It was really good! And I got the whole meal for $6 (it included cornbread that I didn’t eat as well), which is almost unheard of in Miami.

I will be home tomorrow and can’t wait to weigh! I am fairly certain I gained some water weight after Sunday’s dinner, but I think it may be gone now — I am already feeling less bloated. I’m hoping to really be below 148.8 tomorrow!

Thanks so much, ladies!

Day 21 (4/4): 148.2 | 6.8/25 pounds gone! Over 27% of the way to goal!
Trendweight: 149.0 | Projected goal date: September 19, 2018
OMAD Streak: 2

No picture today because I had my meal at a fancy luncheon with one of my program's donors. He was absolutely awful, but the food was DIVINE.
I had a side caesar salad and roasted salmon and Brussels sprouts with a lemon butter sauce (this was SO good and only contained butter, lemon juice, garlic, and onion! I am going to try to make it at home!). My carb estimation for the day is ~12.
Lately I have been eating my meal between 12:30 and 2, and I am really liking it. I always feel the best when eating in that window for some reason, although it makes hunger before bed an occasional problem. I am hoping that with enough time on LC, this will be resolved -- it always completely quells my cravings after several days.

@tlblanksfit I remember trying to stay below 50 last time and found that I felt best (more energy, hardly any cravings, etc) below 30 for some reason, so that is the goal for now. I will likely increase them once I start making LC desserts. Hopefully that won't cause too much trouble.

I have had lots of success with losing a ton of fat with sustained low carb eating periods over the years, but the longest I was able to maintain was a few weeks at a time before binging and undoing everything instead of just creating low carb versions of the foods I loved. I was so hooked on the ease of not having to count anything and eating just meat, dairy, and veg that I never really ventured away from that to get creative. I treated it like a diet that was absolutely delicious but didn't scratch all of the itches I had (mainly for sweets, of course). Instead of making small LC treats and/or slowly introducing fruits, I would stick to that basic diet, feel really restricted after a while, binge, cravings would increase from the binge, and I would not want to return back to my "boring diet" afterwards to get the weight back off. In fact, as soon as I binged, I knew it would be nearly impossible for me to get back to my old version of LC for any real length of time.
With that said, I cannot deny how well it works, and my body always improves very dramatically when I adopt LC. I feel and look absolutely amazing -- including my body, hair, skin, eyes, teeth, mental state after low carb flu, etc -- and it really needs to be viewed as a lifestyle WOE for me to keep the weight off. I am okay with this because I really shouldn't be having a lot of sugars and carbs anyway due to insulin resistance and my ED past. The missing link in my past failures has definitely been that I haven't tried to make it sustainable. This time will definitely be different, as I am looking to make that permanent shift to LC. There is a recipe for an LC version of literally everything I have craved available now, and so many more restaurants have specially-made LC options now (and it also really helps that I live in Miami and can order things "South Beach-style" without anyone batting an eye). I really don't have an excuse anymore to not make this change. I know it's unrealistic to think I will never eat a carb-heavy meal again, but I think knowing that I can easily return to my LC WOE that includes lots of variety will really help make it a long term solution.

@dkayingram You definitely have to do what works for you! I think it makes a lot of sense to have some dinners interspersed throughout the week because then you get some of the benefits without this huge commitment. Unfortunately, I am so sensitive to carb fluctuations that that format would basically keep me in maintenance.

@sammygold2015 oh man, it was so good! It was Boar's Head buffalo chicken sausage. I am looking forward to making a sausage, peppers, and onions lettuce wrap with them sometime soon!