Today is Sunday, June 7, 2020. I have missed writing for a few days.
Out of the blue on Wednesday night we are watching TV and my husband says, “I am totally supportive of your way of eating.” There is a “but” coming…and I don’t know what it is because he is always supportive. But like I’ve said he has to wonder how long it will last every time I am ready to lose weight. So I said “But…” He says, “It’s been 3 weeks and I really want a Carl’s burger or pizza.” We use to go to Carl’s a couple times a month – they do great lettuce wrap burgers. He gets fries. I use to make pizza (no grain) a couple times a month, but hadn’t since I started the RBS (really big salad). I had to laugh – I thought it was going to be something crazy or hard or non-supportive or something. This was easy! “OK, let’s go to Carl’s tomorrow and get a lettuce wrap. If we can take it to go I will make my salad before we go and we can come home and eat. If you want to eat there (we haven’t eaten in restaurants since the Covid-19), I will come home and eat salad afterwards.” He was “no – we can take it to go and eat here.” I also told him I had new pizza recipes I wanted to try and we could do pizza on Friday (which used to be our pizza night). 🙂 So all was good!
Day 25 – Thursday
Carl’s Jr day after doing a little shopping. We both got a double guac lettuce wrap to go. My husband was glad to get his fries and pop. We took it home and I had my RBS with lettuce wrap burger. Very good!
Day 26 – Friday I typically eat around 1pm daily, 1 hour eating window.
So, today I made a couple different pizzas. One was a cauliflower pizza and the other had a cheese/egg crust. The cauliflower pizza recipe was from here: https://theopenmagazines.com/recipe/keto-cauliflower-crust-pizza/ I used frozen cauliflower rice, defrosted and then stir fried the cauliflower. I did then squeeze out the liquid and added it to the rest of the ingredients. I agree on letting it sit for 5-10 minutes before adding sauce/toppings to let it firm up. I actually flipped it before adding the sauce/toppings.
The other crust was: 5 eggs, 8 oz grated cheese, add seasoning and garlic powder. I did add 1/4 cup cassava flour and tsp xanthum gum. Baked at 400 degrees on parchment paper for 15 mins, Add sauce/toppings – put back in oven for 5-10 mins. Might want to broil for a couple minutes. I had two pieces of each with my RBS. Very good!! My husband liked the cauliflower crust a little better. But that might have been because it had more veggies on it!!
Day 27 – Saturday
I did a fasting today. I finished eating Friday by 1:30pm. Friday we were busy all day – did an estate sale to help out a friend. Gone for 12 hours and dead tired when we got home. I had some tea after we got home. Had computer work to do and went to bed early. The days I know will be hectic or super busy, are great days for me to fast.
Day 28 – Sunday
I had taken steaks out of the freezer on Friday, so we grilled those today. I made a big salad and had that with my steak. I kind of forgot to take a picture of my steak & mushrooms before I ate most of it!
So tomorrow, Monday, is day 28. Actually 4 weeks doing the Eat Like a Bear – RBS – Ridiculously Big Salads!!! I’ve tried to fast one day a week, but only made 3 times in 4 weeks.
