My weight loss has stalled the last few days, which happens sometimes โ itโs totally normal. I weighed in at 160 pounds on Thursday morning for a total of 10.6 pounds lost. Yay! Canโt really complain about that. ๐
Tomorrow is the official weigh-in day for the 90 Day Low Carb Challenge (which you can still join, by the way!) so Iโm hoping the scales will decide to move again in the morning. If not, no big deal. Iโve already lost half of the initial 20 pound goal, so I figure it will slow down a bit from here.
Iโve been eating quick & easy or on the go the last few days, so keeping it simple.
I thought Iโd share my low carb meals with you to give you some new ideas to try if you havenโt alreadyโฆ
Thursday
For breakfast I had a bag of dry roasted peanuts & a string cheese, for a total of 7 net carbs. For lunch I made bacon & eggs (just salt, no cheese this time):
Then for dinner I made a huge half-pound Hamburger Steak (with mayo on top) and had the rest of the bacon on the side. ๐
My total net carbs on Thursday was much lower than usual, and I really should have thrown something green in there, but I was being lazy and going for easy. I was actually surprised I woke up still weighing 160 on Friday after that, but either my scales are stuck this week or their just challenging me! ๐
Friday
On Friday I had breakfast at JoZoaraโs coffee shop in the city, where I met my friend Erica to work. I had a plain coffee and Eggs with ham, provolone & spinach. Delicious!
I had breakfast late, then ate again at Chiliโs for a late lunch / early dinner. And I ate so much I didnโt get hungry again Friday for another meal. I added greens in on this meal again too for good measure:
I ordered the smothered chicken (minus the BBQ sauce) with โloaded broccoli.โ The sour cream was on the side, but basically I order my broccoli like a loaded potato: butter, sour cream, cheese & bacon. It is SO good that way! A really nice low carb restaurant treat. ๐ (I didnโt eat the tomatoes that were on top, btw.)
Saturday & Sunday
On Saturday I ate at TGI Fridayโs in Chattanooga, and ordered the Chicken & Shrimp Skillet โ with Vegetable Medley instead of mashed potatoes. I have no idea of the carb count there, and wasnโt able to finish it all, but it was quite good! It would have been 38 net carbs, but I assume that included the big serving of mashed potatoes I didnโt have on it.
I also had about 1/3 order of the Crispy Fried Green Beans appetizer. According to TGI Fridayโs Nutritional Chart they are 61 net carbs for the whole order (Iโm not sure if that counts the dipping sauce โ I used bleu cheese).
So yeah, Saturday was a bit of a โcheat dayโ but not over the top or anything. I actually did that intentionally to see if it would shake things up a bit on the scale, without dipping into pasta & sweets and such. Just a little higher than normal carb count for the day to throw off my stallโฆ
This morning (Sunday) I decided to switch back and eat super-clean. I had a Sausage Egg McMuffin (minus the McMuffin, of course) and then a Hardeeโs Low Carb Burger for lunch. Iโll probably have a hamburger steak for dinner later, and just stick to meat & eggs todayโฆ
I love the idea of the loaded broccoli! I guess you could do that to cauliflower too?! Sometimes I smash broccoli to get the โfeelโ of mashed potatoes and smash cheese into it while hot, but more times than not I am too lazy to get the stick blender out (regular beaters wonโt do it) so I love this idea for a good change of pace! THX!
Sure, you can do it with any of your favorite low carb foods, actually! It really dresses up the broccoli (especially if you eat it a lot) and gives you that ooey gooey yummy โrichโ side that you crave when eating out. ๐ *cheers*
Love your Blog ~ thanks for all the wonderful ideas! I have a quick question ~ is hamburger steak basically the same thing as a hamburger, or do you cook it differently? Just curiousโฆthanks again!
Thank you DeAnnah ๐
I just hand patty it out, sprinkle garlic salt & Mrs. Dash on it, and fry it in the skillet. Sometimes Iโll add something like mozzarella and/or creamed spinach and fry it in the skillet with it โ delicious! I top it with mayo both for flavor and fat โ especially if Iโm not getting enough fat in my other meals that day.
Just checking out the podcast and website and thought I would share my favorite way to eat cauliflowerโฆโฆโฆโฆ.steam until soft and whip in food processorโฆโฆโฆadd (grass fed) butter and seasoning. You wonโt missed mashed potatoes.
Sounds delicious, Luann! ๐