Day 4 of our return to Keto…

I have hit the point where I would cut a bitch for carbs, and it is only getting worse. The positive of all this is we have a cheat day in about 3 days. I am counting down to those glorious hours where I get to shove my head in a trough of pasta.

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Much to my relief, I have found Skippy Naturals Super Crunchy is low carb enough for me to have a serving once a day. I am already at the point of never wanting to see chicken breasts again, so I need to figure my shit out food wise. The awesome thing is Jamie and I found like 5 lbs of dirt cheap flank steak, so we are both stuffing our faces. Even better I found a spicy, low carb guacamole salsa that is the SHIT! Needless to say I was a VERY happy chick last night, after housing a pound of breakfast sausage, to eat this.

Medium rare steak, and guac-salsa. All that was missing was tortilla chips.

I wish I could give you some banging breakfast recipe that doesn’t consist of eggs, but honestly, I ate chicken breast and guacamole. I am working on the breakfast thing because I LOVE breakfast foods, but I don’t want to live on omelettes. Lunch was a HELL of a lot more challenging because the women I work with all went to lunch, and they chose a pizza place. Let me tell you, I have NEVER been so tempted to lick a window.

This was my strategy for dealing with going out to lunch at a pizza place. Chicken & Broccoli Pesto. I’d rather pasta honestly.

Keto Day 5… (Friday)

I woke up feeling human after 2 days of getting my ass kicked by Keto Flu. It tends to nail me in ways it doesn’t hit Jamie because in his words, I am a camel. I tend to get SUPER sucked in to whatever I am doing and lose track of time. That means eating and drinking are a bit erratic with me.

For those who aren’t familiar, symptoms of the Keto Flu are:

  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Constipation
  • Diarrhea
  • Headache
  • Irritability
  • Weakness
  • Muscle cramps
  • Dizziness
  • Poor concentration
  • Stomach pain
  • Muscle soreness
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Sugar cravings

To wake up and not feel like I was hit by a truck was AMAZING. Adding to my whirlwind of awesomeness was that I found a fantastic looking recipe for Taco Soup that Jamie and I will be playing with over the weekend trying to find the best results for “with cheese” and “without cheese”. With any luck you will have 2 new keto recipes to add to your arsenal of “tastes so good it feels like you are having a cheat meal”.

I wish I could show you some sort of foodie awesomeness today, but with Jamie and I both at the Clark Kent jobs ALL day, then a long ass lifting session scheduled tonight since I am no longer crying about how much my body hates me, it is leftover steak/chicken and assorted keto friendly sauces for both of us today.

Since we are in a quiet period at work, I am making a shopping list for a much dreaded Costco trip. I really don’t think that place would be so bad if it wasn’t for the bakery department. I still occasionally dream of this chocolate cake we got there one time, which was probably one of the BEST things I have ever eaten, and I am a massive foodie. The people there are generally intolerable too. But for large amounts of cheap meat it is probably the way we are going to have to go.

The things that are hopefully getting tried out this weekend are:

  • Taco Soup
  • The fastest, tastiest ways to cook chicken, with the LEAST amount of effort
  • Keto on the cheap

Lets be honest, NO ONE wants to spend their weekend meal prepping, and no one really wants to live on bland chicken breast and steamed broccoli. And personally, I hate eating the same foods over and over, and I am something of a picky eater.

Cheat Day (Super Bowl Sunday)

Our cheat day started off with Biscuits and Sausage Gravy… There are very few things I love more than Jamie’s biscuits and gravy. Cheat day, and Balor are about the only things above it. The yummy creamy goodness is a weekend staple in the Chaos household.

I wish I could show you the rest of the carbie goodness Sunday held, but… I was too busy shoving it in my face. We had pizzas (frozen but damn good), onion rings, wings, cheesecake and spring rolls, and probably other shit I just can’t remember.

Then the clock struck 10pm and we turned back into Ketos…

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