Grooooaaaaaannnnn! Back on the low carb train. It would be so much easier if I could shop in the states. They have the most amazing plethora of keto low carb foods. Go Trader Joe's!!! But that is actually just being lazy. If you are willing to spend a little time and money you can cook keto all day long. Literally! lol!!!!
Unfortunately I don't like almond flour. It's grainy and falls apart in your mouth and it reminds me of when I accidentally get sand in my mouth. And coconut flour, the only alternative, is difficult to deal with. When I am low carbing all I want and all I can think about are muffins. But making muffins keto is not an option. Here is why....I can't help but compare and thats the downfall.
We have a coffee shop here called Steampunk. They sell the most amazing incredible muffins on the planet. They are huge, heavy, loaded with goodies and an awesome array of kinds. Apple spice, Pina colada, carrot cake, banana chocolate chip, oatmeal peach, all with a buttery crunchy crumble top. OMG!!!! I have no real idea of the carb count on them but at a pretty experienced guess here I would say around a thousand. I want one RIGHT NOW!!! Keto muffins are a very sad replacement.
In preparation for this 'back to it' way of eating, I stocked up on some snack things. One of them is cheap 2 carb per piece, Walmart brand cheap wieners. I also buy a carton of apple segments. So I get a dish and get three wieners and four segments of apple. I cut them up in smaller pieces and eat a piece of wiener then a piece of apple then a piece of wiener and then a piece of apple....raw wiener...I don't like them cooked. It's no muffin but it's low carb and pretty tasty!!! (when you are desperate)
Tomorrow we will hopefully be making a trip to Nanaimo to Costco. There are just things that should be bought there. Turlett paper, meat, olive oil, buckets of mayo, lox, cheese, cookies, cakes, breads, bagels, buns, brioche, muffins, dam!!!!! I am also not going to be able to partake of our usual treat of fries and gravy and hot dog. When you go to Costco only four times a year you can indulge guilt free, except when you are low carbing it. Maybe I will take the wiener out of the bun and eat that, without the apple part. Sigh. (shovel list...I am going back to shovel....penguin just couldn't cut it, either that or I am way more a shovel person than a penguin one).
Well enough complaining for one post. The upside of all this is the feeling of accomplishment when I choose to not eat crap. I taught myself back when I first low carbed when I was 24 that when I feel hunger that is a sign of accomplishment. And of course my lower a1c is a really big bonus. So right now I am feeling extremely over the top accomplished and I need to check that my blood sugar number isn't too low. Lol!!! Gotta bounce!!
TFL & TTYL
I RAN OUT OF APPLE!!!!!! I HAD TO SUBSTITUTE CELERY CHUNKS. SO I ADDED MAYO. IT IS BASICALLY CARB FREE SO A NECESSITY ON MY LOW CARBING. SADLY DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE MASHED POTATOES?
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