First Time Mom and Losing It

I did really well the whole week and had an appetite for three meals almost everyday. I kept the bulletproof coffee to only a couple of times this week so I could eat a regular breakfast the other days. I have been really enjoying spinach salads lately for lunch and dinner. Spinach has a lot more nutrients and fiber than lettuce so I have been making the swap from regular lettuce. I was going back and forth on whether I was going to have a cheat meal or not on Easter Sunday. I really didn't want to because weigh in was the next day but it was hard not too with all the peer pressure. We went to an Italian restaurant so I had to search really good to find something low carb. I decided on Steak Pizzaiola which was steak topped with onions, peppers and a light tomato sauce. I substituted the pasta side dish for a caesar salad and gave the croutons to my sister. I did have some fried calamari that was breaded and had a stick of foccacia bread. 

I stayed on plan again this week even though I went out almost everyday. I started my days off at Starbucks. I have been obsessed with their iced coffee lately and since I have one on the way to the park I thought I would treat myself. I make sure the iced coffee is unsweetened and then have them add a few pumps of sugar free vanilla and sugar free caramel. I didn't eat breakfast this week because I didn't get hungry until after 2pm. I started eating breakfast for lunch and enjoyed lots of eggs and low carb biscuits with sausage. We ordered out a couple of times for dinner and had my favorite, pernil (pork shoulder) and avocado. 

I am so happy that I am back to my normal healthy self and have an appetite after being sick. I was enjoying some of the low carb biscuits I made during the weekend for lunch with bacon and eggs. Since I had big dinners I wasn't hungry until later the next day so on Thursday I treated myself to a sugar-free Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee for breakfast and on Friday I treated myself to a sugar-free Starbucks Iced Coffee. I went out a lot this week but I still stayed on plan by getting my favorite at Wendys, double stack, no bun, add bacon with a side caesar salad no croutons. This week I also got to play with some Sukrin products and made some delicious Keto Pecan Brittle and Keto Sesame Chicken Wings. 

I had chills, body aches and a really sore throat. I woke up each morning with lots of pain in my throat. I really had no appetite and had to basically force myself to have something in the afternoon. The first couple of days I had some of my bone broth for a late lunch and then during the evening I would get my appetite back and eat a big dinner. After dinner I would get super full and not eat anything after. My fasting hours were about 18-20 hours since I never had an appetite in the morning and afternoon and then didn't eat anything after dinner. When my appetite did come back I had no sense of taste from being sick so I just kept it at two meals with a bulletproof coffee in the afternoon and homemade soup in the evening. 

I followed my eating plan except for one day. I am still enjoying the coconut bread I talked about last week. There is so many things I can do with it like make breakfast sandwiches, regular sandwiches with mayo and so much more. It's as easy as making a pancake so I love that I have that option when I don't have oopsie rolls waiting for me in the fridge. I decided to have my first cheat meal since starting this journey. Since it's been six months I felt that my body could tolerate a cheat without doing too much damage. I had sesame chicken and french fries from my favorite Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately they changed their fries to some seasoned ones I didn't care for so I only had a few. My husband and I shared the sesame chicken and I also had a shrimp roll. I had my cheat meal and that was it. I didn't eat any dessert, have any soda or had any leftovers the next day. 

I stayed on plan almost the entire week except for one day. I went out with my husband for a belated Valentine's Day date and didn't track before I got to the restaurant. I ate things that were part of my plan but I ate too much vegetables and too much cheese and that made my carb count go up to 32 grams. My plan is to stay under 20 grams of total carbs so going over by 12 grams isn't terrible but I wish I would have planned a little better. It was a good dinner and I did enjoy the company with my husband so I am not stressing about going over. I ran out of bone broth and didn't have a chance to make some so I was missing the extra boost of energy I would get from it in the middle of the day. I made a new coconut bread recipe that I found on YouTube and have been enjoying it as my "bread" for my breakfast sandwiches. 

On Sunday I did oopsie rolls, low carb biscuits and pizza puffs to last for the week. It made my job a whole lot easier the rest of the week because I got to cook less. My husband loves my cauliflower mash and could eat it everyday if I let him so I also made a big batch to last him a few days. My appetite is lessening which is a good thing because it means my body is keto-adapted. I have worked my way up to one tablespoon of MCT oil in my bulletproof coffee so it has been giving me a ton of energy. I did three days of Intermittent fasting with bulletproof coffee after a 16-18 hour fast and then a cup of bone broth 4 hours later. Then I had a big dinner which was my last meal of the day. When I eat a big dinner I don't get hungry for a long time after I wake up the next day, so my eating window is getting smaller. 

I am happy to say I stayed on plan the entire week. I cooked and ate at home for every meal except one. Since my sister, niece and nephew came over I treated everyone to some outside food. When I came home with the food I made my bulletproof coffee and was satisfied. Towards the end of the week my appetite lessened so I had bulletproof coffee for breakfast and bone broth for lunch. Then as my appetite grew I had a big dinner and then called it a night with no nighttime snacks. On Sunday I had so much energy that I baked for the whole week! I made pizza puffs, low carb biscuits and oopsie rolls. I still have a huge batch of bone broth in the freezer that I will be enjoying too.