September 30th, 2009

Wow, Fall is already here...but in Japan that is a good thing :) See there is a Japanese quisine that is perfect for those that are managing their carbs! The name of this culinary delight is Oden. Today, I dropped by a local convenience store and picked out some of my favorites. Pictured above are 2 eggs, Konyaku, 2 pieces of daikon and a sausage. Oops, I forgot to mention the hot mustard and the LC broth :).

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Oden
Dinner: Green salad and a plain hamburger steak.

September 29th, 2009

Steaming thinly sliced pork strips overa mountain of veggies

Meat is almost done...on one half.. :)

Low carb version with a lemon and soy sauce based vinegarette

For the kids..after the meat was finished I mixed in some chinese noodles and added some seasoning..

Simple fresh ingredients, one pot and 5 smiles :)

The kids loved this dinner, I loved it, too!

Breakfast: Strawberry protein shake
Lunch: 2 oz Almonds
Dinner: Steamed PorkStrips and veggies(Cabbage, Bok Choy, Onions, Carrots and Mushrooms)
I didn't eat the carrots or the noodles..

September 28th, 2009

Breakfast: the last of the LC key lime mousse
Lunch: Last of the corned beef cabbage salad
Dinner: 3 eggs scramble with bacon, mushrooms, asparagus and a small salad

September 27th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs
Snack: protein shake and LC key lime mousse
Lunch: Sweet Chili and Garlic Chicken and some sauteed veggies
Dinner: Corned beef cabbage salad
Dessert: LC lemon mouse

September26th, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Hamburger steak with American cheese and a green salad with sesame dressing (sweetened with stevia)
Dinner: Protein Shake
Snack Protein Shake
Dessert: Homemade Faux Keylime mousse

September 25th, 2009

Breakfast: 2 fried eggs and corned beef hash made with krautand a dallop of sour cream

Lunch: Protein Shake
Snack: Protein Shake
Dinner: Protein Shake

September 24th, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Pork Fajita meat piled on a bed of sauted baby bok choy, mushrooms and green peppers with a nice spoon of sour cream on top
Dinner: Left over fajita meat some saur kraut and sour cream
Snack: Protein Shake

September 23rd, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch Protein Shake
Snack: ４５ grams of salted peanuts
Snack: Protein Shake
Dinner: Braised Short ribs and daikon with a green salad
Dessert: 20 grams of sugarless chocolate

September 22nd, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch Protein Shake
Snack: 35 grams of salted almonds
Dinner: Braised Short ribs and daikon with a green salad
Dessert: 20 grams of sugarless chocolate

September 21st, 2009

Breakfast: protein shake
Lunch: protein shake
Snack: 50 grams sugarless dark chocolate
Dinner: Green salad and Teriyaki Pork low carb and homemade ofcourse

September 20th

Breakfast: protein shake
Lunch: LC Hash ( Ground beef and saur kraut with spices)
Snack: 2 oz nuts
Dinner: 1/2 pound burger steak with cheese and a green salad

September 19th, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shakes
Lunch: Protein Shake
Dinner: 2 pork sirloin steaks and a sausage with two eggs (..kinda hungry)
Snack: 2 oz of nuts

September 18th, 2009

Breakfast: Protein Shake
Lunch: Protein Shake
Snack: Protein Shake
Dinner: will be at McD's 1/2 pound burger and side salad and water I am thinking no to Coke Zero.

I am using Dr. Walker brand low carb shakes that I bought when I first began this life style change. The shakes taste okay..but to be honest I enjoy real food.. I am only making the shakes per directions without fritzing them up.. and at 1 net carb per serving.. I have really cut back on my carbs. I will bust this plateau!!

Update, the multivitamin was the culprit of my stomach troubles. I now cut the vitamin in half and eat half a vitamin four times a day. So far so good.

No pictures today! But on the brightside today is the start of a five day weekend!! Another little tid bit.. In February I will be returning to the states for a visit..via Hawaii :D at which time I plan on visiting my first Whole Foods store!!! If there is anything that is a must try..do let me know:) I am going to try the Zevita drink, and hopefully some of the delicous looking deli items that my amigo Harry eats regularly!!

September 17th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 egg and veggie scramble and 2 pork sirloin chops
Lunch: Protein shake
Snack: protein shake
Dinner: protein shake

Yes, I feel bloated so I will be adding several shakes to my eating plan for the forseeable future... see after the refeeding... my digestive system was thrown for a loop.. and I paid for it for 2 weeks.. now it has come full circle and I am having the opposite problem if you catch my drift.. ;( So, I am going to try to do some cleansing.. to get myself back on track!

The reason for the sudden change is complex.. I just went through a divorce and now I am single Dad. I just got on the scale, breaking my own rule of weighing once a month, and found out that I have not lost a single pound since the last weigh in. The culprit of this stall could be many things, lack of exercising, a plateau, not enough water, too much yogurt etc. So I plan on blasting through this temporary setback and getting mysyself on the downward trendline again!

O.o I plan on keeping track of my water consumption from now on..

September 16th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs and some cheese
Lunch: 3 oz of nuts
Snack: 1 Jumbo Cheese frank
Dinner: Another version of the thinly sliced pork and a green salad
Dessert: Last piece of the lemon cake

September 15th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 egg scramble with cheese, onion and baby bok choy left over from last night.
Lunch: 2 oz mixed nuts..almonds, walnuts and cashews
Dinner: Thinly sliced pork and onions in a LC Teriyaki sauce and a green salad

September 14th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs and cheese
Lunch: 1/2 lb burger steak and a small green salad
snack: piece of LC cake & 2 ozs of nuts
Dinner: 1 pork sirloin and sauteed bok choy, onions and kraut
Dessert: Lemon Mousse

LC Lemon Custard Cake

First, I must apologize for the poor pics..the lighting was not the best... I got the inspiration for this cake from Yahoo. The recipe was sponsored by Splenda butI changed it almost entirely.. that is the ingredients are very diferent than the original.. Overall taste I am happy with.. but I wish the cake was less dense and lighter rather than pound cake like..I will continue to tinker to perfect this as I think it will become one of my favorite healthy desserts!!!!

Ingredients for Cake
1 cup of coconut flour
1 cup of your favorite sweetener ( I used Lan Guo)
1 T baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 coconut oil
10 eggs beaten
1 cup coconut milk
1 tsp lemon rind
1/4 cup freshly squeezed Meyer lemon juice or 1/2 tsp lemon extract

Cake Directions
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2) Combine coconut flour, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
3) stir in coconut milk, eggs, lemon juice or extract, and lemon rind on low speed.
4) pour evenly into 2 8" round baking pans
5) bake for 25 -30 minutes cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then move to wire racks to cool completely


Ingredients for Custard
6eggs
1 large can (16 oz) of coconut milk
2 T of lemon rind
1/2 cup of Bob's Sugarless Margarita Mix
Juice of 4 lemons
2 T of butter
1 cup of sweetener
1/4 tsp xanthum gum

1) mix the wet ingredients and xanthum together pour into a double boiler and bring the mixture to an almost boil...LOL
2) beat the eggs in a seperate bowl and add the hot liquid mixture to the eggs while stiring constantly to temper the eggs.. repeat several times then add the egg mixture back to the double boiler and and stir cosntantly until you get you desired consistency...will set up more as it cools..

Ingredients for Frosting
1 1/2 cup whipping cream
2 T sweetener
1 tsp lemon rind
1/4 tsp lemon extract

1) mix all the ingredients together and whip to very stiff peaks

To put it all together: spread teh lemon custard evenly between the cake layers. Cover the layers in whip cream and Enjoy!!

* I just ate another piece of this cake after letting it sit in the fridge for 24 hours.. WOW! 24 hours changed the texture to a cheese cake consistency..I don't know which is better before or after 24 hours..try it and tell me which way is better :)

will get the directions up asap...have to go for now..LOL

September 13th, 2009

Breakfast: none
lunch: 3 egg omelete smothered in a spicy Tofu dish called "Mabodofu"
Snack: Sugarless chocolate and some pastrami and cheese roll ups
Dinner: 2 pork sirloin steaks and sauteed baby bok choy with some ground sesame and garlic
Dessert: Lemon　custard filled cake

September 12th, 2009

Brunch: 3 stewed hamburgers (mini size) and 3 eggs
Dinner: Green salad, cauliflower mash and a hamburger steak :)

I also invented a new cake.. I will post tommorrow when I can put it all together :)

September 11th, 2009

Breakfast: 2/3 cup of yogurt
Lunch: Ribeye steak and sauteed baby bok choy, onions and kraut.
Dinner: some protein with cauliflower mash... we will see

September 10th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs, sliced cheese and ham and sliced tomatoes
Lunch: McD's Double Quarter pounder, side salad with Stevia sweetened sweetener and a coke zero
Dinner: Spicy ( Mexican inspired) Rib eye and green salad.

September 9th, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 1 slice of cheese and 2 slices of ham
Lunch: none
Dinner: German stirfry... thinly  sliced pork stir fried with onions, saur kraut and spices..cream drizzled over the top.. YUMMY!!
Snack: Chocolate MOUSSE :)

September 9th、２００９

Breakfast: Yogurt with Blackberry sugarless sweetenener
Lunch:2 oz pistacio's and 1 oz almonds
Snack: 2/3 cup of LC chocolate mouse
Dinner: Another Pork stirfry

September 7th, 2009

Breakfast: 2/3 cup of plain yogurt w/ sugarless sweetener
Lunch: 3 egg scramble with brocolli, brocoli sprouts, mizuna, ham and cheese.
Dinner: Pork stirfry with baby bok choy, peppers and brocoli.

September 6th,2009

Breakfast: 2/3 cup yogurt

Lunch: 3 eggs some cheese and some sliced cucumbers

Dinner: Green salad and Spicy Pork Medalions

September 5th, 2009

Breakfast: 2/3 yogurt and 2 eggs
Lunch: Beef stirfry with konyaku noodles
Dinner: 2 sirloin steaks (pork) and a green salad

September 4th, 2009

Breakfast: 2/3 cup of yogurt w/sugarless sweetener and 2 eggs

Lunch: hamburger steak with cheese and a small green salad of lettuce, tomatoes.brocolli and brocolli sprouts.
Dinner: Beef stirfry


I am adding yogurt into my daily diet in controlled amounts to help my digestive system for a week or so and then drop down to three times a week after that. See I had a refeed day during my remodeling period and I paid for it for the next 10 days. I don't know if I want to try a refeed day again..LOL I am hoping that adding the yogurt will help keep my stomach and digestive system healthy.

September 3rd, 2009

Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage, two cheese and a little basil tomato sauce enhanced scramble
Lunch:2 oz mixed nuts and 2/3 cup of yogurt with sugarless sweetener
Dinner: We went out for dinner tonight and had Japanese Yakiniku (Japansese style barbeque where you cook the meat at your table) the most surprising thing... was the beef sashimi... I usually don't like raw beef... but..WOW! What a surprise! My children also loved it! Sorry, no pictures.. I forgot my camera.

more to come

September 2nd, 2009

Breakfast: 2/3 cup sugarless yoghurt with 30 mil of Milon Blackberry Syrup (Sugarless)

Lunch: Brocolli with cheese and a spicy beef steak
Dinner: 2 sirloin (pork) steaks and a green salad ( fyi..portions.. usually when I say pork steak the size is about 3 to 4 ozs..

Monthly Weigh in

Well, this morning it was time to get on the dreaded scale and....*drum roll* the scale said, "413.8 lbs." Which is a nice 13.8 pound loss from my last weigh in. Onward and downward!!

September 1st, 2009

Breakfast: none
Lunch: left over stirfry and 6 oz beef steak
Dinner: 2 large sausages, 2 eggs and some sliced tomatoes and cucumbers
Snack: sugar free jello cup