Today is my 1 month mark and I can't believe it has gone this fast. I have a lot to report today so I'll start by saying this month has been a tremendous success. I am down 19 pounds and feeling terrific. I didn't cheat even once this month, which is also something of a milestone for me. I know I simply have too much to lose by not committing everything to this change. I just can't afford the excuses. In the past I have always been able to justify cheating, lying to myself that it would just be this once, or perhaps that it was okay because it was a holiday, or I am stressed over this or that. Really though, these are just excuses to allow myself to eat "fun" foods again. The problem is, it isn't "fun" to be fat and lethargic and unhealthy. Those foods were literally killing me and like drugs, the high isn't worth the cost.
I popped a tire on my bike and will be getting it fixed today so I can start biking this week. I haven't been out at all for several days so I need to get that going again. I can really feel the difference when I am out sweating, even if it is only for a short while. Even though it is Wednesday I can still get my 3 days in this week if I can get this fixed today although I won't have recovery days in between.
Day 30 meals:
Breakfast - 3 eggs scrambled, 3 pieces of bacon
Lunch - 8 oz burgers, 2 TBS low carb ketchup, 3 pickles
Dinner - Cauliflower fried rice
Snacks - AM - 2 mozzarella sticks, PM - 1 cup low carb vanilla ice cream, melted no sugar chocolate chips
Total counts for day 30, 26.2g Carbs, 1,380 Calories, 76.6g fat, 88.2g protein
It was a weird day for my meals. I came in way low on calories and a little high on carbs. I did have a treat of carbsmart ice cream with melted no sugar chocolate chips topping. It was delicious but probably didn't help me lose anything. I continue to struggle with my numbers but always on the low side. I guess I would rather have that than to always be coming in over my numbers each day. I made a new recipe that is going to become one of my new favorites. I made cauliflower (faux) fried rice. It was amazing. In fact it was so good I gave my family some and they decided to make an entire batch for themselves. It was so good I am including the recipe and a picture below.
Cauliflower Fried Rice
Ingredients:
Half head of a medium size cauliflower
2 eggs
4 Diced Mushrooms
2 TBS Soy Sauce
2 TBS Butter
Salt & Pepper to taste
3 TBS peanut oil
Directions:
Cut cauliflower and dice into small pieces, a blender or food processor makes this easier. Place cauliflower in microwavable bowl and fill with enough water to cover the cauliflower. Microwave on high until cauliflower is tender and soft, (approx 4 minutes). Heat peanut oil in hot frying pan or wok until oil is hot and smoking. Place cauliflower, butter and mushrooms in pan and let simmer 4 minutes. Next, push cauliflower to the sides and crack eggs in the middle, break the yoke and scramble while cooking. Once eggs are cooked add them to the cauliflower and mushroom mixture then add salt and pepper to taste. Finally add the soy sauce evenly and let simmer for 2 more minutes. Depending on which phase you are on you could also add a spoonful of roasted sesame seeds. Serve with chicken or steak. Entire batch comes in around 4.4 net grams of carbs and is delicious.
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