LisaSue......I actually did much better this time around when it came to the issue of getting sick of proteins. Last time....the first thing I got sick of and couldn't even stand to smell, was eggs. Second was meat. And third was fish.
It's funny....it wasn't like it was my intention to do it differently this time around in order to remedy that issue......but once folks here started to mention it, I realized I'd not gotten sick of anything this time....and to this day, I'm not sick of any of the foods.
To be fair, I was working full-time back then. This time around, I take care of my dad so cook a lot for him and have adequate time to make things like chicken salad. I always make my own because the pre-made ones at the grocery store always have sugar and too many carbs listed on the ingredients. Plus, I love chicken salad...esp. homemade.
I was eating on the run a lot back then. In fact, I ate way more nuts, pork rinds, plain hotdogs, cold cuts and things like that due to being out of the house so much.....and having nothing else available that would have been on plan. This time, I eat only controlled portions of nuts and I've barely eaten any pork rinds. Basically eating whole foods.
I'll tell you....if you shop at Costco.....they sell these huge half a salmon fillets that are already cleaned and skinned and the price is good and it's really good, fresh fish and delicious. I buy several of them every few months, cut them into portions (just use kitchen shears and cut across the fillet into rectangular pieces and freeze them).
I think one of the problems last time is that I ate too much plain protein....hard-boiled eggs, chicken and other meats and fish. This time around I only eat normal portions of protein and add so many vegetables, esp. the salads.....that I've not gotten sick of anything. And it's kind of a big deal because I did run into some difficulty once that happened to me. Just the smell of eggs, meats and fish began to make me feel nauseous. Luckily, I was near goal (only had 30 lbs. to lose totally back then) and started maintenance fairly quickly and sorta got over the "sick of" problem.
In fact, I have pretty much avoided hard-boiled eggs altogether...except in egg salad once in a while. The hard-boiled eggs last time were what I REALLY go sick of pretty fast. This time I make eggs into omelets and always add veggies/cheese/bacon, etc.
My all-time favorite meal, though, is farmer cheese with cut up tomatoes and cucumber...sprinkled with onion powder and parsley. I just love it...even crave it sometimes. The farmer cheese can be difficult to find....I have to go to a GIANT (SuperG) grocery store in order to get it. And then I have to go to an altogether different store (Food Lion) to get that Duke's mayo, which is the only mayo I've found so far that has no sugar in it.....although, if I have to, I'll use regular mayo because it never seems to negatively affect my ketosis or weight loss. One other thing I might have liked to have had was that liquid Splenda....but you can't get it at any store, apparently and have to buy it off the internet. For me, it seems like it was the maltodextrin added to the powdered Splenda that caused most of the problem so that I had to severely restrict how much I could use.
If I'd continued to run into problems I would have ordered the liquid Splenda on the internet....but things went fine if I restricted myself to only 3 packets daily.....so I just never got around to ordering it.
Shoot, I'm writing a book here...better stop now.
deena
Oh, I forgot to add...that if you're in a pinch, you can make chicken salad using the canned chicken also. There are several brands with no carbs. Just mix with mayo, add to bag of pre-shredded lettuce/salad mix....and can add other veggies like cucumbers, tomatoes, etc. You can also toss in cheese and or bacon for variety.
