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WELL today has been sort of “iffy” as far as low carb. I HAVE stayed “low carb” today but I had decided no cheese and had cheese for breakfast!

I am not sure what happened but before I knew it I was munching on some smoked sharp cheddar I had picked up for the genius I married’s lunches this week.

I LOVE cheese.. adore it so much and was going to abstain because I want to sort of do LC “anti-candida” style for a while and that means no cheese or mushrooms or wine (and a few other things that normal low carbers CAN have) for a while.

Anyway I slipped but I am not concerned, I will still come in under my 20-30 grams of carbs for the day.

I got a deli roasted whole chicken (quick and easy) – a nice way to ease myself into all the cooking that has to take place to do low carb WELL. I am making asparagus to go with. Simple foods for me for a while. I got too enamored of my food and cooked too many fancy recipes when doing low carb in the past. This really stalled my weight loss because YES calories do count.. they just happen to count a little less on low carb than a normal counting calorie diet. I really want to keep it very simple and eat to live.. not live to eat you know so my meals will pretty much just be meat and veggies and nice salads with homemade dressings.

Speaking of dressings I wanted to share my fav. one right now.
It’s a Japanese style ginger dressing sort of like you would get on your house salad at a Japanese sushi restaurant:

Low Carb Ginger Dressing (also works as a great marinate)

Grated orange rind or a few drops Boyajian tangerine oil
Soy sauce - small amount
Ginger (fresh grated.. lots)
Celery (fresh grated, a bit)
1 stalk green onion chopped fine (only a bit of the green – too much is bitter)
Rice vinegar
SF apple flavor crystal lite (a bit for a touch of sweet)
Sesame oil (just 2-3 drops more and it gets bitter)

Water as needed

As you can see I don’t give amounts because I have never measured, I just make it to taste. There is no oil but you could add some if you wish. I make it stronger for a marinate. It’s such a nice fresh flavor!

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Will be glad with ketosis kicks in!! Loves the lack of appetite I get.

I need to set a weight loss goal. I think I will shoot for 8# in the next 6 weeks. That’s a good goal for someone like me that loses pretty slowly!

Oh did you know that Greek women munch on fennel seeds to help with weight loss? “Fennel seeds-greek for "to grow thin. Is known to help metabolize fat”



I have seen a few Indian restaurants that have small bowls of seeds by a table as you leave (sort of like we have mints in our American restaurants). It’s interesting. I have some in the freezer. I like them but I love licorice. I think I will have a few thru the day…

I am going to start posting my previous days carbs and calorie counts each day. My official weigh in day is Monday (keeps me real thru the weekend) so I will list my pounds lost on Mondays.

Yesterday's counts were 25 carbs and 1700 calories. I of course am not in ketosis yet.. it usually takes me 3-4 days.

Well my dears, Cheers to Atkin’s Induction - Day two. Oh and I lost a half pound overnight!