Today was good, despite deciding to go grocery shopping at the crappy and always full of shenanigans grocery store – the Saturday before Thanksgiving – during a .99 a pound turkey sale.

I was quite proud of myself for remaining calm the entire hour and a half I was at the store, battling through the aisles and wandering in circles looking for things I don’t normally buy in the center aisles. 

I also felt fine today, if a bit hungry all day.
Breakfast

1/4 cup macadamia nuts + coffee with stevia because I was out of almond milk. 

I also had a mug of bone broth before venturing out.

Lunch

Hit my favorite neighborhood BBQ joint for some smoked brisket, smoked chicken, and sautéed collards.

Dinner

Spent the whole time at the grocery trying to think of something for dinner. Didn’t work. I came home and grabbed some leftover cheese dogs, frozen broccoli and butter.

Snack

Had a 3 carb cafe misto with almond milk from Starbucks while walking in the little sunshine we had today.

And a 1 ounce meatball after dinner while waiting for my new lemony fat bombs to harden.

Plus a fat bomb when they were ready.

Macros

1333.33 of 1318 kcal

20 of 20g net carbs

66.06 of 70g protein

108.01 of 106g fat

Today was good. Brought adequate meeting snacks, had lunch out with a friend, and felt good – though damn I had a lot of calories.
Breakfast

Sunflower butter with that weird bread again.

Meeting Snacks

Extra coffee + a repeat of yesterday’s snacks because they were so good.

Lunch

Booo. Forgot to take a picture of lunch – went to Sweetgreen and got the OMG Omega salad – salmon, arugula, spinach, light cherry tomatoes, cucumber, half an avocado, furikake seasoning, and I swapped the miso dressing for heavy olive oil & a lemon juice. 

It was delicious and sitting enjoying the nice day was even better.

Forgot to take a pic of lunch, but this was on the High Line:

One of the perils of eating out is hitting your macros before dinner.

That’s what happened to me today.

Dinner

A repeat – 2 ounces chicken, 2 tablespoons snack guac, 2 strips snack bacon & 1 tablespoon mayo.

Snack

1 coconut fat bomb

Macros

1731.5 of 1318 kcal

19.7 of 20g net carbs

68.9 of 70g protein

144.02 of 106g fat

Today was fine, despite running around and almost letting myself get too hungry.
Breakfast

That flat little keto bread I made – that has grit – grit! – from psyllium husk I didn’t grind fine enough, and is so dense it could maybe be a weapon with sunflower seed butter. 

Lunch

 I’m a glutton for punishment and had already made sandwiches up, so I had a roast beef sandwich with that strangely crunchy bread.

Dinner

Ran home and completely couldn’t fathom cooking the dinner I had planned. Ate pretty much what I had for lunch yesterday – 2 Tbsp. guac, 2 ounces chicken breast & 1 Tbsp. mayo.

Snack

Needed something to drink while out and didn’t want to just put $2 on my credit card, so I grabbed a snack while at 7-11. And I’m glad I did, because I was on the verge of hangry while on the train home and didn’t want that to translate into car sickness. 

Grabbed these little meat stick bites (0 carbs), and the snack nuts from my purse (macadamias and seasoned pumpkin seeds).

Macros

1308.16 of 1318 kcal

13.33 of 20g net carbs

63.66 of 70g protein

102.48 of 106g fat

Today was much better than yesterday. I wasn’t sick at all today, had adequate energy, and lived life.

Breakfast

A repeat of yesterday’s coconut milk smoothie.

Lunch

1.5 ounces chicken, 2 Tbsp. guacamole, 1 hard boiled egg & 2 Tbsp. avocado oil mayo.

Dinner

A riff on fried rice with ground pork, an egg, riced broccoli, fish sauce, coconut aminos and sesame oil. 

Snack

1 coconut fat bomb way late – should have had it right after yoga, because I always need something right after yoga, but decided to wait.

Macros

1375.5 of 1318 kcal

19.6 of 20g net carbs

67.96 of 70g protein

109.27 of 106g fat

Today was poo. I spent most of the day nauseous and I have no idea if it’s something I’m doing wrong with Keto, or something else. Boooooooo today. 
Breakfast

Another smoothie experiment – this time with canned coconut, which was satisfying.

Stomach felt vaguely unsettled after breakfast – verging on nauseous. 

I wasn’t sure if I was just getting hungry or not, so I elected to eat lunch anyways. 
Lunch

Since my batch cooked items are carby, and I want my damn salmon tonight – I had the last of the unintentionally holiday-themed eggy cups from last week.

Lunch was hard to choke down. My stomach was still unsettled – and I had to work against my brain, which kept insisting that I was going to feel like crap from eating an omelette (which randomly happens to me) and that I was going to die of cheese (I do really need to cut it out with the cheese – cheese is not my friend). 

Layed down a couple hours after lunch because my stomach was just not happy and I felt kind of dizzy. Skipped my planned workout because movement just wasn’t happening.
Dinner

The hotly contested (by my macros) salmon Caesar salad! With Keto croutons. And lots of butter. 

Ate dinner – it was delicious – but felt kinda nauseous the whole time. And I *swear* there was hunger lurking in the back of all that ick right before dinner. 

Macros

1391.5 of 1318 kcal

14.8 of 20g net carbs

64.24 of 70g protein

111.69 of 106g fat

Today was ok. Had some difficulty making my macros work today – breakfast was a bit carby, the dinner I wanted to make was too high in protein because the DH had double meat breakfast, and lunch was unsatisfying because I was trying to make everything fit so didn’t have chicken on my salad.
Breakfast

Had a slightly different smoothie this morning – spinach, lemon juice, cilantro, ginger, avocado, collagen, MCT oil & coconut water. A little carby, but overall not bad. Still not as thick as I like, but the taste was at least not sweet.

Lunch

A little carb heavy – cruciferous crunch salad with lemon Rosemary dressing.

Dinner

I may die of cheese, but this was delicious. Crispy cheese crust pizza with ground beef, guacamole, a little sour cream and green onions.

Snack

2 of my coconut fat Bombs because lunch was unfulfilling, then 1 ounce pepperoni because I still wasn’t satisfied.

Macros

1431 of 1318 kcal

20 of 20g net carbs

64.74 of 70g protein

112.55 of 106g fat

Today got a late start. Woke up at various times in the morning with varying degrees of headache. Stayed in bed as long as possible.

Breakfast

Rocketfuel Latte

Lunch

Snacked a bunch at lunch – a couple Tablespoons guacamole on a cheese chip while cooking, a squeezie of almond butter & a meat stick I grabbed at the grocery.

Dinner

Small filet mignon + mashed cauliflower with roasted garlic, cream and butter.

Snack

Fat Bombs

Macros

1261 of 1318 kcal

16.2 of 20g net carbs

63.9 of 70g protein

101.7 of 106g fat

Today was Ok – stomach felt kinda fuzzy all afternoon; was a little heartburny in the morning and went through some evening nausea. Overall ok though. 
Breakfast

2 coconut fat bombs & coffee with almond milk.

Lunch

Forgot to take a pic. Went to SmashBurger again – had a bunless burger with avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, ranch & a fried egg.

Dinner

Didn’t really have dinner – just smacked on things I was batch cooking (cheese chips and mini meatballs) and had some snack nuts during the fights.

Macros

1449.8 of 1318 kcal

15.2 of 20g net carbs

62.46 of 70g protein

124.36 of 106g fat

Today was full of running around, vague stomach pains from eating too much cheese, and almost making poor food choices. What it was not full of: veggies. I had nary a vegetable all day yesterday. Oops.
Breakfast

Coffee + 2 egg/bacon/cheese cups. And they’re snowflake shaped.

Snack

Packed a second cup of coffee for my meeting.

Lunch

I didn’t really have lunch, per se – I was too busy running around. Luckily, I packed a bunch of snacks:

1 ounce macadamia nuts

1 ounce cashews

1 hard boiled egg

1 ounce pepperoni

Snack

While home between meetings and throwing something together for a friends’ party, I smacked on 2 slices of cheese (which was a dumb plan in hindsight but some days I like to live dangerously with cheese), and some of those tasty, tasty Fat Bombs as I was running out the door.

Dinner

I also didn’t have time for dinner. Luckily, I had about half an hour to kill and could hunt for something I can eat while sitting in a lecture. I went to Pret A Manger First because they sometimes have little cups with just avocado and lime and sell hard boiled eggs. They were out of what I wanted and the protein bowls all had edamame and/or quinoa in them. So – Pret was out. Went to Walgreens instead. 

Bought a snack pack of smoked Almonds and some plain bacon jerky after looking at the labels of all 10 varieties of jerky and being horrified at how many carbs some had. The store brand (Nice!) of this particular flavor (plain smoky) had only 1 gram carbs per serving. Win! 

Forgot to snap a pic. 

Snack

Had a second helping of the jerky.

Macros

1374 of 1318 kcal

19.6 of 20g net carbs

64.1 of 70g protein

116.87 of 106g fat