Please follow this link to learn how I eat, what I eat, and why .
>>>This page describes what *I* do. I’m not advising anyone else. It is your choice to eat what you want to eat, for your own reasons.
This page is about my choices. And I hope that you, if nothing else, get some meal ideas here that you can use. Enjoy!<<<
Legend: AB = hypercarnivore (70%+ animal-based day) / IF = intermittent fasting / LC = low carb / OMaD = one meal a day, /s = with snack
For my own at-a-glance use, but in case you were wondering: [C] mostly carnivore day; [K] keto or lowcarb day; [X] other
NOTE: AFO = Air Fryer Oven
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[c] Oct 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:30-20:30)
meal #1 was beef short ribs, with salt
meal #1 was “naked” crispy chicken wings (restaurant)
[k] Oct 1, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:00-21:00)
meal #1 stuffed chicken nuggets (2 tiny/thin chicken patties with a layer of cream cheese between them); crispy zucchini medallions*
meal #2 a pound of air-roasted pork belly with some delicata squash/butter on the side
* chicken patties: drained canned chicken, an egg, crushed chili-lime Quest chips, shredded cheese, air-fried
zucchini medallions: sliced zucchini dipped in egg, then in my carnivore breading (chicken flour, pork rinds, a little beef gelatin, grated parm), air-fried
[Sept: 12 keto days…12 carnivore…6 “other”]
[k] Sept 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
meal #1 pork rinds with cheese melted over them, dipped in sour cream with a little salsa mixed in
meal #2 two slices of my breakfast casserole (all animal-based) with some of my little waxy potatoes, baked, with butter
[c] Sept 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (12:00-20:30)
meal #1 a slice of my breakfast casserole, with sour cream on top
meal #2 the rest of the chuck roast, and the last 2 slices of my carnivore loaf, toasted, with butter and cream cheese
[c] Sept 28, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
24½-hour fast
½-hour eating window (17:30-18:00)
a piece of chuck roast with salt; a slice of a breakfast casserole I made today
[k] Sept 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
21-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
chuck roast with salt, delicata squash with butter, full fat greek yogurt for dessert
[k] Sept 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:00-19:00)
meal #1 was a breakfast bowl: broke up some of my carnivore loaf in pieces and fried it in bacon fat until crispy; added some pre-cooked bacon pieces to reheat them, then 2 eggs over the top, stirring until the eggs were done. (could have added cheese, wasn’t feelin’ it today though)
meal #2 was a 1#+ pork steak, with unsweetened applesauce as a condiment for dipping.
This was a 95% carnivore day, except for that little bit of applesauce.
[x] Sept 25, 2024 – IF, OMaD
16-hour fast
2-hour eating window (12:00-14:00)
chicken/BLT wrap and tater tots
[k] Sept 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
meal #1 meat pockets: had some deli turkey to use up, laid it out on a baking sheet with bacon pieces and shredded cheese along the middle; air-fried for 7 minutes @ 425°F, folded them up around the filling, air-fried for 5 more minutes; served with full-fat sour cream.
snack: fried some of my carnivore egg bread in bacon fat until crisp and melted a little cheese on top it.
meal #2 pork steak fried in bacon fat, half of a carnival acorn squash with butter, cinnamon, and a sprinkle of golden monkfruit sweetening
[c] Sept 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
meal #1 the other half of the t-bone steak
meal #2 bacon bits’n’pieces fried, then 2 slices of carnivore egg bread fried in the bacon fat, slathered with mayo, and covered with the bacon.
[c] Sept 22, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:00-20:30)
meal #1 half of a 2.4# t-bone steak
meal #2 six leftover hot chicken wings with sour cream; homemade chicharrones
[k] Sept 21, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
25-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
a full pound of pork belly, air-fried, with SF applesauce as a condiment for dipping, and some “mashed potato squash”. I ate 1/6 of 1 squash, or about 1/3c, mixed with butter, cream cheese, and shredded cheese so that the additions were equal to the amount of squash itself. Delicious!!!
[x] Sept 20, 2024 – IF, OMaD
20-hour fast
30-minute eating window (14:30-15:00)
ate at a Mexican restaurant, new to us, ordered a sampler appetizer to get an idea of what they had and nibbled on a little of each thing; no idea of carbs or anything else so it’s an “other” (x) day; I typically try to make these kinds of day OMaD days to give my body time to use the carbs before I eat again.
[k] Sept 19, 2024 – Starting at about 2:00 I had some salad (chicken/bacon/cucumber/mayo); snacked on some carnivore toast; supper was half of a spaghetti squash with tomato sauce; finished eating by 18:30
[c] Sept 18, 2024 – Had the other half of my steak for my meal, and some cheese and sausage for a snack a few hours later.
[c] Sept 17, 2024 – Had about a pound (half) of a massive porterhouse steak late afternoon, then some cottage cheese a couple of hours later.
[c] Sept 16, 2024 – Through the day I ate some Canadian bacon, some pork belly, and some bacon and eggs (enhanced with cheese and sour cream). Was able to eat at home today and avoid restaurants. Lots of pork, I know…it’s what I had. But tomorrow? BEEF!
[c] Sept 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
I probably won’t be sharing as much about what I eat until my husband is out of the hospital as I will be eating when, where, and what I can. Today I did well with some HB eggs and canadian bacon from a store near the hospital, after a 20-hour fast, but will be more concerned with other things than tracking my food for the next day or 2 (hopefully no longer!)
[x] Sept 14, 2024 – AB, IF, OMaD/s,
15½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (12:30-17:30)
a few bites of turkey and cheese from a gas station to tide me over until supper
meal was sauteed grouper with crab stuffing and lobster sauce, a cup of soup, and some onion rings I shared with my granddaughter.
Probably a moderate carb day, over my 50g allowance, but not over 100g would be my guess…and mostly animal based
[x] Sept 13, 2024 – IF
15½-hour fast
9½-hour eating window (11:30-21:00)
lunch at a Mexican restaurant was a couple of tacos, beans and rice, and some chips
supper was the last piece of my casserole I made on the 8th
[c] Sept 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
15½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
snack protein shake with meds
meal 2# t-bone steak
[k] Sept 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
13½-hour fast
11-hour eating window (11:30-22:30)
Today was a messed up day!
meal #1 a BLT wrap and a few onion rings
meal #2 (which I haven’t yet consumed as of this writing) is a pound of pork belly, air-fried
(see what I mean???)
[k] Sept 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
meal #1 some of my casserole made on Sept 8
meal #2 the rest of my t-bone steak (just the meat I needed to chew off the bone like a savage) with some of my little waxy lower-carb potatoes, buttered
[c] Sept 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
20-hour fast
4-hour eating window (14:00-18:00)
snack was a few bites of cottage cheese with my meds
meal was a big t-bone steak
[k] Sept 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15-hour fast
8-hour eating window (10:00-18:00)
nibbled on and off through the day on deviled eggs and fried cheese, meal was a casserole I made (see post this day on the main page)
[k] Sept 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
5-hour eating window (14:00-19:00)
meal #1 about a pound of porterhouse steak
meal #2 a grilled bologna and cheese sandwich (cheese sandwiched between slices of balogna and fried on the Blackstone) with a couple of my sandwich roll/biscuits
[k] Sept 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
12-hour fast
8-hour eating window (10:00-18:00)
snacking on the road at 10:00 this morning: a gas-station protein shake and some pork rinds got me through until I got home a few hours later
meal #1 was the rest of my Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole
meal #2 was a whey protein shake and 2 of the sandwich rolls – which are more like biscuits now on day 2 – with butter
[c] Sept 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
17-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (13:30-22:00)
meal was just over a pound of porterhouse steak, seasoned with salt
evening snack was a mostly-carnivore-ingredient sandwich roll with butter
[x] Sept 4, 2024 – AB, IF
17-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
meal #1 was leftover beef short ribs with salt, and cottage cheese
meal #2 was some wings and I decided to splurge on some fries with them (they were my only carby food today but IDK how many carbs)
[c] Sept 3, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
meal #1 a slice of my carnivore Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole with cottage cheese on the side
meal #2 a ribeye steak and some beef short ribs
[x] Sept 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15-hour fast
6-hour eating window (11:30-17:30)
meal #1 a slice of my carnivore Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole
meal #2 a reuben sandwich on marble rye (carb count based on an average of multiples I looked up, at about 35g)
[k] Sept 1, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
17½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:30-20:30)
snack was some cheese/onion crackers I made to tide me over until mealtime
meal was my leftover t-bone steak from yesterday and 1/3 of an acorn squash with butter and cinnamon; cottage cheese on the side
[c] Aug 31, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
5-hour eating window (16:00-21:00)
meal #1 was bacon and eggs
meal #2 was t-bone steak and cottage cheese on the side
[c] Aug 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:30-21:00)
meal #1 the last of my savory sausage “cake” with a little salsa and a lot of full-fat sour cream
meal #2 was more of the roasted duck (already a week old…gotta eat it!)
[c] Aug 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
19-hour fast
10-hour eating window (meal @ noon, snack @ 21:30)
a slice of my savory sausage “cake” with some bacon on the side
snack was a protein shake
[c] Aug 28, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
21-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
meal was some duck and some pork belly
[c] Aug 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:30-21:00)
meal #1 was a savory sausage “cake” in which I made a batter of eggs, cheese, sour cream, pork rinds, and a pinch of baking soda, poured over some sausage links, and baked in my AFO.
meal #2 was a t-bone steak cooked on the blackstone, and some full-fat plain greek yogurt with a sprinkle of keto granola on top
[k] Aug 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
meal #1 made sandwiches with my last 2 Lovely Buns, just duck and mayo; had some plain full-fat greek yogurt with some keto granola mixed in
meal #2 the last of the beef I roasted the other day; keto mac’n’cheese with lupin-based noodles, butter, and several kinds of cheeses melted in
[k] Aug 25, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:00-19:00)
meal #1 was some Lovely Buns toasted in butter
meal #2 leftover duck breast and wing reheated in the AFO on top of cauliflower rice – delicious, infused with the duck fat! Protein shake with it
[c] Aug 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (19:00-20:00)
meal was a leg quarter off the duck I roasted yesterday, and some roasted beef.
[c] Aug 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
meal #1 two Lovely Buns toasted in butter
meal #2 pork belly
[k] Aug 22, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:30-21:30)
meal #1 sirloin steak, grilled shrimp, broccoli/carrots/butter, salad with 1000 Island – sans croutons (Texas Roadhouse)
meal #2 Lovely Buns with butter
[x] Aug 21, 2024 – AB, IF
17½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-8:30)
meal #1 GF cauli-based cracker-like “bread” made a sandwich with tuna salad, cheese, lettuce, and tomato
meal #2 beef short ribs with hickory salt, cottage cheese.
[c] Aug 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:00-7:00)
meal #1 ground beef patty with a SMALL amount of onion and mushroom cooked with it, and cheese melted on top; cottage cheese on the side
meal #2 a pork chop, plain
[k] Aug 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
window (11:30-20:30)
broke my fast with one bite of fatty beef leftover from last night
mid-afternoon I had a snack of plain greek yogurt with keto granola in it
supper was some sort of white fish that I seasoned and sprinkled with lupin flour and air-fried, some of my tiny waxy potatoes with butter, and a salad of greens and a tomato from our garden, a sliced mini-cuke, and some SF salad dressing.
[c] Aug 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
meal #1 was the last of my Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole
meal #2 was a t-bone steak
[c] Aug 17, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:30-20:30)
meal #1 a slice of the Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole I made the other day
meal #2 was the last of the leftover chicken and the last of the leftover beef short ribs, with a few bites of the leftover roasted cabbage
snack was some full-fat cottage cheese
[k] Aug 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (12:00-20:30)
snacked on and off for several hours on cottage cheese, cucumber, and chicken pickin’s from a carcass I had frozen
meal was pork belly (with the skin!), acorn squash, and roasted cabbage
Lots of food today but managed to stay under my limit of 50 total carbs!
[k] Aug 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
5-hour eating window (15:00-20:00)
TECHNICALLY I had a single meal today. But due to interruptions, it took me a total of 5 hours to eat it! I had beef short ribs and some of my little non-starchy creamer potatoes, with butter; plain greek yogurt with unsweetened shredded coconut and cinnamon plus maple-flavored stevia for dessert.
[c] Aug 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
meal #1 a slice of my inside out breakfast sandwich
meal #2 T-bone steak with cottage cheese
[c] Aug 13, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:00-19:00)
meal #1 salami and cheese slices, and a mini-cucumber, with ranch
snack – some coconut “chips”
meal #2 Inside Out Breakfast Sandwich (made enough for another 3 meals too!)
[c] Aug 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:30-20:30)
meal #1 eggs beaten with sour cream and cheese, air-fried in a casserole dish until fluffy
meal #2 side-by-side comparison of a small ribeye steak and a small chuckeye steak, about which I will write tomorrow.
[k] Aug 11, 2024 – IF, LC
19½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:30-20:30)
nibbled throughout the day, when grandkids ate, had some zucchini, some corn, and some pork belly.
[x] Aug 10, 2024 – OMaD/s
20-hour fast
4-hour eating window (14:00-18:00)
HB eggs with meds for snack; supper was a fish dinner at a local restaurant which included fries and slaw.
My planned 24-hour lowcarb break is now over.
[x] Aug 9, 2024 – OMaD/s
14-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
snack was 2 HB eggs with my noon meds; supper was a BLT on sourdough with zucchini strips and a few potato chips
[k] Aug 8, 2024 – IF, AB, LC
16½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
meal #1 was some sliced cucumber, tomatoes (from my garden), and salami, cubed tossed with full-fat sour cream
meal #2 was a T-bone steak and a heart-shaped “tortilla” of fried cheese that my 15YO grandson made for me on the Blackstone
[c] Aug 7, 2024 – IF, AB, LC
23-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:30-21:30)
meal #1 was some ground beef and bacon that I had cooked up a few days ago, with SF ketchup
meal #2 will be a pound of naked fried wings
[k] Aug 6, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
1-hour eating window (15:30-16:30)
Ate at Texas Roadhouse (had a great coupon!) and got the Roadkill dinner (big ground beef patty with grilled mushrooms & onion, and cheese, with a side salad/ranch and mashed potatoes (no gravy)
Jul 31, 2024 – Aug. 5, 2024 OMaD
I have been offline much of this time, unable to keep up with updates. i’m not sure what i ate on which days but EVERY day has been an OMaD day, and MOST days have been meat-based; I had GF pizza as the exception. Other than that, meals have consisted of salami slices with cucumber, or – mostly – a pot of ground beef and bacon that i made up and have been reheating, with additions such as cheese, sour cream, guacamole, SF ketchup, mustard, and/or pork rinds. I plan to start daily updates again tomorrow.
[k] July 30, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
20½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
Meal was pork belly, some of my little lower-carb creamer potatoes, and a salad of tomato, cucumber, guacamole, and sour cream
[c] July 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18½-hour fast
9-hour eating window (12:30-21:30)
Meal was my leftover steak from yesterday, and the last piece of my inside-out breakfast sandwich casserole just after noon. Late evening I had a whey protein shake.
[k] July 28, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:00-18:00)
We had a celebratory meal at Lucky’s Steakhouse in Bay City, MI. I had the gorgonzola ribeye dinner, with a side salad/ranch, and asparagus with lemon butter on top. HUGE meal, couldn’t eat it all! (photo with today’s entry on the main page)
[c] July 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
4-hour eating window (15:00-19:00)
meal #1 was a pork chop and a mini cucumber
meal #2 was a 1.75# ribeye steak
[c] July 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
17½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
I made an Inside-Out Breakfast Sandwich Casserole and ate probably 3/4 of it. GOLLY those are delicious!!!
[It looks like yesterday’s entry isn’t here…I don’t remember all the details but I do remember that my eating window was 10:30-21:30 for a 13½-hour fast, that it was a carnivore day that included cottage cheese at one point, a pork chop, and a whey protein shake but I don’t remember what else. That’s the best I can do I guess, 24 hours later!)
[c] July 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
25-hour fast
5-hour eating window (16:00-21:00)
chicken and sausage with alfredo sauce (took 2 hours d/t esophageal issues, had to stop eating multiple times), with a protein shake a little later.
[k] July 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
18-hour fast
1-hour eating window (14:00-15:00)
1.7# ribeye steak and a few of my little creamer potatoes on the side – lovingly prepared by my husband
[c] July 22, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:00-20:00)
meal #1 was a couple of slices of leftover carnivore pizza from yesterday
meal #2 was about a pound of chicken from the one I roasted on the 18th, with some SF BBQ sauce for dipping.
[c] July 21, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (13:30-20:00)
meal #1 was a pound of beef chuck roast, with salt
meal #2 was half of a carnivore pizza (chicken/parmesan-based crust, alfredo sauce, bacon, mozzarella)
[k] July 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:30-21:30)
meal #1 plain full-fat greek yogurt with maple-spice MCT/collagen (I usually mix it in my tea) and some keto granola
meal #2 chicken and cucumber slices tossed with mayo
evening snack was a packet of Good Measure cheese almond crisps (3gN carbs)
[c] July 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
12-hour eating window (10:00-22:00)
actually I only had one meal and 2 snacks today: a few bites of cottage cheese with my morning meds, than a meal at a buffet restaurant consisting of a “salad” of shredded cheeses, diced salad meat, and lots of crumbled HB eggs with a drizzle of (very watered down!) 1000 Island and a few baby spinach leaves for color, a roasted chicken leg quarter, a pork chop, a handful of green beans, and some cottage cheese for “dessert”; later in the evening I fixed myself a whey protein drink to tide me over until tomorrow.
[k] July 18, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
24-hour fast
90-minute eating window (18:30-20:00)
cottage cheese and roasted chicken, with some of my little creamer potatoes and some air-fried green beans from our garden on the side. no snacks, just wanted a big meal today.
[c] July 17, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (13:30-18:30)
meal #1 was the rest of yesterday’s breakfast casserole, reheated
meal #2 was the rest of the leftover ribeye from last night and pork belly from a few days ago
[c] July 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (13:30-22:00)
meal #1 was a breakfast casserole (“recipe” and photos to come in a day or two)
meal #2 was ribeye steak
[k] July 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18-hour fast
2½-hour eating window (14:00-16:30)
snack was some leftover pork belly (with SF applesauce for dipping) with my “noon” meds
meal was 3 seafood-stuffed mushrooms and a half-pound burger patty with melted provolone cheese (restaurant)
[c] July 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
16½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
a snack of cottage cheese with my “noon” (14:00) meds
meal was 2 hot dogs (no buns) and beef ribs – no sauce
[x] July 13, 2024 – IF
16-hour fast
9-hour eating window (12:30-21:30)
Went to a picnic of the “bring a dish to pass” sort. Sampled a lot of them. But at least I didn’t have a bun on my hot dog!
Then snacked on salami/cheese “crackers” in the late evening (thin-sliced salami sprinkled with shredded parm, air-fried until crispy crackers formed)[c]
[k] July 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
16½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
snack was a HB egg with my noon meds
meal was 4 roasted chicken legs, and 6 of my tiny potatoes (approx carbs each)
July 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
[k] 16-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
meal #1 was 3 slices of tomato, each with a slice of cheese melted over it, and some mayo
meal #2 was a pound of pork belly, air-roasted in the AFO
[c] July 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
6-hour eating window (15:00-21:00)
went out to lunch, got a bacon burger – no bun – and fried eggs. Ate most of it but couldn’t finish, ate the last few bites later in the evening.
[x] July 9, 2024 – IF, LC
16-hour fast
7-½-hour eating window (13:30-21:00)
got a small GF cheese pizza for lunch, ate part of it, then finished it in the evening.
[c] July 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
7-½-hour eating window (14:00-21:30)
meal #1 made a keto biscuit, sliced it in half, topped with my leftover chicken/mayo
meal #2 the last of the pork belly I roasted a few days ago
[k] July 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (13:30-22:00)
meal #1 was some sirloin tips, cottage cheese, and a small baked potato with butter, bacon, and sour cream
meal #2 was pork rinds with melted cheese, and chicken/mayo “salad” for dipping
[c] July 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:30-21:30)
plain full fat greek yogurt (flavored with maple stevia and cinnamon) with my noon(ish) meds
a chunk of the pork belly I roasted yesterday (seasoned with cinnamon, monkfruit, and SF BBQ rub)
huge ribeye steak that I cooked to perfection in the air fryer, then split with my husband
[c] July 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
24-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:30-19:30)
about 1.5# of roasted pork belly with a little SF applesauce for dipping and some sliced cucumbers as a “salad”
[x] July 4, 2024 – IF, LC
14-hour fast
8-hour eating window (10:30-18:30)
during my eating window I had some ice cream, some scrambled eggs with sour cream and cheese, and a protein shake; went all the way up to my 50g limit (unusual)!
I have been in bed July 1-present, and plan to get back to daily logging today. Over the last 3 days I haven’t had much of an appetite for the most part but have eaten some yogurt, some cottage cheese, part of a very low carb pizza I made (see June 30), a ribeye steak, and some turkey (deli) and cheese. Mostly small amounts and nibbles, other than the steak late evening July 2, which really tasted good so I ate most of it at one sitting.
[k] June 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
meal #1 was cottage cheese with some cucumber sliced into it and EBTB seasoning on top
meal #2 was part of a cheese pizza, using an experimental very low carb crust (which was quite good, will make a couple of small modifications next time though)
meal #3 was 2 ground beef patties with garlic salt and SF ketchup for dipping (VERY RARE to have a 3-meal day!)
[k] June 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:30-18:30)
meal #1 was carnivore toast with fried eggs, and a bacon cheeseburger patty with SF ketchup for dipping
meal #2 was a pork steak with some grilled tomatoes and mushrooms and some of my little baby potatoes (see http://chiachow.net/#ChiaChat for pics)
[x] June 28, 2024 – IF
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:00-19:00)
meal #1 was some pork rinds with melted cheese on them, dipped in sour cream with a little avocado mixed in
meal #2 was fish and chips at a local eatery
[c] June 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
20-hour fast
3-hour eating window (18:00-21:00)
a pork steak seasoned with only Real Salt, and whole milk plain greek yogurt (with cinnamon and maple stevia) for dessert
a couple of hours later I was wanting more protein so made a protein shake snack
[k] June 26, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD/s
15½-hour fast
9-hour eating window (13:00-22:00)
ate out for lunch, BLT salad with grilled chicken on it, and had some tater tots (they are about 2g carbs each)
since I was about at my 50g budget after lunch I just had the small leftover piece of pork belly for an evening snack
[c] June 25, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
15½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
snack was plain greek yogurt with my noon meds
supper was a 1.62# rib eye steak, with a whey-based protein shake for dessert
[x] June 24, 2024 – IF
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:00-21:00)
Mexican restaurant with hubby and the grandkids, had a pork burrito with cheese and sour cream, refried beans, spanish rice, and some french fries.
UPDATE: evening snack of some pork rinds with cheese, sour cream, and avocado (numbers above updated)
[k] June 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:00-20:00)
had some cottage cheese with my noon meds
meal #1 was some carnivore bread with cheese
meal #2 was some meatloaf (no crumbs) and a slice of carnivore bread
ALSO during the day I snacked on some almonds (maybe a dozen, not a lot) and some sunflower seeds (probably 1/4c or less) with the grandkids
[k] June 22, 2024 – LC, IF
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:00-19:00)
meal #1 was some pork belly with sliced tomato/mayo
meal #2 was some air-fried pork sausages and “puffy eggs” (whipped with sour cream, added shredded cheese, air-fried) and a small glass of the girls’ smoothies
[c] June 21, 2024 – AB, LC, IF
12-hour fast
12-hour eating window (09:00-21:00)
started my day with half of a ribeye steak; ate the rest a few hours later; had a spoonful of peanut butter in the late afternoon and 2 roasted chicken legs with cottage cheese for a late supper.
[k] June 20, 2024 – LC, IF, OMaD/s
20½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:00-21:00)
meal was at a buffet restaurant: cabbage with sausage, chicken, cottage cheese, potato salad (resistant starch)
evening snack, while the kids were eating chips, was sunflower seeds.
[k] June 19, 2024 – LC, IF, OMaD/s
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (10:30-4:30)
snack was some cottage cheese with my noon (early) meds
LC pizza for my meal
[c] June 18, 2024 – AB, LC, IF, OMaD/s
17½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (12:00-18:30)
snack was some cottage cheese with my noon meds
meal was about a pound of pork belly that I fried, seasoned with my own pork seasoning (SF BBQ rub with added cinnamon and a little monk fruit sweetening)
[c] June 17, 2024 – AB, LC, IF, OMaD/s
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:30-18:30)
snack was some cottage cheese with my noon meds
meal was a 1.63# ribeye steak, air-fried, eaten with just salt.
[x] June 16, 2024 – IF, OMaD
15½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
Pete wanted to eat at Texas Roadhouse for Father’s Day. I had a kids’ meal (4 ribs with corn) and 2 rolls; I’ll be fasting the rest of the day. But it was worth it.
UPDATE: I didn’t fast the rest of the day, had to eat something so had some turkey/cheese rollups and peanut butter; finished eating at 20:30.
[c] June 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:00-21:00)
meal #1 was pork rinds with melted cheese, dipped in sour cream with a little avocado mixed into it
mid-afternoon snack was a small piece (smaller than a slice) of my keto bread with butter, and a schmear of lowcarb peanut butter
meal #2 was 2 chicken thighs and some – a lot of, actually – chuck roast which was quite delicious tonight.
[c] June14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
10-hour eating window (11:30-21:30)
meal #1 was some greek yogurt with a spoonful of keto granola and a drizzle of SF maple syrup – but mostly good thick creamy yogurt
snack was 4 bites of my keto bread with a big pile o’ butter
meal #2 was 2 chicken thighs and some chuck steak which was terrible so I topped off my meal with a protein shake.
[c] June 13, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:30-21:30)
meal #1 nibbled on some cubed ham and cottage cheese, took me about 90 minutes to eat it as I was doing other things
meal #2 was salmon and (cold) shrimp; salmon seasoned with a garlic/sesame/ginger blend I have, and shrimp served with cocktail sauce made with SF ketchup and real horseradish – I’m out of lemon juice.
[k] June 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
13-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:00-20:00)
meal #1 was plain greek yogurt with some “keto granola” in it, cinnamon, and SF maple syrup for a little sweetness
snack was a taste of the keto bread I made today, with butter and low-carb peanut butter
meal #2 was a slab of pork belly, with a SF applesauce as a condiment
[k] June 11, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD/s
15½-hour fast
10-hour eating window (13:00-23:00)
We went to Ponderosa for our meal today. I had a pork chop with vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, a mini-carrot) on top as the “condiment”, 3 chicken wings, and some melon. My “splurge” was some potato salad (what are your thoughts on resistant starch?), and a few bites of roasted potato with butter (their fake stuff), and sour cream. As near as I could figure, it was probably at my limit for the day.
P.S. At about 22:30 I was hungry so I had some cheese crackers (just parm and egg white) and had them with sour cream/avocado spread for a snack.
[k] June 10, 2024 – IF, LC
17-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (14:00-21:30)
I sort of had several mini-meals today; first was some of my lupini pasta salad…next I had some cheese fries which I dipped in sour cream/avocado…later in the evening I had some ham cubes dipped in ranch
[k] June 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
15-hour fast
9½-hour eating window (11:30-21:00)
had a few bites of Pete’s chia seed pudding for my morning meds (snack)
my meal was a lupini pasta salad (see today’s entry on http://chiachow.net)
[k] June 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC,
16-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
some cottage cheese with my morning meds
meal was some rotisserie chicken dipped in ranch/SF BBQ sauce
some buttered popcorn in the evening
[c] June 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:30-19:30)
meal #1 laid out some cottage bacon in a parchment-lined baking pan; mixed together a couple of eggs with a handful of shredded cheese and poured that over the bacon; air-fried until browned
meal #2 was an air-fried ribeye steak with a “PB spoon” for dessert (using SF peanut butter of course)
[x] June 6, 2024 – IF, OMaD
24½-hour fast
30-minute eating window (17:30-18:00)
some gluten free pizza with ground beef and mushrooms
[x] June 5, 2024 – IF, OMaD
17-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
bacon cheeseburger on sourdough bread (which, thankfully, my body doesn’t react badly to) with part of the french fries that came with it.
[k] June 4, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18½-hour fast
3-hour eating window (15:00-18:00)
meal was some leftover chuck roast and a glass of A2 milk.
snack was some Keto Crunch
P.S. Got hungry late in the evening so had some pork rinds with melted cheese, dipped in a sour cream/salsa/mashed avacado mixture (22:30-23:00/8-hour window)
[c] June 3, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast, approximately
6-hour eating window (14:30-20:30)
meal #1 was a whey protein shake with some cottage cheese
meal #2 was some chuck roast (tenderized with baking soda before being rinsed/seasoned/air-fried) and plain greek yogurt with 0-carb strawberry “jelly” for dessert.
June 2, 2024 – was sick, Pete fed me, when I ate (late afternoon?) but I know it was an OMaD day but I went over my carbs I’m sure.
[c] June 1, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
22-hour fast
5-hour eating window (16:00-21:00)
meal was a ribeye steak fried in butter, and carnivore bread, toasted, with a schmear of SF “jelly” (0 carb) for dessert
evening snack of some cottage cheese that needs to be eaten.
[c] May 31, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
15-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
a few bites of havarti cheese at noon before taking my meds (snack)
meal was leftover beef short ribs with a drizzle of SF BBQ sauce, and leftover pork belly with unsweetened applesauce as a dip/condiment
[k] May 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (12:30-21:00)
meal #1 haloumi cheese “fries”, dipped in sour cream/avacado
snack was a couple of low-carb plain tortillas (for something quick to get me through to supper)
meal #2 beef short ribs
[k] May 29, 2024 – IF, LC
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:30-19:30)
meal #1 pork belly and fried eggs with sour cream
meal #1 slices of tomato, piled with chicken/mayo, spread with avacado, topped with havarti cheese, and air-fried
[x] May 28, 2024 – IF, AB, LC
18½-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (11:00-18:30)
meal #1 – finished my soup from the Thai restaurant and had some air-fried pork belly bites
Supper at Texas Roadhouse: I ordered Beef Tips (steak, onions, mushrooms, mashed potatoes, gravy, with green beans/bacon) and ate all the meat and about half of the rest.
[x] May 27, 2024 – IF, OMaD
25½-hour fast
30-minute eating window (16:00-16:30)
part of a “lower carb” pizza (Milton’s); the rest is in the fridge but I’ll probably let Pete eat it.
[k] May 26, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
19½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (13:30-14:30)
pork rinds with melted cheese, salsa, sour cream, mashed avacado, and I tasted a few of Pete’s tempura green beans and sweet potatoes
[x] May 25, 2024 – IF, OMaD/s
14-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
a few bites of cottage cheese and a 3″ beef stick for my morning meds (I don’t always, depends how my stomach feels at the time)
for my meal I ate at a Thai restaurant; no idea how many carbs I ate in meat and vegetables (and some of my rice), a brothy meat and veg soup, and a couple of rangoons, but it was certainly more than my limit so I made it my only meal for the day
[c] May 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14½-hour fast
10½-hour eating window (11:30-22:00)
meal #1 roasted pork belly with some sauerkraut as a condiment
meal #2 scrambled eggs with cheese and sour cream
[c] May 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
19-hour fast
9-hour eating window (12:00-21:00)
Had a couple of (short) beef sticks as a snack for my morning meds; in the evening I had some roasted chicken and some cottage cheese with a spoonful of 0 carb strawberry “jelly” (Walden Farms)
[k] May 22, 2024 – IF, LC
19½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
finished off my chuck roast, with sauerkraut. And a glass of that amazing Amish milk
[k] May 21, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast (again! golly)
11½-hour eating window (11:00-10:30)
a few bites of full-fat cottage cheese with my morning meds
a whey protein drink (made with the creamy 100% grass-fed/-finished thick Amish milk)
chicken from the one I roasted the other day, broken up and added to sauteed “Healthy Noodle” with cream cheese/shredded parmesan/chicken broth/parsley (that I’d dried from last year’s garden)
[k] May 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:00-18:00)
finished off my casserole from the 15th, with salsa and sour cream on top
[k] May 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast? (I don’t remember for sure…this is my best guess)
7½-hour eating window (14:30-22:00)
broke my fast with some keto muffins (see this date on http://chiachow.net)
Late in the evening was my first chance to eat; had some roasted chicken drizzled with SF BBQ sauce, and some beef roast on the side.
[c] May 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
22-hour fast
3-hour eating window (17:30-20:30)
had a cottage cheese snack to tide me over while I was roasting a chicken – a massive chicken; had a leg quarter and nibbled on the neck for supper, it was so tender and delicious! (Because of my “wrap” food, especially meats, tend to stick at the wrap site so I need a sauce or condiment to help it slide down. Tonight I drizzled on some SF BBQ sauce and drank it with hot tea.)
[c] May 17, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:30-19:30)
Pork belly with some cottage cheese
[k] May 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (15:00-20:30)
My meal was the same as yesterday’s meal #1 only I added some guacamole to it as well.
As the evening was getting on I realized I was getting hungry so had a few spoons of cottage cheese (full fat) to tide me over until tomorrow.
[k] May 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:30-21:30)
meal #1 was cauli-rice with garlic, ground beef, salsa, cheeses, and sour cream
meal #1 was carnivore bread broiled and spread with cream cheese, topped with turkey slices.
[c] May 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
9-hour eating window (10:00-19:00)
meal #1 drank a whey protein shake with coffee for breakfast
meal #2 “snacked” on some rotisserie chicken in the afternoon but ate enough that I consider it a meal rather than the actual snack it had started out to be
meal #3 a double bacon cheeseburger, no bun, from Wendy’s; plain yogurt with SF Peanut butter powder and banana whey protein powder mixed in for dessert.
[x] May 13, 2024 – IF
14-hour fast
12-hour eating window (08:00-20:00)
crazy day for eating – ate an Ihop breakfast (eggs benedict on an english muffin, roasted potato cubes), figuring on only a steak for the rest of the day. Because of the carbs in the breakfast I was hungry again by the time my husband got his lunch so his nurse also brought me a tray – tasted delicious for hospital food! It was chicken marsala, roasted zucchini slices, and some little red roasted potatoes. I ignored the seed-oil-based “butter spread” that they consider to be healthy. It wasn’t until about 6½ hours after THAT that I was home and had a chance to eat my steak. Tomorrow before I go back to the hospital I will eat as much protein and fat as I can manage, which I know will last me for HOURS!
[c] May 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
9-hour eating window (09:00-18:00)
meal #1 was the rest of my pork roast, drizzled with SF BBQ sauce and ranch dressing
meal #1 was a low-carb pizza
snack was some fried beef fat
[c] May 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
19½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
eggs fried in butter with turkey and cream cheese rollups, a slice of my carnivore bread
[k] May 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (16:00-22:30)
meal #1 was some chicken wings, cottage cheese, cucumber & tomato slices dipped in ranch, and a little potato salad
meal #2 was some pork roast and carnivore bread.
[k] May 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
8-hour eating window (11:30-19:30)
meal #1 was some pork belly with a light drizzle of SF BBQ sauce on it
meal #2 was some smoked sausage with some cheesy cauli-rice.
[k] May 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
16½-hour fast
90-minute eating window (16:00-17:30)
ate at a restaurant, got beef tips with mashed potatoes and a salad with 1000 Island dressing. The meat came with mushrooms, onions, and brown gravy and the meal was just over my 50g daily carb allowance; so I didn’t eat the gravy or onions. Then we came directly home afterward and I had the other serving of my leftover custard from last night. I figure today ended up being one of my (uncommon!) days where I maxed out my carbs.
[c] May 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15-hour fast
3½-hour eating window (15:00-18:30)
meal/snack #1 plain yogurt mixed with protein powder and a sprinkle of SF coconut flakes
meal/snack #2 some roast pork
meal/snack #3 animal-based custard (eggs/cream, vanilla, SF sweetener)
* I ended up having a snack at 22:00, some pork rinds and sour cream dip with a little salsa in it for flavor; my eating window was 7½ hours, ending at 22:30.
[c] May 6, 2024 – AB, LC, OMaD/s
For my meal I had leftover ribeye, grilled mushrooms, and the saved sweet potato skin from the day before, with a late night snack of turkey deli meat wrapped around cream cheese
[k] May 3, 2024 – LC
12-hour fast after a wee-hours snack
15-hour eating window (00:30-15:30)
snack of some of carnivore toast with some cheese and a spoonful of pork salad
meal #1 yogurt with protein powder and cinnamon mixed in
meal #2 low-carb pizza
[c] May 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
16-hour fast
30-minute eating window (15:00-15:30)
a small piece of beef (very fatty) cut from the rib section, with a light drizzle of SF BBQ sauce (not much of an appetite today)
[x] May 1, 2024 – IF
20-hour fast
9-hour eating window (14:00-23:00)
I only had 2 meals but they were both on the carbier side (from restaurants) and together they definitely went over my 50g daily rule. meal #1 was a chicken/bacon wrap with lettuce, tomato, cheese, fried onions, and ranch
meal #2 was naked wings…then I ate some fries. I would have been close to the target without the fries I think! Anyway…
[c] April 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
20½-hour fast
90-minute eating window (16:30-18:00)
My meal was some pork belly which I roasted with some slivered onion roasted in the pan for flavor, and some of the carnivore bread I made.
[c] April 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
meal #1 was 3 eggs fried in butter and some pork sausage links
snack was a few bites of cheese
meal #2 was short ribs (I could only eat about a half pound…including the bones, so not much meat; just wasn’t as hungry as I thought!)
[x] April 28, 2024 – IF, OMaD
18-hour fast
1-hour eating window (14:00-15:00)
I had my planned carb meal today, which included some mac’n’cheese with pulled pork (didn’t eat the whole portion), and part of a grilled cheese sandwich.
[k] April 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19½-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (12:30-20:00)
meal #1 was the leftover chicken-sausage rollups from the 24th
meal #2 was the leftover pork belly and beef short ribs from the 25th; I had some SF applesauce as a condiment for dipping with the pork.
[k] April 26, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
We ate at Texas Roadhouse today, I got a Roadkill dinner which is a ground steak smothered with onions, mushrooms, and cheese; for my 2 sides I chose mashed potatoes and green beans. I ate all of the meat and the cheese with whatever mushrooms and onions were stuck into it (less than half of them), about 3/4 of my potatoes, and half of my beans. The meal was huge and very filling!
[c] April 25, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
27-hour fast
1-hour eating window (20:00-21:00)
I’m actually just about to eat for the first time today. I made some pork belly and some beef short ribs in the AFO, and not sure which I will be eating – or maybe some of each – but it doesn’t matter: I’m only going to have good fatty meat for my only meal today.
[c] April 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:00-17:00)
meal #1 was the last quarter of my roasted duck, with some yogurt
meal #2 was some chicken-sausage rollups (I will post about those tomorrow.)
[c] April 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14½-hour fast
9½-hour eating window (11:00-20:30)
meal #1 was leftover meats mixed together with SF BBQ sauce and ranch dressing
meal #2 was a quarter of a roasted duck with a (whey) protein shake for dessert
[x] April 22, 2024 – IF
15-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
a few bites of beef for a snack with my morning meds
meal #1 was a “chicken bowl” from a restaurant with chicken and potatoes, cheese, green onions, sauce of some sort. (Was so good, am thinking of how to make it fit on a keto day, could use cauliflower mash instead of potatoes and a low carb similar sauce of my own creation?)
meal #2 was the last couple pieces of my pizza from yesterday and some yogurt with cinnamon and unsweetened coconut
[k] April 21 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
meal #1 was yogurt with cinnamon and unsweetened shredded coconut
meal #2 was pizza
meal #3 was leftover cabbage with ham chunks added
[k] April 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
9-hour eating window (10:30-19:30)
broke my fast with a few bites of yogurt with my morning meds
meal #1 was a quarter of my roasted duck
meal #2 was pork belly with cabbage; the meal is described, with a photo, HERE.
[c] April 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
19-hour fast
5-hour eating window (13:00-18:00)
had a few bites of cheese with my morning meds (snack)
my meal was beef short ribs I made in the AFO (see note this date on Chia Chow Chat)
[c] April 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
21-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:00-18:00)
my meal was a quarter of a roasted duck, and some pork sausage links with some SF ketchup for dipping.
[c] April 17, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
meal #1 was an egg bowl with eggs, cream and swiss cheeses, pork belly, and diced ham.
meal #2 a strip steak with haloumi fries, and plain greek yogurt with a sprinkle of unsweetened shredded coconut and a sprinkle of cacao nibs mixed in for dessert
[c] April 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
9-hour eating window (10:30-19:30)
meal #1 was pork rind “nachos” with cheese and sour cream/guac
meal #2 was fried pork belly and scrambled eggs with some cream cheese
[x] April 15, 2024 – IF, OMaD
18½-hour fast
30-minute eating window (14:00-14:30)
I’ve been craving pizza, so we stopped at our favorite pizza place and I got a little gluten free cheese pizza – extremely thin cracker-like crust, more than enough to fill me up for the day!
[c] April 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
8-hour eating window (11:30-19:30)
meal #1 was chicken thighs (love the crispy skin from the AFO!) and plain full-fat greek yogurt
meal #2 was a strip steak
[c] April 13, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
I don’t know the times; but pretty typical.
meal #1 was yogurt mixed with banana-flavored whey protein powder (rather than just a few bites, I had a dish of it, so am counting it as a meal rather than a snack with my morning meds)
meal #2 was 2 ground beef patties, reheated, with SF ketchup.
[k] April 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
9-hour eating window (13:30-22:30)
meal #1 was a reheated burger patty on a 90-second carnivore bun, with some air-fried haloumi cheese “fries”
meal #2 was a chunk of pork belly, roasted, with some of my little waxy lower-carb potatoes and SF applesauce as a condiment for dipping
[c] April 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
7-hour eating window (14:30-21:30)
meal #1 was some pork belly and a burger patty
meal #2 was “cordon bleu lasagna“
[c] April 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
21½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:30-18:30)
We had company, Pete fried up a bunch of meats (burgers, “clean” hot dogs, rabbit, tuna steak, pork belly) and vegetables on the Blackstone; I only ate meats
[x] April 9, 2024 – IF, OMaD/s
19-hour fast
4-hour eating window (16:00-20:00)
broke my fast with 3 bite-sized cheese curds and 10 dry roasted (shelled) peanuts to tide me over until dinner at the Olive Garden – my grandson’s choice for his birthday dinner. Ate a dish with chicken, bacon, alfredo, and a half-dozen cheese raviolis; succumbed to temptation to eat a bread stick; and soup. Definitely over my 50g carb allowance!
[c] April 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
24-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:30-21:00)
meal #1 was some leftover strip steak with a slice of carnivore bread with butter and cheese melted on it
meal #2 was grilled chicken salad and cheese sandwich on carnivore bread, and some greek yogurt with banana protein powder mixed in for dessert.
[x] April 7, 2024 – IF, OMaD/s
13-hour fast
5-hour eating window (09:30-14:30)
snack was a beef sausage from a convenience store on the way to church
meal was a Mongolian Grill dinner; I stuck with mostly meats and veg and egg drop soup but probably exceeded my 50gN carb limit in unknown ingredients/extras.
[c] April 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (15:30-20:30)
meal was eggs scrambled with boursin garlic/herb cheese and steak
snack was my last salami and cheese snack packet
[c] April 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:30-21:00)
meal #1 was pork sausage links with an egg/cheese based “toast”, and sour cream/guac on top
meal #2 was steak with butter
[k] April 4, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:30-20:30)
I just snacked in the afternoon – 2.5 oz salami and cheese packet, some plain greek full-fat yogurt with unsweetened coconut and cinnamon, a slice of my carnivore bread with butter…then at 20:00 ate some pork belly to end the day.
[k] April 3, 2024 – IF, LC
20½-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (15:00-20:30)
meal #1 was a burger with cheese, bacon, lettuce, and tomato – no bun – and some onion rings
meal #2 was chicken wings. And I stole some of my 4YO granddaughter’s french fries (in a very silly manner, to make her laugh)
[k] April 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:30-18:30)
meal #1 roasted pork with butter and mayo, with full fat greek yogurt/banana whey protein & unsweetened coconut/cacao bits on top
meal #2 slice of meatloaf with a few bites of sweet potato/butter/cinnamon/golden monk fruit
[c] April 1, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
Lunch at The Nest: double burger patties with mayo, onion, cheese, bacon, BBQ sauce (no buns); side of full-fat cottage cheese
supper of pork rinds with cheese, guac, and sour cream
[x] March 31, 2024 – IF, OMaD
21-hour fast
30-minute eating window (14:30-15:00)
We (Pete & I, daughter/son-in-law, 3 grands) ate at a family buffet for Easter supper. I ate pretty much what I wanted, just no grain-based foods or sweets, didn’t restrict my carbs though. Feeling fine, so did ok.
[k] March 30, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
20-hour fast
1½-hour eating window (16:00-17:30)
Ate at Texas Roadhouse, looked everything up on their nutrition calculator before ordering; got a 12 oz. ribeye steak, sauteed mushrooms, and loaded mashed potatoes that included butter, sour cream, bacon, and cheese. Had to finish it when I got home.
[c] March 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
I didn’t necessarily have meals today, just ate on and off throughout the 7 hours. I had some of my bread toasted in butter, and some of my bread toasted in butter with a schmear of cream cheese, and a steak, and some little pork sausages.
[c] March 28, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:30-18:30)
meal #1 full-fat yogurt with banana whey (AB) protein powder, sprinkled with unsweetened shredded coconut and some cacao nibs
meal #2 pork belly, air-roasted in the AFO
[x] March 27, 2024 – IF, OMaD
19½-hour fast
30-minute eating window (15:00-15:30)
We were out and about, where we had planned to eat – and where I already had my food order planned out in my head – was closed. Pete was hangry. So we stopped at a coney dog place, I didn’t resist the buns (got a coney/slider combo) or the fries. (VERY RARE that I eat grains, my body doesn’t respond well at all to them.) Had a good long fast before, having a good long fast after to minimize effects.
[c] March 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
8-hour eating window (11:30-19:30)
meal #1 – “buttered” my carnivore bread with duck fat, added shredded chicken, drizzled on more duck fat, toasted in the AFO.
meal #2 – pork rinds with melted mexican cheese, dipped in full-fat sour cream with some guacamole mixed in
[c] March 25, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
meal #1 was chicken salad on carnivore bread (made a fresh loaf today!) with melted cheese on top
meal #2 was pork ribs, sprinkled with Real Salt, cinnamon, SF BBQ rub, and golden monk fruit granules, with yogurt for dessert
[c] March 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
13-hour fast
8-hour eating window (11:30-19:30)
snack was a few bites of salami and cheese with my morning meds
meal was a new dish I made, that I’m calling Chicken Melt Pizza
[c] March 23, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19½-hour fast
10-hour eating window (12:30-22:30]
meal #1 was a restaurant meal: bacon, over-easy eggs, cottage cheese
snack was some salami and cheese
meal #2 was a strip steak and some smoked hog jowl, air fried
[x] March 22, 2024 – IF
19-hour fast
5-hour eating window (12:30-17:30)
meal #1 was the yogurt dish I shared about on today’s ChiaChow Chat
meal #2 was a meal at one of our favorite restaurants; ordered a burger/no bun with bacon, cheese, mayo, onion, BBQ sauce, and a side of cottage cheese. Pete wanted my fries (they came with it) so I got them for HIM but they put them on MY plate…and I thought I would just taste one or two…yeah, you can guess the rest of the story! Guaranteed they won’t kill me, or even effect me very much. But still…
[c] March 21, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
17½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (10:30-15:30)
3 spoons of yogurt with my meds (the snack)
meal was 1½ burger patties with mayo, and some little sausage link “fries” with SF ketchup
[c] March 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (10:30-17:00)
added a teaspoonful of banana-flavored whey protein powder to my morning yogurt, and a drop of pineapple-coconut stevia, and it was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Tomorrow instead of a few bites of yogurt I will have an actually dish of it, it was so good!
My meal was pork rinds with melted cheese, dipped in sour cream with some guacamole mixed in – a new favorite meal of mine!
(k) March 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15-hour fast
10-hour eating window (11:00-18:00)
a couple of spoonsful of yogurt with my morning meds
meal #1 the last piece of my carnivore bread, buttered, with leftover steak and pork bites, and cheese melted on top
meal #2 part of the duck I roasted today, and a few of my little waxy potatoes
[c] March 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
10-hour eating window (07:30-17:30)
a :ratio yogurt cup with morning meds and coffee
early afternoon was a slice of my carnivore bread, with butter
my meal was some air-fried pork belly and fried eggs
[x] March 17, 2024 – IF, LC
14-hour fast
9-hour eating window (08:30-17:30)
yogurt with my morning meds
meal #1 – ground beef patty with some tater tots (restaurant)
meal #2 – carnivore bread with butter and a light schmear or peanut butter
[c] March 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:30-18:30)
meal #1 pork rinds with melted shredded “party blend” cheese over them, dipped in sour cream with some guacamole stirred in
meal #2 pork jowl bacon and strip steak
[c] March 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
3-hour eating window (14:30-17:30)
some pepperoni/cheese, heated up a strip steak, made 2 scrambled eggs with butter, and a :ratio keto yogurt
[c] March 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:30-19:30)
meal #1 – air-fried sausages with a drizzle of SF ketchup
meal #2 – air-fried ribeye steak with salt and butter; yogurt
[k] March 13, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
meal was a delicious cobb salad with ranch dressing at a restaurant
snacked later on some pork rinds and colby-jack cheese; stopped for some SF ice cream also but my body is telling me it had something in it that isn’t agreeing with me – similar to the reaction I’d get if I had eaten sugar 😠
[c] March 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (14:00-20:30)
meal #1 – a ground beef patty and one of the big Amish sausages, with a drizzle of SF ketchup
snack: toast made with my carnivore bread (the slices are really small, about 4-5 bites) with melted cheese on it.
meal #2 – spiced pork sticks (pork belly slices, twisted and stretched onto a baking pan, spiced with anti-inflammatory/warm spices and air-fried until crispy)
[k] March 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, s/OMaD/s
22½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (08:30-16:30)
started the day with a snack (a few bites of yogurt with my morning meds); went to Ruby Tuesday for lunch, had Asiago Bacon Chicken (subbed zucchini for the broccoli); had 4 bites of my carnivore bread, with butter, when we got home later, for my 2nd snack.
[x] March 10, 2024 – AB, IF
20-hour fast
1-hour eating window (13:30-14:30)
Restaurant: BLT with cheese on a flatbread, 4 onion rings (doing long fasts before and after such a carby meal)
[c] March 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
meal #1 – 2 slices of toast (my carnivore bread, fried in butter), 1 with a light schmear of SF peanut butter on it; also finished my roasted duck
meal #2 – An air-fried hamburger patty, an air-fried sausage, and some SF ketchup; yogurt
[c] March 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (13:30-21:30)
snack – a slice of carnivore bread, with butter, fresh from the AFO
meal – cut a couple of sausages into slices, air-fried until crisp around the edges, added a light schmear of SF tomato sauce on top, then shredded cheeses, returned to the AFO until it got melted and started to brown (LOVED THIS!!!)
snack – a slick of carnivore bread, with butter, and a light schmear of SF peanut butter
NOTE: Just a tiny amount – what I call a schmear – of certain things is enough to satisfy a taste bud, without doing lasting damage to my health – or my diet.
[c] March 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (13:30-21:00)
meal #1 – 2 burger patties with SF ketchup
meal #2 – a small can of salmon heated with Boursin garlic & herb cheese, and butter; yogurt
[c] March 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
10-hour eating window (13:30-23:30)
meal #1 – made a carnivore pizza (tips on today’s note)
meal #2 – garlic naked wings late at night when I got home
[c] March 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
13½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:30-18:30)
meal #1 was 2 pork and cheese sausages (they were as big as a hot dog!) with a drizzle of SF ketchup
nibbled on some chicken breast and some smoked pork in the afternoon
meal #2 was the front half of the duck I roasted yesterday, and a little SF applesauce for dipping
[c] March 4, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20½-hour fast
11-hour eating window (11:00-22:00)
meal #1 was a 1 lb steak
meal #2 – 10 hours later – was a quarter of a roasted duck and some yogurt
[x] March 3, 2024 – IF, OMaD
19-hour fast
90-minute eating window (13:00-14:30)
Ate at a restaurant after church: reuben sandwich on rye, a few tater tots…and yes, it did take me a while to eat the meal!
(Rye bread only has about 15g carbs per large – as these were – slice! Who knew??? Tater tots are slightly >1g each, just FYI. In actuality, I probably wasn’t too far off my 50g/day limit but not 100% sure, so no “LC”)
[c] March 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
23-hour fast
30-minute eating window (17:30-18:00)
2 burger patties with mayo
[x] March 1, 2024 – IF, OMaD
21½hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:30-18:30)
The usual Friday fish dinner at the Eagles club
[k] Feb 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
meal #1 added a schmear of tomato sauce and a slice of provolone to the top of my 2 remaining chicken patties from last night and put into the AFO for a few minutes
meal #2 was pork belly twists, air-fried with garlic with an unsweetened cinnamon applesauce dip
[k] Feb 28, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
meal #1 was a double bacon cheeseburger, no bun, (lettuce/tomato/onion on the side) and a side of cottage cheese (restaurant meal)
meal #2 was a chicken patty (homemade: chicken, cheese, egg) and some pork sausage “fries” dipped in SF ketchup
[c] Feb 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:30-19:30)
Meal #1 was a layer of butter & grated parm/romano cheese (from the can), 2 eggs, & some Boursin garlic & herb cheese in the AFO.
meal #2 was a nice NY strip steak and some pork spare ribs (seasoned with SF BBQ seasoning and golden monk fruit sweetener which I always mix in with this kind of seasoning)
[c] Feb 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
4-hour eating window (14:00-18:00)
Reheated the pot roast and bacon from the 24th and ate it with a little mayonnaise for a condiment. Twice. With part of a protein shake in between.
[k] Feb 25, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD/s
12-hour fast
10-hour eating window (07:30-17:30)
broke my fast with a little yogurt before taking my morning meds (/s)
Meal was mostly roasted pork, with a small potato (cubed and roasted) and some green beans
[c] Feb 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
24½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:30-19:30)
Put a 2# room-temp chuck roast in a small roasting pan lined with foil and parchment paper and layed a slab of frozen bacon slices on top; covered with parchment and foil and roasted in my Ninja AFO for an hour at 375°F, then uncovered and further cooked at 340°F on the air roast setting for 30 minutes. Just has a bowl o’ meat for my meal; all this meat will keep me fed for several days!
[x] Feb 23, 2024 – IF
14-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:00-18:00)
meal #1: Cubed my last couple slices of carnivore bread, tossed the cubes with butter and cheese (havarti) until they were browned and crispy, then broke 3 eggs over them and returned them to the AFO until the eggs were cooked with runny yolks. DELICIOUS!
meal #2: went out for the walleye dinner, ate fish and cottage cheese and my once-weekly tiny roll. Was full but then sitting and talking with Pete’s friends I ended up nibbling on half of his french fries.
[k] Feb 22, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
8½-hour eating window (12:30-21:00)
meal #1 was smoked pork chops dipped in mayo/mustard
meal #2 was air fried beef short ribs with some of my tiny waxy lower-carb potatoes; chocolate protein shake for dessert
[c] Feb 21, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15-hour fast
6-hour eating window (11:30-17:30)
meal #1 was 2 slices of toast from my carnivore bread with butter and melted cheese
meal #2 was air-fried pork belly; yogurt
[c] Feb 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast
5-hour eating window (15:30-20:30)
broke my fast with some chicken and smoked pork with cheese melted on top, and dipped it in mustard; had 2 burger patties at the end of my eating window, dipped in SF ketchup.
[k] Feb 19, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14½-hour fast
8-hour eating window (09:30-17:30)
Had some air-fried zucchini slices to finish up so I had those with some smoked pork with my morning meds. Nibbled on smoked pork throughout the morning. Reheated beef ribs and rotisserie chicken at the end of my eating window.
[c] Feb 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:00-19:00)
I started out with 2 bites of fish before taking my “noon” meds, then a half-cup of yogurt a couple of hours later. Made another loaf of carnivore bread and had a slice of that with butter. At about 6:30 I ate a steak, with another slice of carnivore bread.
[x] Feb 17, 2024 – IF
18-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
meal #1 scrambled eggs and butter, with guacamole and sour cream on top
meal #2 (restaurant meal) a side order of tater tots “loaded” (cheese, bacon, and sour cream) with a side order of bacon
[c] Feb 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:00-18:00)
walleye, fried, with a very thin, light coat of batter; a single small roll, buttered; ¼c of cottage cheese
[c] Feb 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
19½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30 – 19:30)
meal #1 was a chicken leg quarter and a wing, with 3 ribs
meal #1 was a ground beef patty with a thin schmear of SF marinara, and mozzarella melted on top, with a (whey-based) protein shake for dessert.
[c] Feb 14, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
11-hour eating window (09:00-18:00)
Still sick (day 3), still not much appetite, eating what I can, when I can…during my eating window I had 2 single-serving cups of :ratio yogurt, a chicken leg quarter, and some pork ribs.
[c] Feb 13, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:00-19:00)
Had a ground beef patty with mayo at noon, then some soup – same kind as yesterday but with sour cream in it – at about 18:30
[c] Feb 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
Sick and in bed all day, hubby brought me soft food during my eating window, including soup he made in soup maker (chicken, egg, seasoning, broth), yogurt, and tea.
[x] Feb 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (15:00-20:00)
had a protein shake at 15:00…nibbled on air-fried pork belly at some point…had some buttered popcorn a little later.
[k] Feb 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (15:00-20:30)
meal #1 was what I’ll call “Faux Bleu” as described on the chat for this date (chicken/smoked pork/cheese, basically)
meal #2 was air-fried zucchini slices with butter; spaghetti squash “bowls” (the ends of the squash) air-fried with butter, and a ribeye steak broiled in the AFO; I found that broiling the first side for 5 minutes and the 2nd side for 2 minutes gave me a perfect medium rare steak that melted in my mouth. I will never fry another steak in a pan again!
[c] Feb 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
3-hour eating window (15:00-18:00)
meal #1 was a smoked pork chop
meal #2 was leftover brisket and leftover pork roast chopped small, reheated, and moistened with SF BBQ sauce
[c] Feb 8, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
17-hour fast
5-hour eating window (13:00-18:00)
snack was a few bites of yogurt with my noon meds
meal was beef brisket with some Boursin garlic & herb cheese melted over it as a condiment
[c] Feb 7, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
5-hour eating window (15:00-20:00)
meal #1 two ground beef patties, the last 2 slices of my carnivore bread with butter
snack – nibbled on a few bites of smoked pork
meal #2 chicken wings with parmesan and garlic
[c] Feb 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:00-19:00)
meal #1 leftover roasted chicken leg quarter
meal #2 air-fried pork belly, carnivore biscuit (egg, pork panko, butter), yogurt
[c] Feb 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
5-hour eating window (16:30-21:30)
meal #1 ribeye steak
meal #2 carnivore toast with cheese
[k] Feb 4, 2024 – AB, LC
13½-hour fast
13-hour eating window (!!!) (09:30-22:30)
Today I ate 3 meals and d/t our activities they were REALLY spread out.
9:30 ate a sandwich with thinly-sliced carnivore bread, chicken, and mayo
13:30 was at a restaurant with very few options; got a burger with lettuce, and veg (cauliflower/broccoli/carrots)
21:30 I had some pork belly, munched on it for about an hour
Overall my day was definitely more than 70% animal-based at least!
[c] Feb 3, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
18½-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (12:30-20:00)
“snack” was a few bites of yogurt with my meds at noon
meal was a chicken leg quarter, 2 big beef ribs, and a slice of cheese.
[k] Feb 2, 2024 – IF, lowcarb
13-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (12:30-18:00)
meal #1 half of a small chicken
meal #2 walleye, cottage cheese, tiny baked potato with butter and sour cream
[x] Feb 1, 2024 – IF, OMaD/s
19-hour fast
30-minute eating window (14:30-23:30:00)
A quesadilla including the tortilla but omitting the carby stuff like beans. A small taco, ditto.
late-night snack of 2 turkey sticks
(See my note for this date on Chia Chow Chat.)
Jan 31, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
23-hour fast
2-hour eating window (17:30-19:30)
I nibbled on my meal during this 2-hour period so that I could get enough to eat. Pork belly, halloumi cheese chips, a :ratio keto yogurt
Jan 30, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:30-18:30)
meal #1 grilled cheese on my bread, sliced really really thin so I could have 2.
meal #2 chopped up and fried in bacon fat pork roast until it was crispy, with 2 fried eggs over it; the last few bites of last night’s ribeye that I couldn’t finish; a protein shake for dessert.
(photos on this date’s entry, main page)
Jan 29, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
21-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:30-18:30)
meal #1 leftover beef cheeks, leftover chicken nugget patties made into a sandwich with 2 slices of bread and a little mayo
meal #2 ribeye steak, 2 slices of bread, toasted, one with a schmear of natural peanut butter on it
(After making this new bread recipe I was trying it so that I could write about it on the post I wrote about it.)
Jan 28, 2024 – IF, OMaD
17-hour fast
1-hour eating window (13:30-14:30)
Grazing at a buffet restaurant, a little of this, a little of that, including clam chowder, fish, shrimp, roasted potatoes, beets, cottage cheese, and cantaloupe in various amounts, depending on the carbiness of each food, and no foods that I’ve known to increase inflammation.
Jan 27, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
13-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:30-20:30)
meal #1 2 turkey sticks, halloumi cheese nuggets, yogurt
meal #2 beef cheeks, yogurt
Jan 26, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
8-hour eating window (14:30-22:30)
meal #1 chicken nugget patties with a sour cream/guac dip
meal #2 – pork roast
snack – chocolate protein shake
Jan 25, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (13:00-18:30)
meal #1 leftovers: a chicken leg quarter, the last 2 sausage balls
meal #2 fried a ribeye steak in bacon fat, with salmon and butter on the side
Jan 24, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
14-hour fast
8-hour eating window (10:30-18:30)
meal #1 sausage balls and halloumi cheese (see ChiaChow Chat for this date)
meal #2 a chicken leg quarter, air-fried, and the 3 leftover spare ribs
Jan 23, 2024 – IF, LC, OMaD
23-hour fast
90-minute eating window (19:00-20:30)
spare ribs air-fried with sugar-free BBQ seasonings; air-fried cauliflower, mushrooms, halloumi “fries”, and a :ratio keto yogurt. I was hungry.
Jan 22, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
16-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:00-20:00)
at noon I had 2 of the 1 oz turkey sticks (snack)
meal: reheated some already-roasted brisket that I had in the freezer.
Jan 21, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (13:30-20:00)
meal #1 We ate at an Italian restaurant; I chose grilled chicken breasts with a lemon juice and white wine “sauce” (it was thin & clear) that had mozzarella melted over them, and ate the side salad with ranch dressing; one of the grands got my pasta that came with it.
meal #2 I made some sausage patties and fried eggs, with a few “sticks” of haloumi cheese fried with them, and some full-fat yogurt.
Jan 20, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
24½-hour fast
2-hour eating window (18:00-20:00)
I cooked two ground beef patties in some leftover fat and “gel” that I had from my ox tails a couple of weeks ago that I first mixed well with an egg; as the meat was cooking I added some Boursin cheese (garlic & herb) for more thickening, and flavor; cut up the meat and nibbled on it for a couple of hours while I was doing other things.
Jan 19, 2024 – IF, OMaD
22-hour fast
30-minute eating window (17:00-17:30)
Ate at a restaurant and I was STARVING and exhausted and in extreme pain when we got there, so I didn’t really care what I ate, just got the broasted chicken dinner with the salad bar. Definitely wasn’t lowcarb or keto or any more than 50% animal-based. At least I’ve got that long fast on each end of the meal…
Jan 18, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
21½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
pork rinds with chicken “salad” (just chicken mixed with mayo), ribeye steak, bacon
Jan 17, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
17-hour fast
8-hour eating window (12:30-20:30)
meal #1 was at a restaurant, I got a mushroom swiss burger with bacon (no bun) and cottage cheese instead of fries with that
meal #2 was 3 Cheesy Chicken Crunch Wraps
Jan 16, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
20½-hour fast
5½-hour eating window (14:30-19:30)
nibbled on smoked pork chops, and had a couple of turkey sticks during my eating window
Jan 15, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD/s
19½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:00-18:00)
Had the “s” (snack) at noon, 2 turkey sticks; my meal was a few slices of bacon, a beef ribeye, and some yogurt.
Jan 14, 2024 – IF, OMaD
22-hour fast
30-minute eating window (14:00-14:30)
We were going out for pizza, we went where they have GF pizza with a cracker-thin crust, so I had one with only cheese; couldn’t eat it all but what I could eat was good! (I have no idea the nutrition data but am certain it was outside of my daily carb allowance.)
Jan 13, 2024 – AB, LC
no fast
17-hour eating window
Between 23:00 on the 12th and 16:00 on the 13th I ate multiple times: smoked pork chops, yogurt, ground beef patties, bacon, fried eggs, sausage. (See explanation on today’s note.)
Jan 12, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
18-hour fast
1-hour eating window
a ribeye with bacon on the side
Jan 11, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
15½-hour fast
10-hour eating window (10:30-20:30)
meal #1: sausage patties (2) and an egg white based wrap made in my 5-Minute Chef
meal #2: chicken leg quarters (2) and a few bites of butternut squash with butter
Jan 10, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
23-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
cubed my last couple pieces of carnivore bread and fried them in butter until crispy; sprinkled some parmesan over them, then broke 3 eggs over the top; fried a few slices of the Italian sausage from last night to eat on the side.
Jan 9, 2024 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast
5-hour eating window (14:00-19:00)
meal #1: grilled cheese on my carnivore bread
meal #2: Italian sausage, with some leftover cabbage (not much) fried with it.
Jan 8, 2024 – IF, OMaD (moderate carbs)
20-hour fast
30-minute eating window (15:30-16:00)
Ate at Texas Roadhouse, I got the 12 oz ribeye, topped with grilled onions and mushrooms, and 6 grilled shrimp; also the green beans. And I ate 2 rolls. (Please see today’s note on the Chia Chow Chat.)
Jan 7, 2024 – IF, LC
18½-hour fast
5-hour eating window (14:30-19:30)
meal #1: Grilled cheese on my carnivore bread
meal #2: leftover oxtails, leftover spaghetti squash “bowls” (ends) with leftover tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese
Jan 6, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
18½-hour fast
7-hour eating window (13:00-20:00)
Pork belly, fried; seasoned with SF BBQ seasoning and golden monk fruit on top. Ate half early in the afternoon, and the rest in the evening.
Jan 5, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
26½-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:30-19:30)
2 slices of my “new” toast and a thick ribeye, both fried in butter
Jan 4, 2024 – IF
15-hour fast
7-hour eating window (09:00-16:00)
Was up early/hungry early! Finished the last few slices of GF pizza from the freezer at 09:00, with a :ratio yogurt
15:30 ate some ox tails in tomato sauce with onion and garlic. (Took photos while I will post tomorrow.)
Moderate carb day, not too far over my 50g limit.
Jan 3 ,2024 – IF, LC, OMaD/s
15-hour fast
9-hour eating window (09:00-18:00)
Had a glass of whole milk in the morning (my “snack”)
For my meal (at 17:00): My “new” toast fried with eggs and cheese on it; 7 of my tiny waxy (lower carb) potatoes, fried; a carton of :ratio yogurt.
Jan 2, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
90-minute eating window (16:30-18:00)
I still don’t have much appetite so I took my time eating, a few bites at a time. 3 slices of my “new” toast with butter (SF peanut butter on one of them) and about a half-dozen small oxtails. It took over an hour to eat it all.
Jan 1, 2024 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
18½-hour fast
3-hour eating window (15:30-18:30)
Started drinking chicken broth with a spoonful of full-fat sour cream at 3:00; had 2 big mugs of that, and finished my leftover pork roast – reheated the same way as yesterday – during my eating window.
Dec 31, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
18½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (15:00-21:00)
leftover pork roast reheated with my “special sauce” (half mayo, half butter) and fat/gel from my last roast; a little cup of :ratio yogurt later in the evening
Dec 30, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
23-hour fast
4-hour eating window (16:30-20:30)
Made wraps using the Egglife wraps, with goat cheese, ham, and eggs, and parmesan melted on top. Couldn’t eat them both in the afternoon, so ate one later.
Dec 29, 2023 – IF, OMaD
21-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:30-17:30)
Ate at Olive Garden for my husband’s birthday supper, doubled my carb allowance before we went. Had an appetizer, can’t remember what it’s called but it was some sort of fried noodle with cheese inside, and some of their delicious creamy chicken gnocchi soup, whatever it’s called. (See today’s note on Chia Chow Chat.)
Dec 28, 2023 – IF, LC
19-hour fast
6-hour eating window (13:30-19:30)
I nibbled through my eating window, since I still didn’t have an appetite. Throughout the time I had 2 burgers, a few of my tiny (marble-sized) waxy potatoes, a hot dog, and some chicken broth with a spoonful of sour cream mixed in.
Dec 27, 2023 – IF, LC, OMaD
23-hour fast
1-hour eating window (17:30-18:30)
I am sick, so not much appetite. Ate a little cup of :ratio yogurt, a turkey leg quarter and an orange.
Dec 26, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
16-hour fast
10½-hour eating window (08:00-18:30)
meal #1 was a bacon cheeseburger bowl, with SF ketchup and mustard
meal #2 was some pork roast with stir-fried greens (used as a condiment), and a couple of little hash round potatoes.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! I will not be updating my sites, but am taking the day off to spend with family.
Dec 24, 2023 – IF, OMaD (slightly over my 50g carb daily limit)
20-hour fast
1-hour eating window (15:00-16:00)
part of a gluten-free pizza
Dec 23, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
1-hour eating window (18:00-19:00)
a quarter of a roasted duck, plus the neck, and a :ratio yogurt
Dec 22, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:00 – 20:00)
meal #1 leftover pork and cabbage; ate the pork but only a few bites of the cabbage (wasn’t in the mood)
meal #2 protein palooza (ground beef, bacon, cheese, egg), and yogurt; see today’s Chia Chow Chat
Dec 21, 2023 – IF, LC, OMaD
22-hour fast
1-hour eating window (16:00-17:00)
Craving squash today! Ate a quarter of my roasted duck, reheated; half of a delicata squash, roasted, with butter; the two “bowls” (ends) of a spaghetti squash with butter and shredded parmesan; :ratio yogurt for dessert
Dec 20, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
17½-hour fast
6½-hour eating window (11:30-18:00)
meal #1 was a grilled ham and cheese sandwich using my animal-based bread, with sharp pinconning and havarti cheese, with a slice of deli ham
meal #2 was a quarter of the duck that I roasted a couple of days ago.
Dec 19, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
20-hour fast
2-hour eating window (16:00-18:00)
Fried a 1½ lb steak in bacon fat and had that; it was a sirloin, and hard to chew (arthritis in my jaws) so I more nibbled on it for a couple of hours than ate it at a normal pace; a cup of :ratio keto yogurt for dessert.
Dec 18, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
23½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:00-20:00)
meal #1 was animal-based toast with havarti and eggs on top
meal #2 was pork tenderloin, with a little roasted cabbage and onion on the side. (I can’t eat pork alone – it gets stuck above my wrap* and makes me choke.)
Dec 17, 2023 – IF, OMaD
20-hour fast
30-minute eating window (13:30-14:30)
Sundays are our pizza days; typically I will make a lower carb crust but on those days when I can’t, I have a couple of gluten-free (but moderate carb) cheese pizzas in the freezer that I can make. That’s what I had today.
Dec 16, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
20-hour fast
1-hour eating window (14:30-15:30)
roasted chicken thigh & 2 wings, 2 “strips” of beef short ribs, full-fat plain greek yogurt with some Catalina Crunch* mixed in for dessert.
*I had picked a couple of bags of this up for when I had a sweet tooth for $2.50/bag at a discount store!
Dec 15, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
22-hour fast
7-hour eating window (11:30-18:30)
meal #1 was some roast beef with a beautiful fat cap on it
snacked on some bacon a little later
meal #2 was some sirloin tips with mushrooms and onions, and some shrimp and crab with butter, garlic, pesto, broccoli, mushrooms, butter, bits of tomato, bits of onion, but mostly seafood, and did I mention butter?
Dec 14, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD
17-hour fast
1-hour eating window (12:30-13:30)
bacon, leftover beef
Absolutely craving meat today; one meal nearly 9 hours ago and still not hungry, it was so satisfying; won’t rule out a :ratio yogurt snack yet this evening though, if I get a bit peckish.
Dec 13, 2023 – IF
18-hour fast
7-hour eating window (12:30-19:30)
Ate at restaurants, both meals.
meal #1 – too many carbs
meal #2 – “naked” chicken wings
Dec 12, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
20-hour fast
6-hour eating window (12:30-18:30)
Rather than eat meals, I munched today, starting with a cup of :ratio keto yogurt. A couple of hours later I had a piece of carnivore pizza that I had in the freezer, and I’m just about to eat my supper: the last of my pork “rice” with some fried eggs on top, with more yogurt for “dessert”.
Dec 11, 2023 – IF, LC, OMaD
19-hour fast
1-hour eating window (15:00-16:00)
Ate at Texas Roadhouse, had a few bites of their Cactus Blossom, a 12 oz ribeye, 5 grilled shrimp, and some green beans with bacon and onion in them.
Dec 10, 2023 – IF, LC
16-hour fast
7½-hour eating window (12:30-20:00)
meal #1: the last of the chicken squash casserole
meal #2: finished up the last of the leftover cauliflower, mixed with cheese, bacon, pork “rice”, and some tomato sauce.
Dec 9, 2023 – AB, IF, LC
18½-hour fast
6-hour eating window (14:30-20:30)
meal #1: leftover chicken/squash casserole wrapped in sliced deli ham with havarti, and “grilled” in my 5-Minute Chef
meal #2: 4 slices of ham wrapped around goat cheese, and a :ratio keto yogurt for dessert
Dec 8, 2023 – IF, LC
15½-hour fast
9-hour eating window (11:00-20:00)
meal #1: leftover chicken/squash casserole, with added full-fat sour cream
meal #2: beef brisket with SF ketchup, and cauliflower mash, and a :ratio keto yogurt for dessert
Dec 7, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD (legend)
22-hour fast
30-minute eating window 19:00-19:30
I fried some cube steak in bacon fat, and made an easy bun and had a sandwich with the cube steak and a drizzle of SF ketchup. Followed up my sandwich with some :ratio keto yogurt.
Dec 6, 2023 – IF (legend)
17½-hour fast
7-hour eating window 14:00-21:00
meal #1: ribeye steak, salad with HB egg, cheese, mushrooms, 1000 Island dressing (ate at Ponderosa; had a few steak fries but Pete ate most of them from my plate)
meal #2: part of a pizza pocket (ate at a pizza place with limited options, figured there’d at least be less crust than pizza)
Dec 5, 2023 – AB, IF, LC, OMaD (legend)
18-hour fast
8½-hour eating window 12:00-20:30
meal #1: chicken/squash casserole
meal #2: meat medley from leftovers (ground beef, pork tenderloin, pork “rice”); full-fat greek yogurt with stevia maple-flavored sweetener & cinnamon for dessert