A City Life For Me

This week (Feb. 4th), we finished 30 days of Keto.  I did cheat once...I went out to dinner with some friends and I ate the bun on my burger! My weight fluctuates a bit, but my lowest weigh-in was 13 pounds less than beginning.  Ben lost 21 pounds!!! We will probably do some Keto cycling to continue maintaining and losing a little more.  Ben had an overgoal of losing an additional 5 pounds. I don't think it was really super hard to do Keto for 30 days.  The second week found me craving sugar the hardest.  The recipes I chose were not overly strange or weird.  My kids loved the Skillet Chicken Parmesan and Stuffed Chicken Breasts the most.  I got really tired of having eggs for breakfast.  (But breakfast is not really my favorite meal anyway). Overall I don't think we will be a permanent Keto family, mostly because whole food groups are eliminated.  God gaves us the fruit of the trees for food too, but very few fruits are Keto-friendl...

We've been doing Keto {mostly} strictly for two and a half weeks now. Ben has lost 13 pounds  I have lost 11 pounds. Here are some favorites thus far: We are still loving Chaffle and Bacon for breakfast! My kids are getting jealous and have requested a Chaffle Breakfast for everyone! I am liking the recipes from Peace, Love, and Low Carbs a lot!  I bought her 30 Minute Ketogenic cookbook and have enjoyed just about everything I have made from it!  We also like the Everything Keto Cycling book which I got from the library.  Creamy Stuffed Chicken, Creamed Kale and Bacon, and Parmesan Crusted Cod have been well liked by almost everyone! We had some friends over for MLK Day and everyone was getting brownies and ice cream.  So...I searched for a low carb brownie option for Ben and I.  I ended up buying a mix to keep it easy.  These were absolutely delicious!!!

Ben and I have been endeavoring to eat a strict Keto meal plan since January 4th.  Our goal is to do 30 days, and then begin some Keto cycling.  I am still new to all of this and discovering things at each turn.  I didn't have time to read a lot of books on the subject, but I have read several blog posts, have some friends who have answered questions, and I checked out some books and recipe guides from the library. Breakfast is easy since we primary do eggs and bacon.  I have been pre-cooking the week's worth of bacon on Sunday so I just have to warm it up each morning.  I discovered a Keto fad called the Chaffle - basically its an egg and cheese waffle.  It is delightful and I look forward to it more than my granola and yogurt from pre-Keto! I think the hardest part this week was watching the kids eat pizza on Friday night.  We had a Keto pizza casserole, but it's just never quite the same! I made some fat bombs to have as a sweet snac...