It was a crazy busy week at work-but I managed to stick with the keto diet right through it all. I have been making snack-like mini-lunches with easy to manage foods like hard-boiled eggs, string cheese, tuna fish, celery and cream cheese, and smoothies. I have started using coconut milk and heavy cream together in my morning smoothies to keep the fat ratio up, and I find that tuna fish mixed with a tablespoon+ of full fat sour cream is way tastier than when made with mayonnaise. Making my snacks ahead of time makes it easier to stick with things, and I think Wednesday was the only day I struggled, because I forgot my lunch at home and I was out of town for work, so I went to the Safeway, bought a pack of cream cheese, some celery, and a single serve pouch of tuna. I am getting the hang of the ratios, so it is easier to eyeball amounts now a days. And macadamia nuts- those things are pricey but delicious as a treat snack, they have all the healthy fat this diet calls for!
Last weekend I went to a slumber party with a friend and her daughters down in Olympia. My friend has been on the paleo diet forever, so she was onboard with what I was eating and shared some of her tricks. I completely avoided the birthday cake and carb-heavy snack foods at the party on Sunday, and treated myself to a gin and tonic with lime-no fat, no carbs.
This weekend, however, I cheated. I didn't set out to cheat, but it was that time of month where I am literally dreaming about chocolate and home-made streusel coffeecake (no lie, I was a bakery confectioner in my dreams on Friday night!) . On Saturday my daughter, sister, niece and I all embarked on a trip to Seattle for my cousin's baby-shower, and we stopped at IKEA to feed the girls and buy those IKEA-riffic items we can't find anywhere else. I ate the smoked Salmon with three bean salad, but I added on some of my sister's chocolate cake and half of my daughters' coconut oat ball to the end of the meal. At the shower I avoided the chips and crackers, but the mini-quiche was screaming for me to eat it-so I did! I want to be honest, so I also ate some dark chocolate on my way home, and it was delicious even though I felt like sludge by the time we got home four hours later. I can definietely feel a difference when it comes to food, but this weekend my cravings won. I have continued tracking my weight and am averaging about .8 pound loss everyday (except this weekend) and the ketone test sticks are still showing in the low-moderate range.
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