Alternate Day Diet - Part 2

Dear Shell,

Well I started the Alternate Day Diet last week. I have to say, I don't think I like it. We don't have a lot of low-calorie foods in the house (i.e. carrots, celery, etc) to snack on, so the Down Days have been very hard. I've been lightheaded, woozy, getting headaches. And then when the Up Day hits the next day, I'm so hungry that I'm eating more than I should. My calories on the Up Days have been way too high, and I'm having trouble staying in the low calorie range for the Down Days without feeling the symptoms above. The result: Since Wednesday last week I've GAINED weight.

I need to get to the grocery store and pick up some vegetables that I can snack on during Down Days, and some of the 5 calorie Jello cups as a sweet. Plus air-popped popcorn is supposed to be filling for not a lot of calories for a Down Day, so I need to pick up some popcorn to pop.

I'm still drinking a lot of water (which reminds me, I need to make another gallon of lemonade). So that's a good thing at least.

I'm thinking just plain old counting calories is what works best for me. That's always been the only 'method' that's worked for me in the long run. But I'm going to give this Alternate Day Diet a little more time (once i get more prepared for the Down Days) before I decide if it's for me or not.

Shell