Back and Still Banting…

If you have been following this blog, I do apologise for my absence. My husband was my patient for three weeks after a serious eye op.

I have been very well behaved on the food front and Banting away merrily. I put on 2 kilos in one day and lost them again the next. This tells me it is not a good idea to jump on the scale every day! All in all I am down 9 kilos since I started in September around the 26th. About 6 weeks. An average of 1.5 kilos per week. It has now slowed down and I am beginning to look at tweaking my intake and doing a bit of a Fat Fast. More about that in my next post.

The acidity of all the meat I have been eating has had me a little concerned which has resulted in a desire to see how one does a vegetarian low carb diet. I am now going to concentrate on getting in some alkaline veggies in green smoothies, using the lowest carb vegetables and some whey protein powder. It does not mean I am going to stop eating meat, but I am going to add more vegetarian options to my new lifestyle. This means a minimum of legumes, like a 1/4 of a cup, (which is around 10 carbs) and the vegetables highest in protein content, along with the protein powder.

Today, however, was a seriously carnivorous day: here is my intake…

Meal 1

Boerewors 200g                                  6 Carbs/26g protein

Eggs x 2 XL                                           1 Carb/15g protein

Full fat milk ¼ cup                             3 Carbs/2g protein

                                                          10 Carbs/43g protein

Snack

Macadamia nuts 30g                        4 Carbs/2g Protein

Coffee x 2                                            0

Cream 30g                                           1 Carb/1 protein

                                                          5 Carbs/3 protein

Meal 2

Swiss Chard 50g                                 2 Carbs/1 protein

Mushrooms 1/3 cup                           2 Carbs/1 protein

Broccoli ½ cup                                    2 Carbs/1 protein

Garlic 1 tsp                                            1 Carbs/0 protein

Onions fried 1 Tbs                               2 Carbs/0 protein

Lamb chop 200 g                                0 Carbs/41 protein

Coconut oil 2 Tbs                                0 Carbs/0 protein

Lard 1 Tbs                                             0 Carbs/0 protein

Feta Cheese 30g                                   1 Carbs/4 protein

                                                          10 Carbs/48 protein

TOTALS                                       25 g Carbs/94 g protein

Still Moving On with the Revolution…