning the calorie battle, I am finally back up into some reasonable figures and I can feel my energy levels rising again.
I poured out my woes to the good people on the Atkins Diet Bulletin Board and I was not disappointed - I was given some good practical advice which included getting hold of some coconut oil and using the stuff to get my calorie count up.
I trotted off to the health food shop opposite where I work and got hold of a jar, which was not cheap.
However, when I got back to the office - I tried a teaspoonful - as did my lovely secretary - and we were both in agreement that this was one of the yummiest things we had tasted in a very long time.
Apparently this manna from heaven can be used in all sorts of ways - for cooking, for spreading on bread (a no-no for atkineers obviously), you can even put it in rough skin and it is especially handy for dealing with frizz breakouts on your hair. According to the label, it is used a great deal in Asian cooking - and as I love all kinds of Asian cooking, I was very encouraged.
The weirdest thing that was suggested was that I put a spoonful of coconut oil in my herbal tea. So, late afternoon, when I was beginning to flag a bit, I did as instructed, not only did it taste great in green tea, it also perked me up.
Pondering cooking some chicken with this stuff at some point over the next few days - will report back when I do.
Aside from the coconut oil excitement - today was also weigh in day for me and the beloved. It was a dead heat! we had both lost 4kg - that is 8.8 pounds for the non-metrically minded. We are both thrilled to bits.
Another clean day and with the energy levels returning, I am feeling rather happy!
Keetje
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