In my last update I mentioned my goal was to get below 150 pounds before my next trip. I leave for San Diego on Monday… and I did it! 🙂
I am now 149.6 pounds. 🙂 Yay!
I’ll share the easy low carb meals I’ve been eating below, in my usual “food photo tour” style.
You can see earlier in the week in My Low Carb Food Diaries. If you subscribe by email, you’ll get those free in your inbox as soon as they’re published, which is great for easy low carb meal ideas. 😉
I hit my target on Saturday morning: 149.6 pounds.
You can see how my week went in this screenshot from my FitBit app:
The weight has come off nicely since recovering from the stomach virus – which sadly made me GAIN weight. Who gains weight with a stomach virus?! ME. 😯 lol…
(Monday was my first day back at low carb eating after living on crackers and chicken soup for a week.)
It’s been a tough week here, but I’ll save that story for another day. Right now I’m busy packing up for my trip to San Diego, and really looking forward to the sunshine!
And of course all the great low carb foods to explore along the way. 🙂
I’ll share my fun trip updates, plus all of my travel meals, on Facebook and Instagram if you want to follow along this week.
Here’s what I’ve been eating this week, since my last update…
Thursday’s Low Carb Meals
For breakfast I had my favorite “low carb cereal” made with Daisy Brand cottage cheese, pecans & berries. This time it was 1/3 cup cottage cheese, 3/4 cup pecans, 2 medium strawberries and a few blackberries. It was 9 net carbs.
For lunch I had four of my low carb biscuits with Laughing Cow creamy swiss wedges. Delicious! 🙂 The recipe for these low carb biscuits is here.
This is a variation of my original low carb biscuit recipe. For dinner I heated up two more low carb biscuits, split them in half, and topped them with two fried eggs.
Here’s my entire MyFitnessPal Food Diary for Thursday:
Friday’s Low Carb Meals
Friday was a tough day. I had an Atkins bar for breakfast, another one as a snack later in the day, my low carb cereal late that night – and this low carb take-out for lunch and dinner:
It’s grilled chicken smothered in mozzarella & mushrooms, with roasted broccoli & cauliflower. I had about half of it for lunch, and the other half for dinner.
Here’s my entire MyFitnessPal Food Diary for Friday:
On Saturday I grabbed a Low Carb Grilled Chicken Club from Hardee’s:
This morning I made Low Carb Cinnamon Pecan Crepes. It was 3oz cream cheese, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup crushed pecans, healthy dash of cinnamon, and I used 2 TBSP of sugar free vanilla syrup to sweeten/flavor it. Combine with hand mixer and melt real butter over medium heat, then fry until browned. It made 2 meals for me (breakfast AND lunch). It was 8 net carbs and 87% healthy fat for the whole batch.
For dinner I got a Chicken Caesar Salad (no croutons) from Applebee’s carside-to-go (take-out). It was a lot bigger than usual for some reason! lol
I had a nice long walk on Saturday afternoon, and I’ve been drinking plenty of water. Usually close to 48 ounces a day. A lot of people believe you should drink more water than that, but many of your foods are high in water content too.
Anyway, I’m off to finish packing for my trip. Stay tuned to Facebook and Instagram for trip updates & my creative low carb meals on the go!
How’s your week going – and what are you eating?
Best,
Lynn Terry,
aka @LowCarbTraveler
p.s. Here’s How I Get Net Carbs in MyFitnessPal
Here’s how I track, what I track, and why: Macronutrients & Tracking
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Thank you, Susie! 🙂 It’s been a long haul, and very challenging – lol. I’m so happy to be back in a “comfort range” finally!! 🙂
Have a great trip! I can’t wait to read about all your low carb meals along the way!
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What restaurant do you get your takeout meal of grilled chicken smothered in mozzarella & mushrooms, with roasted broccoli & cauliflower? That looks so yummy, but I’ve never seen anything like it on any menu where I live (Chapel Hill, NC).
Hi Betsy,
That meal came from Gondola Pizza & Steakhouse. It’s a greek/italian place. It’s called Philadelphia Chicken on the menu, and is served also with sautéed onions – but I get mine without the onions (preference).
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I just found you on Pinterest. I have been low carb/ high protein ( with MD assistance) since May 2015. I have lost 30 lbs with this “lifestyle change”. I have been using myfitnesspal and Fitbit for 1010 days(2.8 years). Before May 2015, I was counting calories mostly, and did lose but hit that wall and couldn’t get past so I switch it up. To date have lost 93lbs with a lot more to go. Glad I found you, I love your suggestions and plan to try them. I have been missing bread badly, so I think I will try ordering the bagels you suggested. I have “stalled” again…very frustrating, but I can’t and won’t give up. 🙂 Thanks! Would love you to subscribe me so I could get your emails.
Hi Angela,
I subscribed you. 🙂 When you say “low carb / high protein” – what does that mean exactly? Do you have any issues with your kidneys doing that? Or do you still eat high fat (LCHF)?
I actually eat “high protein” but also high fat, because I go by ratios – not grams. See: http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/7006/macronutrients/ to see what I mean…
Brief stalls now and then are totally normal, by the way. This is a GREAT stall-breaker: http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/6064/3-ingredients-rule/ 🙂 Enjoy the bagels!!
The weight loss clinic I go to, the MD says get in your protein foe the day, limit carbs and us fiber to calculate net carbs, don’t count calories, and he does talk about healthy fats. Basically I believe it is the same you are doing. :).
I just have had a hard time lately weeding through the “crap” that ends up on the Internet, but reading about your journey helps keep it in perspective!!
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Forgot to add that your lists of foods look like the ones I have gotten from my doctor, so we are talking about the same lifestyle change, I just misstated the name. LOL.
I struggle because I’m picky. Some of the greens and nuts I don’t like. Also have never been able to eat cottage cheese, can’t “fix” it up enough to be able to eat it. I usually eat plain Greek yogurt with blueberries or blackberries.
I am working on trying different things but it is hard.
Anyway…..so far am enjoying your posts quite a bit. Thanks for sharing!!!
Ah, yes – there’s a lot of confusion about that, which is why I wrote the “macros” post about using ratios. I actually get the recommended amount of daily protein (or more) but eat 70-80% fat. That’s easy to do when many proteins are also healthy fats. 🙂
I understand about being picky. You’ll notice I stick to the same sets of foods a lot in my low carb diaries here. I just went over the list of Phase One foods at Atkins website, and picked things I liked – then started reading labels from there to add to my own list.
Lynn
I seem to doing little better this week in eating. I don’t think I was eating enough food at first. But this last week I have eaten more by using some of your meals. I have lost 3 pounds this week.
That’s great to hear, Gayle! 🙂
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I’m confused about the carbs in eggs. The eggs that I buy has the nutritional info as 0 for carbs. How come you track 2 eggs as having 1 carb?
Hi Kristina,
Eggs are .4 carbs each, so two eggs is 1 carb. If something is less than 1 carb per serving, they are allowed to label it as zero carbs.
Heavy Whipping Cream (HWC) is .4 carbs per TBSP, so it’s 7 carbs per cup.
I wonder why it doesn’t list the “<1" like I see on other labels. It gets a bit confusing at times. But I get what you're saying. Thanks! 🙂
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