Oh, Jen, you cited my biggest weakness: the icing on the cake! Always corner pieces for me, please! I grew up in a small town, and my aunt happened to be "the cake lady." She made cakes for a living out of her home. When she used to babysit me and my other little cousins, she would tape a piece of wax paper to a piece of cardboard and give use frosting tubes with all different tips and colors of frosting, and we would make pictures on the wax paper, let them dry, and eat them later. No wonder I'm so big on sweets, eh? And what's worse, my favorite sweets are the FATTY ones, not just sugary. I go for the cheesecake, sticky buns, pecan pie, etc., as opposed to things like candy. Hopefully, I'll be able to avoid the cake and ice cream next weekend. That stuff is like crack for me
So yay, we can low carb together! I am still on SB Phase 1, so not adding back any fruit or anything yet. What sort of guidelines do you try to follow? Do you limit all carbs, or just try to stick to good carbs?
Right now I am limiting all carbs...kind of like Atkins induction...until I can get this sugar thing kicked. I'll do that for a couple of weeks or so, then add a few more carbs in down the road. Today I have had the innerds (that's southern for insides! LOL) of an egg mc muffin and the insides of a bacon egg and cheese biscuit, a salad with ranch dressing and a burger minus the bun, and a few pork rinds for a snack. Tonight I am cooking (yes you read it right!) parmesan crusted chicken breasts, faux mashed potatoes with cauliflower, and broccoli. YUM!
I can already tell it is NOT going to be easy to kick the sugar. But I know for sure it will be worth it.
Successfully managed my way through Monday.. bring on Tuesday !!
Had to laugh about the icing comments. I actually don't like icing... or cake for that matter. Show me a cookie though and I am in trouble.
Throughout elementary school my family lived in a house right next door to my grandparents' bakery - can you say weight issues Pretty bad when your fondest memories of being a kid are the things you ate at the bakery
Louie, that is kinda bad...but so common! BUT, the past is the past! It's onward and DOWNWARD!!
So far low carb is doing well....I made a fantastic dinner of parmesan crusted chicken and faux mashed potatoes using cauliflower. And I had a cup of SF jello for my sweet tooth. Yummmm
ugh, yesterday was a mess! I ended up working for about 15 hours or so, and I was working from home in the morning and ended up running late to actually get to the office, so I ran out of the house without my lunch bag, only a bag of pistachios. BIG mistake! I ate almost the whole bag of pistachios throughout the day, and my coworker got me a chicken caesar salad and chili from Wendy's for lunch. Granted, everything I ate had no sugar, so the foods were all "allowed" on my plan, but I'm also only "allowed" one servings of nuts per day
C'est la vie--today is a new day. I have no more pistachios left at work, so I should be safe. I also forgot my lunch bag again today, though, so I'll have to figure out what to do for lunch. I'll stay on plan, though.
And now, back to more work...just had to come in and at least say hi and confess
I had one of those days yesterday, too, Jilly. Crazy number of patients and NOTHING was simple or straightforward. I wound up with about 20 minutes for lunch and there was a line for the microwave so I had 2 hardboiled eggs and a string cheese for lunch. Not what I had planned. So then I was hungry at dinnertime and can we say bacon? But my overall calories were in range for yesterday but I had no time for exercise, but it was ok to take a rest day. Sigh. I like simple straightforward days. Today is a new day. And that was a good choice from Wendy's. I'm not sure I could have made the same choice! So congrats!
Go Louie! You have been really consistent with the gym and you should be proud of yourself. I'll bet you are looking great!
Jen, I like the idea of the faux mashed potatoes. How do they taste? Do you make them with chicken stock?
Someone noticed my weight loss at a meeting last night. He is a very nice older gentleman and it made my day that I am making enough progress that it shows. Have a great on plan day all!
Midwife and Louie: The faux spuds were pretty tasty! Because I am on low carb, I used heavy cream and real butter. One thing for sure--it definitely needs to be seasoned with salt and/or pepper! Maybe if I add sour cream next time.....
The way I do it is.....boil cauli until good and mushy; drain; then add the cream (you can use milk if you are watching calories), butter or margarine. Then use a hand mixer to really blend it well....I made these for Alan and he didn't know they werent real potatoes!
Jill: Don't fret--you can still make good choices eating out. You can't go wrong with a chicken ceaser salad!
I had to work late again yesterday, and I will be working late again today (I normally work till 3, but I've been scheduled to be in a meeting at 3:30). At least I was able to do a bit better with the food yesterday. I made a big crock pot of copycat Olive Garden pasta e fagioli, minus the pasta, so that has been dinner for the past couple nights, which helps to keep us from eating out since it's already prepared--just plop in a bowl and microwave it.
I bought some Laughing Cow Light cheese for the first time ever. This morning, I microwaved 4 slices of Canadian bacon and spread the garlic & herb and French onion flavored Laughing Cow wedges on them. It was pretty good--a nice change from eggs or pistachios
This weekend will be challenging. We leave tomorrow after work to head to my sister's for the weekend. However, we are staying in a hotel (pet friendly, since we will have the puppies with us) since my sister's parents-in-law will be staying with them. My parents will be staying in the same hotel as us. With so much family around, plus a birthday party, I'm sure temptations will be everywhere! I'm going to bring some of my own foods with me so I don't have to always try to search for something I can eat.
Jill: good for you for being prepared! I'm convinced it's one of the secrets of success in this endeavor. What's the recipe for pasta e figoli? that is my favorite soup at OG!
Drain fat from beef and add to crock pot with everything except pasta.
Cook on low 7-8 hours or high 4-5 hours.
During last 30 min on high or 1 hour on low, add pasta.
I adjusted it to exclude the carrots (not allowed on South Beach Phase 1) and pasta. Instead, I added some extra beans and some extra meat, thought I used a combination of 93% lean beef and 99% ground turkey breast. I would say I used about 1.5 pounds meat total and an extra 8oz of beans. I also used an extra stalk of celery since I skipped the carrots. I didn't use any tobasco sauce, but I like to add a sprinkle of crushed red pepper and some parmesan cheese when I nuke it--YUM!
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Jill congrats to you for being prepared. Thats what keeps us on track. Sounds like you are doing really well. Keep it up!!
I have had a good week so far. I`ve been eating well and making it to work out each day. I have had the faux spuds and really like them, but I could not fool my kids who refuse to eat them. I think its a kids and veggies thing, lol.
And what's worse, my favorite sweets are the FATTY ones, not just sugary. I go for the cheesecake, sticky buns, pecan pie, etc., as opposed to things like candy. Hopefully, I'll be able to avoid the cake and ice cream next weekend. That stuff is like crack for me 
Pretty bad when your fondest memories of being a kid are the things you ate at the bakery 
Have a great on plan day all!
