But...just because I have not been posting a weekly wrap up does not mean I've gone off the low-carb wagon! Oh no...I've been doing good, well maybe not good but I've been trying.
I've always been a believer in only weighing in once a week on Friday mornings. For the past couple of months every single Friday I have weighed exactly the same! I was getting so frustrated because no matter what I did I wasn't losing weight!!!
So two weeks ago I decided I was going to weigh myself every day to see if I could detect a pattern...see how scientific I am? What I found out is that I was defeating myself. On Friday's I would weigh myself and then that evening I would go out an eat just a few chips with salsa (ok, maybe a whole bowl). Then on Saturday I would go out shopping with my mom and I might eat a few more chips and salsa, maybe a frozen strawberry margarita, then Sunday I usually make a nice meal for my mom and my kids and I might have just a smidgen of mashed potatoes or some Doritos casserole.
I found that all those little cheats made me add 3 to 4 pounds by Tuesday and then even though I was good and ate low carb the whole week all I was really doing was losing the weight I gained over the weekend and therefore by Friday when I weighed in I was still at the same weight! Silly me! Defeating my own self! Grrrr!
So this weekend I have stayed true to my low carb plan and have not partaken of any carbs! At least not more than the 20 to 25 allotted during the induction phase of Atkins. This weekend we have had a heatwave, so yesterday morning, before it got too hot I made some tuna salad, some chicken salad, some guacamole and some turkey, cream cheese and pickle roll-ups Plus I made some detox water.
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| Turkey, Cream Cheese and Dill Pickle Rollups, Guacamole and red pepper strips for dipping! Recipe for the roll ups can be found at http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/02/easy-recipe-for-ham-and-dill-pickle.html
My son found this wonderful video for me, three ways to cook eggs in the microwave, here's a picture of the ones I made and the video is posted below.
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| Scrambled Egg in a Cup in the Microwave |
I also mentioned that I made Lemon Detox Water yesterday and I've been faithfully drinking it today. It's so simple to make, just slice lemons into a pitcher and fill with water then let sit in the fridge overnight. I also added a lime and I wanted to add cucumbers and fresh mint, but I didn't have any. I found information on detox water at fitsugar, but I've seen it all over pinterest too!
Again this morning before it got too warm I made a turkey roast tenderloin and a pork roast tenderloin. I buy the Jennie-O Turkey Roast Tenderloin, the Savory Roast flavor is below, they have several different flavors, the one I made today was Island Marinade and it had a sweetness to it that was excellent!
I cook it exactly as I do the roast tenderloin, you can go HERE to see how I do it.
I hope that my detox water and careful planning of food and snacks for this weekend helps me to finally start showing some results!
If you have any good low carb meals you make feel free to share them with me. I'm always looking for new things to cook. Have a great week everyone!
Yummy, great job in getting back on track. I'm going to try the Turkey Breast Tenderloin. It sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteTry one of the seasoned ones Angie, they have great flavor!
DeleteIt's amazing how the little things we don't track really derail us, isn't it? I find that I have to write everything down or I just cheat my way up a pound here and a pound there. Plus, those foods make me retain so much water because they're so much higher in sodium than what I usually eat, which only adds to my issues. I'm intrigued by cooking eggs in the microwave. I would never have thought to do that!
ReplyDeleteI can tell you the scrambled egg was delicious, so fluffy. I overcooked mine just a bit. What I should have done is once the microwave bell went off I should have let it sit in the microwave to finish cooking for another minute. I want to try the poached egg and make an eggs Benedict without the bread, Hollandaise should be pretty carb free.
DeleteI'm so with you. It's all those little cheats we allow ourselves that really start to add up to a pound here and there. So frustrating! Plus all the sodium that's in them that I don't normally eat that means I'm retaining water, too. Fingers crossed this helps you. Interesting on the eggs in the microwave. I would never have thought to do that.
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