3IMAX Day 2 of 17: Low Carb Food Diary

I decided to challenge myself HARD for the next 17 days. You’ll find the details of my personal challenge here. And if you missed it, here’s my Day One Journal.

It feels really good to be “back in the zone”! Plus, I love a good challenge. 🙂 I find it FUN, and also highly motivating.

Yesterday I consumed 1744 calories, 19 net carbs (23 total), with 69% fat and 26% protein. I drank 48 ounces of water, and my exercise for the day was: water skiing in the sunshine!

One thing I’m experimenting with this week is my coffee. I LOVE my coffee. I mentioned yesterday that I would love to ultimately “go black”. The idea of it makes me cringe at the moment, but I know it doesn’t take long for your taste buds to totally change. I remember drinking regular soda (many, many years ago) and how hard it was to switch to diet. But now I can’t even stand the taste of a regular soda!

So there’s hope for my coffee. I think. 😐 lol…

We’re discussing it here: My Hoarding / Coffee Problem

^ I look forward to hearing your thoughts!

Day TWO Low Carb Meals & Macros

For breakfast I had sausage and fried eggs. An egg is .6 carbs, so you should count 1 carb for every two eggs you eat. Very simple 1 carb breakfast!

For lunch I grabbed a Low Carb All-American Thickburger from Hardee’s.

This one didn’t look near as good as my last one, but it was still good.

I had to custom order it, because the bun-style version comes with chips and all kind of things on it. I ordered it like this: “The all-american thickburger, low carb style – no bun, in a lettuce wrap – plain with cheese. So just hamburger, hot dog, cheese, mayo & mustard – in a lettuce wrap.”

I grabbed that low carb burger on the go because I was heading to Tim’s Ford Lake where we spent the rest of the afternoon & evening.

And that’s where I got my exercise for the day. 🙂

I got up on the water ski, twice actually, and hit it as hard as I could.

I can’t ski for long, but it’s an amazing full-body workout. Here’s a video of me skiing summer before last. I’m able to ski longer and harder every year.

I had two beers while we were out on the boat. Michelob Ultra is my favorite, and it’s 2.6 carbs per 12 ounce bottle. I would normally have three, but I limited it to two intentionally – to save room for green veggie carbs at dinner.

When we came off the lake, we ordered take-out from Ruby Tuesday. I scanned over the menu and nutrition facts on the way home, after taking a quick look at my macros in MyFitnessPal so far for the day, and decided on the salmon & veggies.

I got the Plain Grilled Salmon with fresh green beans and grilled zucchini. I also ordered a side of their delicious Parmesan Cream Sauce, because it’s low carb – and delicious for dipping! 🙂