Surprise! It's a two-fer.

Checking in to check out. I fly out tomorrow morning so my posts will be much less wordy for the next 8 days. I will try to track religiously though, because I think my challenge could benefit others who face it- eating keto when you're traveling and in a holiday environment. There will be restaurants and bars and group eating. I won't lie, it's intimidating to think about. I'm going in with some pretty firm ideas of what to do though. The same old basic stuff as I would eat at home- meat, seafood, dairy, veggies that grow above the ground. I've also got a decent idea of what a proper serving size looks like, that first time I ate an 8 oz ribeye with zeal thinking I was on point- was such a downer when I realized I should have stuck with just 4-5 oz of it. I know better now on these kind of details.

Today's meals are done already. I'm horribly stuffed feeling, I can't figure out if I went wrong somehow or if it's just one of those dinners that makes you feel full but disappears later. Tomorrow's scale will tell the tale.

Lunch:

So good!!! One of my keto bagels cut in half, crisped it in a fry pan on the stove top with butter, also warmed up a slice of ham. Added cheddar. Dill pickle on the side.

Dinner

Steak taco salad. I measured everything very carefully but like I said- I feel super stuffed right now. 2 oz steak browned on stove top with fresh garlic, 1/2 oz green peppers, salt, pepper, onion powder, chili powder in olive oil. On 1 C lettuce, and topped with 1 1/2 oz avocado, 3/4 oz tomato, 1 oz cheddar, 2 tbl sour cream.

Macros as it stands are:

• Carbs- 14 net
• Protein- 55g
• Fat- 94g
• Cals- 951

I imagine there will be more wine later from the bottle I uncorked last night, so expect my cals and carbs to go up a bit to acceptable levels.

Next time I check in, it will be from sunny Florida! Keto on with sunscreen.