Acne, appetite and meat

I am still on antibiotics. Still not feeling energetic. 

I do not have an appetite. I also don't have cravings. I don't particularly have desire to eat meat but I also don't have any desire to eat anything else. Well, maybe whipped cream or tiramisu......

I do not miss veggies or nuts or quest bars. 

I just don't really have interest in food in general. It might be related with the antibiotic and infection. 

I was at friends during weekend and had a little but of soup she made,miso had some tomatoe paste, garbanzo beans, spinach and probably some other plant foods in there. I did not have cravings but I do have a breakout right the next day. It is small and hopefully will go away soon but it is the under skin bulge type, the hormonal one. 

I don't see any other reason for the breakout but the soup. 

I am a little concerned with my lack of interest in food. The meat doesn't taste great to me. I am not really enjoying my food. While it is a relief not to eat for entertainment, staying full for longer time and not having cravings I would still like to enjoy my food and meal. Now I just eat for substance. I also suspect I don't eat quite enough. 

I am not experiencing the wonderful benefits others have experienced on zc. I was hoping for more energy, needing less sleep and weight loss or more precisely dropping one size of clothes. I will keep going at least for 3 months. Need to first heal the infection and be off antibiotics. Also need to figure out how to make meat that tastes good....

Infection seems better, ZC still working out well

It seems like the infection is getting better I am feeling much better since i started the new antibiotics. I have better energy. I didn't have any cheese, just eggs, water and once it twice a day a tbs of HWC with my coffee which I am trying to limit to one in am after breakfast and one decaf in afternoon. 

I was surprised to have a small pimple on my chin a couple days ago. It was above skin, not my typical bump under skin and it was very small. I thought it was reaction to cheese I had the day or two before and perhaps even antibiotics and infection. I didn't do anything with it, no cream or wash and it is almost gone now. The marks from my old ones are almost gone. I can't wait for them to be gone already and for my hair to grow....l

I bought different cuts of steak just to get familiar with tastes and texture. I just sear them in pan with some salt and TJ 21 seasoning and a tiny bit of tallow. I really like the rib eye taste and texture so far. I am not a big fan of meat. I hear all the ZCers talk about what they eat and I am not there, have a very long way to go yet. I am ok with burgers but the ground beef is just not tasting great. I really like sloppy joes but without tomatoes ground beef is just not the same for me. 

I hope that the steaks will make it better for me. 

I like chicken wings but they are not as satisfying as beef. 

There is also the matter of smell in the house. cooking beef leaves a smell in the house and while I don't mind my husband really doesn't like it. 

I hope to figure these things out along the way. 

I am not missing cheese and my food cravings and funky appetite or just wanting something to chew/eat is gone. 

I am suspecting I am not eating enough and will need to somehow to eat more beef. I still have a couple more steak cuts in fridge to try but if I am not excited about them I will just go with rib eyes, burgers and ground beef and probably couple times a week chicken wings as my kids love them. 

I love not being entertained by food anymore. I was at a lunch yesterday and just wasn't tempted by anything since I was still full from my breakfast of eggs and ground beef. 

I took my daughter to a birthday party yesterday, the theme was candy land. The amounts of candy was INSANE!!!!!!!! I just saw a huge buffet of drugs. It is absolutely criminal! Chocolate fountain, various candy, sugar sticks, mousse, Oreos, marshmallows and of course 'healthy fruit' to dip in fountain or just eat plain. I am really torn with this as I don't want to not let my kids have it but I also truly believe it is horrible, addicting and not just plain unhealthy for our body it is horrible for our teeth. I really do not feed them the way I believe they should eat, I cannot do that mainly because my husband is not on board. He will never give up bread. 

I am hoping that if I make meat in a way they like, such as chicken wings they will eat it and be too full for anything else (like rice or pasta). I haven't figured out yet what meat to give them for school lunch. I got Applegate beef hotdogs last week, my 8yr old loved them but my 11yr old didn't like them. Perhaps another brand? I need another alternatives of fatty meat. The lunch turkey I can buy all have sugar and/carrageenan and while I still get it I hate it. 

Will try to tackle it and research the topic. 

I don't think I lost any more weight. Did not step on the scale and am not eager to do so. My clothes are feeling comfortable. I am hoping to drop a clothes size to fit back into my size 4 jeans which are still a bit tight for me. For that to happen I will probably need to be under 140. At least 4-5lbs to drop....but I will not focus on that but rather on healing my body. Need to get rid of the infection first and then let my body heal with meat and water. 

Fiber Menace, back on antibiotics, removing cheese

Heard about this book on FB, Fiber Menace and finally downloaded it on Kindle. Right from the start was shocked! I remember knowing that corn flakes where discovered by accident but I never knew the real origins of Kellogg cereal. 

 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

I was amazed to learn that the whole Fiber and whole grains trends are based on vegetarianism and conservatism. 

Even Graham cracker have origins is this nonsense.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker

I am still digesting how harmful fiber is for our body. I don't know why most shocking for me is how much damage it does to our teeth and gums, cavities and gingivitis. It totally makes sense since fiber is present in carby food and carbs basically turn into sugar in our body. 

For few months before zc I was living and calculating net carbs hoping to lose weight but with no success at all and with cravings and wanting to eat. All these mathematical calculations.....it is so much easier just eating meat. If I ever do go back to other foods it will just be vegetables and I will never count net carbs! 

I am too scared to have nuts now since I really like not having acne. Having a clear face every day without doing anything is such a blessing! I still wake up every morning and look in the mirror with disbelief. I keep touching my face trying to feel if there is any new breakout forming under the skin (which would always happen and I would try to tackle it with sulfur or tea tree oil before it grows). 

I did urine test on Tuesday but still have some sort of infection. I am taking another round of different antibiotic for 10 days, I am not supposed to have milk with it. I suspect that dairy isn't doing much for me but create cravings and wanted to eliminate it anyway. I don't really need it. Meat is completely satisfying. There is no reason for me to have any cheese, I don't eat it much anyway and it is a snack for me. Plus I really want to drop a size and will never know until I really give meat and water a try.

I am still clinging to my coffe an really want to have HWC once a day but I will give up the cream once I finish the one I just bought and probably will make whip cream for my daughters to finish it faster. 

I will stick to coffee and have it after I eat just to make sure I am not suppressing my appetite. 

I might ditch the coffee in a month.....who knows? 

Zero Carb beyond 30 days

I have been eating meat and drinking water for a month. 

Do i want to go back to eating other things? Not really. 

Has anything changed since my last post a couple of days ago? Not really. 

Well, a little. Yesterday I had cravings. Not cravings for something sweet or starchy but I just wanted to snack. Wasn't exactly hungry but wanted to chew on jerky. I did eat jerky but it also filled me so i didn't eat dinner. The jerky turned out as my lunch and dinner. 
I also had a very bad mood, felt kind of down and irritated as well as tired. 
I believe all these are connected to my upcoming period. 

My face is still clear and the old marks are slowly disappearing. 

My tummy seems to be shrinking. I don't feel the same with other body parts but that's how my body is, tummy is the first to shrink or last to grow while thighs and behind last to shrink and first to grow. 

I finally stepped on the scale this morning and am down 0.2 since last time. i am not really excited about it as at this point I just want to let my body to do it's thing. 

I haven't been trying to lose weight. I just want to be at peace with food. I am tired of the addiction and pre-occupation with food. 
It will take few months for my body to change, the fast changes I was used to from carb/calorie controlled eating will not happen here. The changes from this way of eating feel different. I have a feeling that my body composition is changing. 

I am guessing that in 6 months if i look at before/after photo there will be a difference. A big difference. We shall see......

I have finished the antibiotics and didn't have any severe reaction like some people said on FB, I have been a bit more tired and actually still am. I went to sleep before 10pm last night and was still dragging at 7am. 
I do not have tons of energy. I hope that this will improve with time. 

The other thing that is happening with me is that I am not very excited about my food. I am not particularly enjoying it or the taste. The only 'food' that I do enjoy and like is the beef jerky. I also really like the chicken wings that I make. I do eat beef, ground beef and about once a week hamburger and it really fills me up for a long time but i do not enjoy the taste even though I still put spices in my food. 
I do like my eggs and eat a little bit mozzarella cheese approximately every other day. That is filling for only about 3-4 hours, not as long as meat. I also use about 1tbs HWC in my coffee once a day. 
I have 1 or 2 plain cups of coffee and plenty of water as I still do get thirsty. 

I hope that my taste will change and i will acquire the taste for natural meat and it's texture. Sometimes i just gag on certain bites. Not even sure why? The jerky sometimes has fat in it and i do eat it but i don't like the texture.  

4 weeks on zc milestone

It has been 4 weeks. Really?

The transition became easy and smooth once I gave up the little nuts I was eating and the 2 squares of 100% chocolate. It took me about a week but once I stopped I sailed smoothly into the heaven of zc land.

The hormonal acne I had nonstop just ended as by miracle.
I was doing a lot of research online trying to figure out what to use but could only marginally handle the breakouts after they happened with sulfur cream. My face has been clear for 3 weeks! I still cannot believe it! So simple. The photo shows all the products I am bagging and don't need anymore to control breakouts. I also have some wipes not pictured.....
No more energy waste or upset about breakouts or looking for cure and no more buying products to treat this unpleasant condition I have battled with since teenager years.
Phew, what a relief!

When I started originally I was already vlc, eating about 20g net carbs. Switching to meat only really simplified my life.

I have more space in my fridge, pantry and kitchen, I don't need long shopping lists or frequent trips to store, I spend much less time cooking and eating and most of all, I am no longer obsessed with food.
I was hoping for it on vlc bur it didn't happen. With zc I am no longer thinking food. I eat until  I am full and I stay full for hours. To the point where I really do not want to eat anything. ANYTHING!

Some days I will eat twice a day and some days 3 times a day but usually not more than that. There were a couple of days during this month that I only ate once, it was a bug meal but I trusted my body and ate until I wasn't interested in food any more. I am glad I did it.
I haven't experienced ANY cravings or wanting to nibble or snack on something for over 3 weeks, since I cut off the small amount of nuts and chocolate.
It's amazing!

My kids and husband are carboholics and my husband is a meat phobic too. He raises humane issues regarding animals. But I think that it doesn't makensense. He still eats meat just not enough. So he still consumes animals, why not do it in a way that helps him stay healthy? He eats nonstop in the evening, getting 3 or 4 dinners. He is religious about eating his salad, bread and cottage cheese and will have some nuts even after claiming he's full from dinner but after an hour will eat more, and after another hour some more and sometimes even more at night (cheese, bread, fruit. ... all things he considers healthy). All this while I feel totally happy, full and satisfied.

I look at him and vaguely remember how I ate like this or how I limited my eating with meal replacement products when I was on Medifast. I used to rely on my willpower not so long ago. Just a little over a month ago I was dealing with ending a habit of afternoon snacking. Well, it is so simple now. I have no habits anymore. Just eating meat and drinking water (or tea/coffee). I do not need to execute  any will power.
It is amazingly simple I am still shocked.

Yesterday I finished my antibiotics and after the last pill finally peed the right color. I feel that finally the uti is over. I will do a urine test tomorrow. I have been somewhat tired since the antibiotics and hope to have more energy from now on. I also suspect that I didn't have much appetite this week, also due to antibiotics.

I am expecting my period and am starting to have some back discomfort. Looking forward to see how this month will go.

I wanted to lose 15lbs when I started zc but somewhere along the way about a week ago lost interest in the scale and my weight. I know that if I lose weight I will feel it in my body and clothes and besides, I am starting to accept my body the way it is.

I am enjoying the simplicity zc introduced into my life and am looking forward to what lies ahead.

Still doing great on ZC

For some reason my food addict brain decided to experiment with cheese. I asked about some cheese I got on forum and someone said it had 1g of sugar and it's rather high. That sent me into curiousity on how cheeses are made and why some have lactose and some don't. My research was interesting and I finally have better understanding about cheese making process. It starts with milk. Some,of them go through more process (the hard cheeses go through most) and some a little less. For some hard cheeses there's also bacteria involved. It's a mixture of art and science. After understanding better how mozzarella, mascarpone and ricotta are made (least processed) I got, for some strange reason I can only explain by addiction, curious and just had to buy them. Stopped at TJ and spent $20 on something I didn't really need. Had to try sour cream mixed with mascarpone. Why I don't know. It wasn't a huge joy. Made waffles with ricotta cheese (1/4 cup ricotta, 2 eggs, 1/2 t baking powder and some cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves). Topped the waffles with sour cream. Really?! I just had to have variety. I had some sort of tiredness with meat. 

It was ok. I was full for shorter time. Normally when eating meat for breakfast I will not get hungry before 2/3 pm but with dairy I was ready for lunch around noon/1pm.

I also felt a little bloated for a couple of days and my stomach was grumbling like crazy. 

On a different front I have a UTI and am on antibiotic for 5 days. 

Feeling some relief today on 3rd day of antibiotics. Will have to test urine on Monday to verify that all is well. 

I am nearing 4 weeks on this way of eating. All I can say is WOW! It is mind blowing on so many fronts.  Simplicity, cost, health, hormones, appetite, cravings. 

It is just simple. Meat is so filling. I can eat a large quantity that initially scared me, but I will stay full, completely not hungry for a very long time. Like all day. I had a day when I just had one large meal. Like 4 hamburger patties, that's it, I was done for the day. Not interested in food at all. 

It's so simple. When I started I asked on the forum how to know when I'm full as my body wasn't really signaling me.. I was told to eat when interested in food and stop when not interested. It made my life so simple. I stopped doubting myself. I stopped thinking about hunger signals and instead when I just entertained though about food I just ate meat. It became very clear to me when I was full. I just didn't want to eat any more. I was FULL, without any doubt. In addition, I stayed full for a L O N G time!!! Very long time. I never experienced it before. 

Nowadays I eat mostly twice a day, that is if I don't mess up with cheese.....then I eat 3 times. 

I still want to eat steak. Yesterday I met a friend at BJ's Brewhouse. Ordered steak, well done. It was really good. 

I do not have cravings any more. I don't need snacks. The snacking habit was so hard to kick, even when on VLC. I always carried with me a Quest bar and some nuts and 100% chocolate, just in case I need to snack. I don't remember what snacking is nowadays. I do carry 4oz of beef jerky with me but it is not for snacking, it is for when my meal is not enough to fill me or if I am in the run and cannot stop at a burger place. Eating on the go is so simple and cheap now, I will stop at Burger King and order patties. 

I am shocked at how simplified shopping became and the grocery bill is down. If I hadn't experimented with cheese it would be even better. 

Best part so far is I haven't had acne breakout on my chin for about 2 weeks!!! No more under the skin volcanos, no painful bumps under my skin!!! I still use concealer to cover the remaining marks but hope that with time they will clear. I have some photos I've talken in the past 3 weeks of area but it doesn't really show the big improvement, something with the lighting. I'll put it here anyway. The one on the bottom is from today, middle is last week and the top left one is from few weeks ago. 

I am still not a huge meat lover. I have some resistance in my mind and am still not totally excited about the taste of pure meat. I do use spices, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, cinnamon. I am giving it time though. Even if I don't grow to love meat, I am really enjoying lack of cravings, hunger, snacking and constant thinking about food. I really don't miss working in the kitchen preparing veggies and trying to figure out net carbs or recipes. I also realize that chicken breast is not so tasty thus the need for recipes and various sauces to make it.....like teriyaki chicken or sweet and sour. 

3 weeks on zero carb

It has been 3 weeks. I will need to change the title and description of my blog pretty soon.

My life is just so much better. Simplicity.

I cleared my fridge and pantry. Gave away protein powder, Quest bars, Psyllium husk, coconut milk. No need to make mayo or sauces any more. No need to make veggies. They are not rotting in my fridge any more. Packs of greens are not keeping me busy buying, washing, storing, sorting and then throwing away.
My fridge looks neat and clean. When I want to eat it is very simple. There is meat in the fridge.
If I am really unprepared, I make an omlette or just have hard boiled eggs. I also have sardines in water in pantry just for emergency. There's also beef jerky from www.grassfedjerkychews.com

I love it!

Yesterday was my birthday and for some reason I wanted variety so I had 2 eggs scrambled with French version of sour cream  (something I got at TJ). It was filling but not for as long as meat. I also felt bloated. My tummy was grumbling most of the day, especially after I ate anything including meat.

I spent the day looking up the process of cheese making as I got curious about it. I really didn't know anything about how it was made. Seems like the hard cheeses are more processed and have more bacteria and salt. From what I understand for now, cream and mozzarella are least processed.
I live in Bay Area and would really like to go see a cheese artisan. Perhaps will organize a family trip.

I think that my desserts on zc would be cheese once in a while.

My face is still pretty clear. Yesterday night I started to feel a little new breakout on my chin, it is under my skin small bump. A little painful. I put sulfur for the night and tea tree for the day It seems under control. I hope it will subside. It might be from cheese or just time of month. I was wearing concealer yesterday. Might be related or not. I will have to stop with cheese to really know for sure. I also think it will take the full 30 days if not 90 to know better about my acne. Maybe it is the eggs?

I will test some more with time.

I also think that once or twice a week will not affect me as much as few days in a row.

Yesterday I made chicken wings and the girls loved them. Duck fat, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, coriander. Simple ant tasty. 30 min at 450 then flip and 30 more min.
They didn't want any rice or pasta. Yey!
Hope they like chicken thighs too. Will make them same way this week. In meanwhile I am defrosting a duck I got at Costco. Will roast it tomorrow.

I feel pretty good. My energy is balanced. I don't have tons of energy but I am not tired.  Just good energy to go about my day and reasonably tired at night. I sleep well,based usual. This morning woke up at 5am with a cramp in my right hamstring. Oouch.

I am not crazy thirsty anymore. I do get thirsty, especially after I eat but it is reasonable thirst.

I haven't stepped on the scale. I don't think I lost any weight. My tummy feels tight but my legs and but feel the same. My clothes feel the same.
I think I might drop some weight after I get my period.

I also want to learn to make steaks. I am totally clueless.

Skin clearing Miracle

I have been eating meat and drinking water mostly for about 2.5 weeks now. 

It is easy. Surprisingly easy. 

My skin has stayed clear for the past 5 days since I stopped macadamia/Brazil nuts and 100% chocolate. Not a single new breakout. No dry skin. Old marks are healing. I am trying to remember to take photos. 

The scale is not my top priority for many reasons. I did weigh in today just because I woke up early and was curious. I am back to 146.4 but it doesn't really matter. I feel that my body composition is changing. My tummy is feeling much tighter and it feels like it's shrinking and becoming almost flat (like in my 20s) I have a bit of love handles (which I don't remember having in my 20s). I snapped photos today and will measure at some point after a month or two or three. 

I am just feeling good! Not feeling guilty for eating, eating when I want to eat, not questioning my appetite, not inventing what to eat. It is so simple! Not laboring in the kitchen and the store.

Today I cleared the pantry and fridge. I can even return few items to Trader Joe and will get burgers instead. 

Did I already say I love the simplicity? 

Two Weeks on Zero Carb Carnivore eating

It has been 2 weeks. It seems like a long time. It was a pretty easy transition for me. 
Made my life really simple. 

Physically it is really simple. Psychologically it is a little more complicated.  

I think. That's a problem. 

I have all kinds of thoughts. Fortunately I also have counter thoughts. 

When I started 2 weeks ago, I figured i'll just remove everything but keep the 100% dark chocolate and a tiny amount of macadamia and brazil nuts. I didn't eat them every day. But them I started eating them every day. I'd think about food and reach out to them. 
They didn't fill me up. They didn't satiate me. It was just an indulgence. Just so I am not bored with just meat. 

Initially my skin cleared. I have hormonal acne, my chin always had breakouts. Sometimes they were big, under skin and sometimes small. when I switched to ZC even with the nuts and chocolate, my skin cleared but then when i indulged daily I still had a breakout. Seemed smaller but still breakout. 

People on the ZIOH forum suggested I remove the nuts and chocolate. I did. 3 days ago. 
My skin is clearing and fast! I am not using anything on my skin. I used to put sulfur during the night and/or tea tree oil. But now i do not apply anything. 
I haven't had any new breakouts and my skin seems to be healing nicely. 

Now that's really great as I was really puzzled about it. Just 3 weeks ago I was researching hormonal acne, considering I had PCOS and trying to figure out what products to buy to clear my skin. Oil cleanse, vitamins, creams bla bla bla bla....... 
It is funny how i don't need to spend ANY money (or time!) to clear my skin. 

I did the Whole 30 in January and was hoping my skin would clear but it didn't. I also didn't lose any weight even though I was keeping my carbs low. 

In the past couple days my mind is playing tricks with me. I want to eat but I think I am tired of eating meat. I don't feel like eating anything I have. It kind of seems boring. 
I made lamb roast on Friday and I really don't like it. It doesn't taste good to me. The only thing I think is ok for me is ground beef or burger. I kind of want store food and not meat that I made. Not sure why. Like I really feel like going to Safeway and buying their chicken wings. I don't know what they put in them or what fat they cook them in. 
Last week I had Wendy's and Burger King burger patties. I didn't care much for Wendy's but BK tasted good. I wonder if those fast foods have some sugar in them and are causing my funny mind tricks. 

Beef seems to be good for me. I think I will just buy Trader Joe's clean frozen burgers and 80/20 ground beef and stick to them for a while. 

People on ZIOH talk about steaks. I never fancied steaks. Who knows maybe my taste will change? 

I am thinking of quitting cheese for a while and sticking with just beef and chicken until my body settles down with this WOE. The only dairy I am keeping is ~1tbs of Heavy Whipping Cream in my coffee  once or twice a day. 

No nuts no chocolate = clear skin

It has been 2 days of just eating meat, eggs,a bit of mozzarella cheese (about 1oz) and about 1tbs HWC. The first day, Friday, I had ground beef cooked in duck fat and some spices. I ate it with a hard boiled egg, I ate what seemed to me like a lot. I didn't measure. I ate until I really wasn't interested in eating any more. Then I stopped. Whatever was left in my plate I covered and put in fridge. That was about 9:30/10 am. I was so full for the rest of the day.

I made roasted lamb for dinner but wasn't really hungry. I tasted few pieces,but that's it. 

The next day I was more hungry. I had the same ground beef with hard boiled egg but I got hungry around 2. I wanted more food most day and did eat meat/egg/cheese when I did want food. 

What I didn't eat was macadamia or Brazil nuts nor did I have any dark 100% chocolate. 

Within 2 days my skin cleared. I didn't even apply sulfur at night, no green tea cream. Today my skin is soft and clear. 

Zero Carb journey second week

I am still doing zero carb. Even though I have entertained thoughts of stopping or actually eating something non meat after the 30 days I don't really want to do it. when I think about what specifically I want to have there is absolutely NOTHING! 

Yesterday I had to take breakfast with me, in 5 minutes I heated Applegate breakfast chicken sausages with a couple of eggs and put in a thermos container to go. I made 2 cups of coffee in to go cups and took my kid to figure skating practice. 

I didn't have time for lunch so stopped at Burger King drive through and got 2 patties in a bowl. They were much better than Wendy's but not as good as Five Guys. 
I also quickly took out of the fridge salmon. 
Got home around 7pm and popped salmon with butter and lemon pepper into oven for like 18 minutes at 430. It came out delicious! The kids licked it. ;-) 

Also shopped at Costco, got a ton of meat but didn't buy any salmon. The frozen one is super expensive (like over $30) and the fresh one is farm raised. 

I bought lamb and plan on roasting it tomorrow for our guests for dinner. Also go a big pack of ground beef. Beef seems to be very satisfying and easy to make. I'l just throw it in pan with duck fat or beef tallow (which I ordered on Amazon) and some spices. 
I am not yet sure but I think that the days that I have more beef I am less hungry or more accurately I am full for longer and think less about food. 

I am still eating 100% Grenada Chocolate (yesterday had like 3 squares!!!!) and some days macadamia nuts. Yesterday I as also hungry in evening and had some pure mozzarella cheese. I really like the fact that I do not count my macros any more and I don't feel guilty about eating any more. When I am thinking about food I eat meat (or macadamia nuts....sigh). I wish I would just eat meat and not macadamia nuts but I am not even 2 weeks into it and am giving myself more time. 

My skin is getting gradually better. Yesterday I still had a new breakout on my chin, it was small although a little under skin and a tiny bit painful. I forgot to put my sulfur cream but nevertheless this morning it is improving on it's own. 

I am not waking up with tons of energy and some days I am tired in the evening by 8pm. Unlike some people on the forum Zeroing In On Health I am not experiencing bursts of energy but I am feeling better in terms of food addiction or more precisely lack of it. No cravings. If i want to eat or am thinking about food I eat. I made hard baked eggs today and have purchased beef jerky http://grassfedjerkychews.com/ and have them with me on the go. I also can always stop at Burger King and buy some burger patties if i am hungry. 

I know that this is a journey and will take time. I am not expecting immediate results. My body and mind will take time to heal. 
I am not going to weigh myself until next week. In the meanwhile my jeans I fitting much better, they are a bit roomier. I hope to fit into my small jeans by the end of March but if it doesn't happen that's ok. I also hope that the acne will be gone but suspect that as long as I am eating those macadamia nuts (even though it's only about 5-10 of them a day) I cannot really expect my skin to clear. 
I think that when my skin cleared I wasn't eating them or eating them only 1-2 times a week. Time shall say. 

Finally the scale is moving in the right direction!!!!!!

I stepped on the scale this morning and it is finally moving in the right direction. 

I could feel it in the past few days, my tummy is tighter and my jeans are getting more loose. 

I am at a very nice weight of 144.4 lbs...... I have not been under 145.4 for quite a while and even that weight was very temporary. I have been mostly hovering around 146 + for months now. With all my Low Carb, very low carb (20g net carbs) moderate protein and lower fat, precise measuring of macros, tracking, exercising and having mild cravings or just wanting to eat, looking up recipes, shopping for fresh veggies at least twice a week. 
I am very happy to finally see results. 

With this way of eating I have none of that. I just eat meat and drink water/coffee/tea. I am not hungry. I am not emotionally hungry. I do not have cravings. I do not spend a lot of time on cooking and shopping. I am not spending time on tracking my macros. 
If i am hungry or thinking of food I just eat meat and drink water. WOW! Just WOW! Well sometimes i eat few macadamia/brazil nuts and 1-2 squares of 100% dark chocolate. I am not super happy with it. I wonder if anything would change if i wouldn't do it. My problem is they are a weakness. I have them in the house. If i wouldn't have them in the house or in my purse I wouldn't eat them. But I am not feeling deprived and that's good. Even with all that and the few days of eggs and cheese I am still moving in the right direction. 

I feel pretty good. I have good energy level during the day. I have been getting tired in afternoon and evening and am not waking up with high energy these past few days.
I attribute it to late nights and a couple of days of not eating enough meet (ate eggs and cheese on the go). 

I think that when I eat mostly beef I feel the best. I will have to eat beef for few days and see how I am doing. I love chicken but seems like beef is really satisfying my body.

My first week on Zero Carb

So it has been a week of eating zero carb. It wasn't eat meat drink water completely but still mostly meat and water, plus coffee and tea.

In the past few days I have been on the go and didn't have time or even want to eat burgers. I made eggs with hard mozzarella cheese (about 1oz) and threw in there smoked fish. It was ok but not emotionally filling as meat. I wasn't hungry but psychologically it didn't feel satisfying. I would have preferred if it would only happen once in a blue moon and not 3 days in a row. 

I also had macademia and few Brazil nuts. When I had Five Guys burgers and steak last week I didn't even reach out to the nuts and was feeling very full even to a point of skipping a meal. 

It seems to me like beef is very satisfying meat. Much more than fish and chicken. 

I had Wendy's burger for lunch yesterday as I skipped breakfast and didn't have time and energy to make anything. For dinner I was with my younger daughter at the arts center from 2pm since she was performing in a show. I took the eggs with mozzarella in a thermos, I also gobbled 2 hard boiled eggs which I did in this cool new way. I put 6 eggs in muffin tin (one egg for each tin) baked at 325 for 25 minutes and then immersed in iced water. PERFECT eggs. Not to soft not to hard inside and super easy to peel. 

I also had some macadamia nuts and few Brazil nuts. And coffee of course.

This morning I had turkey bacon. 

I popped chicken drumsticks in the oven. Made one tray (9 drumsticks) with ghee and another tray with expeller pressed coconut oil. Some spices and 45 min in convection oven at 375. 

I hope the girls like it. 

I am defrosting trader joes buffalo burgers I had in freezer, hope to make them tomorrow. Between the chicken and burgers I have food for the next 2-3 days. 

I need to go to Costco to stock up on meat. 

My jeans are fitting me again. I think my hysteria with my jeans being tight on butt and legs was a combination of new eating with TOM bloating. I am finally feeling great with my body. My face keeps clearing. I have a tiny new pimple in an unlikely place near my right brow but I attribute it to lack of meat and consumption of too many eggs. It is a small pimple that will be gone in a few days, it's not one of my regular hormonal ones in chin area, these are usually bilky, develop under my skin and are big, hard to get rid of and leave marks on my skin for very long time even after they are gone. 

I still have few marks from previous ones and they are getting better.

I would prefer to eat just meat and not eat cheese or nuts.it seems like it's working best for me. The nuts are trigger food for me, a weakness. I can easily binge on them. They comfort me. 

I am also having heavy whipping cream (about 1 tbs) a day in my coffee, which feels ok but if i stall with weight it will have to go. But first I need to just eat meat and drink water.

The crazy thirst is also gone. I do notice that I get thirst after I eat meat. 

Food shopping has become so simple and easy. My refrigerator is very simplified, neat and clean. Dishes are also becoming easier. Yey! 

I am not stressing about macros anymore, although I would love to keep logging my food on MFP and it is pretty easy because my food is easy, I haven't done it in past few days just because they were hectic and I forgot. 

My first week of zero carb has been a good experience. I wonder if and when will I be starting to lose weight. People in the FB group have had different experiences. It seems to me that people who have more weight to lose experience faster weight loss from the beginning. Others experience body changes, clothes becoming bigger and the weight following later. Someone,told me their clothes started falling off but no change in weight and then suddenly after a month 7lbs dropped in one day. 

I am staying open and am curious to see what my body says. 

Period seems to be over. Tomorrow I will weigh in.