Keto Crazy

26 year old restarting her keto journey! Start date: 10/1/18 SW: 162.4 lbs CW: 146.6 lbs GW: 120 lbs

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1/6/19- 146.6 lbs

Long time no post! My tumblr was being really weird and wouldn’t let me post to this account. I even wrote up a huge post before the holidays and it dissappeared. Well I’ve been ketoing on these past two months. Even made it through thanksgiving and my birthday (90%) keto! Christmas was another story. Mother in law was in town and couldn’t refuse her amazing Chinese meals! I def had a splurge week. It happens. I’m pretty proud because I got right back on keto the day after Christmas. Oh, I didn’t mention I was on a huge two month stall from the first week of November to pretty much last week. It was horrible. Sure i cheated here and there but I just kept yo-yoing from 151-149 lbs. no matter what! I joined a gym and started working out. With the new year approaching I knew I had to do something about the stall! The working out was def part of that and I finally broke into 148 just before New Years. The last week of 2018 was a successful keto week (although New Years was more of a low carb day 😬 and i went up to 151). I kicked it up a notch January 1 and I just completed a zero carb week where the goal is to keep under 5g carbs a day. I kept it closer to 2g carbs a day. It was amazing! I felt great, and lost 5lbs in 6 days. I weighed in this morning at 146.6!!! Lowest I’ve been in two years. Once I drop past 142 it will be my lowest weight since 2013. My plan is to hit the gym at least 3-4 times a week. Ive been loving it!! Feeling so much stronger already.

I went out drinking last night and stayed completely keto but I feel like the extra calories weren’t great. I know i will probably be 147 tomorrow.

My first goal is to be 135 by my bachelorette party in Miami on March 8. That gives me two months to drop 12 lbs. So doable! I would love to be 132 or even less though.

The ultimate goal is to be 120 by my wedding May 25, but that goal could change, maybe to 130. My dress is just slightly small and I don’t want to lose so much weight that it becomes big on me. I haven’t tried it on in about a month. We shall see! I’ll try it on when I hit 140 and asses the situation then.

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11/8/18- 152.8 lbs

Hi all! It’s been a couple weeks! I didn’t really want to post until I was down in weight again 😔

I went on that bar crawl a couple weeks ago and stayed keto allll day! We ended the night with Nandos, and would you believe they ran out of chicken 😑😑😑 all they had was chicken sandwiches so I got one and ate it breadless. Now this was a bar crawl so I wasn’t 100% sober, so I may have been nibbling on some fries. Well that and the excess alcohol (all keto drinks!) shot me up about 3 lbs the next day! I weighed in at 157 and was so annoyed. Sure it was water weight but I was really regretting those fries. Well, I’ve been completely keto since the fry incident. I got back to 153.8 within four days. It’s been another week since that, and I’ve only dropped one more pound (I’m blaming shark week!).

Ive made some pretty awesome food over the past couple weeks! Pictured are my Halloween deviled eggs, a pulled pork egg taco in a cheese shell, and Asian stir fry bowl using shirataki noodles (highly recommend!!), coconut flour pancakes with keto coconut cream, and baked eggs (butter, Rao’s, eggs, Parmesan, and seasoning!).

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10/26/18- 153.8 lbs

I didn’t have any exciting keto food this week, so no pics but I do have to say I had a pumpkin cupcake yesterday 😭😭 The struggle is real especially when you put a cupcake in front of me. I am still down in weight but let’s see if it catches up with me tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, I’m going to a Halloween bar crawl. I’m feeling pretty confident I can stay keto. Will let you know how it goes!

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10/22/18- 155.8 lbs

Some of my keto foods from the past week or so!

I’ve begun intermittent fasting and have seen pretty great results! I fast for 16 hours and eat within an 8 hour window. I plan to do it four times per week to help increase my weight loss. I’ve lost about 3 pounds since beginning it five days ago.

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10/12/18- 158.4 lbs

Its a mystery to me how I’ve been perfectly keto (except one meal :/) for the last five days and have managed to gain a pound. Hoping it’s just water weight. Thinking I need to go back to basic keto- just meats, cheese, eggs. I’ve been incorporating a lot of almonds, flax, stevia into my diet and I think it’s throwing me off.

Anyway I was sooooo I’m impressed with these edamame and mung bean fettuccini noodles from Whole Foods! They are so similar to regular noodles with a slightly sweet bite. They are 6g net carbs per serving. Looking back at this box, it could have been the soybeans making me gain weight. Anyone know anything about soy on keto?

I googled a typical chicken alredo recipe and added shrimp for a really delicious keto pasta!

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Well, it’s a been a while. I’ve been off and on keto several times the past year or two or however long it’s been since I last posted!

I’ve been back on for a few days and this time I have a real purpose: I’m getting married next May. So it’s either hit my goal or regret it for the rest of my life, right?

The goal is 43 lbs. I have 7 months.

I started seriously about 10 days ago and am down 6 lbs.

Posting here is mainly to keep me accountable. But I have a ton of new recipes I want to try out as well! Tonight will be a chicken Alfredo with pasta substitute (it’s made of mung beans and edamame!) and a chocolate flax cracker with keto cannolli dip if I have the time to make it.

Here we go!

10/12/18- 157.8 lbs

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Keto/Low carb chicken parmesan! Makes two portions Ingredients: Olive oil 2 chicken breasts, flattened to a 1/4 inch thick 1 egg, beaten 1/2 cup crushed pork rinds 1/4 cup Parmesan 2 slice mozzarella Low carb tomato sauce Heat up olive oil in a pan, on medium-high heat. Combine pork rinds and Parmesan. Dip your flattened chicken breasts into the eggs, and then the pork rind mixture. Ensure the chicken is fully coated. Place chicken into your pan and cook for two minutes. Flip chicken and place mozzarella on top. Cover so cheese melts. After two minutes, remove chicken from heat. Pour 1-2 tablespoons of tomato sauce on top. Enjoy!

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It’s been a while. I’ve been on and off keto for the last couple months. Blaming it on my sisters wedding which I was doing a lot of the planning for. Pretty stressful and sometimes I really didn’t have time to plan out my meals. I honestly don’t even want to tell you my weight until it goes down a little. It’s definitely higher then my last check in.

Anyway here are some of the things I’ve been eating since I last posted. About to go on two vacations this month so I know things won’t go well. I know keto can be done on vacation but I really don’t want to interrupt my life for it. There’s always next month!

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Keto Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs!

I adapted this recipe from Tasty: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMR8Q0P_SU

These were amazing!! Definitely will remake.

Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 pound Italian sausage 1 cup crushed pork rind crumbs 2 eggs 2 large garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ cup Parmesan or shredded mozzarella ¼ cup heavy cream mixed with ¼ cup water 5 sticks mozzarella string cheese cut into 4-5 pieces each. ½-¾ cups or Rao’s Homemade marinara sauce

Instructions:

1. Add everything except the sliced mozzarella and marinara sauce into a bowl and combine with your hands until well blended!

3. Pinch off a golf-ball sized piece of the meatball mixture and roll into a ball. Flatten into a circle, then place one of the pieces of mozzarella in the middle of the circle. Wrap the meatball around the cheese to completely enclose it and roll into a ball again. Repeat with the remaining meat mixture; you should have enough for about 16-18 meatballs.

4. Heat ½ cup of marinara in a sauce pan. Add meatballs and cover with more sauce if desired. Cover and cook on medium high heat for 12-15 mins. Alternatively, bake in a 400 F oven for 20 minutes, until browned and cooked through.

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Current weight: 142.4 lbs Guys I'm the lowest weight I've been in two years! I'm so excited. Of course I won't be totally happy til I keep this weight off for over a week. But it's still exciting! For lunch I had sockeye salmon from Costco with a little lemon pepper and butter and frozen cauliflower rice from trader joes (game changer!!)

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Current weight: 143.6 lbs Obsessions right now: trader joes marinated mozzarella and quest bars in any flavor. White chocolate raspberry is my current fave.

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Current weight: 145.8 lbs My fave salad from Panera!! Chicken Caesar salad without croutons and a Diet Coke. The seasoning on their chicken is 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

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Current weight: 146.4 lbs
One of my all time fave low carb meals! Nando’s double quarter leg chicken. Plus you know I had that perinaise sauce on the side! I also tried their fried halloumi cheese. I had never even known about this before! It was too salty for my taste. Tasted exactly like fried queso blanco. Mm I want some of this chicken right now.

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Weight: 146.8 lbs I really tried to like these things but nope. I’m not a fan of broccoli to begin with so I don’t know why I even got this. But I had high hopes it would be a tasty, salty, crunchy, broccoli-like snack. Turns out it just tastes like dehydrated broccoli. Bleh.

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Current weight: 149 lbs

I had a lovely burger sampler yesterday. Jk it was two pan fried burgers that I threw in some Tupperware. The first was a regular turkey burger. flavorless by itself but super moist. The second was a Trader Joe’s chipotle lime chicken burger. Opposite problem: to dry and great flavor. It was an interesting lunch. Breakfast was coffee and two string cheeses (lol). Dinner was a shrimp low carb burrito with sour cream and cilantro!

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Current weight: 148 lbs Today was such a weird day. Didn't really focus on food too much because I was so busy throughout the day. Still did all keto though! Meant to eat a proper breakfast at work but was way too swamped. I grabbed some of my cheese out of the fridge. Let me tell you something about Trader Joe's Unexpected Cheddar. This thing is so sharp and strong I almost don't like it. But omg it's addicting. At first I'm like eww then the next thing I know I'm shoving it in my face. It also has some sort of crunchy pieces in it that sets it over the top. Definitely will be repurchasing. Decided to head over to Harris Teeter to check out the salad bar. It wasn't a bad selection but my weird ass had to pic the strangest options. I got a spring mix with (imitation) crab meat. Not really sure if this has carbs or not... Probably shoulda checked. Topped it with Parmesan and what was incorrectly labeled as Caesar dressing. I should've know from the yellow tint. Honey mustard. Ended up just scrapping off as much dressing as I could and just ate the crab meat. Also I had a Zevia soda! I have heard about these a lot and I enjoyed it. Anyone know the difference between this and a diet soda? Better for you artificial sweeteners I'm assuming. Dinner was another strange one. I was hungry by 5 pm but when I got home I had to go straight to work on a cookie order. The thing about when I do cookies is I can't stop once I start. And these were super time consuming. I was half dead and ready to pass out by the time I finished at 9:30 pm. I was about to heat up some leftover tandoori chicken but I knew I wouldn't even have the energy to pick it off the bone (could this be the keto flu?? Usually get it in the mornings). I just grabbed a string cheese and called it a night. Passed out before my head hit the pillow!

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Current weight: 148.6 Noms. Had the best salad today, with a view!Trader Joe's Spring Mix, Ken's Caesar Salad dressing, and leftover pan fried chicken thighs from last night! Breakfast was coffee and half a sausage, egg, and cheese low carb wrap. Dinner was Indian chicken kabob and about 1/3 cup of green beans.