Thirsty Thursday: Raspberry Grapefruit Keto Cocktail

After my mishap with the vodka tonic, I had to try to redeem myself.  This was the result.  Pretty tasty, and it rolls in at 3.3 carbs for a double (tall) drink.

INGREDIENTS (per cocktail):
6 raspberries
4 mint leaves
1 packet Splenda
2 oz vodka
juice from 1/4 grapefruit
ice
sparkling water 

DIRECTIONS:
Muddle the mint and raspberries in the bottom of the glass, and add the Splenda.  Top with vodka & stir.  Add ice to about halfway up the glass, and then top with the sparkling water.  Garnish with grapefruit, mint & a raspberry.

Calories: 145 

21-Day Keto: Day 21 & Final Thoughts

The last day.  AKA: the day we try to finish off all the keto stuff in the fridge so we can make room for carbs.

Breakfast:  Last raspberry coconut flour muffin w/a dollop of no-sugar added peach jam I made a while back (as I said, trying to clean out the fridge), and 2 sausage links (would have been three, but the kid stole one).

Lunch: Leftover fathead pizza & veggies (no pics, I was in a training during lunch)

Dinner: Fish & Shrimp Ceviche.  Ceviche is one of my absolute favorite things in the world. If we are anywhere close to a beach, you can bet I'm going to be ordering it.  I had some leftover fish thawed from the fish tacos the other night, so I decided to attempt to make it at home. Pretty happy with the results (added avocado).

Totals: 1553 kcal, 109g fat, 40g net carbs, 92g protein

My Final Results: 6.5 lbs down from my starting weight. For comparison, I had lost about 4 lbs from mid-January to start of March (8 weeks), just by tracking food and going to the gym every so often.

The Hubs' Final Results:  6.5 lbs down initially and maintaining after 3 days off.  About 1.5 lbs of weight loss from January to start of Keto Diet (gym and some food tracking).

His Thoughts:  I didn't think it was that bad.  It's better than some other diets where you end up feeling hungry.  But I'm also blessed with a wife who did most of the cooking, and prep work, and calculating the macros for each meal.  I will say there's a lot of freedom in NOT having to count carbs, and try to keep track of every little thing.  It makes me have more of an appreciation for people who have to have a restrictive diet (no gluten, no dairy, no sugar, etc.) for actual health reasons.

For 6.5 lbs of loss, I don't know if I would say it was worth it. I think I could have gotten the same results just by going to the gym more and counting calories and eating well.  But I can see how it might benefit someone who has more weight to lose, who has already tried other diets without success.

My Thoughts: I never felt hungry, and I never had any sweets cravings, and some of the meals we had were really delicious and I would definitely eat/make again. And I think it's a good idea to be conscious of how many carbs you're taking in, but 20-30 net carbs just feels too low and too out of balance.  I love a big, gorgeous salad with mixed greens and lots of colorful fruits and veggies and nuts and protein.  And even something like that could blow through your entire carb allowance on strict keto.  

We really struggled with a lack of energy and motivation, and brain fog.  We play Peak on our phones, and we both felt like our scores stalled out while we were on keto.  Now that he's off keto, The Hubs has been setting new records on most of the games he plays.

And that kinda makes sense.  I read that the brain needs about 100g of carbs a day to function well.  And while I've read that once your brain gets used to running on ketones instead all that brain fog goes away, it can take UP TO three weeks for your brain & body to adjust to getting energy from ketones instead.  And it makes for a really rough 3 weeks.

Cost-wise, we probably saved some money by not eating out much--we usually dine out at least once or twice a week.  But grocery-wise, we usually average $67/week in grocery costs (family of 3), whereas we spent $123/week ($370 total) on groceries for the time we were on keto.  So...that's about double.  Which is manageable for some, but if you're on a tight budget, it could be really hard for a family.

I'm planning to do a follow up post in about a week.  We'll see how things go!

21-Day Keto Challenge: Day 20

Hello Monday.  I could be negative and cliche and talk about how Mondays always suck, but that seems counterproductive, since today I also started the 12 Days of Influence Challenge by EntreLeadership.  Day 1?  Assess Your Rapport. We had to grade ourselves on a set of questions.  I scored well on most but gave myself a lower score on "I make time in my schedule to connect with others."  

This is something I need to be more intentional about.  I am naturally an introvert, so it's really easy to just roll into work, go into my office, and start chucking away at work stuff without talking to anyone unless they come to see me. I eat lunch in my office most days (in case you couldn't tell from the last 3 weeks worth of lunch pics).  So...today I actually ate in the break room and socialized with my coworkers. It was a really nice break from my work day, and is almost always the only way I get to chat with people who don't work in my department. Time well spent.

Breakfast:  Last of the keto waffles with peanut butter (we bought this organic peanut butter from Aldi, and it's super-runny...horrible for sandwiches but really great for drizzling) and whipped cream, sausage + coffee.

Lunch:  Leftover pho and veggies (sorry, no pic, because I was eating in the break room and socializing and forgot.)

Dinner:  Korean beef bowls with cauliflower rice. This was really tasty--we left out the red pepper initially (since Lil' Man can't handle much spice), and then added some crushed red pepper after we'd pulled out his portion. Also, I was out of fish sauce, so instead I added some Maggi sauce for umami.

Totals: 1122 kcal, 82g fat, 30g net carbs, 51g protein

Thoughts: My gut is very gurgle-y today.  Otherwise, a fine day.

Note: The Hubs finished his 21 Days yesterday, so just in case you're curious, his day looked like this:
Breakfast: 2 pieces of bacon and a hard boiled egg
Lunch: Double Mushroom Swiss Burger from Culvers, 1/2 order fries
Dinner: Same as me.
His total: 1292 kcal, 51g net carbs
His Thoughts:  I feel less brain fog, and have more energy today.  Also all the muscle pain I had from working out on Saturday is finally gone.

21-Day Keto: Day 19

The end is in sight...or well, technically HERE for The Hubs, since he started 2 days before I did.  Today was Vision Sunday at our church, where we reflect on all the things the church helped accomplish in the last year, and then set the vision for the coming year. They blocked off sections of the front rows for Life Groups, so we had amazing seats. (Note: anytime you have to sign a pyrotechnics waiver, you probably have great seats.)

Afterward, we went to a soft opening at the CiCi's pizza in town...it had closed down last year and just reopened under new ownership.  The new owners attend our church and so invited all of the Life Groups to come down for free pizza to help their staff get ready for the real opening tomorrow.

Breakfast: Leftover waffles with peanut butter & whipped cream, coffee, and bacon.

Lunch:  Was a little underwhelming for me.  Cici's DOES offer a "crustless pizza bowl" option, but with the soft opening, they were super-slammed so I didn't want to throw a special order at them (especially when they're already feeding us for free).  I got a few slices of pizza and just scraped off all the toppings. 

I ate a couple bites of cheesy edge crust (which were delicious), but mostly I had 2 plates of salad.  The salad bar selections were a little wanting. It would have been nice if there were cheese, some sort of meat, and maybe cottage cheese on the bar.  

(On the flip side, DK and Lil' Man both ate plenty of pizza and pasta and dessert, and said it was all very tasty.)

Dinner: When we first started searching for keto friendly recipes before starting the diet, one of the things that popped up was deviled eggs.  They're naturally keto friendly and simple to make: eggs, mayo, mustard, salt, pepper, some sort of vinegar (I use pickle juice), and a sprinkling of paprika on top. We also garnished ours with pickled okra.  Had some of these with a Michelob Ultra Pure Gold.

Totals: 1472 kcal, 115g fat, 24g net carbs, 56g protein 

Thoughts: Going to CiCi's while on keto feels like torture.  I wanted breadsticks with marinara SOOOO bad. Or even just ONE slice of thin crust pizza.  And a brownie.

21-Day Keto Diet: Day 18

After two mornings of waking up early, I was really stoked to sleep in till 7:30a this morning, and wake up of my own free will rather than to the sound of an alarm clock.  (The kid banging on a metal bowl "drum" in his room added a nice background ambient noise.)

Breakfast:  Coconut flour waffles & sausage.  

I found two recipes on Pinterest, (this one, and this one), and went with the latter because it didn't involve whipping egg whites and because we had cream cheese that needed to be used up.  However, neither of the recipes called for letting the batter thicken for very long, which seemed odd because coconut flour takes a while to absorb the liquids around it.  But one did call for a 5 minute resting time...so I went with that.  ...it was not long enough. They still came out pretty flat, and the first couple definitely tried to escape the waffle iron.  

Resulting in this conversation:
Me: *as batter flows out the sides of the waffle iron* CRAAAP.
Lil' Man: *in the other room* Dada, Mama just said "crap".
Me: CRABS! I said Crabs.
LM: Why you said 'crabs'?
Me: Because...the batter coming out of the waffle iron made it look like a crab.
LM: ...that's yucky.

The recipe made quite a few waffles, but they were pretty thin and broke easily at the seams.  Still very tasty though.

I also whipped up a quick batch of whipped cream (topped my coffee with a bit of it as well--YUM), and a raspberry sauce. 

Lunch: Leftover fish and thousand island dressing, to get some protein before the gym...

After Gym: Gatorade Zero, and some deli rollups (with a pickle instead of pepperoncinis.

Dinner: "Fathead" alfredo pizza.  We used the coconut flour version of this recipe for our crust.  And I saved some of the alfredo sauce from earlier in the week for this.  We warmed it up with some fresh spinach to make sure we had some veggies in there. Added bacon, ham, mushrooms, and lots o' cheese. Very tasty.

FYI--the site where the original recipe is has a lot of ads and I found the recipe/directions a little confusing, so at the bottom of this post, you'll find the exact process I used (which uses a food processor to knead the dough, instead of having to do it by hand).

Totals: 1644 kcal, 120g fat, 26g net carbs, 96g protein

Thoughts:  Things were pretty great until we got back from the gym.  I guess that zapped all the energy that we had.  Definitely hit a wall around 2pm and didn't feel like doing much after that.  

FATHEAD CRUST INGREDIENTS:

1.5 cup of mozzarella (note: we didn't have straight up mozz, so I used Italian blend,which has mozz in it)

2 Tbsp cream cheese

2 eggs

1/3 cup coconut flour

DIRECTIONS:

Heat the oven to 475F.

1. Put the cheese and cream cheese in the bowl of your food processor, and then nuke it in the microwave for 45 seconds. Stir, and then nuke 45 more seconds and stir again.  
2. Move it back to the food processor base, scrape all the cheese away from the central stem of the bowl, put the blade in, and add the eggs and coconut flour.  Pulse until well combined, scraping the sides as needed.
3. Scrape the dough into a generally-ball-like-shape and then plop onto a lined or greased cookie sheet (or pizza stone), and then place in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes. It'll make it easier to work with.
4. After that, place a piece of parchment over the ball (because it WILL be sticky), and then roll it out using a rolling pin, to about 1/3 inch thick.  Don't worry if it's not perfectly square or round.  Poke a lot of holes into it with a toothpick, and then place in the oven.  Bake for 6 minutes, then check the dough, and poke more holes if needed. Then bake until golden brown (took about 4 more minutes for ours.
   
5. Then add your sauce (alfredo & spinach for us), toppings, and then cover with cheese!  
   
6. Place back in the oven, and turn temp down to 350F, and bake for 5-7 minutes until cheese is melty and delicious.
7. Remove from oven and let cool before serving.

21-Day Keto: Day 17

Today had a lot of windshield time.  Drove 6 hours round trip for a board meeting; but it was a gorgeous, sunny day and I have a backlog of podcasts to listen to, so I don't mind.  Oh, what podcasts do I like, you ask?  (You don't ask, but I'll tell you anyway.)

• GastroPod
• Thrilling Adventure Hour
• Sporkful
• We Got This with Mark & Hal
• Planet Money
• Freakonomics
• Lavar Burton Reads
• Smodcast
• Stuff You Should Know

Breakfast: Raspberry Coconut Muffin with peanut butter, sausage links, coffee w/heavy cream

Lunch:  After the board meeting, we have lunch at Shakespeare's Pizza. I usually get the Ollie Salad...but unfortunately, all the delicious red onions, mandarin oranges, craisins, and candied walnuts that come on it are NOT keto-friendly. So, I went with the Meat & Cheese Salad and Ranch.  Clocks in at 7g net carbs!

But then AFTER lunch, I went to visit my cousin at his Craft Beer Cellar, that is sadly closing at the end of the month.  A former business owner myself, we had plenty to commiserate about....aaaand he had beers on tap that I haven't had before.  So I had to get a couple taster pours.  (I also picked up a mixed 6 pack to bring home for after Keto is over.) I guesstimate about 13 carbs in the beers.

Dinner:  Got home in time to use my Instant Pot to make some quick pho broth (recipe below), to which we added zero-carb noodles, leftover corned beef from St. Pats, mushrooms, and the other usual accouterments.

Totals: 1239 kcal, 84g fat, 30.5g net carbs, 68g protein

Thoughts:  Maybe it's just because it's the first time I've had good beer in 2.5 weeks, but I had a great day.  I can't tell if I was low-energy, because it's not like you need a lot of energy to drive in a car all day. But I felt pretty good.  I was jamming out in my car at 7am, which is saying something.  I got to talk to my mom for a bit, which is always nice (she works 3-11pm shift, so I usually don't get to talk to her much unless I happen to be in a car before she goes to work).

Instant Pot Pho Broth

Ingredients: (makes 4 servings)

1 Tbsp olive oil

1 onion, sliced into rounds

1 Tbsp minced ginger

1 Tbsp minced garlic (3 cloves)

1 Tbsp fish sauce

1 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce

1 star anise pod

1 cinnamon stick

1 cup chicken broth

6 cups low-sodium beef broth

1 stalk celery, cut into 4 pieces

5-6 baby carrots

Toppings:

- protein of choice (we did the leftover corned beef)

- zero-carb noodles

- mushrooms

- cilantro

- limes

- green onions

- chili sauce

Directions:

Set Instant Pot to Saute, and add oil, onions, garlic & ginger.  Saute until browned (4-5 minutes), then add the remaining broth ingredients to the pot.  Close the lid, make sure the vent is sealed, and pressure cook in Manual Mode on High for 15 minutes.  You can let the pressure release naturally.  Remove the cinnamon stick, star anise, celery & carrots. (Some people strain the broth all the way, but I love the cooked onions.)

Divide noodles, meat, and mushrooms into bowls, and then ladle steaming hot broth over the top.  Serve with lime, cilantro, green onions, and chili sauce.

21-Day Keto: Day 16

Energy level is a little better today, even though I had to get up early for my weekly Thursday department meeting.  Busy day, between work and class and such.

In a better mood as well, but I think that's because...I'm hosting trivia at my office tonight!  We try to coordinate quarterly teambuilding events, and since I love trivia, I set this shebang up. 

Breakfast: Raspberry coconut muffin, 3 sausage links, coffee (too much coffee, I had the jitters around lunch time.)

Lunch: Leftover shrimp alfredo and assorted veggies.

Dinner:  The benefit of coordinating an event is that YOU get to pick the food that's served. Since I know I can have wings, I went with a Party Pack from Buffalo Wild Wings. Had about 5 wings (medium sauce and the Chipotle dry rub, both low carb), salad w/ranch, and 2 Michelob Ultras.

Totals: 1660 kcal, 111g fat, 30g net carbs, 84g protein

My Thoughts: I'm pooped.  :)  But otherwise had a great day.  

DK's Thoughts:  Physically tired all day, and had a headache in the evening.  But my brain is still working--set 3 new high scores on Peak today.

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.

21-Day Keto Diet: Day 14

Pretty busy day today:  work, then the (semi) monthly lunch I have with some of my gal friends, then class...after which I headed to the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks.  I'm a regular blood donor (Universal blood type) and we're getting ready to head on a trip out of country here in a few weeks.  Due to risk of malaria, Zika, or other illnesses, visiting some areas can result in you being quarantined from donating for a year after your trip.  I called the Center to see if the area we're traveling to is on The List...and yyyup, malaria risk.  So I'd like to get in one more donation before I'm benched for a year.  I just gave whole blood a few weeks ago, so I'm not eligible for that until after we return, but I can donate platelets and plasma.

At least, I thought I could. But it's been 4-5 years since I last gave platelets/plasma, and I've had a kiddo since then. Which means they need to test my blood for a particular antibody before I'm allowed to give in that form again.  But they said the test should be done in about a week so I should still be able to donate before our trip.  

I really would like to donate while we're doing the Keto Diet, or immediately after, so that I can see how the diet has affected my cholesterol. I did something similar when we were doing the Daniel Fast, and what can I say? I'm a nerd who likes quantitative data.

Breakfast: Taco Breakfast Muffin with picante sauce and a dollop of sour cream

Lunch:  We met at a local pasta place, but I was able to have an amazing Greek salad, and I brought a small container of dressing from home, because I knew it only had 1 net carb.  

In retrospect, I could have just dressed it with oil and vinegar (both were sitting on the table), or asked the server if she knew if any of their dressings were low carb...BUUUUT I'm also terrified of being "one of THOSE customers", and so I generally don't ask for anything special. EVER.  And if they bring me the wrong food, I still eat it. Them's the rules.

Dinner:  The weather has finally turned around and it's absolutely gorgeous, so we decided to grill brats and asparagus. Topped with sauerkraut and mustard, and served in a lettuce leaf, it was perfect!

Totals: 1242 kcal, 89g fat, 24g net carbs, 76g protein

Our Thoughts:  I know a lot of people say they feel amazing after starting keto...maybe the first week is rough, but then it's all happiness and marshmallows.  Well..we're 2 weeks in and that has NOT been the case for us.  When we go to the gym, we can't lift as much weight, or do as many reps, or work out as long/hard as we usually do. And that's IF we even have the motivation to GO to the gym.  Most of the time we just feel like big lazy blobs.  I don't want to clean the house, work on projects, play with my kid...nothing but sit on the couch with my laptop.  And the brain fog has NOT gone away. 

Unless there's some miraculous change within the next week, or we both see some amazing weight drop, I don't think I'd recommend this experience to anyone. 

21-Day Keto: Day 13

Hello Monday...back to the grind.  

Breakfast: Taco Breakfast Muffin with Chipotle Lime Salsa (Note: if you don't already buy your salsa from Aldi, I highly recommend you start.)  

Lunch: Tuna Salad (my recipe has olive oil mayo, yellow mustard, celery, dill pickle, pepper, hard boiled egg, and celery salt) w/ mixed raw veggies

Dinner: Shrimp Alfredo with Spaghetti Squash.  Alfredo sauce is naturally keto-friendly, which makes me happy.  I cooked the spaghetti squash in my Instant Pot while I worked on the sauce.  The shrimp were pre-cooked so just tossed those in at the end with the sauce to warm them up.

Totals: 1239 kcal, 83g fat, 25g net carbs, 86g protein

My Thoughts:  Today was a bit higher-carb, because of the spaghetti squash--you always hear about it being a healthier option than pasta--and it is, but 1 cup of the squash is still about 8 net carbs.  Then add the sauce on top of that and our dinner ends up at about 10 net carbs.  But, I really enjoyed getting to have Alfredo sauce tonight.  Back when I was a kid with unlimited metabolism and a hollow leg, I ordered Fettuccine Alfredo every time we went to Olive Garden (along with my own giant bowl of salad...and about a million breadsticks). It was my absolute fave.  But at some point, I stopped letting myself have it, in favor of lighter red-sauce based dishes.  

DK's Thoughts:  Still good here.

21-Day Keto Diet: Day 12 (St. Patrick's Day)

Happy St. Patrick's Day all!  We had a great day today.  My mom-in-law, sis-in-law and nieces came into town. We hadn't seen them in quite a while, and Lil' Man had a good time playing with his cousins.

Breakfast: Coconut Flour Pancakes with sugar-free syrup (regular syrup for Lil' Man), sausage, and a strawberry.

Lunch:  We went to McDonalds so the kids to play after eating (and so Grandma could treat them to ice cream).  I had the Grilled Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad (net 5 carbs), with balsamic dressing (1/2 packet, 2 net).  The Hubs had two McDouble's with no bun or ketchup, and ordered extra lettuce to use as a wrap.  

Dinner:  It's St. Paddy's Day!  What else would we have, but corned beef and cabbage?  We made some Thousand Island dressing (since everything at the store was at least 5g carbs/serving...and there's no purpose in buying a whole bottle and letting it languish in our fridge for 3 years).  Added some sauerkraut (0 carbs), Swiss cheese, and wrapped it in a steamed cabbage leaf.

(Note: if you're not doing keto on St. Patrick's Day, I suggest checking out some of my other St. Pat's recipes, like the Irish Egg Rolls, the Irish Breakfast, or if you're completely over green beer, try a Green Hurricane!) 

Totals:1343 kcal, 95.5g fat, 21 net carbs, 100g protein

My Thoughts:  Today was a really good day. I felt good, had a good time with family, and got a lot done around the house this morning.

Hubs' Thoughts: Ditto.

21 Day Keto Diet: Day 11

We've reached the mid-way point!  It's all downhill from here, right?

Today was pretty productive. The weather was great, so we cleaned up the yard a bit, played outside, I went grocery shopping, and I fit in a little "resale" therapy.  In case you weren't aware, I am stupid-cheap when it comes to buying clothes.  I don't pay full price for anything, and it seems silly not to take advantage of great deals on good, gently worn clothes.  A lot of the stuff I find still has brand new tags on it!  Today, one of my favorite local thrift shops was running nearly everything 50% off, plus I had a 15% discount to use, so I got all this for about $40!  Pretty happy with that.

3 Dresses, 3 cardigans, and a pair of black jeggings.

Breakfast:  We used 4-inch springform pans (bottom left out) to make egg "buns" for these breakfast sandwiches.  Pepperjack, bacon, and avocado.  Very tasty! (plus coffee + heavy cream, of course.)

Lunch: Finished off the last of the Zuppa Toscana and Chicken Pizza Bake (split the last containers between The Hubs & I) - Then we watched Guardians of the Galaxy while Lil' Man napped, because we just watched Captain Marvel last week and somebody told me we should re-watch GOTG after for Easter Eggs/tie-ins.

After Sy woke up he played outside with the neighbor kids while The Hubs & I shared a Michelob Ultra Pure Gold and chatted with our neighbor.

Dinner: Copycat Chipotle Bowls.  Ground beef & mushrooms in a red sauce (we just used Chipotle Lime salsa and Tabasco Chipotle Sauce), served with cilantro lime cauliflower (thanks to Green Giant steamables), homemade guacamole, a little bit of cheddar, sour cream, and some shredded cabbage for crunch.  I made this dish a few months ago, before we were thinking about keto, and we liked it so much I threw it back in the rotation.

Totals: 1557 kcal, 111g fat, 21g net carbs, 85g protein

My Thoughts:  I'm glad to have been productive, but I still feel a bit lethargic. I should probably be working out more--maybe that would help boost my energy levels.

The Hubs' Thoughts: No complaints.  Pretty good day.