Back to it again... at least back to carnivore right now to get my body to dump some of this weight I just gained back lol.
Not OMADing just yet. THat's going to come with the new year. Honestly probably won't be doing it every day at first, but I'm going to try harder to do it more often.
My brain just still struggles w/ the whole fasting thing. Even though I feel fine doing it most of the time, it is damn hard getting out of the habit of wanting to eat at certain times.

Going to try my best to keep cheating to JUST Christmas. Maybe Xmas eve too, but that's it. No more of this week long or almost week long cheatfest.

My body is just all too willing to pack the pounds back on and moderation is not in my brain & body's vocab. So back to keto it is until Xmas and after that... in to the new year!

Now to just get myself hyped up enough to start exercising too. Fasting and exercising.... my 2 biggest obstacles right now. I'm seriously going to try my best to reach or get damn close to my goal next year and I know including those 2 things will help tremendously. They're just HUGE mental hurdles that I'm struggling with.

dark HAIR... not dark care.

Gloomy gloomy day and I always get extra tired days like this. Wonder if it's instinctual? Like I'm sure most wild animals outside hunker down and don't do much during days like this.

Anywho.... diet was good yesterday. Had 2 hamburger patties w/ cheese and a little bit of hot sauce. Also had some SF jello and super not carnivore lily's milk chocolate chips lol.
Oh well.
I was mostly carnivore for the day so I'm fine with it

Didn't sleep well last night. Just kept tossing and turning for no reason, then while I was trying to get back to sleep after using the bathroom... old poopy dog decided he needed to use the bathroom too... in the bedroom.
It was early enough that I could take another melatonin and while it did help, I still slept bad.

Our old poopster. He's either 12 or 13yo now. Frenchie/Boston mix


And bonus the other 2 pups

Chihuahua/Yorkie mix 4 almost 5yo.... 3lbs of shaky nervous chihuahua fury! Lol j/k he's sweet, but definitely a nervous little guy. I think we'd all be if we were as tiny as he is. Impossible to get a photo of him bc he doesn't stop moving or he's all curled up somewhere.


And our biggest youngest pupster 3yo. Mutt and just a giant sweetheart. Same age as my youngest and he lets him just crawl/sit/hug all over him.

So I've made 6 batches of sugar cookies the last 3 days... 4 of those were just last night for my daughter to take to school today to pass out to all the adults lol. I don't think I gave her enough, but it was already a bag full of 3 cookies per baggy and she's only 7 so she couldn't carry that much more weight lol.
Oh well. Hopefully a lot of the employees end up getting some b/c dang.. they are delicious cookies!!
I wish I could take credit for the recipe but nope, it came from America's Test Kitchen. We had a sub to their paid recipes for a short time and this was one of the recipes. It's SO good.

Sugar Cookies

Makes about 12 cookies

2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
1 1/2 cup sugar, plus about 1/3-1/2 cup for rolling
2 ounces of cream cheese cut in to 8 pieces
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and warm
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 large egg
1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract

350 oven. Parchment paper on baking sheets. Middle rack in oven.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, set aside.

In a large bowl, add 1 1/2 cup sugar & cream cheese chunks. Add the melted WARM butter to the bowl and mix. It will be lumpy.

Add in vegetable oil to the sugar bowl and whisk together. Add egg, milk, vanilla and whisk until smooth or as smooth as you can possibly get it.

Add in the flour mixture and mix it all together until well blended and forms a soft dough.

Place the 1/3-1/2 sugar in a small bowl or plate.

Use a small #40 ice cream scoop (about 1.5-2 tablespoon) for the dough. Roll in to ball, then roll in the sugar. Place on parchment paper. Should be able to get about 12 on the baking sheet.

Take the bottom of a clean glass (or something else flat like it) and press the cookie dough balls until about 2 inches diameter.

Sprinkle tops of the cookies w/ a little more sugar.

Bake 10-13mins. DO NOT over bake! The cookies should NOT be browning completely. If they are, they're overcooked. The egdes should be just starting to golden slightly when you take them out. They may not look like they're actually done, but they are!
11 minutes should be perfect for most ovens and for the size of the cookies described. If your cookies are a little larger or smaller, then obviously may need more or less time to bake.

Take out of oven, let cool on the cookie sheet for 5 min, then remove to a cooling rack.



Phew!
Lol... Instructions make it seem like they're difficult to make but they're really not. SUPER easy to make for a fantastic cookie. If baked correctly, it should be a little crispy on the edges and soft and chewy in the middle.
I also just used salted butter for all of mine and it didn't change the flavor at all.

Woops.... that should've said makes about TWO dozen cookies... not just a dozen lol

I probably won't be posting before Christmas.
So if I don't....

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
Happy Holidays!!!!!!!


Now with that said... Stomach bug is going through the house right now. Yay.
Daughter had it first. She was sick with it Friday. Then my older son came down with it last night. One moment he's wanting to watch scary YouTube ghost videos, the next he's projectile vomitting orange juice and pizza vomit.
He's been sick and sleeping all day but thankfully finally seems to be better.
Now to just wait for the youngest to get sick with it. Just hoping hubs and myself don't get it too bc I know we'll probably be worse off. Definitely won't be a one day thing for us old folks lol.

Anywho... Can't wait for Christmas!!!!

Hey everyone!! I hope you all are having a great day!
Christmas was... messy. Still a giant mess in the house too. 3 kids and very enthusiastic/generous family and there is toys and toy trash EVERYWHERE!! UGH lol

But... starting carnivore tomorrow!! A couple of days early but we like starting things at the beginning of the week.
I'm so ready though. SO READY!
My body has been screaming at me to stop with the junk, but it also craves the junk every time I eat it. Like almost to the point of wanting to binge junk food. That's how much my body wants me to eat it.
Moderation is NOT in my body's vocabulary when it comes to sugar and carbs. I can literally be bursting at the seams, but my body will be like "Go... go eat something else. We're not satisfied yet."

I also haven't weighed myself. Helps that our scale needed new batteries, but I still haven't weighed after they were replaced lol.
I can see and feel the bloat and weight I've put on in this last month though and damn it's not pretty. I've probably set myself back a year.
I don't plan on weighing for another week or 2 though. I know my body has A LOT of bloat it needs to dump. I also have AF coming up soon too (which has been getting more irregular too), so I know that's going to add to the scale.
So I'm going to wait for all of that to come off, then I'll weigh to get a better idea of where I'm at.

Also on the OMAD front. I'm hoping that with going carnivore, it will be easier to go OMAD since hopefully eating meat will keep me feeling satisfied for longer. Carnivore is a lot more listening to your hunger and just eating. No real tracking of anything. At least that's what a lot of people say. I dunno... I'll have to wait and see what happens.
At the start though, I plan on just eating while my body readjusts back to a strict diet. Then I'll take it from there. Hopefully readjusting won't take longer than a week or 2 but we'll see. FX for no keto flu!

And yup.... BRING IT 2020!!! I'm ready to kick some butt!!!

Carnivore is going well. A tiny bit of a struggle w/ craving something sweet after dinner, but not a huge deal.
I did have a dream last night that I "accidentally" ate some cornbread lol.
I was feeling ok yesterday until I suddenly wasn't. The dull headache I had just got worse and just ibuprofen alone didn't help.
I don't think my body is dumping the extra water weight yet. Hopefully soon though.
I was hoping this week would be my body adjusting back, but I think it will start next week. Hope not though and it's smooth sailing lol. That's when daughter goes back to school. Even though sleep is awful right now, at least I can somewhat sleep in (if the youngest sleeps in too).

Just gotta keep chugging along though!
Last night I fixed 80/20 hamburger patties and shrimp for dinner. Didn't really go together all that well lol, but tasted good at least
Tonight will be ham. Bought 2 before CHristmas. Fixed the spiral cut for family and the non-spiral cut one is for us No yummy sweet glaze for it, but it should still be delicious!