January 5, 2020 and more

A review of the weeks food will follow here after health/weight update. Sinus, ears and throat problems continued most of the week with slight weight losses each day.  Then Thursday I started to be hungry and started eating all the wrong foods and of course I gained all but 1 pound of the loss back again.  I wasn’t real surprised as I figured as soon as my appetite resumed the weight would come back. But as I gained control yesterday the weight is coming back off.

Sunday January 5th was a Pot roast dinner with potato, carrot and onions as well as horseradish, and then a mug cake before bed.20200105_17401620200105_183744Monday the 6th was 2 kind of salads as well as a burger and sauteed onions with some homemade Big Mac sauce for supper.20200106_165750I started the day a little different with eggs and salami instead of normal breakfast meats.20200106_105858

Tuesday I tried a new recipe of low carb taco casserole which was super good.  The bottom layer was riced cauliflower instead of rice, With a side of lettuce and sour cream.20200107_161456

Wednesday the 8th I made beef stew from Aldi’s Angus beef and also added a roll while I worked on daily Suduko.20200108_160255Thursday the 9th was a chicken breaded patty wrapped in lettuce with some zucchini fries done in the oven.  Before the main meal was ready I made some Italian toast with strawberry balsamic Bruschetta and feta cheese.20200109_153601

20200109_160659This was the bad eating day as my youngest brought home some handmade chocolates, which I ate and shouldn’t have, as this was the beginning of too many carbs and weight gain.

Friday the 10th I had hash brown casserole, which I think is called Funeral casserole often, and a topless beef pot pie.  again too carb laden20200110_163254

And the last day of the week I made some low carb delicious Naan, 4 individual servings  and one large piece, which is 2 servings, to use as a pizza crust next week.20200111_133851

I was super hungry so I forgot to take a picture of my meal of 2 thin pork chops, mixed vegetables, and a half of a Naan.  For a snack I made a chocolate mug cake topped with peanut butter icing.20200111_211605

So a good week of food but over carbs so I paid the price weight wise.

 

 

LAST WEEK OF 2019

So this has been an interesting year and I am glad it is almost over. I think I have been sick more often this year than in the last few years. In the last week I have not eaten nearly enough food, well it does mean I have lost weight, over 6 pounds since the first of December but since reintroducing foods into my system, I have kept 4 pounds of it off.

So Sunday December 29th after my morning coffee brew, I made some breakfast burrito rolls I made with 2 eggs, 2 bacon slices and an ounce of cheese. Cost of this meal $.79. Half of it rolled up nicely, but the other not so pretty but really good.20191229_114406

Then I dropped off my grandson at his work.  And I proceeded to do some grocery shopping for the week ahead. I spent $29.62 and got 2 bottles of sparkling drinks non-alcoholic for New Year’s Eve, a bag of spinach, a bag of coleslaw, a box of Artisan lettuce, a head of lettuce, 2 dozen eggs, 2.38 pounds of ground beef, 1 pound of sausage, a pound of black eyed peas, a bag of onions, 2 bags of red grapes, 2 cucumbers, and a  prepaid chef salad.20191229_140721

Supper was the prepared chef salad cost of  $1.89. So my day ended with some cream cheese balls rolled in walnuts.  I am under calories, carbs, proteins and fat but I am not hungry, so my eating day is ended. I ended eating at 8 PM with a couple of fat bombs, so I hope to hold off breaking my fast until 11 AM at the earliest.20191229_165554

The uses for the groceries will be: side salads for meals made up of the lettuces and cucumbers, Big Mac Salad in a bowl, egg roll in a bowl using sausage and coleslaw, grapes for eating on New Year’s Eve for luck in the year ahead, sparkling drinks for toasting, black-eyed peas for luck on New Year’s Day, eggs for Brunch and snacks, and extra burger for another meal.

Monday the 30th was Big Mac Salad in a bowl.  I wasn’t hungry so just had the salad and some fat bombs for the day’s eating. It is unbelievable how as you are eating this salad it tastes just like a Big Mac Sandwich without the bun.20191230_140118

Tuesday was snack type foods.  So for lunch I had some Pumpernickel pretzels and a roast beef and provolone roll up.  Then after eldest of grandsons returned from work we had a snack out of multiple finger foods: salad, grapes, pepperoni, salamis, cheeses, crackers and dips, and some baked stuffed Baby Portabellas.20191231_173127

I had a small plate of various items; stuffed baked mushrooms, pepperoni, cheeses, salads, and grapes.  We all stayed awake for the Ball to drop then headed to bed, as 2 have to work on the First day of 2020.20191231_174900

Wednesday the First of January 2020 was leftover Christmas ham, black-eyed peas, white rice, and sauteed spinach with bacon. 20200101_151435 For a dessert I had yogurt with pretzels and blueberries, and a little raw honey as the yogurt is unsweetened.20200102_181435

Thursday the 2nd was some meat roll ups for lunch, 20200102_114123

Supper was a favorite, Egg Roll in a bowl, and a dessert the same as yesterday.20200102_174212

Friday the 3rd was a new recipe, Chicken spinach mushroom casserole and cheesy low carb bread  YUMMY!20200103_151608

And finally the 4th of January was thin pork chops, salad with cucumber and more cheesy bread.  I also ate 2 eggs and some butter.20200104_150827

So the first week of meals is recorded on my calendar and the week went almost exactly as I had planned out.  I am not rigid in exactly following the suggestions I had but the closer I stay to plan and what I have in the freezer or what I bought, the more frustration avoided and money saved.20200104_122442

So health and weight from December 29th, 2019 to January 4th, I still have been ill with infections in ears, sinus, and throat, so eating was not great. Weight was .2 pound gained back from 3.1 pounds down since I got sick.

So onward to the rest of the month, one minute, one day at a time.

Third week of December 2019 and a little more

I spent most of the last 10 days sick and ate almost nothing.  So no posting pictures of food.  On the plus side, I lost 4.9 pounds since my last visit on here.  So as I am laying around and not able to eat I of course thought about food constantly.  I want to make sure that I keep on the road to successfully improve my weight and health.

Since my favorite saying is “Failure to plan, is planning to fail” I started working out my plan for 2020. Getting a $1.00 calendar and some page stickers became how I determined to do this.  I began to think of the low carb meals I have already enjoyed or wanted to try and started plotting the month of January 2020.  Most of the recipes make from 1- 8 servings so I don’t need a recipe for each day.

The pink slips have my Brunch items, as I no longer consume a breakfast upon awakening, the first meal is closer to lunch time.  When I wake up I start the day with a hot drink, usually coffee, with powder Collagen, and usually a creamer of heavy cream or half n half. So my brunches are: omelets using ingredients I have besides eggs,, scrambled eggs, eggs and breakfast meat, frittata, and Shakshuka.

Dinner main meals on orange stickers are : Big Mac Salad, baked eggs, Broccoli and cauliflower gratin with sausage, butter burgers, Chicken pizza, baked whole chicken, egg roll in a bowl, cabbage casserole, broccoli cheese soup, pork chops, cheeseburger salad, meat-zana, meatloaf, cauliflower & cheese.  I have 10 other meals I can substitute for any of these depending on the supplies and cost: chicken bacon ranch casserole, stuffed peppers, Philly cheese steak casserole, chicken tenders, chicken Saltimbocca, chicken stuffed, chicken Parm or buffalo style meatballs, and chicken pot pie.

The side dishes, on the yellow stickers,  so far planned are: cauliflower mash, green beans, caulifower rice, Brussel sprouts, creamed cabbage, coleslaw, fried cabbage, cheesy broccoli & cauliflower, and tossed salad.  Of course all these recipes will depend on the cost of ingredients or the available supply of the ingredients at my local Aldi’s.  January 1st will not be a low carb meal but something more old school, for good luck; black eyed peas with greens and cornbread, pork, grapes, pomegranates, fish, noodles & rice, and ring cakes, probably not all of those but some combination of as many as we can.

So below is the month in review, and the good news is because these are written on stickers they can be moved around, but once a meal is prepared and eaten I intend to write it on the day so that I can track my eating.  I use “Carb Manager” and “if I bite it, I have to write it”. It shows me when I am in a rut and not sticking to my plan.  So as the shopping goes I will let you know how many servings and cost for the meals. My goal for cost is about $155.00 and as little time in reparation as I can get away with.20191224_131448.jpg

Second week of December 2019

So as I start out the second week of December 2019,  I am excited about some changes which will happen soon. Even though it isn’t my news, I will share it. So my oldest, and only son, finished his Bachelor’s degree and I am so proud of him for working full time, being a fur dad and a great husband at the same time. My youngest daughter is moving from her full time night job after 11.5 years to a new adventure working days, while still using her Nursing Degree. So 2 of my three kids have made or done new stuff this year and all of it ending in the last month of the year.

And now for the week in review of my low carb life style trying to get a healthier life:

December 8th I was hungry when I woke up so I had a Swiss cheese triangle with 2 slices of bacon with my coffee. Lunch was Liverwurst with mustard. And supper was a portion of rotisserie chicken, a 1/2 of a Keto Naan bread, and a serving of broccoli. Evening snacks were peanut butter, raspberries, and coconut cashew crisps. I was just slightly over carbs but barely reached half of my calories.  This is frustrating me that I am not getting the balance between all my macros right.

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December 9th, I just had coffee in the AM, Lunch was again Liverwurst with homemade Keto cheeze (like Cheezeits) crackers, and mustard.20191209_124507Supper was Mississippi pot roast beef, potato, and carrots.20191209_151900The night’s snack was Chia seed pudding made with unsweetened  Greek yogurt and Almond egg nog, as well as the Chia seeds,  20191209_162823also a piece of Baklava, 2 peanut butter fat bombs, Fresh cranberries steeped with lemon ginger tea.

December 10th, I had a 15 hour fast window, then coffee with Almond Peppermint creamer and my Collagen is back in my morning drink. Lunch was Keto Naan, pepperoni, avocado ranch dressing, and provolone microwaved to be like a grilled cheese sandwich.20191210_113825 Dinner was taco meat, lettuce, cheddar cheese, a Keto Naan, mini sweet peppers stuffed with cheese, and sour cream. 20191210_162352 (1)A light snack of blackberry sage tea with fresh cranberries steeped in it.

December 11th, I just had my morning coffee with creamer and Collagen.  Then lunch was bacon and eggs.20191211_105604

Supper was a new recipe of spaghetti squash lasagna boats.  OMG that was so filling and delicious. I also had one Portabella baby mushroom stuffed and baked.20191211_162038

My night time and day time snacks were pop corn done old school on the stove with butter and Multi Grain Tortilla chips.

December 12th,Breakfast of coffee brew and also sausage patty with eggs. As it was a very early and busy morning I also had a Subway mini slider sandwich for lunch.  Supper was some homemade beef stew made with the organic ground beef from Aldi’s and some Italian bread and butter.  For my night snack I mixed a little Blackberry sage tea with cranberries steeped in it with some unsweetened Greek Yogurt.20191212_162517

December 13th, my usual breakfast of coffee brew. Lunch was eggs, bacon and the last of the Keto Naan.20191213_105629

Supper was also some new recipes, Keto Cranberry chicken thighs, low carb crispy Brussel Sprouts, and Keto roasted asparagus.

20191213_151635Snacks for the day was Tim Horton coffee, popcorn, butter, some Cinnamon discs and peppermint bark candies.

December 14th, started the day with my usual coffee brew.  Lunch was Eggs and Colby cheese. Supper was Copy cat Olive Garden Gnocchi soup with Italian bread. Snacks for the day was another Tim Horton coffee, Cinnamon discs, peanut butter, and dark chocolate.20191214_142015

So not a bad week all total but no real weight loss this week, even though my Fit Bit shows a loss for the week of an average of 1.5 pounds.  Next week I go to my regular doctor for my quarterly check up, and to meet our agreed upon goal I still need to lose .8 of a pound. So I am very close and hope to meet this goal of 10 pounds in three months.  Since November 18, 2018 I have lost a total of 22.4 pounds, and also decreased the amount of medicine needed for my Blood Pressure.

Onward and upward using small changes, is the way I am going to keep moving in the right health direction.

First week of December 2019

Healthy eating and weight loss is going great! I only averaged .1 of a pound of weight loss this last week but my blood work has all been great as far as what has been reported back to me.  I feel pretty darn good so that means as much as weight loss. I am starting to feel a lot of aches, but I have run out of Collagen Peptides so I feel that has something to do with it, tomorrow my shipment arrives so we  shall see if the aches start to go away.

So here is my week in review of eating with pictures if I have them  My daily routine is still about the same for the last few months, upon arising I fix myself a coffee with my Collagen and cream in some form, I have used Almond purchased creamer, half ‘n half, or heavy cream.  I am trying to generally extend my fast window as far beyond 12 hours as I can. This means from the time I ate the night before, usually around 7-8 PM, I won’t eat before 8 AM at the earliest and shorten the number of hours I eat.  I have been going as long as 16 hours some days, if there is not a lot of driving etc. to do. So I am usually eating only about 2 meals a day and a snack before nightfall if I feel hungry.

So on December 1, we ate from take out which was Domino’s Pizza, stuffed spinach and feta bread, and garlic bread twist, and a homemade salad with a hard-boiled egg.  The only other food that day was some left over turkey breast, cream cheese, and cranberry sauce made from scratch. My day was way under calories, but the Domino’s was definitely too many carbohydrates.

On December 2, lunch was a hard boiled egg and cream cheese.  Supper was Keto Buffalo chicken soup.  then a snack of a portion of a Larabar with some Sea Salt & caramel baking chips. Again another day of too few calories but only slightly over on Carb allowance.20191202_153737

Tuesday December 3 was an early day having to be downtown so I ate some Tim Horton egg bites, which are really good but easy to make a similar thing at home. When I was shopping I picked up a can of sardines which then was my lunch. Supper was Keto 7-layer taco dip with a small serving of rice, refried beans, and Multi Grain tortilla chips. Then before bed a serving of dark chocolate.  Again a lot over carbs but under calories.20191203_151716

So December 4, lunch was easy bacon and eggs with some Multi Grain chips. Supper was Keto egg roll in a bowl with a half of a biscuit. Snack was Multi Grain chips with Avocado Ranch dressing. Another day with the same thing,  under calories and over carbs.  I wish I could figure it out better, might have a better weight loss.20191204_155448

On December 5 we had another early morning start so again I went through Tim Horton’s for the egg bites.  I also purchased some sausage sandwiches for my ex-husband and delivered them to him while I retrieved my mail and did my apartment business. Lunch was a small salad with pepperoni, cheese, Avocado Ranch dressing and Multi Grain tortilla chips.  Supper was the large salad pictured below of greens, pepperoni, cheese, celery, tomatoes, colored peppers served with the Avocado dressing.  Snack that night was popcorn with lots of butter, a homemade peanut butter cookie, and lastly a detox tea before bed. So no surprise over in both calories and carbs, which lead to a minor weight gain the next morning.20191205_161942

Another wickedly busy day on December 6 with very little time to cook.  Before leaving the house I grabbed a few Multi grain chips with my morning coffee.  Then lunch was breakfast of eggs, bacon, string cheese and grape tomatoes. So supper was eating from fast food, I had Burger King Jrs, a whopper and chicken, Then night snack was popcorn, fresh cranberries and a piece of Baklava, which means over carbs but again under calories.

So the big surprise on the morning of December 7, was a weight loss after eating fast food.  I had purchased some Almond eggnog and put 1/2 cup of it with Chia seeds overnight to make a breakfast as pictured below, which is very like overnight oats. It was a little too thick as I added too much Chia, but very tasty even if not pleasant to look at. And it allowed me to stay full until supper.20191207_111746 Supper was Low Carb Naan bread, Keto meatloaf, roasted Brussel Sprouts and home made mashed Cauliflower, very yummy. Snack was another piece of Baklava, with a blackberry Sage tea with fresh cranberries in it. Same pattern, over carbs under calories.20191207_150153

So there is my week in review, with weight changes of up to 3 pounds on any given day.  I hope that the next week I can figure it out better as I am scheduled for two different doctors the next 10 days and hope to show another 1.8 pound loss from where I am today.  So here is what my weight has done since I began tracking every bite I eat on Premium Carb Manager on July 7th. July I gained 7.5 pounds, August down 2.5 pounds, September down 5.7 pounds,  October down 1 pound, November down 5.4 pounds, so for  the 5 months 7.1 pounds lost.  BUT from January I am down 19.4 pounds. So on the right path of losing is the game.

 

 

 

October 7th and 8th

So my morning started at 6:30 AM getting grandsons, up and ready for the day, the youngest had to go to school and the elder one had to be taken to the hospital for more tests.  Mom had to go to bed to sleep before her all night work shift. I had my normal coffee brew while I took Cubester for the tests.  When he was finished at the hospital he needed food as he had been without food or liquid since the previous night. So he paid for Tim Horton breakfast of bagels with cream cheese, an iced cappuccino, and hash browns. I went to Aldi’s to do their weeks shopping, while he sat in the car and ate. The meal plan for this week is: chili for 3, sausage and biscuits with gravy for one, Beef pot roast, beef noodle soup, chicken tenders with rice, meat loaf dinner, breakfast for dinner, and homemade pizza. I will share 3 of those meals:chili, roast, and soup, but the rest of the meals I will eat my planned foods.

Once we got home I made my breakfast of egg cooked with one of my sausage balls. Then I cooked up the chili requested, and when it was done I taste tested it with a cup full with soup crackers. It was very good!  I added sour cream as well as shredded cheddar. This was also my supper. Before bed on the 7th I also had some cold coffee with a couple of Tablespoons of full fat vanilla ice cream, and just before bed I had some Sea Salt Caramel hummus with pork rinds. Thus the 7th ended well.20191007_152558

October 8th started with coffee brew, until kiddo was at school because mom couldn’t get out of work in time to take him to school. Once I returned to the house I made a breakfast of one egg and 1.5 slices of bacon. Once my breakfast was done I marinated their chicken tenders with some taco blend for their supper as well as measured out the rice and water in a pan ready to cook supper.

Then Cubester and I had chili for our lunch,  his is plain mine has sour cream, cheese and pork rinds.  I took him to work and got to work fixing their supper as I had plans to eat some of my leftovers. So my supper was the last of my green beans with bacon, 1 egg, and some zucchini cooked as hash browns. Earlier I  gave in and bought the one thing which is my addiction and bad as far as carbs go, Cheetos crunchy, dang wish I could figure out something to kill my craving for them, Then before bed I finished up the Sea Salt hummus with a Honey crisp apple. So this ends another good day.20191008_151038

 

October 5th and 6th

Saturday was a long day as the night before Cubester went out with some friends and as there was going to be drinking, I was his Designated Driver. BabyJ and I went to Denny’s Restaurant to while away some time before we could pick his brother up.  It made it be almost 3 AM before we were all home.  Shortly after we got back to the house Maggie came home from work sick, so as no one had to go to work, or school it was a sleep in day.

When I got up to stay for the day I whipped up a batch of Pumpkin cheesecake pancakes,  as when BabyJ and I were out the night before he asked for us to make some pumpkin pancakes at home. So when the pancakes were made everyone ate a brunch of bacon, Pumpkin cheesecake pancakes and eggs.  It was an extremely laid back day, and at supper time we had ordered some chicken wings and pizza for our supper.

Before bed I was still a bit hungry so I made a pumpkin mug cake with some cream cheese in it, delicious!20191005_213356

October 6th I started out with usual coffee blend and warmed up a couple of yesterday’s pancakes, a sausage ball, 2 eggs, and some leftover bacon, thus brunch was done ahead except for the eggs and reheating the rest of the meal.20191006_103946

I had to make a late lunch/ early dinner combination as Cubester worked  5 PM to 9 PM today. I made them their steaks, & some tater tots, while I had a small steak I had bought along with frozen green beans sauteed with some bacon.  This will be the way I cook frozen beans from now on, as they tasted like fresh picked. Then for my last food item of the day I had a honey crisp apple with 2 Tablespoons of Natural peanut butter, and one-fourth of a Hershey’s milk chocolate bar with Reeses in it, as well as one of the goat cheese and some homemade crackers.20191006_151658

So with this new life style of eating and journaling, I am losing about one pound a week.  The doctor wants me to try to lose 10 pounds by December 18th this year and so far I have lost 2 pounds so it should be doable.

 

October 3rd & 4th

Thursday, the 3rd, was a very busy day but I got a lot of things taken care of. Banking, mailing packages and RSVPs for oldest grandson’s wedding, shopping for my daughter and sons, drop off my October rent to the apartment office, and drop child off for work and pick up child from school, just a few errands I got done before supper.

And I had another good eating day in the books. I started the day with my normal coffee, Collagen peptide powder and heavy cream as my breakfast. Then I got busy and made some Keto sausage balls per the recipe of 2 Krazy Ketos, enough for 7 meals, see picture below fresh from the oven. 20191003_102219

Then I had a lunch of 2 of the sausage balls, 1 cup sauteed zucchini, and one-third cup homemade red sauce, as well as a honey crisp style apple.  Very good tasting, healthy and only the apple made me go over  Glycemic carbs for the whole day.20191003_121807

When I went to Aldi’s grocery shopping for Maggie, I saw some new cheese which is allowed on my eating plan, Celebrity Goat cheese in Cranberry-cinnamon, Garlic-herb, and original flavors, so I purchased a bag of each and some Pork rinds, As I waited for Cubester to go into work I ate a Cranberry-Cinnamon round with a small handful of Pork rinds.  Very yummy and extremely satisfying and filling. I didn’t feel like cooking again but wanted a sweet treat as well as needing more calories in for the day, so I made a sweet Chaffle with one-half container of vanilla yogurt filling for my supper. So a very good, healthy, productive day.20191003_191738

Friday, the 4th is another busy day, and as Maggie didn’t make it home from work in time I needed to feed and take BabyJ to school. I did my usual coffee/Collagen/cream mix to start the day but as I was hungry I had food also around 8:30 AM when I returned from the school drop off. A breakfast of 2 sausage balls and some homemade Queso sauce, yummy and filling.

Then my day started to go wrong, as I pulled chicken legs out of the freezer and chopped veggies and put it all on to cook up as a nice filling soup. The soup had an odor I didn’t like so I did not eat it but waited for someone else to smell or taste it.  When Cubester came down to get ready for work he also thought it smelled off. So I have no idea why frozen meat and fresh vegetables would be bad but the soup was definitely bad, so I threw it away.  Thus, our next meals had to be purchased in a hurry, Cubester had to be at work and within 20 minutes I had to return to the house for BabyJ and get daughter Maggie ready for work.  Cubester had Burger King for his meal and I got McDonald’s for the rest of us. My day’s eating was on the downhill with that because I ate a McChicken sandwich for the lunch time meal and Sausage with biscuit for supper. When I picked up Cubester after work I had a Dunkin Donut medium latte while we waited for him to punch out. At home I had some of my homemade crackers with one of the Goat cheese packages. Then BabyJ gave me a small package of Cheetos crunchy, which are the one thing I am truly addicted to. So carbs were totally out of control that day with just a slight overage of calories. Oh well one day will not define my progress!

 

October 2nd

Upon awakening I needed to eat breakfast for an early morning doctor appointment.  I had my coffee with heavy cream and Collagen as well as 2 eggs and 2 slices of bacon.  Then I got showered and dressed to go to the appointment, which was very long and stressful.  When I finished the appointment I went to the local Farmer’s Market and got $8.00 worth of produce: 6 Apples similar to Honey Crisp, 2 Zucchinis, 1 bell pepper and a Delicata squash. For lunch I just ate an apple on the way home.

Supper was planned from my meat purchases, a Bacon cheeseburger salad, and then I added half of the Delicata Squash.  So the salad has mixed lettuce, sauteed ground beef, cooked bacon, chopped dill pickle, some cubed cheese, and a dressing of mayo, ketchup and mustard thinned with pickle juice.  Tastes just like a Bacon cheeseburger without a roll.  I am eating Low Carb as much as possible. Oh so good.20191002_151316

After supper I made some Keto Flax seed crackers, super easy thanks to watching Kristie Davis on You Tube, I got the supper recipe as well.  They are so good and fast to make.20191002_194101

When they were done I had my night snack of American cheese and the crackers and a cup of tea.20191002_195155

So it was a good eating day and I managed to eat healthy and cheap.

October 2019

Let’s try again to make myself accountable by blogging regularly. I am on a good track as far as weight loss and health changes. Since July 1st I have lost about 13 pounds and lowered my blood pressure enough to reduce my blood pressure medication to probably the lowest dose I  can have.

Left over foods I purchased from last month to use this month are: a package of chicken drumsticks,  3 packs of beef (steak and stew meat), several bags of frozen vegetables, a small bottle olive oil and a small bottle of balsamic vinegar, cheeses both blocks and cream style, eggs, almond flour, salad mix, flax seeds, a pound of bacon, onions, and more.

Purchases on the first of October are: 2 portions of Greek yogurt, 5 meat packages (bacon, Italian sausage, burgers, ground beef, thin steaks), and mini peppers, as well as a BOGO tortillas for the grandsons treat.

Meals on the First of October: Coffee with heavy cream and collagen peptides upon waking up. So after cooking for grandsons and daughter, and taking the youngest to school, I went shopping for my meats for the first part of the month. Five meat packages today were on sale for $18.99, which I have already weighed out, packaged and frozen in portions for a total of 17 meals. This means meal price for the protein portion of my main meal each day is $1.12. After grocery shopping I drove through McDonald’s to get a sausage patty (proud of myself for not eating the biscuit!) and another small cup of coffee.  I then went to Dollar General to get some other things including: plastic storage bags, instant coffee, napkins, and some cough/chest rub equal to Vicks.  Then when I returned to the house I weighed and bagged: the meat, as well as chopped and bagged the peppers and onions for meals. Lunch was one of the containers of yogurt. Supper is pictured below, which was steak fajita salad with some sour cream and homemade Keto queso.  It was super delicious.20191001_150323