Day 6 for Diane

I would say I've had a successful 5 days so far  It took 4 days for me to come into Ketosis. But I've been there for 2 days now.  Yea!!
My menu for the days has been pretty routine:  Breakfast is 2 eggs, 1/2 T. butter with some small carb serving.  Monday it was 5 asparagus spears and 1/2 T butter, Wednesday & Friday W it was 1/4 cup shredded cheese on top of eggs, Thursday I added 1/4 c. greek
yogurt and 1/4 blueberries along side the eggs and  Tuesday I did 1 cup greek yogurt and 1/4 cup blueberries.
Most of my breakfasts come in a 0 -2 grams carbs.  That 1 cup gr. yogurt breakfast was my highest start for the week with 14 carbs but my overall calories for the day was quite low.

Lunch is a breeze.  I've been doing the famous salad.  I'm still loving the dressing and all the ingredients because I haven't had it as much as you.  I finally decided to take a whole bag of the Baby Bell cheeses and the Tilla Moo cheeses to school so I don't have to drag them daily in my lunch bag.  I even put a whole jar of Almond Butter in my little refrigerator, so I always have my standby snacks available.

That leads me to snacks.  All week it's been the same.  1 Baby Bell, 1 Tilla Moo, 2 T. almond butter on a spoon.  It's becoming a little boring, but I am satisfied all day.

Dinner has been more challenging.  Monday I did the Pork rinds breading on pounded chicken breasts, 8 buttered Brussel sprouts and I snacked on pork rinds as I cooked. 
Monday had 11.3 carbs and 1290 calories and I did 90 minutes of hot yoga.

Tuesday dinner was a reduced version of salad, 6 brussels sprouts, 1 Aidelle's sausage, 1 T. slivered almonds, 1/4 c. shredded cheese.  The day had 26.1 carbs and 1224.5 calories.  No exercise

Wednesday dinner was 1 c. whole wheat egg noodles with 1/8 c. sour cream, 1/4 c. cottage cheese with 1T butter, 1/4 c. onions, 1 Aidelle's sausage.  I made this up like mom's Polish Noodles dish.  The day finished with 29.8 carbs and 1533 calories and a 2 1/4 mile run.

Polish noodles:  Carmalize onion in butter, add sliced sausage, heat through.  Add cooked egg noodles, heat through.  Add equal parts sour cream and cottage cheese.  Stir until cheese is melted and saucy and hot.  The sauce will pick up color from the meat and onions.  This can be made with out the meat, too.  It was my dad's favorite dish.

Thursday dinner was 1 Red Pepper and Garlic Sausage, 2/3 c. grape tomatoes.  Not a filling dinner but I was alone because dad was at his club meeting.  So I finished the evening eating an ENTIRE $2 bag of pork rinds and a seltzer.  I was alarmed to see how may calories it was- 560 -but I counted it as 0 carbs.  I stayed in Ketosis despite that binge and I lost weight.  I finished the day with 17.55 carbs and 1619.1 calories.  Did 90 minutes of Hot Yoga.

Friday dinner was very bad and wierd because I got home at 8 pm and dad arrived at the same time, I just didn't feel like cooking so I had 1/2 c. of granola with 1/3 c. heavy whipping cream and 1 hot dog that dad cooked.  I was shocked this morning when I looked up the calorie count on the cream - 250 calories!  But I finished the day with 21.3 carbs and 1643 calories.  No exercise.

I started the week at 150.1 pounds and this morning I am 145.8.  A fair amount of that may only be water.  But we'll see.  I plan to do a 10 mile run today.

I have to say that I am proud of myself.  I resisted A LOT OF SUGAR this week.  I resisted all the candy treats given as reward to the students (quiet resters get a small halloween candy) and Jelly Bellies that are given for bringing a sharing item (kids get three beans from the Jelly Belly canister guy).  A cream cheese frosted, red velvet cupcake came into my room from a 3rd grader celebrating her birthday.  A birthday cookie came into the room from a student in 1st grade. Both those went right into the garbage when they left.  I almost took a swipe of the cream cheese frosting with my finger to taste but pulled back and said "NO!" to myself.  Yesterday on the porch someone brought me a chocolate chip cookie for her birthday.  I put that one in a baggie and put it in my freezer.  Not sure if I'll eat it later.  Friday the staff room had a great display of casseroles, fruits and muffins from the Preschool Staff as an appreciation gesture.  I had a 1/2 cup serving of the egg and bacon casserole.  I noticed as I ate that it had some potatoes in it, too.  I ate 2 medium strawberries.  No juice, no watermelon and no muffins.  I was pretty proud of my self-control.  There were also pretzels and cookies available throughout the week in the staff room.  I ate NONE!  I did break down yesterday and had 2 diet colas.  Otherwise it's been my herb tea, water or seltzer.

LOVE the recipes.  Keep them coming because I am going to have to branch out from my routine to avoid boredom.  Dear Lord, let me keep my resolve throughout the weekend. Amen.