Drop a giraffe

She did it! April the giraffe brought her new calf into the world after a long 13-15 month pregnancy. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/live-april-the-giraffe-finally-giving-birth-watch-with-us Welcome to the world little one!

Now watch this segway.....

If April can be patient and stay with the plan for 13-15 months and then give birth to her 150 lb newborn, I can be patient and stay with the plan for 13-15 months as well and give up a mere 60 lbs! That was really nifty the way I did that, wasn't it. ;-)

Onto yesterday's food diary.

Breakfast - BPC.

Lunch-

Spinach salad with soppressata (a spicy salami), swiss cheese, sundried tomatoes in oil, hard boiled egg, Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel, olive oil. A note about salad dressing- you can eat any full fat, sugar free dressing you like on this plan, as long as the macros fit and it doesn't contain any forbidden ingredients. Lot's of people eat ranch for example. I just happen to hate creamy dressing on my salads, so I always defer to olive oil.

Dinner-

I sauteed a small sliced zucchini in olive oil with salt and pepper, then topped with ground turkey (2 1/2 ounces which was a lot more than it sounds like), 1/4C Trader Giotto's Tuscan marinara, and a parmesan/romano cheese mix. I do have a tool to make zucchini noodles but tbh, I was once again lazy and it seemed easier to slice and cook than put together my spiralizer, make noodles, and then have to wash all the parts. See? Told you I was lazy. This was super simple but also super yummy. The family had spaghetti and I didn't miss the noodles one bit. That's saying a lot as a former pasta princess. 

Snacks-

It was a snacky day. I had my usual morning Sugar free no carb Powerade. I had an afternoon coffee with coconut oil to up my fats. I indulged in 1/2 oz dark chocolate after dinner. And I had one (three) of these yummy drinks late at night (hey it was a Friday night! And I was on giraffe baby watch... )

When I went to bed I felt a little heavy and I realized I hadn't drank as much water as usual. I fully expected to wake up a little heavier today. Surprisingly, I actually lost another .9 lb so I guess my macros were good enough.

Yesterday by the numbers:

• Carbs- 19 net (23 total)
• Protein- 45g
• Fat- 120g
• Calories- 1714

Again, that protein is a little low, I really need to work on increasing it because it's not great for your muscles to stay too low on protein long term. The fat and carbs though are on point, calories a teeeeeeeny bit higher than  like but not excessively so and the fact I still lost means I can afford to occasionally bump over a few calories.

Tracking is proving to be so interesting to me, not only to see where I go overboard- but where I go UNDERboard. I think no matter what WOE (way of eating, the new slang for "it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle" that every diet pushes) you're doing- a good tracking app can only help!

Off for my Easter meal (a day early) at my mother's house today. Let's see how on point I can keep this for tomorrow's update!

Keto on April.... (or just eat grass and leaves and whatever it is giraffes eat!)