A Sample Menu ^_^



I tracked every meal I have eaten over the past week so I could post a sample menu. This is a REAL menu - this is what I ate all week for 7 days. I try to stay at 20g/net carbs per day but most days I fall considerably below that and some days slightly above it. I do NOT count calories so I have no idea what my calorie count looks like! I use my very nifty digital food scale to weigh out most of my portions. I paid $18 for this at Wal-Mart and it has proven to be a very worthy investment! I used to track my food intake on FitDay but sort of fell out of the habit. I may start doing so again so I can post the link to my food journal here.



Day One:
Breakfast:
I skipped breakfast, wasn't hungry
Lunch:
2 Crab Cakes* w/Mustard (8g)
Dinner:
2 Grilled Hamburgers w/Swiss Cheese (1g)
3oz Broccoli Slaw (3g)
1 Pickle (0g)
10 Slices of Pickled Jalapeno (0.5g)
Snack:
1oz Fried Cheddar Cheese/butter (1g)
10 Pepperoni "chips" (0g)
1 mug of Coffee w/2 tbsp of HWC and Sweetened to taste with Ez-Sweetz (1g)

Total Carbs: 14.5g
* Crab Cakes were store bought ones from Aldi - I don't usually eat much "processed" food but I made an exception for these. I could make them MUCH lower carb if I made them myself ^_^

Day Two:
Breakfast: (I was hungry!)
3 Fried Eggs (1.8g)
2 Slices of Grilled Ham (4g)
2 Sausage Links (0g)
1 mug of Coffee w/2 tbsp of HWC and Sweetened to taste with Ez-Sweetz (1g)
Lunch:
Skipped - that big breakfast carried me all the way to dinner!!
Dinner:
Taco Salad (12g)
Snack:
1 Chocolate Cream Float (3g)

Total Carbs: 21.8g


Day Three:

Breakfast:
3 eggs, scrambled w/ 1oz Swiss cheese (2.8g)
3 Sausage Links (2g)
1 tbsp Reduced Sugar Ketchup (1g)
Lunch:
Pork Cracklings (0g) - I wasn't very hungry
Dinner:
Bunless Hardees Monster Thickburger (2g) - I always assume 2g for the cheese!
Side Salad (5g)
Snack:
Pork Cracklings (0g) (Notice CRACK is in the name, right? lol)

Total Carbs: 12.8g

Day Four:
Breakfast:
2 Cinnamon Clouds (3.5g) - not sure if I was really hungry or if these were just REALLY good! ^_^
1 mug of Coffee w/2 tbsp of HWC and Sweetened to taste with Ez-Sweetz (1g)
Lunch:
2 Bunless Cheeseburgers (1g)
3 slices of pickles (0g)
1/2C Butter Lettuce (0g)
1 TBSP Zucchini Relish (1g)
Dinner:
Monterey Chicken (2.5g)
2 Parmesan Stuffed Mushrooms (<2g)
Snack:
Pork Cracklings (0g)

Total Carbs: 11g

Day Five:
Breakfast:
Skipped - I worked 3rd shift, wasn't hungry when I came home - went straight to bed
Lunch:
Low Carb Pizza (10.5g)
Dinner:
2 Grilled Sausage/Beef Cheeseburgers w/2oz Swiss Cheese (3g)
2 TBSP Mayo (0g)
1 Pickle (0g)
Snack:
10 Pepperoni "Chips" (1g)

Total Carbs: 14.5g

Day Six:
Breakfast:
3 scrambled eggs w/1 oz cheese (2.5g)
3 Sausage Links (2g)
Lunch:
Tuna w/1 TBSP Zucchini Relish (1g)
1C Fresh Kale/Lettuce (4.5g)
Dinner:
Squashed Spaghetti (10g)*
Snack:
skipped - wasn't hungry

Total Carbs: 20g

Day Seven:
Breakfast:
4 Slices of Bacon (0g)
2 Fried Eggs (1.2g)
Lunch:
A couple handful's of pork cracklings (0g) - I was super busy
Dinner:
Meatloaf (2g)*
1 tbsp Reduced Sugar Ketchup (1g)
1C Greasy Beans (5g)
2 Garlic Cheddar Rolls (2g)*

Total Carbs: 11.2g

* I will post these recipes here next time I make them ^_^

This isn't what I eat every week - some weeks I may get closer to the 20g/day mark and others I fall below it like I mostly did this week. As for the skipped meals - I don't eat when I'm not hungry. That is something that this lifestyle has taught me - the difference between psychological hunger and true physical hunger. I don't eat "just because". My weight loss also fluctuates week to week depending on my menus - this week I lost 4lbs!








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