Day Five - Thursday April 23

I am finding this diet very reasonable to stick with, unlike all the low-cal, low-fat diets I've ever done before. Those diets left me starving all the time. With this diet, I am hungry from time to time, but not miserably so, and I can find low carb snacks to satisfy when needed.

Also, I wrote a few days ago about giving up coffee. I had a dull headache for a couple days, but today I think I am going to feel fine without the 2-3 cups of coffee my body was used to getting each morning. What a good habit to break! Instead, I've been drinking peppermint tea (no carbs) with a splenda packet to sweeten. It's very good.

So, on to the food journal... Made it through Thursday with an estimated 17 carbs!

Breakfast

2 eggs, scrambled with cheddar cheese and real bacon bits

Lunch

Creamy Mushroom Soup (see recipe on yesterday's entry)
Salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, cheese, bacon, italian dressing)

Dinner

Taco Salad (no shell)

1 lb ground meat (seasoned with chili powder, paprika, hot sauce)
lettuce
tomato
onion
cheddar cheese

My review: Easy and yummy and filling. Assemble lettuce, tomato,onion, and cheese on plate and top with the spicy taco meat. This is very low carb, so you can really eat your fill.

*Another note, the kids had taco shells and made real tacos, we don't want them to be so low carb they start losing weight! Plus, they're eating other carbs for breakfast and lunch.