Lazy Low Carb Menu's

[surfdol]

Morning all! I have the next 3 days off (yippppeeee!) so I will be able to be on a bit more, bonus! lol Hope everyone has a wonderful day!


B- Cheese & onion omelette, 3 turkey sausage patties
Sn- small salad w/ranch
L- Grilled chicken salad w/ranch, 2 oz shredded cheese, 2 thin slices of tomato, real bacon bits & 1 boiled egg
Sn - 2 cream cheese muffins (love that recipe!)
D- not decided yet, we are going out tonight and won't really know until I get to where ever he's taking me, lol
Sn - depends on how late we eat dinner

Well that is my game plan for the day, I will fill in the "blanks" later tonight!

[coconutmilk]

Originally Posted by festivelyplump

Hi Coconutmilk have you ever tried eating lettuce at least an hour before going to bed.. I know its sound quite absurd but when I was expecting my eldest I used to suffer with insomnia quite a lot until I read this article about the magical properties of the plain ole lettuce (of course this was way before the Low Carbing came along and could quite happily munch on lettuce sandwiches)

I've dug this link out its along the lines of the original one I read all those years ago. the other option is Melatonin in tablet form but I'm not sure if they are available in the US, I hope it helps you..

Lettuce - Natural Benefits and Curative Properties

Lettuce? interesting, thanks for the link I'll read it when I have a bit more time. I'm taking melatonin and Trazodone now. But sometimes it's like my mind fights sleep or something. I can't really explain it. It's so much better since I've been taking the melatonin and Trazodone this is the first long jag I've had since I've been on them, about 4 months now. Before that I'd be up 36-40 hours couple times a week.

I've got to find what it is in the lettuce that helps. Sure wouldn't hurt to munch on some lettuce before bed to help ensure a good night sleep, besides, I like lettuce...
Thanks so much for the info.
Vikki

[Pcola Girl]

I think I will try that lettuce thing to. I sometimes have a hard time getting to sleep at night.

[Erica L. Butler]

Hey, yall.

Here's mine for the day--

Breakfast: Coffee, Cream, Splenda

Snack: Coffee HWCream, Splenda, Water

Lunch: Mock-o-Flower and Cheese with Italian Sausage, 8 oz Crystal Light, Water

Snack: Half an Atkins Endulge bar, Water

Dinner: Heroin Wings, Root Beer Float made with HW Cream in Hansen's Diet Root Beer

[Wifey]

Hi all ya lovely people!

Menu for friday

Lunch: white castle pie and piece of tilapia

Dinner: salad with crab, shrimp, chicken, blue cheese and ranch

Snack: couple pieces of sugar free candy

[surfdol]

Morning all! I am finishing my menu from yesterday and will post today's menu later on....

D- we went to Olive Garden (they do have some LC choies) I had Chianti Braised Beef Short Ribs with Portabello mushroom risoto and fresh veggies

I left the risoto, ate the veggies and the beef and my salad, the wine has approx. 7.6 carbs for the amount used in the sauce and the recipe does not call for any thickeners so I am sure I did good with that choice.

I did not have any snacks because it was after 8 when we got home.

I'll post more later, have a great day all!

[surfdol]

Evening all, here's my menu for the day........


B- 6 slices of bacon
Sn- none
L- Buffalo drumsticks & small salad w/ranch
Sn- 2 SF chocolates
D- LC chicken salad on a bed of lettuce & 2 oz colby jack cheese
Sn - Beef Stick

Have an awesome night everyone!

[Wifey]

Hi all! I hope your all having a great weekend

Here's my menu for 2/24

Breakfast: eggcream

Lunch: Mahi Mahi steamed broccoli

Dinner: low carb torilla pizza

[Erica L. Butler]

Mine is:

Breakfast: 2 Americanos with Half and Half, Splenda
Snack: half an Atkins bar, Crystal Light
Lunch: Chicken Katsu
Snack: Water, Crystal Light
Dinner: Heroin Wings and SF Apple Cider

[coconutmilk]

B:Half a 5 egg fritata (sausage, broccoli slaw, onions and cheese)
L: peanuts and a string cheese, just wasn't hungry
D: Bunless burger and salad with vanilla shake made with low carb ice cream and milk
No snacks today

[surfdol]

Morning all! Hope everyone had a good day, mine was good. Here's my planned menu for the day....


B- 4 mini fritatas (sausage, mushrooms, onions, cheese & seasonings)
Sn- 3 oz cheddar & colby cheese
L- Cheesy cauliflower chowder
Sn- 1 Beef stick
D- Fajita seasoned steak, grilled fajita veggies (yellow squash, zucchini, onion, green peppers) & guacamole (1/4c 5g carbs)
Sn- SF jello


Cauliflower chowder- frozen cauliflower, bacon bits, dried chopped onions, 1/4 c chopped green peppers, 1/2 lb deluxe american cheese slices,
4T. chicken soup base (gluten free), 4 c water, 1/4c heavy cream & seasonings to taste

SInce this is a new recipe for me I will let you all know how it turned out tomorrow. Have a great day!

[Erica L. Butler]

Hey all-- here's mine. I'm having a lot of trouble being hungry enough to eat, lately. And I can't seem to get up any motivation to cook--just been stupidly busy! I'm going to try to do better tomorrow.

Breakfast: Coffee, and more coffee

Snack: Canadian Bacon, 6 slices

Lunch: Mock-a-Ronni and Cheese with Italian Sausage, 2 Turkey and Swiss Rollups, Crystal Light

Snack: Canadian Bacon, 6 slices

Dinner: Water, 2 Turkey and Swiss Rollups, Pork Rinds

Snack: Water

[Wifey]

Hi wonderful folks!

Ok so TOM is visiting here is my menu for the 25th

Breakfast: slice of lox salmon

lunch: low carb tortila with little cheese about 5 carbs total chicken

dinner: chicken sugar free candy 4 pieces!!! Breve and a rum and diet coke ok 4.......I'm very dissapointed>

[coconutmilk]

I hope everyone is doing well, I suffer bouts of depression even with medications and unfortunately mom's surgery has triggered one. So I haven't cooked much the last couple of days.

Breakfast: other half of the fritata from yesterday
Lunch: slept though
Dinner: gave in an ate cereal... I hate that.
I'll feel awful tomorrow but no more carbage!
Snacks: almonds, 2 string cheese sticks, 3 meat sticks. Yep that darn cereal triggered major hunger and cravings!

[surfdol]

Awww sorry you guys aren't feeling so well.... hopefully tomorrow will be better. I can empathize coconut, hubby suffers from depression, anxiety & panic attacks... winter is the hardest time of the year for him (and sometimes me)....

Menu 1/26/09-

B- sausage, egg & deluxe american cheese slice (1 of each)
Sn- none
L- 2 c. LC chicken salad
Sn- 1 string cheese & 1 beef stick
D- smoked sausage, mixed peppers & onions & a small salad w/ranch
Sn- SF pudding

I changed my Cauliflower Chowder recipe from yesterday:

1 bag of frozen cauliflower (chopped up), 1/4 red onion, 1/4 green pepper, 10 slices (thin sliced) deli ham, 1/2 lb deluxe amercian slices, 3 c. water (w/3T chicken soup base), 3T butter, 2T minced garlic, 2T thickener (if you want it, I used Soy flour but you can use other LC ones or none at all)- Heat large pan and put the butter in it, once butter is melted and bubbling, add onion, peppers & garlic, saute until translucent then add the soy flour (if using none skip this step), mix well and cook for a few minutes, then add the cauliflower and the water/chicken soup base, turn up to boiling, once it is rapidly boiling turn back down to med-low and add the ham, then the heavy cream and slowly add the cheese. Keep stirring until it the cheese is fully melted then turn down to low and simmer (lightly) for about 15 minutes (stir often or it will scorch in the pan). If you want yours thicker cut back on the water and add more cream or a bit more cheese. For spices I used; pepper, 3 or 4 shakes of hot pepper sauce, garlic & onion powder.

[Erica L. Butler]

Hey, y'all. Hope everyone is feeling better today.
Here are my menus:

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 6 pieces bacon, coffee w cream/Splenda, Crystal Light

Snack: Coffee, 1/4 Atkins bar

Lunch: Quiche made with Spinach, Bacon, Italian sausage & Cheddar Cheese.

Snack: Hansen's Diet Soda, Pomegranate flavor

Dinner: Not hungry , so didn't eat. Had most of the rest of the diet soda.

Today:

Breakfast: Coffee with Cream, Splenda.

Snack: Kippers mashed with mayo, with pork rinds as dipping implement, Coffee with cream and Splenda

Lunch: Leftover Quiche, Crystal Light or Diet Soda

Snack: 1/2 avocado with lemon juice and salt/pepper to taste

Dinner: Baked Chicken thigh and drumstick; Cauli-Rice with chix broth based mushroom & onion gravy, Water, Diet Rootbeer Float

[Wifey]

Hey all I havent been losing much so I'm sooo frustrated! I hope I can start losing soon. I hope all is well with everyone!

Menu for 27th

Breakfast: 2 eggs little cheese

Lunch: Low carb nachos little sour cream

Dinner: Small piece porkchop

[coconutmilk]

Feeling better today thank you for all the well wishes
Surfdol your chowder sounds yummy! It's cold and icy here so soup sounds awsome.
Breakfast: 2 pieces of blueberry flaxbread
Lunch: Ham & Swiss Panni with veggie sticks (baby carrots, red pepper, and grape tomatoes with a little ranch
Dinner: Unstuffed cabbage

[Wifey]

Originally Posted by surfdol

Awww sorry you guys aren't feeling so well.... hopefully tomorrow will be better. I can empathize coconut, hubby suffers from depression, anxiety & panic attacks... winter is the hardest time of the year for him (and sometimes me)....

Menu 1/26/09-

B- sausage, egg & deluxe american cheese slice (1 of each)
Sn- none
L- 2 c. LC chicken salad
Sn- 1 string cheese & 1 beef stick
D- smoked sausage, mixed peppers & onions & a small salad w/ranch
Sn- SF pudding

I changed my Cauliflower Chowder recipe from yesterday:

1 bag of frozen cauliflower (chopped up), 1/4 red onion, 1/4 green pepper, 10 slices (thin sliced) deli ham, 1/2 lb deluxe amercian slices, 3 c. water (w/3T chicken soup base), 3T butter, 2T minced garlic, 2T thickener (if you want it, I used Soy flour but you can use other LC ones or none at all)- Heat large pan and put the butter in it, once butter is melted and bubbling, add onion, peppers & garlic, saute until translucent then add the soy flour (if using none skip this step), mix well and cook for a few minutes, then add the cauliflower and the water/chicken soup base, turn up to boiling, once it is rapidly boiling turn back down to med-low and add the ham, then the heavy cream and slowly add the cheese. Keep stirring until it the cheese is fully melted then turn down to low and simmer (lightly) for about 15 minutes (stir often or it will scorch in the pan). If you want yours thicker cut back on the water and add more cream or a bit more cheese. For spices I used; pepper, 3 or 4 shakes of hot pepper sauce, garlic & onion powder.

Yummm I love chowder thanx for the recipe! Menu for 28th


Breakfast: small low carb nacho little cheese

Lunch: Tilapia Parm

Dinner: 2 meatloaf muffins

[Erica L. Butler]

I'm going to have to try that chowder recipe...YUM!

Today:

Breakfast: Coffee, Cauli-rice

Snack: A piece of quiche, diet Hansen's Ginger Ale

Lunch: quiche, Water

Snack: Crystal Light

Dinner: Pork Rinds, Sour Cream with Dill, garlic. Diet Ginger Ale, Water

[surfdol]

Originally Posted by surfdol

I changed my Cauliflower Chowder recipe from yesterday:

1 bag of frozen cauliflower (chopped up), 1/4 red onion, 1/4 green pepper, 10 slices (thin sliced) deli ham, 1/2 lb deluxe amercian slices, 3 c. water (w/3T chicken soup base), 3T butter, 2T minced garlic, 2T thickener (if you want it, I used Soy flour but you can use other LC ones or none at all)- Heat large pan and put the butter in it, once butter is melted and bubbling, add onion, peppers & garlic, saute until translucent then add the soy flour (if using none skip this step), mix well and cook for a few minutes, then add the cauliflower and the water/chicken soup base, turn up to boiling, once it is rapidly boiling turn back down to med-low and add the ham, then the heavy cream and slowly add the cheese. Keep stirring until it the cheese is fully melted then turn down to low and simmer (lightly) for about 15 minutes (stir often or it will scorch in the pan). If you want yours thicker cut back on the water and add more cream or a bit more cheese. For spices I used; pepper, 3 or 4 shakes of hot pepper sauce, garlic & onion powder.

Sorry but I forgot to add how much Heavy Cream - I used 1 c. of heavy cream

[Erica L. Butler]

Originally Posted by surfdol

Sorry but I forgot to add how much Heavy Cream - I used 1 c. of heavy cream

Thanks for the clarification, Kristee! I'm thinking of trying this today. I'm also thinking I might make fried catfish and calamari, and crab cakes. And maybe bacon wrapped shrimp and scallops. And maybe a crab, leek and spinach quiche. And Mexican egg muffins. Can you tell that I woke up hungry???

Actually, I'm trying to put together enough stuff for meals & snacks to last at least half a week.

So, anyway-- I have a question-- when you get compliments/ comments about your weight loss-- does it kinda weird you out? Do you find getting attention for how you look can act as a trigger for for a binge?

Here's another one-- when you find yourself losing dress sizes-- does it make any of you feel ...odd? I mean, there's a heady sense of elation in finding that you no longer wear size 18 jeans but a size 14 -- but when the clothes you have been wearing no longer fit, it almost seems like you are losing a part of yourself. Losing your identity. Which, I suppose, is true in a literal and figurative sense.

Hmmmmmmmnnnnn....

I'll post my menu after I've figured out what I'm cooking today.

Have a great day, y'all.

[kerbear879]

Hi everyone! thought I would join in here too! I'm doing atkins induction right now

Here's my menu for today (i try to pre-plan because I find I stick to it better that way)

B- coffee w/cream and splenda ; 3 eggs w/ a small amount of red pepper and green onion and 1/4 cup feta cheese
S - fresh mozzarella in olive oil with basil
L - salad with 2 cups romaine, one plum tomato, green onion, diced chicken, 1/4 cup blue cheese, olive oil and vinegar
S - i was going to have shrimp but I am seriously craving coffee for some weird reason so I may just go with that
D - philly steak with swiss cheese and 1/2 avocado

As of now, I've had 68 ounces of water but expect that to be well over 100 before the day is over.

[surfdol]

Welcome kerbear!

Erica, I do know what you mean... I have dealt with all those issues throughout my whole journey and it has (many times) been the cause of my setbacks.... I get flustered and try to brush off compliments when I know I should flourish under them, I mean I worked hard for this and here I am trying to avoid people noticing, weird huh? I also get really nervous with every size I lose, sometimes I don't feel like I deserve it or I just get a kind of "unreal" feeling.... I see the scale, I see my new clothes size, but when I see me I still see the BIGGEST person around, nonsensical maybe but it's something I have not been able to work out yet.

My menu for today:

B- 2 eggs over easy, 2 sausage patties
Sn- SF Jello pudding
L- Grilled chicken salad w/shredded cheddar, bacon bits (real), 2 green pepper slices, sliced mushrooms & ranch
Sn- 2 string cheese sticks
D- Taco salad: taco seasoned hamburger, black olives, 1/4 chopped tomato, diced green onions, 3T guacamole (home made), 2T sour cream & ranch
Sn- 2 oz summer sausage & 2 oz colby cheese

Have a good day all!

[coconutmilk]

Today has been a good day.
Breakfast: Blueberry flaxbread, toasted with butter
Lunch: Left over unstuffed cabbage
Dinner: Fried chuck steak Non battered, onion rings (battered in carbquick) salad with ranch dressing. yummm
No snacks so far today, but planning on iced coffee later with cream and a little cocoa.

[Erica L. Butler]

So far:

Breakfast: Coffee,

Snack: Crystal Light

Lunch: Leftover Quiche

Snack: Pork rinds with 1/2 avocado 1 tablespoon cream cheese, chopped chicken (spread on pork rinds)

Dinner: Who knows... only the shadow knows...:-)

[amiga74]

hi everyone!
i just wanted to say hello, i've been reading your menus (yum!) and Vicki, i just found your site, it is great! i love your recipes, thank you!
i love that they always have veggies! wonderful!

[Wifey]

Hi lovely people! Here's my menu for the 29th

Breakfast: nothing I wasnt hungry. I am so at that point now but no good for my blood sugar.

Lunch: 2 deviled eggs Small pizza made with fried cheese crust

Dinner: 2 arbys roast beef sanwiches minus bread

snack: small decaf breve

[coconutmilk]

Amiga, thank you so much. I do like my veggies.
I just made a new flaxbread yesterday with garlic infused olive oil, onion powder, freshly grated parm (not the canned stuff) and thyme. It will make great panni and I'm going to dry some for stuffing later on to go with roast chicken.
This morning breakfast is egg salad with plenty of dill
Lunch will be a ham and cheese (provolone) panni on garlic/parm flaxbread.
Dinner is porkchops (not sure yet how I'll fix them), chayote apples, and broccoli or salad haven't decided yet.
Hope everyone has a fabulous day!
Vikki

[kerbear879]

Hi everyone!

Here's today menu:

B: coffee, cream, splenda
2 eggs and 2 sausage patties
S: deli turkey and a slice of cheddar cheese
L: burger wrapped in lettuce with tomato, onion, mayo and mustard
S: pepperoni and cream cheese
D: 3 egg omelette with 1/2 avocado and some cheddar cheese and probably a few veggies thrown in there..

I've also got a piece of chicken that I may eat too if I get hungry today (i've got to work 11 hours today )
Net carbs is gonna be right around 20