2 July 2016

I learned today that going boating means changing out rusted lug nuts and replacing the flat tire on a trailer first.  Thankfully, we had Raid, which must be a first cousin once removed to WD-40 and helped loosen the rusted bolts.  After we got going, we went fishing, which could also be described as throwing shrimp lures into the water while conversing about errata.

That shiny should means I am now pink all over and ready for bed.  Since it was lunch time, we did stop at a local restaurant and dined on salmon, broccoli, mashed potatoes and soup and salad.  The best thing about keto is drowning your plate in butter and cheese.

 

Now I am tired and ready for a bath of vinegar, lavender oil and epsom salts and more wholesome television.

For dessert I attempted a chocolate coconut mousse, but my version is definitely not keto.  I am using up random ingredients I have on hand, which means I used liquid coconut milk, powdered coconut milk, heavy cream, Dannon whole milk yogurt, real sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, baking chocolate, shredded coconut, cocoa powder, frozen cherries and half a packet of French Vanilla jello.  Blended everything but the jello and put it in a round casserole dish and put it in the freezer.  I threw the jello powder in after thinking the thing wouldn't set.  It's been in the freezer for just under an hour now, so we'll see how it tastes.  

15 May 2016

Two coworkers have been striving for a keto diet the last few months and weeks, respectively, and I've been playing in the discussion but not really achieving low carb.  I've been thinking low carb, but eating homemade french fries and Cliff/Kind/Lara bars.  So...Friday I started tracking just what I was eating and this weekend saw me writing everything down in my notebook.  According to this calculator, I should be eating the following:

2334	kcal Daily Calorie Intake
25	g Carbs (4%, 100 kcal)
148	g Protein (25%, 592 kcal)
182	g Fat (71%, 1642 kcal)

Well I've been eating too much!  Yesterday I ate around 170g of protein and over 200g of fat (carbs were around 30g).  This morning I course-corrected and ate a cheeseburger patty, 3 slices of bacon, 3 eggs over hard with extra butter, with coffee of course.  Lunch was tuna salad made from one can of tuna, one can of sardines, 4 tablespoons of sour cream, 2 tsp of mustard, dill and salt.  This was on top of lettuce with some sliced almonds on top.  Dinner will be spare ribs with boiled broccoli and lots of butter.  Thankfully I eat the spareribs fat and connective tissue so that should be some good collagen.  Apparently American Chinese cuisine spareribs are different from real Chinese cuisine spareribs.  Now I want dim sum.

Weekends there's a guy who gives free pontoon boat rides out to the closest island (not this island).  So we spent the afternoon getting Vitamin D, flying a kite and getting sand in our nooks and crannies.  Time to shower and think about What Would Jon Snow Do?