My lil Keto diet

[ThystleWeed2]

Okay, so I started Keto due to a co-worker loosing 42 pounds since last Nov. without loosing muscle.

I'm still working it out and it's only been 8 days. I'm using fitday and my fitness pal to track things as of a few days ago.

6/25/16 1500 calories - no stats because it was in my notebook
6/26/16 1499 calories - no stats because it was in my notebook

6/27/16 1151 calories 71 fat 50 carsb ( not adjusted) 58.5 protein

Lettuce, green leaf, raw 1

cup shredded
5 0.1 1.0 0.5
Tomatoes, raw 1

plum tomato
11 0.1 2.4 0.5
welsh cheedar 1

oz
113 9.3 0.4 7.0
ken's blue cheese salad dressing 1

serving
150 16.0 1.0 0.0
Bacon, cooked 3

thin slice (yield after cooking)
81 6.3 0.2 5.6
salad topping 1

teaspoon
26 1.5 2.0 2.0
deviled eggs for keto 2

serving
123 10.8 0.6 6.2
Chicken, drumstick 1

oz, boneless, cooked
54 2.9 0.0 6.6
Chicken 1

oz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking)
57 3.2 0.0 6.5
bullet coffee 1

serving
100 5.0 1.0 0.0
Banana, raw 1

extra small (less than 6" long)
72 0.3 18.5 0.9
kalbi beef 1

serving
240 11.0 15.0 20.0
Lettuce, green leaf, raw 1

cup shredded
5 0.1 1.0 0.5
Squash, summer, creamed 0.5

cup
78 4.9 6.8 2.3
green bans 1

serving
35 0.0 0.0 0.0

[ThystleWeed2]

6/28/16 1254 calories 84.4 fat 58.8 carbs ( not adjusted) 57 protein

keto deviled egg 1/2 yoke 3

serving
183 16.2 0.9 9.3
zaxby's bluie chees dressing 1

serving
180 19.0 2.0 1.0
Lettuce, green leaf, raw 1

cup shredded
5 0.1 1.0 0.5
Tomatoes, raw 1

Italian tomato
11 0.1 2.4 0.5
Olives 6

giant
55 5.3 2.5 0.4
Chicken, skin not eaten 3

oz, boneless, cooked (yield after skin removed)
136 5.3 0.0 20.7
Banana, raw 0.5

cup
67 0.2 17.1 0.8
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 0.75

oz
127 9.1 9.8 1.7
Peanut butter 0.5

tablespoon
47 4.0 1.6 2.0
kalbi beef 1

serving
240 11.0 15.0 20.0
green bans 1

serving
35 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sunflower seeds, hulled, roasted, salted 1

oz
168 14.5 6.5 5.7

[ThystleWeed2]

my 'cheat' is 1 pieces 70% chocolate w/ teaspoon of peanut butter.... yum

[ThystleWeed2]

I'm averaging 2 meals 1 snack, early on I was doing 2 small snacks.


6/29/16

1300 calories 92 fat 38 carbs 73 protein

Mario - Olives, 6 olives 50 2 5 0 660 0
Lettuce - Leaf, 1 cup 10 1 0 1 10 0
Walmart - Tomato, 1 tomato 22 5 0 0 6 3
Egg - Deviled, 3 half egg 192 1 16 9 222 1
Homemade - Roasted Chicken No Skin, 4 oz 142 0 3 27 64 0
S - Salad Dressing, Ken's Chunky Blue Cheese, 2 tbsp 150 1 16 0 290 1
Idaho - Small Baked Potato, 1 -1/4" to 3-1/3" dia (173 g) 65 15 0 2 9 0
Salsa - Salsa, 2 tbs 20 0 0 0 0 0
Sour cream, light, 25 g 34 2 3 1 21 0
Zaxby - Blue Cheese Dressing, 1.25 oz packet 180 2 19 1 350 2
olives - Olives, 6 pieces 30 1 3 0 396 0
Add Food Quick Tools
895 30 65 40 2,027 8
Dinner
Beans, snap, green, raw, 0.5 cup 17 4 0 1 3 2
Kroger - Ground Beef 93%, 4 oz 170 0 8 23 75 0
Taco Bell - Chipotle Sauce, 2 tbsp (29g) 110 3 11 1 300 1
Add Food Quick Tools
297 7 19 25 378 3
Snacks
Cheese, swiss, 1 oz 108 2 8 8 20 0

[ThystleWeed2]

6/30/16

1124 calories 28 carbs 78 fat 64 protein

olives - Olives, 6 pieces 30 1 3 0 396 0
Salsa - Salsa, 2 tbs 20 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho - Small Baked Potato, 1 -1/4" to 3-1/3" dia (173 g) 65 15 0 2 9 0
S - Salad Dressing, Ken's Chunky Blue Cheese, 2 tbsp 150 1 16 0 290 1
Egg - Deviled, 3 half egg 192 1 16 9 222 1
Walmart - Tomato, 1 tomato 22 5 0 0 6 3
Lettuce - Leaf, 1 cup 10 1 0 1 10 0
Tillamook - Sliced Swiss Cheese, 1 slice (28 g) 110 1 8 9 60 0
Kroger - Ground Beef 93%, 4 oz 170 0 8 23 75 0
Add Food Quick Tools
769 25 52 44 1,068 6
Dinner
Beef - Kobe Beef, 0.5 lb 240 0 16 19 55 0
Roman Lettuce - Roman Lettuce, 2 cup (85g) 15 3 0 1 5 1
Add Food Quick Tools
255 3 16 20 60 1

[ThystleWeed2]

7/1/16
calories 1,315 carbs 25 fat 94 protein 108

Lettuce - Leaf, 1 cup 10 1 0 1 10 0
olives - Olives, 6 pieces 30 1 3 0 396 0
Broccoli, raw, 1 cup chopped 31 6 0 3 30 2
Carrots, baby, raw, 7 large 37 9 0 1 82 5
Shrimp - Shrimps, 6 oz 100 0 0 42 680 0
Paul Newan's Own - Ranch, 20 ml 118 1 13 1 135 1
Homemade - Bacon Wrapped Jalopeno Poppers, 2 popper 250 0 23 9 0 0

Dinner
Kroger - Ground Beef 93%, 4 oz 170 0 8 23 75 0
Egg - Deviled, 3 half egg 192 1 16 9 222 1
keto mac n cheese, 1 cup 377 6 30 21 0 0

[ThystleWeed2]

7/2/16

1,314 calories 55carbs 94fat 80 protein

Coffee W/heavy Cream, 1 cup 100 0 10 0 0 0


Lunch
the Ketodiet Blog - Savory Salmon Fat Bombs, 3 tbsp 176 1 19 4 0 0
Carrots, baby, raw, 7 large 37 9 0 1 82 5
Lettuce - Leaf, 1 cup 10 1 0 1 10 0
Walmart - Tomato, 1 tomato 22 5 0 0 6 3
Egg - Deviled, 3 half egg 192 1 16 9 222 1
Broccoli, raw, 0.5 cup chopped 15 3 0 1 15 1
olives - Olives, 6 pieces 30 1 3 0 396 0

Dinner
keto jalopeno poppers, 2 piece 340 12 34 16 0 0
Kroger - Ground Beef 93%, 4 oz 170 0 8 23 75 0
Giant - Carrots, 5 raw baby 22 5 0 1 41 3

Snacks
Jack Links Matador - Beef Jerky - Teriyaki, 70 g 200 18 4 25 1,325 15



I'm under eating, so I gotta figure that out. My fat is high, but protein maybe too low? Tonight, I was hungry first time in forever a ( well, 8 days...) and I had an open package of beef jerky from Thursday when co-worker was hungry. He only ate a little, but man, I demolished the rest super fast only 2 hours after my 'dinner!' LOL. I think I definitely have neanderthal DNA. I do very well with way too much protein for normal folks. I could eat 75% of my meals as protein and be happy! LOL

the beef jerky hit the spot and I'm good now.

I have a pork roast I can cook w/ an onion ( they seem so small... like a roast for a hobbit, lol), so that may help. Early this week, the meals were chicken and now it's been beef. I'm ready to move on. I was going to get ribs, but store was packed Friday. I'll go tomorrow after work and see if any are left. I'll cycle back to chicken Tuesday.

** I forgot to add - today is off due to gardening in the heat. 94 degrees and intense labor, not a good combo.

[ThystleWeed2]

13 pounds lost since I started. I'm sure bulk of it was water weight. I feel really light, but constipation hit this week, lol.

My blood pressure was down. I'm routinely 120/80, was 120/82 last visit 2 weeks ago at Doctors. I think it was 106/76 today, but I forgot to write it down when they said it. heart rate -resting was 60.


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Totals 538 116.2 9.4 34.0
Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned (a.k.a. hamburger, ground chuck) 1

serving ( 3 oz )
231 14.8 0.0 23.0
salmon bombs w/ blue cheese 1

serving
117 90.0 1.6 8.0
Lettuce, raw 1

cup, shredded or chopped
8 0.1 1.6 0.5
Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
Hummus, commercial 1

oz
47 2.7 4.1 2.2
bullet coffee 1

serving
100

so far today...

I bought 2 steaks today, gonna have half for dinner and I still have half my keto mac n cheese left, so maybe a serving of it.

3 very large glasses of water with lemon as well today. The heat is brutal and I didn't eat until 12:30 pm due to going to doctor's this morning. So I bought beef jerky to prevent blood sugar drop. I forgot to add that into fitday, doing that now.

Salmon bombs are perfect! really balanced me out when I got home after approx. 16 hours fasting.

w/ beef jerky, my numbers so far today are:

778 calories 119.2 fat 27.4 carbs 70.0 protein

I am definitely part Neanderthal... I thrive on a high meat diet. I feel like I'm 25, not 47!

[ThystleWeed2]

yesterday was fat overload, so back to my 'normal' diet today:

since it's Sunday, I splurged on a steak on sale at Kroger this week. Yum!

Beef steak 10

oz, boneless, cooked
683 39.4 0.0 79.0
Beans, string, cooked 1

cup
74 3.4 10.6 2.5

yesterday was insane! I gotta track my fats better. In my defense, i got a lot of cheese on sale and was trying to use it up.. plus my keto mac and cheese as well as salmon bombs are aging . So, I want to use them before they turn bad. I'm going to have to figure out how I can freeze this stuff... but my freezer is stuff currently:

keto mac n cheese 1

serving
377 30.0 6.0 21.0
Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned (a.k.a. hamburger, ground chuck) 1

serving ( 3 oz )
231 14.8 0.0 23.0
Peanuts 1.5

oz
250 21.4 8.6 10.4
Lettuce, raw 1

cup, shredded or chopped
8 0.1 1.6 0.5
Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
Hummus, commercial 2

oz
94 5.4 8.1 4.5
Cheese, Brie 2

oz
189 15.7 0.3 11.8
Bacon, cooked 3.5

thick slice (yield after cooking)
227 17.5 0.6 15.6
Cucumber, raw 1

cup, sliced
14 0.2 2.6 0.7
salmon bombs w/ blue cheese 1.5

serving
176 135.0 2.4 12.0

calories 1602 243.7 fat 31.3 carbs 99.7 protein

I went way overboard on fats

[danfleysher]

Going over on fats isn't bad. Preferred actually.

[ThystleWeed2]

Thanks for the info. ! It did give me mild ingestion though!

I'm a sucker for deals. I bought a lot of cheese half price, so I'm wallowing n it now. I ate half a brie portion today as 1st meal around 11 am.

then, I had burger followed by green beans around 4:30 pm

My dinner was my last portion of leto mac n cheese ( zomg, yum!) so I'm at about 1061 calories/79 fat /17 carbs 70 protein

I think I under ate today because yesterday was so filling:

steak ( 2nd portion)
green beans

true north almond pecan crunch - I bought these pre-keto and could not give them away... they are too yummy and delish. I ate 3 servings to finish bag.

lettuce
blue cheese wedge
blue cheese dressing 2 tablespoon
3 chicken drum legs

1526 calories 105 fat 44 carbs 101 protein


I have energy, I feel full and a feel lean even though I have a belly! LOL odd statement, but I definitely feel less bloated.

I hurt my foot, so no cardio. gonna see how it goes tomorrow morning


I want to hit the gym, but I have to be careful of my knee until more weight is off. I know I'll overdo it and mess it up unless I pace myself.

I'm totally over devil eggs for a while, but will start hard boiling them when I'm off friday and hit the stores again for shopping.

[ThystleWeed2]

so, today was a wash. I started out good and it snow ball.

driving home after being stuck late at work, I saw hardeee..... their brown sugar bacon is like crack to me. I bought one, but did not eat the bun...



Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
Lettuce, green leaf, raw 1

cup shredded
5 0.1 1.0 0.5
Bacon, cooked 3

thick slice (yield after cooking)
195 15.0 0.5 13.3

**I was doing good, then headache hit around 3 pm - my jaw has TMJ and made life really bad. I started feeling icky, but did not want my 2nd lunch, so I finished jerky I had from other day...
jack links beef jerky 2

serving
160 2.0 12.0 24.0
bullet coffee 1


I ended up eating my choc treat 2 square 70% and peanut butter
serving
100 5.0 1.0 0.0
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 0.75

oz
127 9.1 9.8 1.7
Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt 0.5

tbsp
47 4.0 1.7 1.9


i started to feel better, but later around 5 got munchies and ate :
Peanuts 1

oz
167 14.2 5.7 7.0


Looking at this, now I know I have to eat a real first meal. I'm fasting 11 pm to 11 am and the salad was just too light hence the crash.



I had my 'lunch for dinner as it had sat out for a bit:

Sausage, Italian, pork, raw 1

link, 4/lb
391 35.4 0.7 16.1
Vegetables, cooked 1

cup
139 3.0 23.1 5.1

**** Arby's blt nutritional -minus at best guess the bun:
brown sugar blt no bun 1

serving
500 32.0 39.0 26.0
*best guess when subtracting bun stats from King Hawaiian site


Totals 1867 calories 123.5 fat 95.8 carbs 95.8 protein

This is my first big bomb day where I blew up my attempt at keto... back on the wagon tomorrow. So, now i have 2 things to avoid unless a real treat - true north almond pecan crunch (zomg!) and arby's bacon...


Mood 10+ outta 10

diet = -5, lol

oh well. hopefully, it won't kill my efforts overall this week... Arby's bacon is like crack to me. gosh, those carbs /wince /cry oh well.

[ThystleWeed2]

I had a quiche in freezer and I hate throwing out food, so I sat there with a knife and scrapped off all the crust! LOL. When I hit yellow, I knew I hit the eggs. My dogs ate the crust!


bacon quiche no crust 1

serving
320 14.0 10.0 8.5
Bacon, cooked 3

thick slice (yield after cooking)
195 15.0 0.5 13.3
bullet coffee 1

serving
100 5.0 1.0 0.0
Beef, grass-fed, ground, raw 3

serving
490 32.5 0.0 49.5
Carrots, raw 0.3

cup
14 0.1 3.2 0.3
Broccoli, cooked 1

cup
94 4.1 13.1 4.3
Banana, raw 0.5

medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)
53 0.2 13.5 0.6
Cheese 1

oz
96 7.3 1.1 6.4
Candies, HERSHEY'S POT OF GOLD Almond Bar 0.25

bar 2.8 oz
113 7.5 9.0 2.5

Totals 1473 calories 85.7 fat 51.4 carbs 85.5 protein


I didn't start making dinner until 10 pm, not hungry so that's when I had a small piece of cheese and half a banana. So, I have lemon butter shrimp w/ onion, peppers and beans tomorrow.

* I had candy in closet and saw it yesterday..... doh! gonna take rest to work tuesday and give away! raisinetes=21 carbs!!! Yikes!

[ThystleWeed2]

so, I was dying for some spare ribs, but no one had any in the shops by me like the ones my Mom used to make. I ended up getting a rack of ribs and slow cooked them. I used a rub made of 'Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning' approx 2 tablespoons - 0 carbs. All the legit bar b q rubs were super expensive & the sauces were all sugar based so sauce was out. I bought this seasoning a while ago for gumbo & thought I'd give it a whirl.

Ribs cooked for 2 hours total, but 1 hour in, I sprayed just a tad of olive oil on top to help the outer portion crust over to seal the meat. They came out fall of the bone good! I have a new fav meal. I'll make them again in a few weeks.

I weighed portions as is, then bones after to confirm portion size



zaxby salad no bread 1

serving
424 21.0 13.0 30.0
zaxby's Vinaigrette 1

serving
35 0.0 8.0 0.0
Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
Cheese 0.5

oz
48 3.7 0.5 3.2
Hummus, commercial 2

oz
94 5.4 8.1 4.5
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 0.75

oz
127 9.1 9.8 1.7
Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt 0.5

tbsp
47 4.0 1.7 1.9
Pork, fresh, backribs, separable lean and fat, cooked, roasted 10

oz
827 60.9 0.0 65.2

Totals 1638 calories 107.8 fat 42.2 carbs 106.7 protein



On a side note: I totally did NOT see that the 2nd ingredient of the Zaxby's Vinaigrette was corn syrup until after I ate it. WTF!!!!!! seriously pissed about it.

[danfleysher]

so, I was dying for some spare ribs, but no one had any in the shops by me like the ones my Mom used to make. I ended up getting a rack of ribs and slow cooked them. I used a rub made of 'Tony Chachere's original Creole seasoning' approx 2 tablespoons - 0 carbs. All the legit bar b q rubs were super expensive & the sauces were all sugar based so sauce was out. I bought this seasoning a while ago for gumbo & thought I'd give it a whirl.

Ribs cooked for 2 hours total, but 1 hour in, I sprayed just a tad of olive oil on top to help the outer portion crust over to seal the meat. They came out fall of the bone good! I have a new fav meal. I'll make them again in a few weeks.

I weighed portions as is, then bones after to confirm portion size

You should try baking/broiling them after to get them crispy.

I've done something similar with wings in the slow cooker for the past few weeks. Literally my favorite meal and I pretty much do the same steps. Put wings in slow cooker, bottle of Franks Red hot and 3/4 stick butter. 1 hr on high, 1 hr on low, then 30 minutes in the oven. Unbelievable.

[ThystleWeed2]

You should try baking/broiling them after to get them crispy.

I've done something similar with wings in the slow cooker for the past few weeks. Literally my favorite meal and I pretty much do the same steps. Put wings in slow cooker, bottle of Franks Red hot and 3/4 stick butter. 1 hr on high, 1 hr on low, then 30 minutes in the oven. Unbelievable.

I saw your wing recipe and plan to try it out sometime! thanks I'm going to try your pizza/casserole this Friday. Thanks bunches for posting them, it's super helpful


side note: I was super happy today, someone left cake out and I never touched it. I turned down a cookie today and yesterday as well.

I did a full hour of cardio today. I got a nice sweat going.

vito sub no bread 1

serving
366 31.0 10.0 30.0
Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
cheese jack 0.75

serving
90 7.5 0.0 6.0
ken's blue cheese salad dressing 1

serving
150 16.0 1.0 0.0


Lettuce ** I forgot it. I ate Italian greens. iceberg is so blah to me. so +10 calories

Hummus, commercial 2

oz
94 5.4 8.1 4.5
blt no bun 1

serving
500 32.0 39.0 26.0

1340 96.0 79.2 68.1


I 've got to go back to using coconut milk and I'll try guc instead of hummus.

the hummus was an impulse buy ( it was half off!).

My clothes are getting very loose , so I'll be excited to see what weight loss I have Friday at Doctor's. She's monitoring my blood pressure. Mom (late) and brother both have high blood pressure. Both were heavy and carried it high. But, I think the diff between me and them is 1) I think sleeping is as important as eating, so your body can recover & get hormones and 2) I lifted weights religiously in my 20s 5 days a week including holidays. I did it off /on in 30s and briefly when turning 40. I need to get back to being disciplined, but first I want to lose the weight, so I can control hunger.

I want my 20s body back, lol. curvy muscular. My legs never jiggled when walking like now.

My overall goal is 150 pounds - my weight in high school, the lowest I recall was 135 at age 15, when I went full figure/adult size between junior high and high school. so I have a way to go. Just tired of being big. It's depressing and self defeating at same time.

that said, I'm going to start boiling my eggs right now so I have them for extra protein.

[ThystleWeed2]

Going to buy my own weight scale because one at doctors, they made me use a different one and 2 pounds loss for 2 weeks seems a bit off. Blood pressure is great 107/70. I forgot to ask resting pulse.

I am totally honest about what I eat and track in fitday. I'm even on web sites getting their info to calculate stuff like when I had the zaxby salad minus toast etc.

I feel more like I lost 20 pounds, not just 15, but that's better than expected because fitday projected me being at this weight AUG 5, so I hit it 2 weeks early.

Today this far:



Egg, whole, cooked 4

large
324 23.4 2.2 24.0
Bacon, cooked 4

thin slice (yield after cooking)
108 8.4 0.3 7.4
Cheese, Colby 1

oz
112 9.1 0.7 6.7
Salsa 3

tablespoon
14 0.1 3.2 0.7
Shrimp, cooked 10

oz, without shell, raw (yield after cooking)
190 2.7 2.4 36.4
Salmon, cooked 1

medium salmon steak (5/8" thick)
196 6.1 0.0 33.1
Onion, young green, cooked 0.5

large
8 0.4 1.1 0.3
Pepper, sweet, green, raw 0.5

cup, sliced
9 0.1 2.1 0.4

962 calories 50.2 fat 12.1 carbs 109.0 protein

1046 calories 59.5 fat 12.5 carbs 109.3 protein * adjusted for butter and cream

I'm going to have cheese something later, to boost my fats. Going food shopping tomorrow,it was too late in afternoon and the heat here was oppressive.

oh, I forgot I added fat to egg via heavy cream, just a dash and it was cooked in butter, so yeah fats are a bit higher.

Today, I bought 6 pound weights, 10s were so heavy, lol. I want to start doing arms curls, chess press, etc using my 'The Firm' work outs. I like my bike, but want variety when I hit a 6 week platue and my body adjusted

[ThystleWeed2]

I was walking today at work and was like huh? I had to check to see if I forgot to zip my pants... nope... they were just falling off, LOL

I'm going to have to retire my old clothes in next few weeks it seems. just need a belt for now. My pants were sliding down my hips, LOL.



Steak, cooked, lean only eaten 4

oz
212 7.5 0.0 33.9
Cheese, Blue or Roquefort 1

oz
100 8.1 0.7 6.1
Coffee 1

medium fast food order
5 0.1 0.3 0.5
Cream, heavy, whipped, unsweetened 1

oz
98 10.5 0.8 0.6
Cucumber, raw 1

cup, sliced
14 0.2 2.6 0.7
Olives, green, stuffed 6

large
35 3.6 1.1 0.3
Tomatoes, raw 1

medium whole (2-3/5" dia)
22 0.2 4.8 1.1
Lettuce, raw 1

cup, shredded or chopped
8 0.1 1.6 0.5
sriracha mayo 1

serving
90 10.0 1.0 0.0
italian pizza pie no crust 1

serving
633 9.0 1.5 7.5
Candies, HERSHEY'S POT OF GOLD Almond Bar 0.45

bar 2.8 oz
203 13.5 16.2 4.5

** I can;t do without chocolate. I'm sure it's mental, but I get super bbbeee****tchy without it. Think PMS on crack... so yeah. It's not pot of gold, it was 50% cocao buy calories are correct.

Totals 1420 62.9 30.6 55.6

I under ate yesterday ( 1150 calories and I just wasn't hungry) , so I ate my breakfast today at 8:30 am vs 11 am. less fasting time. My mood dropped after lunch and I felt really drained and tired for first time since starting. but, I'm getting up after 5 am, not 7 am like I've grown used to in past 6 months, covering for someone at work. I took a 5 minute nap when I got home and caught a 2nd wind much more feeling normal - keto normal again.

I've been working nearly 6 days weeks for a while, so being off next week might be more of a challenge, but I have energy and lots of yard work to do, so I should manage.

[ThystleWeed2]

omg, stevia stinks! what a nasty taste it has!

I spent over an hour making keto cheese danish - coconut flour, almond flour with mozzarella cheese. The gooey inside was cream cheese and stevia.. what a waste. I ate one, but next day, it was all I could do to choke it down.

My doctor said equal tastes better, so I'm going to try it next time.

The recipe is was from up late at night, a keto blog



I LOVE Diet DR pepper, but this stevia stuff is rank!

I also discovered 'Arctic Ice' ice cream. I was dying for ice cream since it's summer and found it to cure my hankering. It also has a after taste, but I added chopped up salt & pepper peanuts on top, just 1 ounce as the salt& pepper with the peanut oil cover the fake sweetener taste!

Doctor's visit today, I lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks! yay! I am officially back to where I was about 3 years ago!

My BP was up a little bit 122/84, but work called me on my off day in case they needed help - I'm working tomorrow - my last official day of vacation, so my stress response went up.

I love my job and enjoy it, but my stress went sky high for about 5 minutes, so I think it impacted my readings about 1 hour later. Plus, the heat here is horrible. 93 degrees and feels hotter.

my temp was 99.1 so I have a mild fever... yikes.

today:


arby's side salad 1

serving
70 5.0 4.0 5.0
brown sugar blt no bun 1

serving
500 32.0 39.0 26.0
bullet coffee 1

serving
100 5.0 1.0 0.0


670 calories 42.0 fats 44.0 carbs 31.0 protein

no bun for the sandwich and no dressing on salad. I think my carbs are lower than that, but I also did not sit down to eat until nearly 4 pm.

My heavy cream coffee kept me from feeling hungry and I never had a sugar response ( low sugar which makes you woozy )

I got asparagus at krogers, so I've been eating that with steak and 1 ounce blue cheese all week. I also sauteed and then cooked squash/zucchini, a little bit of (purple?) onions, red & green peppers and a few carrots - just to sweeten the pot. I'm careful of carrots and onions now due to their sugar response.

Last night I had Zaxby's 10 piece wings, celery and I skipped the ranch dressing because I had the sauce already. The wings were very keto friendly, but I prefer 3 Dollar Cafe Wings - the way they cook the skin, I can eat it. The Zaxby's chicken skin was rubbery at spots... yuck. I want it crisp. So, game plan is to hit grocery store and make my own this week some time.

[ThystleWeed2]

I'm convinced I'm insulin resistant. I only lost 20 pounds, but look like I lost a ton more!

Sad note is my boobs deflated, lol ( of course!0 so I've started using hand weights and did upper body - arm curls, kick backs, chess press, overhead press , modified butterfly for pecs ( love those!) and the one with weight over head to get fat off back of arms? i forget name.

the good news is my arms and legs will bounce back. I'm not super flabby there. I just have to lose slow so my tummy recedes on it's own no hanging skin. Doc wants m to lose faster, but there's no way...

I under ate diner last night

3 eggs dash of heavy cream for fat, I'd guess 2 tablespoons
2 ounces cheddar
2 tbsp salsa
2 slices bacon

Lunch was mixed veggie left overs - zucchini, squash etc with 4 ribs - st Louise style - dry spice rub

by 10 pm, I was hungry! so I had 3 ribs and some asparagus.

I think I under drank my coffee w/ heavy cream, so less fat= hunger

I'm hoping to start gym work out maybe in a month and lift for realz. I miss and love lat pulls, seriously my fav.


I fasted until 10:30 am and had beef jerky - I know, bad! but dang, I was hungry and it was there!

lunch about 2 pm was a burger, peas and carrots

I cleaned out my closet this weekend and old clothing going to charity this Friday...and I have a lot of my old clothes so I don't have to go shopping right away! woot!

barely any indigestion and no acid reflux ( knock on wood). I just have to watch my fats, if I go overboard, it kills me. LOL. *I cannot use cream with eggs, add cheese *and* tbs sour cream, way to much dairy for me!*

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I am soooo excited! Pants I couldn't wear when I started this - I wore them today and the waist was falling off me!!!! I have to get a belt this weekend ( I hate belts...)

Last week pants I wore with elastic waist were falling off around my hips! The extra weight just melts off!

My face , neck, arms and legs are much thinner, just belly fat now and it's slowly melting away!


I saw a BEAUTIFUL cup cake in break room today, all alone.... 'I was like, oh how pretty...' but felt no desire to eat it. Why? it wasn't 1 cupcake, but hundreds of them! I really had no desire for it! I am amazed!

also- co-worker started counting calories and dieting 5 weeks ago. I'm at week 6 going to be week 7 in 2 days. I lost 20 pounds as of last friday.. she lost 10!

I've doubled the weight loss by keto! ( I have not weighed myself since last friday.. so no idea current weight)

absolutely amazing.


today:

Sunflower seeds, hulled, dry roasted 2

oz
330 28.2 13.6 11.0
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 0.75

oz
127 9.1 9.8 1.7
Peanuts 1

individual package (1.25 oz)
206 17.6 7.1 8.6
Pork, cooked 5

oz, boneless, cooked
335 19.5 0.0 37.1
Squash, summer, cooked 1

cup, diced
71 4.0 9.0 1.9

* the sunflower seeds were left over in an open package sitting curled up in my kitchen cabinet so I decided to eat them today.

Totals 1069 78.4 39.5 60.2

no idea about dinner, not hungry yet. I may do some eggs & cheese. I was going to make beef/parm meatballs ( parm inplace of bread crumbs , molded with egg) , but the ground meat was weird looking contact spot ( like dried out?) , so dogs get it with diner over next few days.

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I actually stopped tracking my foods daily because I found I was always full. No more binge snacking/eating.

Years ago, I heard sugar was an addiction and this many weeks in being low carb, dang - I have to agree!

today:


Steak, cooked, lean and fat eaten 5

oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed)
285 17.1 0.0 31.5
Butter 3

pat
108 12.2 0.0 0.1
Asparagus, raw 2

cup
54 0.3 10.4 5.9
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 1

oz
170 12.1 13.0 2.2
Beans, snap, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 0.25

cup
11 0.1 2.5 0.6

Totals 627 calories 41.7 fat 25.9 carbs 40.3 Protein

I had same for dinner last night. I started cooking my steaks with butter. This was a steak split into 2 meals. zomg, ...so yummy. I'm never having steak without butter ever again.



yesterday:

Steak, cooked, lean only eaten 4

oz
212 7.5 0.0 33.9
Asparagus, raw 1

cup
27 0.2 5.2 2.9
Butter 2

pat
72 8.1 0.0 0.1
Beans, snap, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 0.5

cup
22 0.2 4.9 1.2
Egg, whole, raw 2

large
143 9.5 0.7 12.6
Bacon, cooked 3

thick slice (yield after cooking)
195 15.0 0.5 13.3
Salsa 3

tablespoon
14 0.1 3.2 0.7
Cheese, American, nonfat or fat free 2

serving
48 0.0 4.0 8.0
Peanuts 1

individual package (1.25 oz)
206 17.6 7.1 8.6
Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids 1

oz
170 12.1 13.0 2.2
artic zero 1

serving
47 0.0 7.0 3.0

Totals 1154 70.3 45.7 86.5

yes, artic zero has 7 carbs, but I cannot afford an ice cream maker yet to make the keto custard ice cream that only has 1-2 carbs...so it'll make do for now.


My legs have thinned out so much!!! it actually is causing an issue because my arms and legs are thin, but my huge belly is slowly loosing. I have to find elastic pants, lol.

I've been doing arms curls, kick backs, chest press, overhead, modified butterfly for pecs and overhead dumbbell extensions.

I found my weight lifting gloves ( I had callouses for years ) so I prefer the gloves for better grip. and I had to stitch them up. they were tore up bad. I'll buy new ones soon. Hitting the gym this week.... scared yet excited. I love lat pulls and look forward to them. They are my fav by far.

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I'm not tracking as I was because I'm not cheating.

today was a pork chop and spinach followed by 5 squares of 70% dark chocolate about 30 minutes later? ( my cheat... I call it 'dirty keto, lol), coffee with heavy cream... I lifted weights during lunch break *worked from home*

My knee is slowly starting to become more and more flexible.

dinner - around 7 pm was the Italian casserole. Huge, huge helping. massive even. side salad with Italian dressing , cracked pepper and a touch of parm cheese for flavor.

My only regret was I had trapped air in my stomach after eating, so I paid for filling it up. lol. I had gone about 9 hours or more w/o eating between meals

Right now I'm sipping on water with lemon - my 2nd mason jar filled up so far today.

I haven't had even 1 single carb craving.

I found a cream cheese pancake recipe I'm going to try this weekend.

My freezer & fridge is filled with veggies, steak, assorted meats and salad.

I brought Himalayan salt and will test it out when I break open my wok for a stir fry later this week.

life is good. in fact it's awesome. No more blood sugar up and down ( feeling near faint or ill), no stress because the weight is literally melting off. I have not weighed myself, but my pants that DID NOT FIT me 2 months ago are hanging down off me.

I cannot wear adult pants, I have to wear JUNIOR pants because my legs have leaned out so much. LOL!

work outs are great. 8 pounds felt heavy when I started and now they're solid. 10 pounds make we put effort into moves. I was using 15 pounds before I quit before, so I'm slowly scaling back to my old level.

I cannot touch the floor yet to do a proper dead lift, but I can get awful close. I'll call them 'cheating dead lifts' since I lower weight from waist near ground, then back up to waist, then chest then overhead.

I'm working on knee with lunges - just body weight for now.

I wish I could bottle this feeling - it's wild. I can see myself leaning out and I'm like dang, I knew you were under there!!! half my co-worker did not see me many years ago when I lifted They had no idea and are used to the heavier me. The human body is an incredible machine. Life is good, but right now, dang, it's really good!