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Hi Mary,
I'll be honest, I've never journaled what I eat...nor...do I use Fitday (I personally found it to be more trouble than its worth...JMHO). I keep my eating pretty simple, the average day looks basically like this:
Breakfast - 2 hard boiled eggs, 3 links breakfast sausage, 1 container Dannon light n' fit carb & sugar control yogurt (vanilla or strawberry - the only 2 flavors my supermarket carries)
Lunch - salad (romaine lettuce) with sliced cucumbers, edamame & grilled chicken or homemade tuna salad, ranch dressing
Dinner - chicken, fish, pork or beef, some type of veggie, small salad
Hi, I'm new to the low carb forum and don't really post all that much anymore but, at one time, was very active in the SugarBusters! section where I made some lifelong friends I still stay in touch with.
I live alone and hate to cook for just me all the time, so I keep things simple with a couple of eggs and slices of canadian bacon for breakfast or one of Kaylyn's egg muffins (awesome!)
Lunch can be leftovers, a bunless burger with a salad and snack on nuts.
Dinner is chicken wings with celery and blue cheese or a protein (steak, chicken, fish, lobster tails, pork tenderloin) with a veggie like cauliflower popcorn, cauliflower imitation mashed taters, steamed broccoli, artichoke with butter....
If you are looking for new recipes to try, I highly recommend Kalyn's Kitchen blog. She has some great ideas there. I find that if I don't have enough fat in my meals, I get hungry and bored whereas making sure I'm getting enough good fats keeps me satisfied and happy.
I get bored really easily, and if I don't keep quick to eat, interesting proteins on hand, I end up eating too high in carb and feeling lousy. Low(er) carb isn't just what I need for weight loss, it's what I need for my fibromyalgia. Too many carbs, especially refined carbs trigger a flare of the pain, fatigue and brain fog of the fibro. I didn't realize until recently that it's very common for people with fibro have problems with carbs worsening their symptoms. My doctors never mentioned diet for the fibro, but I read that the Zone and other controlled carb plans helped many patients, and then the doctor that spoke at our local support group I just joined also talked about this, that carbohydrates especially refined ones were often triggers, and that a low or lower carb diet seemed to help many people. She's the first I've heard that actually recommended a low carb diet, not just a slightly reduced carb diet (not to mention the first doctor in "real life" to discuss diet for fibro at all).
So that I KNOW low carb is not only my only way for weight loss, but also key to treating my insulin resistance and fibro, why is it still so hard to resist those pesky carbs? I am getting better though, and the better I do, the worse I feel when I go "off plan," so the more I'm reminded to stay away from what makes me sick.
Sorry, rambling again. But for proteins.
I like sardines and smoked oysters (I know a lot of people would say yuck).
I like really high quality deli meats (not the stuff that doesn't feel like meat in your mouth, or is super salty. Walmart's or Sam's Angus beef is one of my favorite's).
Really weird, but I love what I call "squid jerky," but the label calls "dried squid," sometimes called "preserved squid." It looks a bit like pale shreds of possibly chicken, stinks to high heaven, but I love it. I get it from oriental groceries, but you have to watch the ingredients (if you can find it and are brave enough to try it), because it commonly contains sugar. I get a spicy brand that is very hot, but doesn't have added sugar. It's really super great stirred into softened cream cheese and allowed to soften. It's like a really good clam or crab dip, but I can make a small portion at a time, instead of a party sized cheese ball. I add diced green onion and garlic powder and a dash of lemon or lime juce, and then let it sit in the fridge to allow the squid shreds to soften.
I make homemade jerky about once a year, but most storebought jerkies are just way too high salt for me (or have added carbs). I do occasionally (rarely, but once in a while, less than once a month) have a slim jim or pork rinds. I love Porkies brand nacho cheese pork rinds (hard to find) and the microwave pork rinds (also sometimes hard to find).
I keep frozen chicken thighs on hand for quick meals and snacks. I'll often make a low carb chicken nugget or buffalo style "boneless hotwing strips" and make enough for a couple days meals/snacks. I prefer the thigh because they're moister and cheaper than breasts. I do alot of cooking that takes a lot of time, but not my time. Like I'll throw the boneless thighs in a low carb marinade for 24 to 36 hours and then grill or broil them. I use a George Forman style grill, the broiler, or hubby will get out the grill.
Aldi has Angus beef patties, I'm going to check out next grocery trip. They have several flavors, and if they're no carb fillers, they seem like something fast and easy, and not crazy expensive.
Shrimp. I love shrimp. I buy frozen cooked shrimp, because they're easy to just thaw and eat. I like them best cold. I make a cocktail sauce of ketchup and horseradish, using alot more horseradish than ketchup (anyone know a good low carb ketchup) or using a low carb red french dressing instead of ketchup. Or my favorite a mixture of fresh salsa, lime juice and diced avocado and green onion. I add the shrimp and let it marinate in the salsa (it would be ceviche if the shrimp were marinated raw, but I just let frozen cooked shrimp thaw in the marinade).
Walmart has a lobster that isn't lobster in the freezer case. I don't remember the brand, but it's in the freezer case with the frozen lobster tails. It's a small rock lobster that is more like a salt water crawfish. It's just lobster meat (no added carbs) but rather than large pieces, it's small pieces, like lump crab that have been frozen in what looks like ice cube trays (so the bag is full of ice cubes of lobster meat). I love, love lobster, but it is so crazy expensive, while a large bag of lobster "cubes" is only around $8. I make scampi with the thawed lobster, or toss the cubes of frozen lobster into broth. I love it in tomato soup, but that's a little high carb unless it's my hubby's homemade tomato soup (again, anyone know a good low carb tomato soup).
I don't really count carbs however I do try to eat lots of protein to keep me full...Even though I'm not a vegetarian I bought these Yves chicken veggie burgers yesterday w/ 17 gms of protein in each!
Make some stuffed portabello mushrooms... stuff them with a mixture of what ever you like, i.e., (precooked meats of course) sausage, turkey, cheeses, etc... OMG are they yummy !!
Location: NW New Jersey But, My Heart's In Pittsburgh!! GO STEELERS & PENGUINS!!!
Posts: 3,060
S/C/G: 245/143/145
I forgot to mention Boca burgers...14 grams of protein & pretty much 0 carb. I buy the All American Flame Grilled variety, add a little low carb ketchup, a slice of cheddar or mozzarella cheese & a splenda-sweetened sandwich stacker pickle...yummmm
for dieters good stuff is protein powder like milk protein isolate or micellar casein , it doesn't have carbs , it has great taste , and it will help you save muscles you already have and if you exercise you can get some muscles+ , when I'm on diet I use them a lot
about food , lean meat , fish , chicken breast , horse meat , lean beef
I'm brand new to this forum but have lurked and read posts for a while now. A few things that are staples in my fridge that keep me OP are:
Hormel turkey pepperoni
Philly garlic and onion whipped cream cheese
pork rinds (sparingly)
turkey meatballs (homemade w/fresh ground beans instead of bread crumbs)
grilled marinated chicken breast (anything walden farms or LC acceptable)
shrimp (frozen variety that can be thawed w/i a few mins)
eggs...all varieties. LOVES me some hard-boiled eggs!
Avoiding protein boredom
go figure.
