Low Carb Menu Day 9

I started my day with a cup of coffee with low carb creamer, and added 1 packet equal. 2 Carbs
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, with 1 oz. cheese, 1/4 of an avocado, and 2 tablespoons salsa. 5 Carbs

For Lunch I had an Atkins bar chocolate chip cookie dough and its not even cheating, they are really good especially if your starting to miss sweets. 3 Carbs

For Dinner we had BLT's of course I had mine minus the bread.  I had 2 Romaine lettuce leafs with 2 slices of bacon on each a tsp. of mayo, and sliced tomato, definitely try this if you haven't its very good.  I had 1/2 a cup of sliced cucumbers with 1 tablespoon of ranch.  I also made deviled eggs and had two yum.  7 Carbs for Dinner

Can't forget dessert sugar free lime jello with 2 tablespoons whipped cream only 1 carb.  My carb count for the day comes to 18 carbs.



Crockpot Low Carb Green Chili Chicken

 

Low carb green chili chicken

 For dinner tonight I made this green chili chicken in the crockpot it was pretty good.  I cooked mine in the crockpot on high for 4 hours and it came out very tender and flavorful.  I did eat mine with a generous sprinkling of tapatio and that made it even better.  This recipe only takes 5 ingredients, and you can have it all mixed and cooking in under 5 minutes, and let the slow cooker do all the work.

 Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

4 frozen chicken breast, no skin.
7 oz. can diced Green chiles
4 oz. sharp cheddar cheese
8 tsp Fajita Seasoning Mix
1/2 cup Sour Cream

 

 Directions

Place frozen chicken breast in bottom of Crockpot. Mix sour cream, fajita seasoning, and green chilies together. Spread mixture over the chicken and cook on low 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours or until done, every slow cooker cooks different. Sprinkle 1 oz. of cheese over each piece of chicken.  Optional to garnish with cilantro and a sprinkle of tapatio.

Serving Size: 1 Piece of chicken

Number of Servings: 4

 

Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Serving Size: 1 serving

Amount Per Serving

• Calories 484.9
• Total Fat 21.3 g
• Saturated Fat 11.4 g
• Polyunsaturated Fat 1.6 g
• Monounsaturated Fat 3.7 g
• Cholesterol 183.9 mg
• Sodium 591.5 mg
• Potassium 483.5 mg
• Total Carbohydrate 7.7 g
• Dietary Fiber 0.0 g
• Sugars 1.0 g
• Protein 61.4 g

1) Place chicken in Crockpot  (2 pieces of my chicken were really tiny so yes that's 5 :)

 

 

Mix Fajita seasoning, sour cream, and green chilies together.

 

 

Spread Mixture on Chicken.  Cook on high for 4 hours or low 6-8 hours or until done.



Low carb menu day 8-What I ate

I started my morning with a cup of coffee and low carb creamer, I added a packet of equal sweetener making my cup of coffee 2 carbs.
For Breakfast I had a delicious low carb chocolate shake, it had a scoop of chocolate protein powder, 1/2 an avocado, 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter, blended with ice.  This was so good tasted like a chocolate milkshake.  7.3 carbs for the shake

 The shake kept me full through lunch time I wasn't hungry until about 2:00 so I had a snack of 2 hard boiled eggs.  About 1 carb for the eggs.

For Dinner I made low carb mozzarella stuffed Italian sausage meatballs, I had 5 meatballs a serving of these meatballs is 3 but they are small with 1 medium zucchini made into noodles, with 1/2 cup Bertolli alfredo sauce with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Came out to about 9 carbs, but it was a very filling meal.  Days total carb count came out to 19.3.

Low Carb Egg Scramble with cheese, avocado, and salsa

Low carb egg scramble with cheese, avocado, and salsa makes a delicious breakfast.  Salsa and scrambled eggs pair together so well, kick it up a notch with the creamy avocado and you can't forget the cheese, it makes everything taste good.  My favorite part of a low carb diet is that you get to eat cheese, its probably my favorite food, it makes almost everything taste good.  If your looking for a satisfying, energizing breakfast this egg scramble is definitely a good choice.
Ingredients:
2 Eggs
1 oz. cheddar cheese
1/4 of a haas avocado
2 Tbsp. salsa
Scramble eggs in a frying pan coated with a little butter.  When eggs are done top with cheese, avocado, and salsa.  This egg scramble has about 5 carbs depending on the brands used.

Mozzarella stuffed Italian sausage Meatballs

Yummy low carb mozzarella stuffed Italian sausage meatballs.  With just a few ingredients these meatballs come together and cook up fast.
Ingredients:
1 lb Italian pork sausage
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg.
4 sticks string cheese
Directions: Preheat oven to 450
1)Cut string cheese into 18 pieces.

 

2)Mix all ingredients together in a bowl, by hand.

 

3)Separate into 18 meatballs

4)Form a round ball around each piece of string cheese, place on foil lined baking sheet.
5)Bake at 450 for 20 minutes or until a nice golden color and are cooked through.
About 1 carb per 3 meatballs.

 
 



I had mine with zucchini noodles and 1/2 a cup Bertolli alfredo sauce, with a little sprinkle of parmesan cheese.  It was delicious and very satisfying.

Low carb chocolate peanut butter and avocado shake

This low carb creamy chocolate shake gets its creaminess from avocado.  Who knew you could mix avocado with chocolate?  Its so good, you can't taste the avocado, it just enhances the rich chocolate taste.  I used to mix a banana in my shakes to get the creaminess but since going low carb I have given up bananas, and have been missing it in my protein shakes, they just were not tasting the same.  Only 7.3 net carbs for a huge chocolate shake.  Half of an haas avocado only has 1.3 net carbs according to the Atkins website.  Even with the low carb count of the avocado I have read that eating them on low carb diets can stall some peoples weight loss results.  So far for me they have not caused any problem with weight loss, but I do not eat them everyday.
Ingredients:
1 Scoop GNC Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60 Original Chocolate-2 Carbs
1 Tbsp. creamy peanut butter-3 Carbs
1 Cup unsweetened almond milk-1Carb
1/2 haas avocado-1.3 carbs
7.3 Carbs for a very satisfying protein packed chocolate shake.  Depending on brands you buy carb count could be different.

Low carb menu day 7

Breakfast I had 2 cups of coffee, totaling 2 carbs.

Around 10:30 I had a turkey sandwich on cloud bread, 2 slices of turkey, a slice of provolone, 1 romaine lettuce leaf, and a tiny bit of onion and tomato, with mustard. about 4 carbs

Then at 2:00 I had a snack of 1 sting cheese and 1/2 a cup sugar free lime Jello, 2 carbs

For Dinner I had a cheeseburger on cloud bread with cheddar cheese a little grilled onion, tomato and a lettuce leaf with mustard. about 4 carbs.  In one week I have lost 6 pounds eating cheeseburgers, I'm sure some of its water weight but hopefully progress doesn't slow this next week.