cnparong’s BodyBlog

I’m on last day of Week 3 on Keto.  I can’t wait for my cheat day tomorrow!  A friend of mine went to Canada and brought me back some Canadian chocolates (Coffee Crisp, Crunchie, Smarties)  and All-Dress Potatos chips.  If you haven’t tried those before, they are AMAZING!  I will partake of those tomorrow! HAHA

So progress seems to be slow and steady.  Yesterday, weighed myself and it said 162.  NOT BAD!  I’m skeptical cuz i always teeter 1-2 lbs.  So i’ll check again this afternoon and if i’m still there, i’ll take it!  My abs are slowly coming in!

Halloween is a week away and i’ve come to realization that i probably won’t be as cut as i had hoped, but this is still good.  I’ll be wearing white underarmor as part of my costume, so i want my muscles to bulge in it!  Minus the stomach bulge.  I’ll be posting pictures!  When I was researching online for my costume, it had a bunch of not so fit people trying to pull it off.  One thing for sure is i’ll look better than those guys!  HA!  Thanks to the tips of BB.com! (like my plug?) HAhaH!

TGIF!!

Just finished eating my mid-morning snack of boiled peanuts…

This keto thing is not as hard as it seems.  But yesterday I almost had a breakdown.  Even though I live in Florida, I still celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving (which is this weekend) It’s just an excuse to get friends together over food.  So a bunch of my friends decided to have dinner together.  I made beer-butt chicken!  Sooo guuud… and still keto friendly, just don’t drink the beer! But my brother’s wife is an awesome baker and made some smore pie concoction! *drool…  I had one spoonful and it took all my will power not to have a whole slice!  hahaha…So i stuffed myself on 1/3 of the chicken and a couple of Korean short ribs (Kalbi).  I just came back from working out, so i was ravenous!  I still managed to keep my calories and carbs in check despite the awesome food that was there!  I hope there are some leftovers tomorrow… Saturday is when i can have my cheat meal! *crossing fingers

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canucks out there!

This diet has been the best diet I’ve ever been on!  It’s actually not been that hard! I thought it was going to be REALLY hard not eating Carbs and therefore not eating enough fiber, but it’s not so bad.  The veggies i’m eating like asparagus, brocolli, and lettuce are all included in the diet and are good sources of fiber.

I’ve also read how some people get tired of the meats they are eating.  I gotta tell you guys, it’s been great for me!  I’ve rekindled my love of cooking AND eating for that matter.  Beer butt chicken, steak, ribs.  Who says they can eat this good on their "diet" to lose weight!

And speaking of weight, the scale says i lost 4 pounds!  Now i’m sure some of that is water, with my reduced carb intake.  But it’s still great motivation!  Whooo!

It hasn’t been that easy though, my hardest part of the day is lunch.  Work cafe doesn’t really offer much for a keto diet.  I mean they have salads, but the protein tends to be missing.  i guess i’ll be doing more brown-bagging at work.  =)

Wish me luck for another week!