My days of debauchery are over...

I succumbed on Valentine's.I hadn't had chocolate in appx 6 weeks and I gave in.Actually I was quite restrained and only had a handful.
I did have a few white russians and also seafood fettucine alfredo(On Monday we went for dinner at Boston Pizza).I only hate half of it.
I've had serious carb binges before and this was quite controlled.
All the same the scale rewarded me with a reading of 164.
So on Tuesday I went back to plan.

I reread Protein Power and hadn't tried their approach but this time I'm giving it a go.
Intervention allows for 30g of carb per day as opposed to Atkins Induction with 20g carb.
They don't recommend exercise the first week(which is good for me-house full of sick kids).
The 2 things that are very different is that they support eating more as opposed to Atkins eat until satisfied.
I've actually reached the point where I am eating very little and I believe my body is squeezing every ounce from every morsel I eat and hanging on to it.
This has actually been difficult.Although I record that I eat breakfast,I really don't eat it until afternoon and I call it brunch,then I have a light dinner.I usually eat a plate about the size of my children's portions.
I snack in the morning when I make the family their lunches(cheese or cold cut)and that holds me.
So on Tuesday morning,I made a steak,mushroom and pepper stirfry and ate it before work.I missed lunch(I'm going to try to eat 3 times a day instead of once or twice)and for dinner I had roast beef,saurkraut,cottage cheese and tomatoes.

Then on Wednesday(yesterday)I had devilled egg,cucumber,tomato and cottage cheese for breaky.I normally don't eat much cottage cheese but it's a *good* item in the PP plan(14g protein for half a cup).I'm going to try and eat an adequate amount of protein.I still have to figure out my lean muscle etc...ratio to see how much I sufficiently need but I am mindful of having protein/fat at every meal and snack.Apparently you can't overdo it but you can underdo it.Also they allow stuff like half an apple etc...it's a slight change but not overly away from what I'm used to.

I think I skipped lunch again and I had sausages and salad for dinner.Snacks have basically been peanuts.I do want to record my eating on paper and really account for the carbs.
I'm also monitoring how much water I drink.It's usually plenty anyway but yesterday I had 5 x 16oz mugs

I haven't planned dinner yet but I think I'll have tuna slad for breakfast.The thought of breaky is somewhat nauseating but I'll reconcile myself to it.I was due for some kind of change and this structure may be just what I need.

Today the scale is 162.