I Am So Bad at This

When I look at the week I wind up shaking my head and wondering what exactly I was thinking. I plan my meals with intention and actually think my week is going to coincide with my meal plans. I guess that is what I get for thinking, huh?

This is what I had intended to have for the week:

1. Buffalo chicken salad on greens with sliced tomatoes and  brussels sprouts

2. Goyza meatballs over cauli rice (me) and brown rice (TheHub), asparagus

3. Pork tenderloin, German "potato" (cauliflower) salad, green beans

4. White bbq chicken, broccoli, cucumber/tomato salad

5. Carnitas, coleslaw, tortillas for him and keto tortillas for me if I feel inspired enough to make them.

6. Sausage and kraut bake, tomatoes, potatoes for TheHub

7. Leftovers or out to eat

keto cookies, keto sausage balls (Saturday lake breakfast), keto cheesecake

I had my weekly weigh in last Monday  (Oct 1) and did not lose an ounce, even though I had strictly adhered to the keto way of eating.  I was bummed out all week but still stayed true to the eating plan. I decided I would not weigh again until October 31. I understand weight can fluctuate so I will have an entire month between weigh ins and should have a more accurate picture of how things are progressing. This way  I will not know if I should be depressed or not, which could eliminate the potential for any self sabotage. Yeah, right now I am into mind games.

I will continue to try on the wedding dress every Monday. This morning it did fit a little better than it did last week, but is still not exactly like I had hoped. If it is not substantially better by October 22 I will order the other dress I found and save this one for a formal event we have coming soon. The dress will not go unused either way. (Plus I bought it on clearance along with a 15 dollar first time customer discount so there was very little actual cost for the dress)

What actually happened:

1. Carnitas, salad, cucumber slices (Tortillas for TheHub)

2. White bbq chicken, brussels sprouts, sliced tomatoes

3. buffalo chicken salad on greens

4, Steak, tossed salad, baked potato (TheHub) rolls (TheHub) keto fake bread roll for me

5. I forgot the Greek Food Festival was this past week so we did our annual take out. I had lamb kabobs and tossed salad, The dog ate my rice and roll. (I really wanted that roll)

6. Spaghetti meat sauce over zucchini noodles (me) and spaghetti noodles (The Hub) with tossed salad.

7. Grilled hamburger patty, cukes and tomato slices, asparagus

I did not make the keto cookies or the cheesecake, but I did make a keto lemon cake. It was not the worst thing I have eaten and the cake part was actually pretty tasty. Next time is will just whip some  heavy cream instead of the keto frosting (which just tasted and felt like lightly sweetened whipped cream cheese)

And now this:

1. Grilled tuna steaks, broccoli, cauliflower mashed "potatoes" (Big sale on tuna this week)

2, Mississippi pot roast (Cooked and frozen)  over cauliflower mashed potatoes with green beans and sliced tomatoes

3. Pork tenderloin, over spinach, radish "hash browns" (I know it sounds horrid but it is actually quite tasty) cucumber slices.

4. Sausage and kraut bake, tater tots (TheHub) steamed cauliflower (me)

5, "Fried" chicken,  corn on the cob (TheHub) green beans, sliced tomatoes, sliced cukes

6.  Out to eat. We both have birthdays as well as an anniversary in a 30 day stretch. Since I have been doing the keto thing we decided to combine them this year. Friday night I am going to have whatever suits my fancy, then most likely fast on Saturday  to get back into ketosis quickly.  (Unless I decide to stick with the keto way of eating while celebrating)

7. Depending on what happened Friday night I will either be fasting or eating a bowl of some keto broth based soup. TheHub and Son2 are going to a 6 pm football game and will not be here to eat anyway, so at best  I will throw some veggies and chicken bits in some chicken broth and call it a meal. 

I want some cookies so I am definitely going to make those coconut chocolate chip keto cookies. I guess I need to make them today! Other than that I will be making a loaf of the eggy tasting "bread". It toasts pretty easily and will amp up a meal that is lacking.  I still have about 8 rolls in the freezer and even though they don't exactly taste like bread they do "feel" like it and are a decent vehicle for transporting sugar free jam to the mouth.

So now another keto week begins. Fingers crossed the dress fits even better next Monday.