Food Log - April 18, 2012 - WB

I got caught short while I was out and bought a piece of Prime Time fried chicken which is what I blame for my 10g overage today.  I was waiting on a lecture where I'd get free opera tix, and the community centre caf only had carby meals.  I suppose I could have bought a couple ala carte boiled eggs, and noshed on those, but hey you can't eat eggs alla time.  I guess this guy would disagree though.

I didn't test much today either, probably because I was running around most of the day.  I started using an old glucometer last night and I think psychologically I have a resistance to using it.  It does more - like you can input your insulin dosing and you can graph results, so it's more useful, just the carrying case looks shabby.  I don't like pulling it out.  Seems silly, but I never wanted to test.  I was out and about though, and I often don't feel like testing under those circumstances anyhow.

I'm noticing I'm usually around 5 or 6 eating low carb - except in the morning - dawn effect has me 7ish then.   I really should just steam roller the reluctance and TEST already though.  It's good discipline for later on when I'll be seeing what kinda carbs I can bring back.  If that's possible for me even because I don't want to take insulin anymores!

I'm scheming on more carbs than 20 per day though.  Today I saw a loaf of gluten free bread.  It was made with tapioca flour and the loaf was realllllly light.  One slice was only 6gs net carbs.  I could go back to my regular breakfast of runny yolk eggs and dippy toast.  I really miss that.

WHAT I ATE TODAY

11:30 am
2 eggs
35g cheese
2 cherry tomatoes
30g spinach
1 green onion
1 1/2 slices bacon
1 T bacon fat
1 cup water

6g

2 cups coffee

3:30 pm
1/4 cup peanuts

2g

3:45 pm
strawberries
chicken breast

4g

5:30 pm
fried chicken, thigh
1/2 can diet coke

8g

coffee

10:40 pm
2 cups romaine
2 cherry tomatoes
2T cucumber dressing
poached salmon
1t soy sauce
2 strawberries
poaching liquid

8g


1:40 am
orange jello
whipping cream



2g

2:50 am
2 slices cooked ham
green tea

0g

TOTAL = 30g


BLOOD GLUCOSE

10:59 am
before breakfast
7.2

 2:50 am
before bed
5.9

Food Log - April 17, 2012 - WB

Haha!  I like how the commentary bitchslaps the author of this article  that tries to call out Gary Taubes for being critical of medical science's credibility when it comes to nutrition. Dude instead gets called out himself for  his slack strawman criticism.

Today I was reading about low carb desserts.  I realized I could get creative cooking low carb cheesecake and other sweets if I want.  I made some jello in celebration of that.  :D

I made the salmon salad, and Carbo Face made the chicken and mushroom supper.  Mushrooms are about my favourite food, and I'm thinking maybe it's because they're fried in butter.  I stole a bite of his mushrooms and remarked how much more buttery they tasted.  He said, I added more butter.  Genius!!

I'm wondering what the calorie content of my meals, but I'm not interested enough to be inputting them to sparkpeople, livestrong or whatever.  I figure my menu will change to reflect more variety once I get familiar working with low carb choices.  Like tonight I told him, isn't there some dish with chicken and mushrooms and sour cream and tomatoes and wine?   Chicken Paprikash?  Or is it a beef dish I'm thinking on?  Beef bourguignon?  Anyhow.  I'm no longer all mournful and thinking of how booooring it is to not have hunger making food taste good.  I can figure out how to make it taste good with FLAVOUR.

btw, FAT is soo flavourful.  It's awesome not being afraid of fat anymore. And maybe not salt either.

 I should be eating like my ancestors.  Probably you should too.

So remember to spice up your food!



WHAT I ATE TODAY 

12:40 pm
2 eggs
1/2 small tomato
1 green onion
spinach
50g cheddar
1 1/2 slice bacon
bacon fat
2 cups coffee

7g


5:20 pm
can of sardines

7:10 pm
50g lettuces
60g cucumber
1 cherry tomato
2 T daikon
6 capers
salmon
2 T creamy cucumber
30g  mozzarella

7g

10:10 pm
55g boneless chicken thighs fried in butter
120g mushrooms fried in butter
20g spinach with butter
1/4 Claussen dill
water
green tea

3g

water
Om tea 

12:30 am 
orange sugar free jello

I think the jello made me hungry, because I wanted more food almost immediately after eating and finally caved. 


1:06 am
slice cooked ham
kraft single

3g

TOTAL = 20 g

BLOOD GLUCOSE

12:07 pm
before breakfast
6.9


6:54 pm
before salmon salad
5.4


10:05 pm
before chicken and mushrooms
5.6

1:30 am
5.6

Food Log - April 16, 2012 - WB

Carbo Face was doing some reading on aspartame and I guess although it doesn't have any carbs, the sweet taste can create cravings for carbohydrates.  I think there's summat to that, so I'm cutting back on the diet drinks.  Though I did buy 20 boxes of aspartame jello this morning.  What can I say, it was on sale.  Besides, I'm not going to be sipping on jello all day long.  I miss dessert and sweet things, and in this initial going for 20g of carbs per day stage, I can't eat much fruit either.  Jello will have to do for satisfying my sweet tooth.

Another interesting bit, just looking at food can stimulate insulin levels.  Your body is primed by images and even just thinking about food can have your body dumping insulin into your bloodstream in anticipation of food.  This is why you get hungry when you see food.

I did notice yesterday, when eating grapefruit, that my tongue seems more sensitized towards natural sugars.  Ruby grapefruit is pretty sweet to begin with, but really, it was like eating an orange.  And even the little bit (1/4) that I had gave me a sugar rush.

And finally here's the poop talk.  I have been having yucky poops!  Like super dense turds that sink and are poky on my poor butt when they are exiting.  This must be because my diet has the ratio of protein to carb so skewed to the protein side.  I'm definitely going to be having more salads and high fibre carbs.

My goal is to have some fibre with each protein meal, and also to cut back on the protein some.  I think I went overboard in the beginning because I was used to eating lots based on the carb fuelled appetite.  As time goes on, I'm adjusting my portions to the idea that I get full on much less.

I'm thinking down the line, maybe I'll even throw in some fast days, maybe once a month, or every 2 weeks, maybe even once a week, if I take to it.  I used to think OMG how can people do that?  I'd literally collapse from hunger.  It seems doable now that I'm not taking insulin.  Low carb stuff doesn't pump up my hunger neither.

GROAN!

Carbo face brought home a scone he got for free, and we both had a nibble.   I declined the free pastries, but I was kinda glad he didn't because that little bite tasted SOOO good.  But now I feel like what the hell?  Why did I do that?   It's much easier to say no to eating carbs when they aren't in your house.

Also, the BMI (body mass index) is bull!

I'm still making my meals too big, and still wanting to clear my plate, not stopping when I get full.  I didn't realize how ingrained it was for me to serve portion sizes that no longer fit my appetite.
 
WHAT I ATE TODAY

1:15 pm
soft tofu
soy, sesame oil & seeds, chili sauce
4 radishes
berryblossom white tea

4g

3:40 pm
2 slices ham
1 kraft single
3 cups mixed salad greens
2T Ceasar dressing
1 cherry tomato
1 cucumber fingerling
berry blossom white tea
11g

5:45
boiled egg
cucumber fingerling
salt
green tea


7:05
2 eggs
20g spinach
25g cheddar cheese
2 cherry tomatoes
1 green onion
bacon fat
25 g cheddar

5g

7:50 pm
1/4 dill pickle

1g

8:05
bit of scone

I'm gonna guess 5g and hope that's not undershooting.


10:00 pm
steak
spinach
mushrooms
butter

5g


11:26 am
7.7

1:09 pm
after walk, before breakfast
7.3

3:38
before ham cheese, salad
6.1

6:40 pm
after boiled egg
5.6


3:00am
before bed
5.4

Food Log - April 15, 2012 - WB

I am having to put a period at the end of the Induction. label, because otherwise auto complete makes it into pre-induction.  What the hell?  I hate when something that is supposed to be a shortcut turns into a huge pain in the ASS!!!

I weighed myself when I woke up, and I'm down to 168.5, I was 177 at last Sunday's weigh in, and before that my highest weight was during my last period, at 185.  I've lost 8.5 pounds this week and 16.5 lbs total.

Bleagh.  I went off the rails today.  Just a little bit of added carbs along the way got me all the way to 35!  And I'll probably want to eat again today before I go to bed.  Dang.  I don't quite have the hang of balancing the carbs out, and I haven't had the foresight to buy enough variety in low carb fruit and vegetables.  Cauliflower and greens are the big winners.  Cucumbers, strawberries too.

I'll figure this out though.

Today I hit a wall in terms of feeling very bored with food.  I miss the roller coaster ride of eating carbs.  My meals used to be so much more enticing.  I don't even feel hungry anymore....well I do, just my hunger is so slack in comparison.  I can understand those people who forget to eat now. 

WHAT I ATE TODAY

2:00 pm
3 eggs, scrambled
50g mozzarella
2 breakfast sausages
2 slices bacon
butter
1/2 cup ice blue kool-aid
2 cups coffee

5 g 


4:00 pm
1 spicy thigh - Church's Fried Chicken
1/4 grapefruit


11g


6:07 pm
1/2 can chili sardines

 2g

7:30 pm
1/4 cup cashews
1 cup ice blue Kool-Aid

7g

9:40 pm
5 strawberries

3g

10:00 pm
1/2 package firm tofu, fried and marinated
soy
rice vinegar
chili sauce
minced garlic
2 1/2 cups raw cabbage - stir fried til tender then with tofu and marinade
1 cup ice blue Kool-aid

8g

12:30 am
soft tofu
soy sauce
sesame oil
chili sauce
sesame seeds
cucumber
water
green tea

3g


BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS


1:03 pm
before breakfast
7.3

3:57 pm
before chicken
6.7

12:27 am
before bed
5.1