Cheater

So i cheated on Monday. I went to Applebees with my mother and had pasta. And dessert. Ice cream. Then i felt sick the rest of the week. Hopped back on the keto train right away but still, i don't want to cheat that heavily again. It tasted worth it at first but didn't feel taht way after i was done. So i've been easing back into strict keto. The last couple of days have been a very meaty time. I think that the net time i "cheat" it will be with fruits that i'm missing instead. Like mango. And pears. And peaches. I miss them all so much.

I made Parmesan crusted chicken in the oven tonight (no breading, just seasoning). It tasted so good i can't upload a picture. Sorry. I'll make it again and take a pic before i eat any.

So it's been a couple of weeks

And this keto thing is going ok. I've stuck with it mostly. Since starting i've lost 7.8 pounds, hopefully ten by the end of this week. My meals have sort of gotten boring since i'm pretty lazy. But i baked my first keto friendly dessert. Peanut butter chocolate cookies. I used almond flour instead of wheat flower and semi-bitter chocolate. There are some carbs (like 5 per serving which is two cookies) but it's better than no sweets at all. I have to make sure to use an egg next time too, almond flour/meal crumbles pretty easily and doesn't hold as well as wheat flour. But it tastes great! My father ate 3 right away. Forgot that anything with peanut butter will draw him like a moth to a flame.

I have plans to make a keto friendly cheesecake. Just have to remember to get cream cheese. And find a better tasting sugar substitute. I've learned that i HATE the taste of Stevia. I honestly can't stand it. So none of that.I've heard that Erythritol isn't that bad though. I just have to find some. Hopefully nt at the health food store, they over charge for everything. I have started makingsure that i get enough fats now. Sour cream is my new best friend.

I didn't exercise much the last few days but still lost 2.2 pounds (out of the number above) so that's proof keto works. It's been so rainy i really haven't been able to go out. But i have an exercise bike so i guess the real reason is that i'm lazy. Tomorrow i'll ride for at least 1/2 and hour, promise!

The last few days

Ok so i haven't posted anything for a bit. But there is a good reason for that. The choir i sing with has been recording an EP and so i've been really busy. It takes forever to record just one song and the director gets these annoying/amazing flashes of inspiration in the middle of a session. Then we have to change a track, deviate from what we already learned...It's pretty tiring. I forgot how tiring it is to record something. So the first recording was Friday, We sang at a church on Saturday, and recorded again on Sunday. We record Friday again and hopefully we will be able to get that last song done. We average 3.5 hours for a song which isn't bad with so many people and so many changes. But it could definitely go faster i think. We spent 7 hours in the studio yesterday and i was so hungry when i got out! But i stuck to my diet. 2 morningstar patties and a chicken drumstick when i got home at 12:45am because that's what i had that was cooked. I was ready to eat a tub of butter to feel less hungry.

I ate light today (not that the day is done). Two morningstar  patties for breakfast. Lunch was a salad and two chicken drumsticks.

Dinner was a Chobani strawberry banana yogurt cup. It has 19 carbs but it didn't matter. I'm still below 40 carbs, let alone 50. Did you know baby carrots have carbs in them? Annoyed me so much on Saturday when all i wanted was a snack. If i ate them i would have gone over. So now carrots for me that day.

My sister in law is not getting this keto thing. Mostly because she likes to do the minimum possible in things like this. She hasn't eaten any grains but is still hitting the candy. She went to the park to walk today in order to :compensate". She doesn't get that simply eating less carbs than she did before will not get her into ketosis. I think she's going to crack in another day or two. Hopefully not.