If I can't have candy, can it really be a Happy Halloween?

Today's weigh-in: 222.4

Well, I'm down about 7 lbs since the beginning of the week.  What I've read about the ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet is that the quick weight loss at the beginning is mostly water weight.  That means it's easy to gain back.  So I need to be really careful to continue the diet to ensure that my weight doesn't go back up.  I know from watching my hubby in his attempt, which has gone on about three weeks longer than mine has, is that after about two weeks the weight loss will slow down.  I'm hoping that, by that time, I can be down about 20 lbs.  I think that will make a big difference, since I haven't even incorporated working out into the equation yet.

Tomorrow is the first day of November, and I think I'll try to do one of those workout "challenges" that I see on Pinterest all the time.  Maybe that will keep me from bogging down in the diet.

But I just have no energy at all.  I don't know what it is; I guess it could just be my body wanting its carbs.  Hopefully this will get easier once my body gets a little more used to the diet.  Cross your fingers.

I don't feel incredibly hopefully about tomorrow's weigh-in, even though today's was good.  I've "cheated" a little bit today.  Brendan had some goldfish crackers, and I had one.  Ian had some peanut butter M&Ms, and I ate two of them.  The boys got McDonald's Happy Meals for lunch, and I stole two french fries.  I don't know if that's enough carbs to cause a problem, but it indicates that I am not satisfied with my meals.  I need to figure out how to head that carb desire off at the pass.