Low Carb Working Girl: Sunday

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Sunday

Happy Father's Day!

Breakfast (2 points)

1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese
JIcama and Cucumber Chili Spears
black coffee
multivitamin
water

Snack (3 points)

Low Sodium V8 Juice
1 oz Saga Blue cheese

Snack (3 points)

CareOne Whey and Soy Protein drink (Rich Chocolate)

Lunch at The Grog in Newburyport (12 points)
(fyi--The Grog has a Gluten-Free menu. Good to know!)

Gluten-free baked seafood casserole (5 small scallops, 3 oz filet white fish, lobster knuckles baked in butter and lemon juice)
Steamed broccoli
Steamed sugar snap peas
Bloody Mary

Snack (2 points)

bittersweet chocolate, about 1/4 oz.
salted Marcona almonds, a few
black coffee

Dinner (12 points)

Salad Plate consisting of:
1/4 cup Charred Tomatilla Guacamole
.5 oz pork cracklins
tiny amount of Provolone/salami roll stuffed with sundried tomatoes and basil (from the cheese section of supermarket)
2 anchovy-stuffed olives
mixed greens
baby spinach
.5 oz goat cheese

3 oz martini

Total Points: 35

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What's the Story, Morning Glory?

I've been following a low-carb, low-sugar diet since mid-April 2011. At this writing (mid-June 2011) I've lost ten pounds and 4 inches off my high waistline. After a lifetime of trying to figure out what to eat, I think I've actually done it.

I work a desk job M-F, 9-5. I study karate and work out three times a week for an hour and a half at a time. I'm 45, 5'6", female. Right now I weigh 148 pounds. My goal is to get in the low 140s and then maintain that weight.

I track what I eat online at Weight Watchers--partly out of habit, but also because you can track Activity Points there and although I don't want to eat too much, I also don't want to eat too little, especially on days when I have karate. Weight Watchers has some pretty nifty tracking tools to help you figure that out.

So these menus list Weight Watcher points. The only other kind of number I worry about is carb count, and I look on labels for those.

I started this blog because people seem mystified about what to eat on a low-carb, low-sugar diet. What you see here is a record of what I eat during the day, what I pack in my lunchbox, what I choose at restaurants, what I buy at the store. You'll see trends quickly--I tend to choose low-fat dairy, I take my coffee black, I have a drink or two every night, and I chew a hell of a lot of sugar-free gum when I'm at work.

Oh, one more thing. I was a professional chef for 10 years. A lot of what you'll see here is simple stuff, but every once in awhile I make it fancy. Look especially for "Entertaining" in the labels.

Please leave your own food finds, weight-loss stories and other ideas in the comments!