resisted the call of the muffin!

Coffee, one egg and one strip of bacon for breakfast.
Lunch was 55g of salami and 60g of cheese, jicama, radish and celery.

Had 1/2 cup yogourt for my afternoon break but somehow didn't take a picture!

For dinner we had pork chops (110g) and some grilled zucchini (120g) and a side salad.

Needed a little something more later on so had 30g of mixed nuts and a regular (as opposed to my usually huge) mug of de-caf.

Total calories for today 1,609 and 46g of carbs.

Back at work and already tired...

Coffee, bacon (1) and eggs (2) for breakfast.



Coffee break.


Tuna salad, jicama, celery, radish and yogourt.


The dregs of the tepid coffee and a 25g chunk of flavoured feta cheese.


Doug made pork chops (100g) for dinner. I had mine with brussel sprouts and a side salad. Another jell-o nsa chocolate pudding for dessert.


Just a couple of hours later I felt really peckish - made a big mug of de-caf. Still wanted more sweet so had three nsa werther's hard caramel candies.


Even that wasn't enough and in the end I share a bag of caramel power pop with Doug.


Total calories about 1,680 and 59g of carbohydrates.

The aftermath of a holiday weekend...

...is absolute carnage at work. By the end of the day I made a comment that it had been a day and a half - my colleague shouted: "that was six weeks!"

Breakfast was coffee, two fried eggs and some bits of bacon.Coffee break.
Lunch was celery, jicama, radish, cheese (60g), turkey (40g) and salami (20g).
By afternoon break I was sweaty, tired and knees and feet hurt. I had the rest of my coffee and a half cup of cottage cheese.

Lucky for me Doug had dinner ready when I got home. We had chicken caesar with a couple of croutons for a treat.
A sugar-free creamsicle for dessert.
Had trouble with the munchies tonight - partly because I spent a couple of hours on the sofa icing various bit of sore anatomy, knee, feet, ankle - everything was tired and painful. Had a little bowl of mixed nuts and a diet pop.

So calories a little high today but I know for a fact that I worked them and more off! 1,548 calories and 39g carbohydrates.

Back to work

Had to remember how to make breakfast while still mostly asleep. Coffee tasted funny and bacon and eggs overdone. Sigh.Coffee at breaktime.
Lunch of chicken salad (100g chicken breast, 1 tbsp mayo, 1/2 tbsp capers). In the baggies two big radishes, celery sticks and a baby cucumber. 1/2 cup raspberries.
The last of the coffee and a serving (28g) of the Superflax cookie from Red Square Bakery.
For dinner one Toulouse sausage (the kind you put in cassoulet), regular zucchini and a patty pan squash sauted. Side salad with a handful of blackberries on top.
The second last ice cream bar in the box.
Eating at work is going to be a challenge for awhile. Today 1,532 calories and 56g of carbs.

More compliments/comments every day at work!

Lately at work I get a comment or compliment at least once a day from people I know and sometimes from people I don't ever remember seeing before. Yay!

Morning coffee.One slice bacon, 2 eggs.
Coffee at break time.
Lunch is egg salad with capers (2 eggs), celery, one and a half of those little cucumbers, four radishes and half a cup of rhubarb.
For dinner a taco salad. One of the few times I'm tempted to eat past the point of satiety. Lettuce, seasoned ground beef (140g), half a medium tomato, 40g of cheese (I took more than usual because I had not eaten by cheese snack earlier in the day), and two dollops of sour cream (43g). All told about 650 calories just for the salad.
Afterwards I had a mixed berry flavour creamsicle. At 20 calories obviously not real food - but it still tastes like a treat.
Total for today 1,332 calories and 30g of carbohydrates.

What a horrible day

Weather has cooled off a bit so back to normal breakfast of 1 slice bacon, 2 eggs and coffee.Coffee break.

Lunch was the other half of the roast beef wrap that I didn't finish yesterday. Lots more veg., celery, radish and mushrooms and about 40g of raspberries for dessert.
Work was dreadful. My new game keeps crashing my computer. I feel slightly ill and the apartment was still very hot in spite of the weather cooling down. For dinner I had a cold pork chop and dipped it in a couple of tablespoons of applesauce.
Eventually I wanted something more - specifically some of the Bresse bleu cheese. No strawberries in the house so I had some with 50g of blueberries. Okay but not the as good.
Still feeling really down in the dumps I found my afternoon snack all warm and oily. Since I had already added the 35g of cheddar into Fitday as eaten earlier I ate it right up.
I resisted quite awhile on this one. A Purdy's nsa Hedgehog Doug bought it last night. I took it to work today and still didn't eat it. However, I gave in and finally ate it tonight and I have to confess it was only because I was feeling sorry for myself. I wasn't really hungry. I did manage to eat it slowly and really enjoy it though.
Totals for today 1,427 calories and 39g of carbs.

this week Tuesday is Friday

because my work week started on Sunday and I've taken Wednesday and Thursday as holidays. This morning breakfast was coffee and bacon and eggs (2 each).

My day at work was one of those days where everything is weird. Not necessarily bad just peculiar and somewhat uncomfortable. After trying to explain something to a crazy person on the phone for 10 minutes I poured some coffee to sip while I continued to work. Luckily I finished it and had my cup put away by the time the hardhat fell off the shelf above the monitor and nearly beaned me.

When it was time for a real break all I had were four brazil nuts and more coffee.

Lunch was a couple of slices of roast beef, four slices of salami (Freybe's Hungarian) and 35g of sharp cheddar cheese. Also three large radishes, about 30g of jicama sticks and five or six celery sticks. I had brought more but saved it for my break later on.

Salami and cheese, eek give me mints, now give me more. (Six in all)

For my afternoon break I polished off the rest of the brazil nuts (3) three more slices of salami and about 20g of swiss cheese.

Dinner was Sunday's roast pork heated up with a little gravy made by blitzing the juice from the slow cooker in the blender with 1/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum. Broccoli and the usual side salad. I bought new Umbra appetizer sized plates today to help make meals a) look bigger and b) maybe look more appetizing.
Fitday totals for today 1,582 calories and 26 net g. of carbs.

Day one

Bacon and eggs and coffee for breakfast. An ounce of mixed nuts split between morning and afternoon breaks along with my little thermos of coffee. Chicken salad, celery sticks, radishes and sugar-free jell-o for lunch. Cube steak prepared a little like chicken-fried steak, broccoli and a big salad for dinner.
FitDay totals: 1,493 calories, 109g protein and 24g net carbs.



I began eating low-carb over three years ago after being a vegetarian for at least five years. I started with this book and found that I really enjoyed cooking from scratch and managed to loose almost 25kg (50+lbs). Unfortunately some of my bad eating habits didn't really change; I'm hoping this project will help with snacking and portion control.