Day 3

Breakfast 

I had a Idealshape shake - yummy! Kept me from feeling hungry a long time. Although I'm still shaky from carb withdrawals. 

Lunch

I was out and about so I snacked on that can of nuts and sunflower seeds. I has some celery and hummus when I got home late-afternoon. 

Dinner

Simmered the left-over roast with pepperoncini and zesty Italian dressing in a pot on the stove. Sautéed mushrooms and made an avocado dressing:

http://www.food.com/recipe/avocado-dressing-168841. 

Served over lettuce. 

We liked this. 

Day 2

Breakfast 

3 scrambled eggs with diced avocado and hot sauce. Approximately 5 net carbs. 

Lunch 

Rotessorie chicken with celery and hummus. Approximately 4 net carbs. 

Dinner

Used left over rotessorie chicken in this recipe we really liked:

Lemon Cream Chicken Over Squash Ribbon Pasta:

http://www.wickedstuffed.com/keto-recipes/lemon-cream-chicken-squash-ribbon-pasta-low-carb-keto-pasta/

I bought a Veggetti which I used for the squash. 

I would do more squash next time. 

Snacks

Nuts from pistachio lover's mix I got at Sam's Club. 

Consommé with lemon and pepper

Day 1

Breakfast

I was going to be late for church if I stopped to eat so I had a handful of blackberries. 5.2 net carbs in a cup (I had about 1/2 cup)

The plan was to try Cream Cheese Pancakes: http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/cream-cheese-pancakes.html. 

Lunch

I had lime chicken (made in the crockpot last week) in a lettuce wrap with 1/2 avocado. Approx 1g net carb. 

Lime Chicken

(Will post recipe)

Dinner

Roast (had in crockpot all day) with blended cooked cauliflower (fauxtatoes), gravy - made with guar, and baked asparagus. 

Roast and asparagus were good. Don't care for cauliflower. 

Asparagus: http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/59671/baked-asparagus-with-balsamic-butter-sauce

Snacks

lunchmeat

blackberries 

Pre-Game

I read a lot on line and bought a recipe book of low-carb meals in 15-minutes or less to help me develop a 1st week meal plan and shopping list. 

Some abnormal (for me anyway) things I bought:

Guar - Amazon

Coconut Flour - Target carries but they were out so I got some at Sprouts. 

Tofu noodles - Sprouts

Low-Carb Tortillas - Sprouts

Starting Out

I'm creating this blog to track my goal of eating a low-carb diet (per two of my doctor's advice). I'm loosely following a ketogenic diet. My current goal is around 20g net carbs a day until I start to lose belly fat and then I'll probably increase to 60g. I'm going to write about what I eat and if I want to do it again. Hopefully this will not only be a helpful record for me, but for family and friends who want to try it.