ALL ABOUT TODAY: 30 June

Had a lovely day at the beach as a family. I logged my food at fat secret for today to help me stay within my boundaries. It also helps me to be confident of my carbs, protein and fats.

It all looks so great but I have to add I had 3 cocktail hotdogs at the beach and a bit of chocolate ;) I find it really hard when we are on holiday and its a great time not to just fall in and eat the treats that I'm so use to when holidaying........ I still need to get that part sorted out.

BREAKFAST - I used the eggs, spinach and feta to make an omelette.

LUNCH - I made a salad with the tuna, lettuce and cherry tomatoes and had it on the beach while my family where enjoying hot dogs.

SUPPER - was a stir fry cabbage and chicken with a bit of green pepper.

My Food Diary

Today, Monday 30 June 2014

Fat	Carbs	Net C	Prot	Cals
104.61	35.24	19.64	78.40	1357

        

Breakfast 34.00 12.20 5.20 24.90 438

Coffee 1 mug (8 fl oz) 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.28 2

Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51

Egg 2 large 9.94 0.77 0.77 12.58 147

Butter 1 tbsp 11.52 0.01 0.01 0.12 102

Feta Cheese 1 oz 6.03 1.16 1.16 4.03 75

Cooked Spinach (from Frozen, Fat Not Added in Cooking) 1 cup frozen, leaf 0.95 9.75 2.75 7.58 61

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Lunch 37.55 9.32 5.32 20.59 444

Tuna in Oil (Canned) 2 oz 4.66 16.52 112

Denny's Sliced Tomatoes (3 Slices) 2 x 1 serving, 4 oz 4.00 2.00 2.00 20

Lettuce 3 cups shredded or chopped 0.23 4.90 2.90 1.48 23

Coffee (Brewed From Grounds) 1 cup (8 fl oz) 0.05 0.28 2

Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51

Coconut Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp 13.60 117

Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tbsp 13.50 119

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Dinner 33.06 13.72 9.12 32.91 475

Cucumber (with Peel) 1 cup slices 0.11 3.78 3.28 0.68 16

Chicken Breast 100 g 7.72 29.55 195

Butter 1 tbsp 11.52 0.01 0.01 0.12 102

Green Cabbage 2 cups chopped 0.21 9.93 5.83 2.56 43

Olive Oil 1 tbsp 13.50 119

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ALL ABOUT TODAY: 29 JUNE

I love Sundays. Getting up early in the morning when my family is asleep and sit on the veranda with coffee and cream praying and meditating...... Love seeing the day unfolds in it fullness. Can not help but think about God and His goodness in my life.

BREAKFAST was a blessing by my daughter this morning. She made us all omelettes. I had a two egg omelette with fried mushroom, cheese and a bit of tomato. Coffee and cream.

Weren't at home this morning, it helped to keep me out of  CARB trouble and I only had water on our trip out.

LUNCH was big dark green lettuce leafs wrapped around spicy chorizo sausage slices, cucumber circles topped with mayonnaise. Had one cube of 80% dark chocolate for dessert.

I had another coffee with cream.

Late afternoon I chopped off a quarter from the cabbage in the fridge. I just sat and munched on it leaf by leaf. I loved the cold crunch. Even the dog wanted some ;) Not the best snack but it was all I needed.

I wasn't as hungry and into craving and having a constant "I want to eat feeling"  today as usual. I also find the days that I take my multivitamin I have less cravings. I know this is a very controversial subject but there must be something to it or just in my head ;) but I think I might just end up taking it daily.

SUPPER was cocktail sticks with feta cheese, ghurkins and little pieces of tomato.

I walked 4 kilometers with the dog and drank my one and a half liter of water and more today. It is that T.O.M so I'm not even looking forward getting on the scale tomorrow..... Knowing that I might be heavier just because I'm a woman :D

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 28 June

Feeling much better today. Felt like I was hit by a train yesterday. Actually went to bed early last night feeling a bit nauseous. The weather here is HOT and it barely cools down at night....... I remember last night as one of the most uncomfortable nights in a long time.

BREAKFAST was a piece of barbeque chicken! Yes! it is Saturday. My family enjoyed their home made banana bread and I enjoyed bbq chicken the neighbor brought over late last night as a gift. Coffee and cream to go along side.

I enjoyed another mug of coffee somewhere in the morning.

LUNCH was YES MORE BARBEQUE CHICKEN! I wrapped strips of it in big dark green lettuce leafs with a bit of mayonnaise. Was a big treat.

Had coffee mid afternoon.

Felt quite full after the day's chicken so when supper came around ....
SUPPER was a salad of tomato, cucumber and ghurkins. Had a T of cream cheese mixed with half a t of kakao poweder and a dash of stevia. Mixed it well and believe it or not but I sat and licked the little bowl out with my finger. ;)

Got my one and half liter of water and even more in for the day YAY!
Going to take the kids and dog for a brisk 4km walk again tonight. I must say the walking is terrible to get out to do but once done it feels so good.

Wasnt the healthiest day low carbing but Saturdays normally goes slow here.
I feel motivated and encourage to go forward and win this race - NO MATTER WHAT IT WILL TAKE!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 27 June

It feels like this today. The only way to have success in LOW CARB EATING is by persevering. I find myself having to be PATIENT and be PATIENT and be PATIENT! Making this a lifestyle is a choice to keep going and making a good choice at every meal and bite. The scale is stuck and not coming down. Often people would say "leave the scale" at this stage it is the only way I can measure my weight loss.

BREAKFAST was a two egg omelette with 1T of tuna and a sprinkle of feta cheese. Coffee and cream.

Midd morning I had another mug with 2T of coconut oil blended in and a t of peanut butter on the side.

LUNCH was a chicken fillet with mayonnaise, 3 cups of lettuce, tomato and a sprinkle of cheese.
My dessert was 2T of cream cheese with a dot of liquid splenda and a t of cacao powder. It tasted like cheesecake. Was so good for a change.

Midd afternoon I had another coffee with cream.

SUPPER is going to be pizza for my family and I'm still figuring out what I will eat. I'm thinking of making a zucchini crust pizza base. Going to grate the zucchini, then steam it in the microwave, squeeze out the liquid and mix with a bit of cheese. Pat in a pan with toppings.  Bake in the oven and there my pizza.

This was not an easy week low carbing. I'm doing all I can and holding on all I can to keep going. It is summer holiday here and my family is eating all that is nice. Actually I have been sulking about all the things I can't eat. I know terrible but I have to go through this to get out the other side be stronger and go for gold. Giving up in a hard time will mean I will give up and not go back. Persevering and going through makes me stronger and I know I will keep going.

Being hormonal is not a great help eating Low Carb. I'm craving sugar and all that comes with it especially chocolate.

I want to take the dog tonight and go for a long brisk walk....... All the best dear friends in your journey. It has never been easy but the results are gold. Keep going.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 26 June

BREAKFAST was the famous "bun in a mug" with 2 fried eggs and a sprinkle of cheese. Coffee and cream.

We were taking the kids and dog to the beach to celebrate the end of the school year. SO I packed a picnic for lunch.

I packed a coffee on the road with a bit of flavored sugar free coffee creamer. The right thing for the road.

It turned out that the dog and the Turkish people on the beach just didnt go together. Dogs were allowed but the  people turned out to be terrified of Teddy. SO WE HAD TO LEAVE! There it then turned out that our picnic and day at the beach became a picnic on the pavement with the dog on a leash ;)

LUNCH was picnic tortillas wraps for my family. I ate a few of the chicken nuggets (it had a bit of breading but not too much) I wrapped my chicken in lettuce leafs with a bit of tomato and cucumber and a slice of cheese. Was so yummy. Just not the location what we would have called a picnic at the beach. I shared a tin of sugar free coke with my husband. I had 3 cubes of 80% dark chocolate for dessert.

We got home midd afternoon and I was starving again. I had a coffee with cream and 2 pickles. To my amazement the pickles fixed me and took my craving for what ever away.

SUPPER was sushi/kimbab rolls. We always have this for a meal when my husband is not at home, he hates seaweed. The kids had rice in their seaweed bundles and I had a strip of eggs, cucumber sticks, a bit of tuna, a strip of ghurkin and mayonnaise and a dot of bbq sauce. Just what the doctor had ordered.

I got a great deal of water in today........ but not much exercise. Hoping to do that tomorrow.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 25 June

I  just now went to sit on the veranda with a thick slice of raw cabbage picking it apart and eating it piece by piece. I was sulking and just fatup! Yesterday was such a good day..... today again I'm so hungry and to the limit with what I can eat today......... Anyway I just had to tell someone. At least it was a chunk of cabbage and not chocolate ;) I miss all the things I cant have here like bacon and bacon and bacon........

BREAKFAST was a cup of frozen spinach fried in butter and two eggs scrambled with this. Round it of with a bit of feta cheese. Coffee and cream.

Had another mug midd morning with cream.

Had a cup of cucumber slices midd morning with ranch dressing and bacon sprinkles.

LUNCH was 3 cups lettuce chopped with half a cup spicy sausage cubes. Tomato, cucumber and ghurkins.

Had a slice of cheese midd afternoon. I was so hungry I just took 2T of coconut oil clean and had a multivitamin to help me out. Tomorrow is a new day.

Had then the chunk of cabbage late afternoon ;)

SUPPER will be sardines fried in oil, cucumber and tomato salad and some left over fried mushrooms in tomato sauce from earlier this week. Just have to keep going.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 24 June

Got on the scale this morning broke neatly into the 75's YES! I'm loosing the grams..... hoping it could be kilograms soon ;)

 BREAKFAST was 1 cup of frozen spinach stir fried in butter, 2 eggs neatly broken into hollows in the spinach. A sprinkle of cheese....... THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND COULD NOT EAT BETTER! Coffee and cream.

I went to a friends house and her young boy brought his auntie Karin 2 baby carrots to taste from his garden......... I ATE IT........

I came home and had my coconut coffee with 2T of coconut oil.

LUNCH was 2 cups of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, ghurkins and cheese cubes and a drizzle of olive oil.

We had friends over this afternoon and the brownies were very tempting..... I said NO! I had coffee and cream instead and enjoyed it.

SUPPER was with our dear friends. I made tuna puff pastry pies, potato chips in the oven..... I find it hard to cook NO CARB for quests too. It works out often to be more expensive. For this mamma bear to be able to eat also something I made eggplant boats. I used the smaller eggplant and sliced them in two. Cut out some of the meat, brush with olive oil. Salt and sprinkle with garlic powder, a squirt of tomato sauce and a bit of grated cheese baked in the oven. It was so good I had 4 halves.

The weather is real hot and I for sure got my liter and a half in today!

I normally get dead hungry midd morning. This morning when it turned out to be lunch time I was surprised that I was not hungry yet. It made me think that maybe my breakfast should have more vegetables with the eggs.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 23 JUNE

LOW CARB has no grace! If you fall you fall! My galavanting in the city last week eating a little bit of this and that chocolate is showing on the scale this morning: A WHOPPING 76 kilograms! Yip! This Mama LOW CARB needs to pull herself together. As you have guessed it was another STRICT MONDAY! I want to get back to my lowest point and below. My head is right on today and I'm going NORTH!

BREAKFAST was 2 eggs fried in butter with a cup of cucumber and feta cheese on the side. Coffee and cream.

Had my 2T coconut coffee whipped midd morning. Had another coffee with cream. OOOOHHHHH TO MUCH COFFEE!

I had a bowl of the LOW CARB CHICKEN SOUP midd morning with a sprinkle of cheese.

LUNCH was big lettuce leafs with tomato slices, turkey cold meat and a good helping of mayonnaise. I had five of these.

I had another 1/2 cup of coffee midd afternoon to pull me over.

SUPPER is going to be the Japanese zucchini fried fingers with chicken stir fried with mushrooms and sun dried tomato strips. My family is having this with pasta but I will only stick to the zucchini and chicken.

SUPPER TONIGHT:

Walked the dog 4 km this morning. It felt so good. Trying to get my water in for the day. I liter down and half to go!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 22 June

I love Sundays! Ours turned out not what we planned it to be. We took the 2o minute bus ride to the metro to go into the city to church... and then the metro was not working today......... Well, we came home..... and instead had a lovely day home as a family.

BREAKFAST was this delicious meal on the photo. I made the "bun in a mug" with only the 2T of flaxseed, olive oil, egg and baking powder. I ate the one half with an egg and butter and while my family were enjoying their scones, jams and cream I had the other half of the bun with cheese, peach snips (just a little) and cream with cinnamon. Coffee and cream.

I had more coffee and cream through the morning.

LUNCH was big lettuce leafs wrapped around turkey ham slices and topped off with mayonnaise.

Late afternoon I had red pepper fingers spread with cream cheese.

SUPPER was the wonderous ;) LOW CARB CHICKEN SOUP again.

I didnt get to walk the dog.... a friend came over with her kids and then it was time to get the kids eating supper and ready for bed. I think the dog is more sad about not walking than I am ;)

Looking at the week ahead knowing that I have been nibbling here and nibbling there and then very suddenly it is a kilogram up. I have picked up a bit over the last months....... NOT WHERE I WANT TO GO! Tomorrow is D DAY! Low carb war is on..... I want to win back my ground and get to my lowest point and beyond.

It has never bothered me over the last 1 1/2 years doing low carb but lately I have been craving for bacon and things that I could add to my limited food list here to make it more interesting. I'm looking forward to the summer holiday coming up so I can work on some new ideas for recipes.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 21 June

What a day! I ended up today traveling with my girls to a Birthday party at the beach 3 hours away with a bus, metro and then a bus again........ Doing it for my girls! We actually had a great day at the beach.

BREAKFAST was 2 eggs AND NO GOOD COFFEE! It happened that our coffee pot gave up his life this morning. Not even after he was done but just not working. It is truly sad. I made a mug of instant coffee with cream but just had a few mouthfulls.

LUNCH was at the beach with dear friends. They served us Turkish pizza with white bean salad and tomato. I ate as little as I coulf not to offend.....but it was truly Turkish goodness. My friend offered me a mug of coffee OH YES!! I just had it black didnt feel like milk in it.

SUPPER was at 8 when we got home. I was starving. I had a big bowl of chicken soup, and a bit more chicken chopped in.... and enjoyed every spoon. Hoping that the soup would work out the pizza. ;)

I didnt get enough water in today but got a great deal of exercise.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 20 June

Got on the scale last night and it clocked me 72.8 kilogram I almost fainted..... I got on a few times to make sure and for sure. This morning I got on and the same thing I weighed 71 kilograms...... THEN I PICKED IT UP SHAKED IT A BIT AND weighed again......... a whopping 75.4 kilograms!!!!!!!!!! I think the 75 kilograms is more like it. Oh well it felt good to see 71 kilograms I'm hoping to get there.....

BREAKFAST was 2 eggs with coffee and cream.

My girls made jam bars....... I HAD ONE .... and that while my low carb pot of soup was cooking on the stove.......

I also had coffee with coconut - to make me feel better after falling for the bars ;)

LUNCH was 3 cups of lettuce and a big bowl of chicken soup.

Normally I take two chicken breasts and cook it in my steam pot with 3 cubes of chicken stock. I cook it for about 2 hours to make sure the meat is soft and all the flavors are there. I add any low carb vegetable that I have. I added zucchini and 2 red peppers to this pot.  I cook one pot and eat from it for a few days - my family actually wanted some of todays soup so not much left for mama bear.... Will just have to cook another pot soon.

You could add broccoli, cauliflower, green onion etc.

SUPPER will be a salad from cucumber and tomato and another bowl of soup.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 19 June

I didn't log my food today. I left home early this morning with the kids into the city and came home this evening..... showered and got ready for a family photo shoot. What a life! ;) Tomorrow is a new day and more normal, if there is normal.

BREAKFAST was two eggs, coffee and cream.

I had another coffee with lots of whipped cream in the city and a cute coffee place.

I ate too much chicken and cabbage last night and slept so bad with a full tummy....wondering all night why I get myself into situations like that.  This morning I wasn't even hungry for breakfast. By lunch time I decided to skip lunch and enjoy a good deal of water.

SUPPER was when I came home early evening. I was starving! I had some more left over stir fried cabbage with a tin of tuna and a big lettuce salad drizzled with olive oil.

It seems like my weight have stalled.... and I need a good kick in the bud! I decided to do a chicken and vegetable soup  for the next few days. Having my eggs for breakfast but the soup for lunch and supper. I'm hoping to get to loose some more weight to get to my goal of 70kg. JUMP STARING EVERYTHING AGAIN. ... Yes! Weekend is probably not the best time to start this but where I can choose I will have the soup.

In the past when I have gone on the soup fast for lunch and supper it has really gotten me through a slump and I started loosing again.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 18 June

Today was a day filled with SO MANY TEMPTATIONS or rather I was craving everything and the trash can too! I stood strong! It feels good. I started tracking my food on "fatsecret" again. Even though my heart is good and I try my best I do go off the road and needs to come back to the basics again. Tracking my food helps me to know how much carbs, proteien and fats I take in daily. I log in the morning and then I know what I can eat through the day.

My Food Diary

Today, Wednesday 18 June 2014

 

Fat	Carbs	Net C	Prot	Cals
97.88	26.13	17.13	72.92	1255

        

Breakfast 21.59 1.52 1.52 17.75 274

Egg 2 large 9.94 0.77 0.77 12.58 147

Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51

Coffee 1 mug (8 fl oz) 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.28 2

Grated Dry Cheddar or American Type Cheese 2 tbsps 6.09 0.24 0.24 4.58 74

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Lunch 51.05 9.32 5.32 20.59 564

Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51

Coffee (Brewed From Grounds) 1 cup (8 fl oz) 0.05 0.28 2

Lettuce 3 cups shredded or chopped 0.23 4.90 2.90 1.48 23

Denny's Sliced Tomatoes (3 Slices) 2 x 1 serving, 4 oz 4.00 2.00 2.00 20

Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 tbsps 27.00 239

Tuna in Oil (Canned) 2 oz 4.66 16.52 112

Coconut Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp 13.60 117

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Dinner 19.68 14.87 9.87 33.99 364

Green Cabbage 2 cups chopped 0.21 9.93 5.83 2.56 43

Butter 1 tbsp 11.52 0.01 0.01 0.12 102

Chicken Breast 100 g 7.72 29.55 195

Cucumber (with Peel) 1 cup slices 0.11 3.78 3.28 0.68 16

Mushrooms 1/2 cup pieces or slices 0.12 1.15 0.75 1.08 8

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Snacks / Other 5.56 0.42 0.42 0.59 53

Coffee (Brewed From Grounds) 1 cup (8 fl oz) 0.05 0.28 2

Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51

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74% of RDI* (1255 calories) * Based on your RDI of 1700 calories (04 Mar 14) BREAKFAST was my usual eggs with cheese. LUNCH was a salad with tuna SUPPER was a cabbage stir fry with chicken strips and mushrooms.	Calorie Breakdown:   Carbohydrate (9%)   Fat (70%)   Protein (21%) Set your Recommended Daily Intake