Still hard to get used to eating all this fat and I'm having the same challenge I usually have with a change to a healthy diet--vegetables bore me out of my mind. As a large portion of what I'm eating, I dread them as the days go by. I hate cooking in general and when we have to add in chopping, it's even worse! The strange thing is, I really do like veggies but not for breakfast and not for snacks.
So far the bennies are not making up for the lack of favorite carb foods. Yes, I've tried mashed cauliflower and spaghetti squash and zucchini spaghetti and they taste fine, just not like mashed potatoes and pasta, which I like and miss. They taste like what they are--boring! I think it's because you have to eat so much more of them to feel full and I feel like all I do now is eat and plan menus. I'm hoping that it will become more natural over time and I won't feel like all I do is work around what I need to eat every day.
I like THIS site for easy lists of what to eat and not eat and what the carb numbers are on a lot of common foods.Seeing the numbers is motivating.
Diary
Breakfast
cucumber slices with cream cheese and lox
Snack
Butter coffee (see yesterday's post on this)
Lunch
Ate out at California Shabu Shabu:
Plate of assorted veg and a couple of tofu cubes
Steak and salmon
I passed on the Udon noodles and rice.
Dinner
leftover chicken thigh and gravy
some cherry tomatoes and cucumber slices
slice of Jarlesburg cheese
handful of pecans
Not hungry anymore but not satisfied: craving salt--added a handful of the wasabi almonds then felt done.
One thing the website I linked to above helped me with was the advice that I should eat until I felt satisfied if I was staying in the low carb range of foods. Since I didn't feel done for dinner, I checked in to see what I was craving and once I hit on it, I wasn't hungry anymore.
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Showing posts with label coffee. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2016
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Bulletproof coffee, cheating and Food Diary 8/13
Been seeing a lot of references to Bulletproof Coffee in low carb menus and articles online and I wanted to find out what it is and all the fuss around it. First, it seems like there are a lot of individual butter coffee recipes out there AND there is an official (and seemingly pricey) "real" Bulletproof Coffee that has branded oil and coffee products.
I was skeptical of the brand and its claims and came across THIS article that confirmed my thinking on a "miracle coffee" offering too good to be true results. I'm also not interested in anything that would have me lose 1lb a day. That sounds way bad for a body and I could just image how my face would sag lol! This Old Liz's skin needs time to get used and adjust to body changes! And is regular caffeine intake a good idea for a diet that tends to dehydrate?
As far as the recipe, I tried a lungo coffee Americano from my Nespresso machine (Envivo lungo pod with two lungo pulls) with a Tbs each of unsalted butter (Kerrigold) and organic coconut oil. I've also seen butter with half and half, with MCT oil, and salted butter. I also used a hand blender for a quick mix up--that means a little frother I have, not my electric stick blender.
It was....fine. I didn't taste any coconut flavor which for me was a good thing. I've had problems with a lot of oil at one time and I think this might be bearing out here too, but nothing alarming. I might try the butter/half and half on a day I think I will need to ward off hunger pangs. In the past, caffeine has helped with this and on days when I really need to run around and will get a late lunch that has been helpful. I think this might have tased better with coffee rather than espresso.
Katie and I are interested in trying butter tea (mentioned in the article linked above), which sounds like it might be a better combo with butter. Will be ordering some more unsalted butter from the farmer this week so we can experiment.
With all the bulletproof coffee talk I see around the internet, I feel sure that we'll be seeing butter coffee on cafe menus any time now.
Will let you know any results from my consumption of this concoction in tomorrows posting of today's food log.
Food Diary Stuff--8/13
Just to clarify again, I post food diaries at least a day later so I can include the whole day.
I decided I'd be fine with "cheats" from the start. I knew weekends would be the toughest, since we tend to eat out or on the run. Not going crazy--especially in this first month, but also not stressing over every little thing. BUT--one cheat I didn't plan on and was not worth it.
Late breakfast around 10am
2 eggs scrambled with some cheddar cheese shredded on top
Lunch-out
Went to DRP for lunch I love their Belle Haven salad and added some grilled chicken to it, cheated a bit with the dried cranberries in the salad since they are always sweetened.
Snack
Handful of wasabi almonds
5 prunes--THESE were the big cheat I didn't plan on. Looked at the label and WOW a lot of carbs, most of them sugar. I guess I thought the fiber would balance it out. So, not crazy off the ranch cheat (not processed crap) but not worth the extra carbs imo. No more prunes for me.
Dinner--I liked this, my kids (older teens) did not
Chicken thighs with smoked paprika, onion powder and salt with a sour cream/pan drippings gravy.
Broccoli Slaw with nuts and seeds and dried cranberries-this was a mix that i didn't realize had the cranberries, which I could have skipped. I made a dressing of mayo, lemon juice and garlic powder.
I was skeptical of the brand and its claims and came across THIS article that confirmed my thinking on a "miracle coffee" offering too good to be true results. I'm also not interested in anything that would have me lose 1lb a day. That sounds way bad for a body and I could just image how my face would sag lol! This Old Liz's skin needs time to get used and adjust to body changes! And is regular caffeine intake a good idea for a diet that tends to dehydrate?
As far as the recipe, I tried a lungo coffee Americano from my Nespresso machine (Envivo lungo pod with two lungo pulls) with a Tbs each of unsalted butter (Kerrigold) and organic coconut oil. I've also seen butter with half and half, with MCT oil, and salted butter. I also used a hand blender for a quick mix up--that means a little frother I have, not my electric stick blender.
It was....fine. I didn't taste any coconut flavor which for me was a good thing. I've had problems with a lot of oil at one time and I think this might be bearing out here too, but nothing alarming. I might try the butter/half and half on a day I think I will need to ward off hunger pangs. In the past, caffeine has helped with this and on days when I really need to run around and will get a late lunch that has been helpful. I think this might have tased better with coffee rather than espresso.
Katie and I are interested in trying butter tea (mentioned in the article linked above), which sounds like it might be a better combo with butter. Will be ordering some more unsalted butter from the farmer this week so we can experiment.
With all the bulletproof coffee talk I see around the internet, I feel sure that we'll be seeing butter coffee on cafe menus any time now.
Will let you know any results from my consumption of this concoction in tomorrows posting of today's food log.
Food Diary Stuff--8/13
Just to clarify again, I post food diaries at least a day later so I can include the whole day.
I decided I'd be fine with "cheats" from the start. I knew weekends would be the toughest, since we tend to eat out or on the run. Not going crazy--especially in this first month, but also not stressing over every little thing. BUT--one cheat I didn't plan on and was not worth it.
Late breakfast around 10am
2 eggs scrambled with some cheddar cheese shredded on top
Lunch-out
Went to DRP for lunch I love their Belle Haven salad and added some grilled chicken to it, cheated a bit with the dried cranberries in the salad since they are always sweetened.
Snack
Handful of wasabi almonds
5 prunes--THESE were the big cheat I didn't plan on. Looked at the label and WOW a lot of carbs, most of them sugar. I guess I thought the fiber would balance it out. So, not crazy off the ranch cheat (not processed crap) but not worth the extra carbs imo. No more prunes for me.
Dinner--I liked this, my kids (older teens) did not
Chicken thighs with smoked paprika, onion powder and salt with a sour cream/pan drippings gravy.
Broccoli Slaw with nuts and seeds and dried cranberries-this was a mix that i didn't realize had the cranberries, which I could have skipped. I made a dressing of mayo, lemon juice and garlic powder.
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