21-Day Keto Diet: Day 15

My mood today just feels very off. It's felt this way for a while.  Little things at work or home have been bugging me more than usual.  I got my normal amount of sleep last night, per FitBit, but I just feel so.... blech.  Enough to get me Googling "keto bad mood".   Most keto-positive articles blame any *bad* symptoms on eating a "dirty keto" diet--ie not getting enough nutrients because you're eating too much processed meat and bad fats like bacon, burgers, deli meat, etc.  

And admittedly, we have had some processed meat in our diet, like the brats from last night--but I think overall, we've made a big effort to cook things from scratch, and incorporate a lot of nutrient-dense veggies (cabbage, green/red lettuce, kale, broccoli, brussel sprouts, etc.), and use a lot of healthy fats as well (olive & coconut oil, avocados, etc.).  

Breakfast: Last of the Taco Breakfast Muffins with picante sauce, coffee with cream and half a Splenda

Lunch: Keto Salad Bowl from Chipotle (I forgot to take a pic. Pretend I took this one.)

Afternoon Snack:  I wondered if my crappy mood could be related to feeling deprived or needing a little pick me up, so I finally busted into my dark chocolate stash.  I'm pretty proud that I haven't felt the need to have any of this since starting.  Askinosie is our local chocolatier, and everything they make is amazing, including this 72% dark chocolate bar. (Note: When not on keto, this coconut bar is my favorite.)

There's nutrition info on the back, and the bar easily portions into 18 squares, so I just did the math.

Dinner:  I found some spoonbill my dad gave us in the freezer, so we thawed that. (It's similar to swordfish--more "steaky" than flaky".)  

Easy to prep: Heated a cast iron pan with some olive oil.  Then dried the fish off well, rolled the pieces in egg wash, and then tossed them in a mixture of coconut flour, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and a pinch of cayenne.  The coconut flour has a texture similar to cornmeal, so it worked really well as a breading.  

Then brown on each side.  Served up with some green beans, leftover homemade thousand island dressing from St. Pat's, and a side salad with olive oil dressing.  YUM.

Totals: 1667 kcal, 122g fat, 23g net carbs, 90g protein

Thoughts:  We both made it to the gym today, which is nice.  And per the gym scale, I'm down 5 lbs since starting 2 weeks ago, which is also nice. The Hubs is down 6.5 lbs.  Both still lacking in motivation and feel like sitting like a blob on the couch for the rest of the evening, though.