Starting weight (7/15/08):  279.8
Yesterday:  265.2  Today:  264.0
Change today:  -1.2   Loss-so-far: 15.8 lbs.

Yeeeehaw, the numbers on the scale moved again!  I’m trying not to get too excited about it because on the other diet a dip like this would always be followed by a sudden spike.  I have no idea if that’s gonna happen, but just in case, I wanna be prepared.

In the meantime…  **happy dance!!!**

Yesterday I totally forgot that lillie asked me if I would post the recipe for the muffins.  Sure, I can do that.  =D

ALMOND FLOUR MUFFINS

2 cups almond meal
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 C butter — 1 stick, melted
4 eggs
4 tblsp. DaVinci syrup (Dulche de Leche or English Toffee)
2 tblsp. water

Mix, pour in muffin tins, bake at 350 about 15 minutes

Yield: “8 muffins”

I used 1 cup of almond meal/flour and 1 cup of carbalose flour, mainly because the almond meal is more expensive and I didn’t have as much of it.  I’m glad I did because the texture of the almond flour is pretty grainy - but carbalose has more carbs than the almond flour.  I also used Vanilla Davinci instead of the flavors the recipe mentioned because I happened to have vanilla.  =D

These were awesome right out of the oven but were a little dry the next day.  I nuked one and put butter on it and that took care of the dryness.  Also, for dessert I split a muffin in half, poured some Walden Farms Chocolate sauce on it (no calories, no sugar, no carbs, wooohoo) and topped it off with a bit of whipped cream.  What a yummy treat!

Oh yeah, one more thing!  Maybe I didn’t fill the muffin pan sections full enough, but I ended up with 11 muffins, not 8.  With the carbalose substitution, here’s the nutritional values:

Per muffin:  185 calories / 16g fat / 7.4g protein / 6.9g carbs / 3.7g fiber / 3.2g net carbs

In other related news, my hubby replaced the seat on my exercise bike with one he got off of a professional/gym exercise bike that they were throwing away at his work.  Wow!  What a difference!  I did 6.5 miles on the bike this evening and my a$$ wasn’t numb at all!!!

Here’s my 3FC ticker with my original starting weight:

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