Group LLC - September 2010

Ok, scale is still down.....day # 2, has not gone further than 258 which was yesterday....so I am thinking its a stinkin......have a job interview in 30 minutes, wish me luck!

3 Minute Chocolate Cake

1/4 cup almond flour
1 T cocoa
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 T plus 1 tsp Splenda (or other granulated sweetener) or equivalent liquid sweetener
2 T butter, melted
1T water
1 egg

Mix the almond flour, cocoa, baking powder and granulated sweetener in a 2 cup bowl or glass measuring cup. If using the liquid sweetener, add that when you mix in the melted butter, water and egg. Mix well with a spoon or fork. Scrape the sides of bowl or cup with a rubber spatula, to get the batter even. *Cover with plastic wrap and cut a small slit in center. Microwave on HIGH for 1 minute, until set but still a bit moist on the top. Check at about the minute mark. Some microwaves will take longer. Cool slightly and serve with whipped cream or cool completely and frost the cake.

Makes 2 servings

* You can bake it without the plastic wrap, the cake will be more of a cakey texture. With the wrap, it maybe more of a pudding cake texture. Experiment and see which way works for you.

With granular sweetener
Per serving: 237 cal; 22g fat; 7g protein; 7g carbs; 3g fiber; 4g net carbs.

With liquid sweetener
Per serving: 227 cal; 22g fat; 7g protein; 5g carb; 3g fiber; 2g net carbs


Cream Cheese Whipped Cream

4 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granular sweetener, or liquid equivalent
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c heaving whipping cream
1T of cocoa (if you want chocolate)

Place the cream cheese, sweetener, (cocoa if using), and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl. Beat on high speed 2 minutes until fluffy, scraping down the sides of the bowl occasionally. With mixer on low speed, gradually pour in the cream while beating. Once all the cream has been added, scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Turn mixer to high and beat until thick and fluffy. The cream cheese helps stabilize the whipped cream and it should stay fluffy for a couple of days or more in the fridge.

Makes about 2 cups

With granular sweetener (cocoa not added in counts)
Per 1/4 cup: 159 cal; 16g fat; 2g protein; 3g carb; 0g fiber; 3g net carbs

With liquid sweetener (cocoa not added in counts)
Per 1/4 cup: 153 cal; 16g fat; 2g protein; 1g carb; 0g fiber; 1g net carb

job interview went well, he said that I was the first interview, he has 15 other applicants to talk to and his boss to see how many positions he is hiring for.......but I think it went just fine!

Happy Saturday LLCers! Hope everyone is doing well today! It's a GORGEOUS day here! I really need to clean house as it hasn't been done in...3 weeks now? We were out all last weekend and the 2 weekends before that I was dealing with TOM and migraines and kicking up dust makes my migraines worse...lol. So, it really needs to be done! Hopefully I can talk myself into it since of course my hubby doesn't do a darn thing...men!


Colette that recipe looks really good! I'll have to try it at some point when I have all the ingredients-I don't have any almond flour or cocoa around the house. But it sounds just so delicious!

sassie - can't wait to hear good news for you!!! :bigsmile:

Hey Fitness Friends,
I hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday! I have been so busy this weekend freelancing for a makeup line. I haven't had time to do much include eat at least I did make low carb meal choices. Praise atkins bars for when I only had a 10 minute break . I realized yesterday how much I love my job I love helping people and making people pretty. Anyone who does hair or is in the beauty industry knows you double as a psychiatrist. I had one lady yesterday that was middle aged but I felt like I was talking to a teenage girl. She told me her friends teased her and she had no identity anymore after having children. She didn't like herself at all because she has always been called ugly. I felt completely terrible for her. I wasn't sure exactly what encouraging words I could have given her. Maybe dump your friends they aren't helping but since they were actually standing very near her I decided not to say that. Anyway long story short after she decided she wanted her brows waxed and I sent her to the salon she was back in my chair and ready for a new look. I did a full face but it was easy enough for her to follow that she could recreate the look at home and in about 10 mins. She looked amazing and I think when she left she had a new perspective and a boost in confidence. I can't help her with her real issues but a day of feeling your best is a start.
Everyone have a wonderful SUNDAY! I just wanted to share this story kinda a good ending

"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference."

Hi all, the 3 minute cake was good. The whipped cream cheese made a lot of difference. The cake is sort of bland because you don't have all the sugar in it making it sweet. But it was awesome anyway. When I get some coconut flour, I am going to try it with that too. The topping you can add other flavorings and food colors too. I think peppermint would be awesome in it. You can also adjust the amount of sweetener you use. Mine was a bit on the sweet side. Next time I will use less sweetener for the topping. This is a good dessert that you can have for a special occasion and not feel deprived...I know I sure didn't!!! For the cake, you can add other things if you don't want cocoa, add flavorings, or fruit. Be inventive!!! Using the almond flour makes for a more dense cake, but its sure more nutritious than a white flour cake and less carbs to boot. Win win situation....

I agree with you on the sleep part :yawn: :yawn: I got up at 5am this morning and all my kids don't get up until about 6:40ish. I was going to work out but drinking coffee and watching the news alone sound more fun :laugh: Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Anyone watch Thintervention on Bravo? Kinda dumb but I like reality tv.

Good morning LLC ladies!

How is everyone doing this week? I feel like I've barely heard from y'all!! :sad:

So it looks like I've hit my first plateau in my 14 months of doing this...so I guess I have no reason to complain. I've had stalls for 2-3 weeks but have always manged to squeak out at least a loss of 1lb. for my monthly weigh in. This month it's looking like no loss and the scale is fluctuating up by 1-2lbs. I don't know if I should attribute this to muscle gain or a true plateau or what. I know that Atkins says if you hit this point in P3 to start cutting back on net carbs until you start to lose again...so today I'm cutting back pretty drastically-no fruit and no yogurt. I'm wondering if my net carbs were higher than my body really could handle...I'm thinking they needed to be more around 25-35 a day...so we'll see! I'm going to keep my eating really light for the next few days and see how I do! I just want these last few pounds OFF!!

What is everyone's favorite Wraps??? Im heading to the store to day to restock my frig and i need some new idea's for foods and i bought some wraps a while back and loved them but wanted to see what other brands are out there and new flavors! Also what's your favorite thing to put in your wraps?

I *love* the Mission Carb Balance tortillas but will no longer be eating them as they have sucralose in them....:grumble:
I really like Tumaro tortillas-really yummy, low carb and they make a few flavors! Toufayan also has good wraps, but they are about 560mg of sodium and the Tumaro are the lowest of all three-only 125mg! :drinker:

What do I NOT put in a tortilla?! Tuna, chicken, lunch meat, beans, salad...you name it!!! I feel like you can put anything in a wrap and have it be yummy!

Yeah, it kills me that those wraps have Splenda in them because they taste fantastic and have a really high fiber count!! :sad: Like I said in that post, it's just crazy the random things that have sucralose added in!!!!
Hmmm...I Laughing cow cheese! I'm adding it to my grocery list as I type to do some sort of roll up or wrap for lunch-yum!

I'm biting the bullet tomorrow and am going to try the Silk Soy milk in my protein shake...:grumble: I LOVE my Hood milk and have never liked the taste of soy, but I don't know what else to try...

That sounds like a reasonable goal............Good luck!!!!

Im upping my carbs!!! :noway: :noway: Cross my fingers my body is okay with a little more food