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Day 35 - Weigh in wednesday

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!--Sophie

Happy Valentine's day!!! I know this post is late--sorry!!!
I went to a girls night out Valentine's day party because I am single and have no boyfriend!  There is still love with friends.  I only ate the cheese cake squares I bought and some vegetables.  I bought chocolate sauce for everyone else to sweeten theirs with.  Most people eat very sugary things, I don't.  I was the first one to arrive at the party so I only got pictures of what I bought and what the hostess bought---sorry.  She had some cookies as well as her vegetables tray.  The other foods were ice cream cake, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, etc.  I was the only one that liked mine as I am on a high fat diet whereas everyone else is on a low fat diet.

Each time, its a holiday, it feels different now.  This was my first valentine's day low carbing. I usually go to the stores the day after to buy all the remaining valentine's day candy at a 90% discount.  This year I did not do that. I usually indulge in some ice cream at the mall or some kind of desert for valentine's day,  but this year I did not do the usual.  I instead made some cheesecake squares, I indulged in some lindt 90% candy and I made myself some homemade candy (fat bombs).  I always have fat bombs in  the fridge.

It felt a little lonely not going for the usual valentine's day high sugary foods. I have strong will power because I dont want to be knocked out of ketosis and get keto flu. It was nice to watch all those other foods, even though I did not eat any.  It just felt like I was missing a peice of myself because I was not eating the usual for valentine's day.  Last year was also my first thanksgiving and christmas low carbing.  Its a new experience to not be able to eat all your usual favorite foods and to come up with new ones.  I did have lindt 90%, made homemade candy and the cheesecake, but it still just felt like something was missing because this was a new tradition.  As time passes, I hope that I am able to create new traditions and accept them and celebrate them.  I had a great time eating what I did, but I did feel that emptiness.

The party was fun, we exchanged valentines, so I KNEW people loved me!!!  I am holding I heart you magnets that a friend made through her scarp book.  Its really cook, I love that homemade gift.

Have a happy valentine's day and there will be many many more.  We just have to create new traditions and eat anything we want---provided we make it ourselves.  Hope all of you enjoyed your holiday.  I know Neta---The other broke low carber, cooked her husband beef heart for dinner.  It was valentine's day themed because it was a heart.

Why I no longer use Myfitnesspal-Sophie

I am no longer using myfitnesspal. While it is IS nice to share what I'm eating, I found out that I was micromanaging my meals and not getting enough protein and too much fat because I was trying to hit certain numbers.  I wasnt feeling that well and had some brain fog and was losing hair.  Now I am just listening to my body to lose weight.

Listen to you body, it know what it wants!!!!

Day 28 weigh in wednesday (Busted mic)

Busted Mic or not, I'm keeping track on Weigh-in-Wednesdays! Due to technical difficulties my new videos are delaying but they are coming!

Eating on Food Trucks

Eating out is always a challenge. The first picture has 2 plates. One is mine and one is someone else's.  Guess which one is mine?  Mine is the one without the bread.  It was a chicken taco without the bread.  I was not very satisfied after eating it because it was small and it was low fat.  there was no extra butter that I could ask for on the food truck.  Its limited fat on trucks.  Wish they would carry lots of butter for my tastes.  The second pic is just my food by itself in case you could not guess which one was mine and which one was someone else's.

What really satisief was pictures 3 and 4.  they are chicken skin balls deep fried with a lot of grease. i dont remember the rest of what was in there, just remember that it was a lot of fat. And fat i find very satifying and it makes me full and keeps me full.

there is always something that you can eat when out, whether from a  truck or a restaurant.  Sometimes its hard to find options, but the easy way is to just get something apetizing and ask them to hold the bread.    I was hoping there would be more options, as I really wanted to bite into a chicken leg but could not find that.  I did eat well that day and felt satisfied.  What more can a broke low carber ask for?

Holy Carrots!!!!

I have NEVER in my life seen carrots THIS huge!!!! its big enough to feed an army!!!!  Carrots are something I treat myself to every once in a while.  It tastes like candy to me and super sweet.  I have not had anything really sweet in so long that this tastes like CANDY!!!!!  When you do lchf, you eventually end up with super sensitive taste buds.

Breakfast with a good friend

Do you ever wonder what to eat when you go out?  I dined for breakfast with a really good friend of mine (No sadly, it wasnt Neta)---.  And there are a lot of high carb options, but how can you make your meal low carb?  Here is what I did-
I gave my friend all my carbs---thats why she has much on her side! the potatos were mine and i generously donated them.  She had pancakes, hashbrowns and eggs.  That is a lot of carbs.  I had eggs, steak tips, sweet peppers and onions.  I asked for extra  butter for the side, but when I took one bite,  I knew it was not butter, but actually margarine.

Breakfast was nice. It was nice for me to look at those pancakes, some times i like to see eye candy.  I did not eat any high carb items but ate a delicious low carb meal.  I drank water with my meal.  You can always make any option at a restaurant a low carb option, just give your carbs to someone else or ask the waitstaff not to give it to you.

Eating pizza again after 8 mos!!!!

I have not had pizza in 8 months, because I was low carbing.  One day while browsing, I came across this recipe

http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/italian/no-dough-pizza.html
My pizza came out looking more like a casserole than an actual pizza

oops, I put WAY too much toppings on it.  My take on it, its very very cheesey.  It wasnt hard where you could just pick it up with your hands, but you have to use a fork to eat it.  It tasted really good, and I didnt miss the high carb pizza.
I used chicken and peppers for the topping

 

Ingredients

CRUST

1-8 oz.

full fat cream cheese, room temperature

2 large

eggs

1/4 tsp

ground black pepper

1 tsp

garlic powder

1/4 c

grated parmesan cheese

TOPPINGS

1/2 c

pizza sauce

1 1/2 c

shredded mozzarella cheese

toppings - pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushrooms, peppers or any toppings of your choice

garlic powder

Day 21 Weigh in Wednesday & Not feeling well on low carb?

Dairy Free, High fat - Low carb smoothie!

For a breakfast or a pre-work out or just as a treat!! Dairy free, coconut free, low carb smoothie! Excuse my horrible cameramanship XD I need a tripod! #realfood

Motivation Socks- Sophie

Last time we had motivation jeans, you can use any clothes you want for motivation  This time, we have motivation socks.

http://youtu.be/-q37GmG9aGU

Wings!!! the perfect food

These wings were AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
How to cook them- season to taste: Paprkia, garlic, curry, oregano, cayanne, salt oil or butter.  Mix the seasonings with the chicken wings.  Then put it in the over for 1.5 hours at 350 to get them nice and crispy.  Excellent for eating as a snack or as a meal.
Enjoy!!!

Day 14 - Weigh in Wednesday + Why women might see a weight gain.

Real greek yoghurt.

I wanted to inform everyone that THIS is greek yoghurt. 

What is sold to you as 'greek yoghurt' is in fact, "strained yoghurt". Which is why it is thicker.

Greek yoghurt is traditionally from sheep or goat's milk (nowadays they also come in cow's milk, but the tastiest is the goat's milk one) and there is a skin on top which are probiotics. 

Women on antibiotics consume a small pot of this yoghurt and they avoid yeast infections.

Ingredients are only milk and the cultivation. Nothing else.

If you find this type of yoghurt, you can start making your own by warming up raw milk to 90oC and then letting it cool to 45oC,

mix 1 spoonful of the yoghurt you found with half a glass of milk and mix.

Put mix in the oven at 45oC (or keep it at a warm place) for 4 hours minimum undisturbed.

Let the yoghurt cool down to room temperature and then place in the fridge for 24 hours.
Consume within 10 days.

Day 12 - Berry Cheesecake Low Carb (9 carbs/serving)

Day 11 - Low Carb Shopping list! (Suggestion)

Never know what to shop? Here's a suggestion of real low-carb foods you can stock up on and have in mind each time you go to the super market.