Ketosis!
I hope this isn’t disgusting for everyone to see at oh, 9:30 AM (central standard time)…but LOOK! The strip turned purple! Well, purple-ish anyway. I think another day of low-carb eating and I’ll...
View Article“Whoever’s pee is the least purple by Friday owes the other person a steak.”
Said my boyfriend to me on Sunday night. You see, dear reader, we’ve embarked on a “keto challenge” to see which one of us is “better at keto.” In other words, come Friday, we’re each going to pee on...
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Every time I laugh, cough, move, or breath my stomach hurts. That’s what boot camp will do to you, I guess. The good news? Turns out my abs do exist! If they didn’t I wouldn’t be able to feel this...
View ArticleLow-carb Recipe: Zucchini Pizza Boats
Three weeks ago, we took the plunge and signed up for DietBetter — a website that lets you put money on your ability to lose 4 percent of your body weight in 4 weeks. Or, if you’re me, it’s a place...
View ArticleAugust Challenge – Day 2 (plus a wedding update!)
I stuck to my guns yesterday and made it through the second day of this 31-day challenge. Here’s what I ate (in no particular order): 2 apples String cheese Grilled mahi mahi with green beans and 1/2...
View ArticleAugust Challenge – Day 3 Recap
Yesterday, I tracked everything I ate in MyFitnessPal, and it drove me absolutely insane, so I probably won’t do that again. In any case, here’s a nifty breakdown: I had around 90 carbs total, mostly...
View ArticleAugust Challenge – Day 4 Recap
Another successful day in ye olde August challenge—though maybe not as much as I’d like. My eating was pretty on point: Burrito bowl (no beans and rice) from Chipotle for lunch And chicken sausage...
View ArticleAugust Challenge – Days 5 and 6
Ooops, I missed posting yesterday. And ooops, I ate some carbs yesterday. Fish tacos, specifically. In my defense, I went out with a friend and we only ordered appetizers, so…yeah. I could have...
View ArticleAugust Challenge – Day 7 Recap
I took the afternoon off work yesterday with grand plans to go look at some more wedding dresses. That plan unfortunately fell through, but I did have a nice lunch with my sister instead and then...
View Article‘C’ is for Cooked, ‘O’ is for Overcooked
I can’t remember for sure, but I believe it was Easter a few years back when Tristan wowed my whole family by eating almost an entire platter of shrimp by himself. Tails piled high on his plate, he...
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