ALL ABOUT TODAY! 8 Maart

I am craving chocolate like crazy!  Trying to stay strong and making the decision to stick to my program. As hard as it is I'm seeing results on the scale and want to stick to it. YOOO HOO!

I went on a breakfast outing for WOMANS DAY with the mothers from my sons school. We went to a village to an outdoor restaurant. They bake their own bread there and the jams looked absolutely amazing. For the first time in my life I heard about eggplant jam. AMAZING!

It was quite hard to find something to eat at the breakfast. I had two eggs and cheese at home knowing that there might not be anything to eat on the outing. The bread was very tempting with all the special spreads. Drinking the Turkish tea and keeping myself busy with it saved me from eating what I should not ;)

Here is my food log for the day:

My Food Diary

Today, Saturday 08 March 2014

Fat	Carbs	Net C	Prot	KCals
98.80	23.70	19.70	84.15	1315

        

Breakfast 48.65 5.32 4.02 19.09 531

Egg 2 large 9.94 0.77 0.77 12.58 147

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

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

Denny's Sliced Tomatoes (3 Slices) 1 serving, 2 oz 2.00 1.00 1.00 10

Cucumber (with Peel) 1/2 cup slices 0.06 1.89 1.59 0.34 8

Olive Oil 2 tbsps 27.00 239

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Lunch 21.30 14.23 12.93 5.64 263

Lettuce 2 cups shredded or chopped 0.15 3.27 1.97 0.99 15

Smoked Salmon 1 piece 0.86 3.66 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

Mayonnaise 3 tbsps 14.73 10.54 10.54 0.40 172

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Dinner 28.85 4.15 2.75 59.42 521

Zucchini 1 cup chopped 0.22 4.15 2.75 1.50 20

Olive Oil 1 tbsp 13.50 119

Chicken Breast 1 medium (yield after cooking, bone removed) 15.13 57.92 382

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It is getting easier and easier to stay within the limits with my fat, protein and carbs.
It is really encouraging to see that sticking to boundaries within Low Carb eating have definite weight loss results. I'm sold!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 7 March

Delighted it is Friday! I'm so ready for the weekend. Just breaking from the usual schedule of every day.

I am doing well with the new way of logging my foods in the morning and then sticking to it through the day. I am also trying to just keep it simple with my food choices over the next few days to see if I can drop a few kilograms. My menu is not so exciting but it is keeping my tummy full.

My Food Diary Today, Friday 07 March 2014   Fat Carbs Net C Prot KCals 106.19 27.23 16.43 88.10 1397          Breakfast 37.40 4.72 3.82 20.31 438     Olive Oil 1 tbsp 13.50 119     Heavy Cream 1 tbsp 5.51 0.42 0.42 0.31 51     Coffee (Brewed From Grounds) 2 cups (8 fl oz) 0.09 0.57 5     Cucumber (Peeled) 1 cup pared, chopped 0.21 2.87 1.97 0.78 16     Blue Cheese 1 oz 8.15 0.66 0.66 6.07 100     Egg 2 large 9.94 0.77 0.77 12.58 147   Add Item Lunch 38.15 5.27 2.97 15.99 414     Lettuce 2 cups shredded or chopped 0.15 3.27 1.97 0.99 15     Olive Oil 2 tbsps 27.00 239     Denny's Sliced Tomatoes (3 Slices) 1 serving, 2 oz 2.00 1.00 1.00 10     King Oscar Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 can drained, 85 g 11.00 14.00 150   Add Item Dinner 30.64 17.24 9.64 51.80 545     Green Cabbage 2 cups chopped 0.21 9.93 5.83 2.56 43     Olive Oil 1 tbsp 13.50 119     Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten) 1 small (yield after cooking, bone and skin removed) 5.31 46.14 246     Cauliflower 1 cup 0.10 5.30 2.80 1.98 25     Denny's Sliced Tomatoes (3 Slices) 1 serving, 2 oz 2.00 1.00 1.00 10     Garlic Butter 1 tbsp 11.52 0.01 0.01 0.12 102   Add Item Have a great weekend. Stay strong and say No to the Carbs!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 6 March

I'm so encouraged, was down 600g down on the scale this morning. It is really helping me to log my food in at "fatsecret" and see how much carbs, fats and protein I'm eating daily. I was thinking that I was just doing fine, but not coming down on the scale! Now I realize that I was eating to much and I kept telling myself I'm eating too little.

BREAKFAST this morning was a bun in a mug made with 2T of flaxseed, 1T olive oil, 1 egg an 1/2t of baking powder. I fried an egg in butter and divided the egg between the two halves of the bun. Had 2 slices of tomato and blue cheese with this. A breakfast to die for! Coffee and cream.

Had another mug of coffee with cream midd morning.

LUNCH was 2 cups of chopped lettuce, half a tin of tuna, 1 cup of chopped cucumber and 1T of olive oil.

Had a slice of cheese midd afternoon with a cup of coffee and cream to pull me through to supper.

SUPPER is going to be big treat for me. I am having a chicken thigh with a cup of steamed broccoli and a cup of cauliflower topped with a drizzle of garlic butter and  3T of oven baked pumpkin.

Todays food seemed more but my ratio protein, fats and carbs were the same as yesterday. I'm getting slowly but surely more wise with my food choices. Logging my food in the morning for the day also helps me to stick to what I have logged in as I know if I go over I will not see any results on the scale.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 5 March

EUREKA!!!!!! I think I have found the secret to LOW CARB LIVING and loosing those hard kilograms!!!!!!! This is my second day using the Fatsecret App. I found it online and am using it on my computer now YAY! Do not need to stand in line to get a turn on the I pad. I go in in the morning and file my meals for the day and then figure out how I can get my fats at about 100, my carbs 20 and my protein about 70-80. It takes a bit of planning and shuffling my food around. This is a mayor eye opener for me! According to science and research this formula guarantee a breakthrough in any weight loss struggle. Lets see on Monday!

BREAKFAST this morning was 2 eggs fried in olive oil topped with 1T grated cheese huddled in a nest of 1 cup of spinach.  Two mugs of coffee and cream.

Had a t of peanut butter that chased my carb count sky high! Bye bye peanut butter not having you soon again.......

LUNCH was half a tin of tuna on 2 cups of lettuce topped of with olive oil, mayonnaise salt and pepper.

I had another cup of coffee with a t of cream, and a cube of cheese for a snack.

SUPPER will be chicken strips on 2 cups of stir fried cabbage and a side salad of a cup of cubed cucumber with a bit of lemon and green onion.

I was always thinking that I was not eating enough..... wow and in the mean time I was eating too much carbs and protein to loose weight. I am really hoping that the breakthru with the last 3kg will come soon. With this app. there is no room for mindless eating.... ;)

My deep heart desire is not to get bugged down in the science of weight loss. I was really hoping that I was not having to come to a place where I am counting everything I eat. The last 17kg did not come off easily either but the last 2 months have been really hard with coming down a kilogram and then picking it up again etc. Like playing in the park on the seesaw ;) Going up and down and not getting anywhere ;)

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 4 March

One thing that is kicking in making eating Low Carb a Lifestyle is how complicated it can be. My motto is to keep it simple and it is all but simple lately loosing that last 3kg....
I took my husband's Ipad this morning and joined the FatSecret App! It is out of desperation. I'm so tiered of picking up and loosing the same few hundred grams the last few weeks. Will clock in tonight and see how I did today with my fats, carbs and proteins. Might do it for a week to get the feeling of how much I can eat and loose weight.

BREAKFAST was 2 fried eggs with 2T of blue cheese and one cup of chopped cucumbers. Coffee and cream.

Another 1 mug of coffee and cream. This is me scaling down on coffee. I want to cut back to two mugs of coffee in the morning and then one more in the afternoon.

LUNCH was a bowl of cauliflower cheese soup and a big bowl of sliced lettuce dressed with olive oil and lemon.

Had another mug of coffee and an event. Without the cream ;)

Came home late afternoon running, making supper for my family and then of again. I had half an eggplant boat leftover from supper last night while I was cooking to pull me through to supper.

SUPPER was a quarter of a small chicken breast baked in soy sauce and yogurt with  broccoli and mayonnaise.

So here is my FatSecret App news for the day:

100.59 fat
43.86 carbs
67.88 prot
1323 cals.

This looks good!!!!!!! I think for real good weight loss I need to come down with my carbs to atleast 30.

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 3 March

MONDAY the day of many beginnings......AGAIN!  Nothing special on the scale this morning. This is where the reality of making this way of eating a LIFESTYLE has to kick in! If the scale goes down or not I'm gong to stick to this way of eating. I know eventually I will get through this plateau......

I was grumbling as I get of the scale this morning..... My husband was standing there hearing my plea.. and encouraged me on how beautiful I look to him..... THANK YOU!

Drinking my liter water today and sticking to my Low Carb Lifestyle.
Cutting out some extra cheese too.

BREAKFAST was 2 eggs fried in olive oil, half an avocado with a sprinkle of feta cheese. Coffee and cream.

Had another three cups through the morning. I get up real early so by ten I had 3 cups of coffee.

Midd morning I had a few smoked sardines for a snack...... I just could not keep it anymore was really looking forward to taste it. Was all what I thought it would be and more.

LUNCH was a bowl of cauliflower cheese soup and a piece of the flaxseed bread with a wedge of tomato. My dessert was a T of freshly made peanut butter... it was so fresh that it was still warm coming out of the machine ;) Also I had a thin slice of smoked salmon... one of my favorite ways to eat fish.

Midd afternoon I had another coffee with cream.

SUPPER will be eggplant boats. I sliced the eggplant in halves, cut out some of the meat part. Fry onion and chopped meat from the eggplant, garlic and then I added some spaghetti red sauce with ground meat to this. I scooped it back into the boats and sprinkled cheese over and baked in the oven at 180dC until brown and the eggplant soft. My family is having spaghetti bolognaise for supper so I thought making this will give me a good meal also with what they are eating. My boats are in the oven and it absolutely smells devine.

Having some steamed broccoli with a bit of garlic butter drizzled over.
A MEAL FIT FOR A KING!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 2 March

My photo for March! I do not see big changes on the scale but I see changes the way my clothes fit. This is not the best photo but it gets to the point! ;) I did not see much weight loss this month but I still want to loose 3kg! It feels like an eternity getting to my goal of 20kg lost!

My challenge now is to keep going and not settle here. I know if I give up now it could be easier to let go and then I will pick up all that I have lost.

Sundays are always difficult to eat enough. Oh I can eat enough of other things at church that could be cake, cookies and pastries.... but eating the right food I mean. We leave for church late morning and only gets back late afternoon after a trip to the supermarket.

BREAKFAST was 3 boiled eggs, cucumber, tomato and mayonnaise. Coffee and cream.

We got home at 5 and LUNCH/SUPPER was a good helping of roasted chicken strips with lettuce, cucumber, tomato and mayonnaise. I was starving!

Coffee and cream!

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 1 March

It's a lazy Saturday at home...... There is allot of leftovers from the week in the fridge and I'm not going to cook much. For sure more difficult to keep LOW CARBING with a banana caramel pie hanging around as my family is enjoying their Saturday at home...... I'm staying strong.... it is not worth cheating and not coming down in weight for at least TEN DAYS then!

BREAKFAST was 2 eggs with feta cheese and left over oven vegetables of zucchini circles and brussell sprouts. Coffee and cream.

Had more coffee through the morning.

LUNCH was a bowl of the cauliflower soup and a thicken thigh dressed with mayonnaise. Had a handful of almonds and 2 cubes of dark chocolate for dessert. Coffee and cream.

SUPPER was 2 slices of the flaxseed bread topped with blue cheese accompanied with another bowl of the cauliflower cheese soup with added bacon bits and green onion.

Sipping on Peppermint Cinnamon tea at our family movie tonight to keep me out of trouble ;)

ALL ABOUT TODAY: 28 February

It's weekend! I'm so ready!  Yes also the most difficult time of the week to keep eating within boundaries living out LOWCARB!  

I can not get into my blog with my computer tonight? Typing this post on my husbands I pad. Not the best for someone who is use to typing on the big notes ;) 

Breakfast this morning was 2 fried eggs served on top of  left over oven roasted zucchini circles from supper last night. Enjoyed it with a bit of myonnaise. Coffee and cream.

It was Friday morning and I was dragging.... had another 2 mugs of coffee with cream.

Lunch was a real treat from my daughter. She made me a tuna salad with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, ghurkins, grated cheese and off course the tuna. Enjoyed it with a dressing of lemon and olive oil.

It was house cleaning day here today..... not the best job on a Friday afternoon. I was really dragging and had a delicious BPC with a t of peanut butter as my dessert with the coffee.

Supper was a real challenge tonight. I made my family pizza and banana toffee pie...... The pie was my least problem! I planned a bit ahead and had 2 slices of the peanutbutter bread with cold meats and cheese. This was my shield to eat something before the pizza came hot out of the oven....so I would not fall for the pizza before my supper was ready. 

My supper was two bowls of cauliflower cheese soup. I made enough to cover me for another few meals over the weekend.