Low Carb Diary: Throwing Away Fat Clothes & Exercise Mini-Challenge?

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It’s a beautiful stormy morning here in Tennessee. A steady rain is coming down, and I just heard the first roll of thunder. 🙂 I love a good storm!

Reminder: It’s weigh-in day tomorrow if you’re participating in the Low Carb Challenge. 🙂

It’s never to late to join in!

We’ve been discussing calories lately. I noticed my calories were under 1300 the last two days in a row.

I don’t typically watch calories, or even try to keep them low, but that would make 3 lower calorie days for me this week. I can’t say it’s made any difference. My weight is still 139.4 pounds, but I suppose we’ll see what tomorrow’s weigh-in says. 🙂

Here’s what I’ve been eating for the last couple of days, to give you some low carb food ideas and so you can see how I logged them in my MyFitnessPal diaries…

Friday’s Low Carb Meals

I had my favorite healthy low carb breakfast on Friday morning. It’s 1/2 cup pecans, 1/4 cup Daisy brand cottage cheese, 4 small diced strawberries & 17.5 grams of blueberries = 6 net carbs and 85% healthy fat. YUM! 🙂

For lunch I just had a YUP Brands sugar cookie low carb protein bar. The texture reminds me of Quest Bars. What I like about these bars is that they have VERY little sugar alcohol, especially compared to other brands.

You can see the ingredients & nutrition facts here.

My low carb dinner was Mexican take-out: A taco salad with no taco, grilled chicken instead of shredded, avocado instead of guacamole (I was just trying to keep the ingredients simple & whole). It was perfectly delicious. I drizzled a bit of salsa & cheese dip over it… Mmm 🙂

I ended up eating 3 servings of Halo Top low carb ice cream that night – AGAIN. That stuff is dangerous to have in the house. 😛

It totally tanked my carb count for the day too, but dang it’s good! 😛

Here’s My MyFitnessPal Diary for Friday:

Saturday’s Low Carb Meals

Ugh. Yesterday is when I tested the low carb oatmeal. YUCK, lol.

I really just want to forget that whole experience. 😐

For lunch I had the leftover chicken from my Mexican take-out above. I ate pretty much all of it, except about half the grilled chicken – which was soaked in the sauce of cheese & sour cream. 🙂

I had a very simple dinner of 3 eggs scrambled with colby jack cheese in real butter. I was still recovering from the oatmeal incident, and just needed something plain…

Here’s My MyFitnessPal Diary for Saturday:

Macronutrients: Simple Explanation Of Low Carb Macros

How To Get A Net Carbs Column in MyFitnessPal

Calories: 1218
Net Carbs: 15
Total Carbs: 30
Protein: 55 Grams
76% Fat, 19% Protein
Water: 48 ounces

The other day I realized I was wearing my “fat clothes” around the house, a huge oversized tee and huge cotton shorts. They’re just OLD comfies.

I walked by a mirror and shook my head, then stripped them right off and threw them both straight in the trash.

I have newer (smaller) clothes that actually FIT. I even have older smaller clothes that fit! It’s a bad habit to wear oversized baggy comfortable clothes. The kind you can lose or gain 50 pounds in. 😛 I look better and FEEL better in clothes that fit, and I find that really sparks my motivation.

It’s just too easy to lay around and eat a pint of (low carb) ice cream and skip my workout when I’m wearing my comfies. When I walk by a mirror and LIKE the way I look, I smile and think “I should work my arms & abs today!”

Speaking of, one of my Fabletics orders arrived yesterday. 🙂 I love LOVE their stuff! I have a second order on the way too. I just got the green outfit on the left, and the one on the right is coming next – plus some cute tanks & other stuff! The one in the middle is what I have in my shopping cart for my next order.:)

I’ll have to try on some more of my Fabletics stuff and show it to you when the next package gets here in a few days. I really love the flattering black & white skirt, and ordered a bright orange tank to go with it. That should be cute!

I love wearing things that show off the NEW ME, and make me FEEL like the new me. I shop specials & deals and also use Ebates of course, but it’s a great way to reward yourself for reaching weight loss goals. I used to easily lay down $80 on a sushi binge with a friend, or even $40 on take-out for myself. I was a serious binge eater! Now I save up and order flattering clothes when there are good sales.:)

I guess that gives you an idea just how bad my food problem WAS, lol.

I just realized it’s almost time for our next Keto Krate box. They’ll be shipping the October boxes next week, so that’s TWO fun packages to look forward to. 🙂

That’s my favorite thing under the sun, by the way: something to look forward to. It doesn’t matter if it’s a package, an upcoming event, or my next big outdoor fitness adventure – I just love having something to look forward to!

How are things going for you?

How are you doing with your low carb meals & macro tracking? Any questions or struggles with your own weight loss journey? Leave a comment and let’s talk!

Best,
Lynn Terry,
aka @LowCarbTraveler

p.s. I really MUST get serious about my fitness goals & workouts again! Are any of you interested in an exercise mini-challenge to GET MOVING together?? 🙂