June 30, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

6:45AM
Quest Bar

1:15PM
1/2 BBQ chicken breast with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, and Ranch dressing, 1/4 pound hamburger patty with cheese, mayo, mustard and pickle

4:00PM
Quest Bar

7:00PM
120-minute competitive volleyball

9:45PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: On days that I know I'll be doing some hard cardio (like 2 hours of volleyball), I usually have an extra snack or something to keep my energy levels up and prevent hypoglycemia from happening. That's what the Quest Bar did for me today prior to kicking butt on the volleyball court. Great exercise, stress relief and a time to relax and have fun. Good stuff!

June 29, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

12:45PM
BBQ chicken with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, and Ranch dressing, 2 bites BBQ ribs

7:15PM
2 hamburgers with cheese, mayo and mustard, Atkins bar

7:45PM
30-minute super slow weight lifting workout

NOTE: My music minister surprised the choir tonight by ending practice early and having food ready for us to eat and enjoy. I thought to myself, "Oh boy, here comes the carbfest!" But imagine my surprise when we stood in line for HAMBURGERS! Sure, there were chips, cookies, and other high-carb stuff I wouldn't touch with ten-foot pole. But I got me a couple of hamburgers with a slice of cheese each along with some mustard and mayonnaise--I'm good to go! One of the sopranos looked over at my plate and remarked, "Look at Jimmy over there being all good with his meal." Yep, you bet I am. After all, I am livin' la vida low-carb. ;)

June 28, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

12:45PM
BBQ chicken with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with butter and garlic salt, Atkins bar

6:15PM
Vanilla Almond Crunch Quest bar

7:45PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: Looking forward to lifting weights tomorrow! Woo hoo! Did I just say I look forward to it? You bet! Ready to kick butt in the gym.

June 27, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

12:00PM
BBQ chicken with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with butter and garlic salt, Atkins bar

7:45PM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: Have you ever developed boils on your skin? I noticed I had one behind my right ear and one in front of the lobe next to my left ear. First time in my life I've ever seen these. Googled how to remedy and I'm doing those things to help. Kinda gross-looking and slightly painful. Odd.

June 26, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

1:00PM
BBQ chicken with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with butter and garlic salt, Atkins Bar

8:00PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Quest bar

NOTE: Oh brother! At church this morning, they made a big pomp and circumstance announcement about next Sunday in celebration of Independence Day they're gonna have a Red, White and Blue pancake breakfast for the entire church to consume. The red comes from strawberries, white is whipped cream and blue is blueberries--ON TOP OF FREAKIN' PANCAKES! Seriously people, have we become so nutritionally bankrupt as a culture that THIS passes off as a GOOD thing to celebrate?! Some will say, "Oh, but isn't this healthy because it has fruit on it?" UGH! Take me out of this Twilight Zone!

June 25, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

11:30AM
20-minute super-slow weight lifting workout

12:15PM
BBQ chicken with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, Quest Bar

8:30PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: I tried to get in a nice super-slow weight lifting workout today in a fasted state--BIG MISTAKE! By the time I got to 30 minutes, I was so dizzy I had to stop. While resistance training while fasting may work for some people, it's obvious it doesn't work for me. I need to eat a little something something beforehand to help fuel my workouts. It's still a killer workout, too! I'm getting much stronger than I thought I would.

June 24, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:45AM
Atkins bar

11:45AM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

3:00PM
Atkins bar

8:45PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: After I stuck Christine in her hind side this morning with the progesterone shot, she was really feeling it more than any time since we started this embryo adoption process. I think the medicine is starting to linger a bit and it's making her butt hurt as she puts it. We're using a warm towel and rubbing it in after the injections, but it's been tough on her body. I'm so grateful for her willingness to go through all of this to make us a baby. We'll know if it worked on July 5th.

June 23, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:15AM
Atkins bar

12:15PM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

3:30PM
Vanilla Almond Crunch Quest bar

7:00PM
100-minute competitive volleyball

9:30PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: It was good to be back out there playing volleyball tonight. I still love that unique feeling of gratification that happens when I jump up and block the shot of a kid half my age. LOL!

June 22, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

10:00AM
Atkins bar

1:00PM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

7:15PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: After nearly 16 years of marriage and years of frustration trying to get pregnant and raise a family, my wife Christine and I gave it one more go today with a reproductive endocrinologist conducting an embryo transfer for two embryos we adopted from another couple. Here's a video of Christine sharing about this experience with pictures of our embryos and her feedback on this whole journey:


http://youtu.be/IE6YT2EAOQ0

June 21, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

9:15AM
Atkins bar

10:30AM
30-minute super-slow weight lifting workout

11:30AM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

6:45PM
1/2 pound grass-fed beef with mozzarella cheese and Ranch dressing

NOTE: We're coming up on our transfer date for our embryo adoption this Wednesday afternoon. It's been a long journey that you could date back all the way to the beginning of our marriage in 1995--that desire to have a baby to call our own. We'll know for sure if all these needles and the rollercoaster ride of emotions was worth it or not on July 5, 2011 when we have a pregnancy test done. We'd love to have any prayers and happy thoughts thrown in our direction about this. THANKS guys!

On the weight lifting front, I'm ALREADY lifting 20 pounds more than I was just one month ago. I can't believe how strong I'm getting so soon after kicking my butt into high gear to do this. AMAZING!

June 20, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:45AM
Atkins bar

12:30AM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

6:30PM
Hamburger patties with cheese and mayo, hot dogs with chili and mustard

NOTE: I posted the results of my retesting of the Julian Bakery SmartCarb breads and the results were WORSE eating these "low-carb" breads dry than with coconut oil and cheese. The owner of Julian Bakery was adamant it was the cheese that spiked my blood sugar previously--now what's his excuse? Shot down in a blaze of glory!

Tonight we had a social with our Sunday School class from church and they had hamburgers and hot dogs--a low-carb lover's delight! We had a great time and didn't need the carbs from buns, sides and desserts either. WOO HOO!

June 19, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:15AM
Atkins bar

11:45AM
BBQ chicken, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, and spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

9:00PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: We had a really cool group of young orphans from Africa visit our church today to bless us with their singing and dancing. They're the Mwangaza African Children's Choir from Uganda and were incredible ambassadors for Christ with the way they worship. Most of their parents died from AIDS or malaria and now they're left to pick up the pieces of their life. Half of the population in Uganda is under the age of 15 and most are orphaned children. Here they are singing in our worship service today:

June 18, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

11:45AM
1/2 rack BBQ ribs, 3 bacon-wrapped jumbo shrimp, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, Atkins bar

5:45PM
Atkins bar

9:30PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: What doesn't taste good with bacon? Today, I decided to get a bit inventive and try wrapping some shrimp in bacon...OMG! So good. Add a little bit of BBQ flavor to the mix and it's pure heaven.

June 17, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

11:30AM
4 ounce beef patty with cheese, pickle, mayo and mustard, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, spaghetti squash with garlic salt and butter

5:45PM
8 BBQ chicken wings

9:15PM
Atkins bar

NOTE: Christine and I went with a group of people from our church down the road about 75 miles to Columbia, South Carolina to help a cell church there who was doing an outdoor event called "Night At The Movies" in a local park there. The church has a small congregation, but this event is HUGE with 1500-2000 people attending from the community. Needless to say, they need as much help as they can get for crowd control and parking. I was one of the parking people and enjoyed pointing people to where they could park. I wore one of those reflective vests and it's amazing how people just assumed I knew everything about the event asking me all sorts of questions. I did my best to answer them all with a smile. :)

Our group of about 15 who drove down gathered at a local Wild Wings Cafe down the road from the park and enjoyed a nice meal together. Christine said she could eat about 8 wings, so we split a 16-wing meal. Mine were BBQ and Christine got the Parmesan something or another. We like wings...low-carb and oh so delicious. One of the people from our group said, "So, I bet you're glad we picked Wild Wings, eh?" YEP, I sure was! I've been eating low-carb long enough now that people are very accommodating of my needs. We're having a Sunday School get-together on Monday night and they've already asked how they can meet my low-carb nutritional plan. WAY COOL! And who knows the impact my example can have on them when they're ready to take the low-carb plunge someday.

Although we don't drink, my highly observant wife pointed out this curious sign with "low-carb" in it at Wild Wings:



SUH-WEET!

June 16, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

9:00AM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with mozzarella cheese

1:00PM
Grilled chicken cooked in butter with lemon sauce and tomatoes, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

3:30PM
45-minute super slow weight lifting workout

8:15PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: Had an AWESOME workout at the gym today and I didn't even realize how long I had been in there until I looked up at the clock and saw that 45 minutes had passed. COOL! I feel so empowered at the gym and look forward to learning more from the great Dr. Doug McGuff real soon on changing it up using super-slow lifting techniques. By the way, Christine and I are STILL going through our embryo adoption process. Here's the latest update:


http://youtu.be/xbBrE5C5JdY

June 15, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:45AM
Atkins bar

12:30PM
BBQ chicken, spinach salad with eggs, cheese,ham, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

4:30PM
Atkins bar

8:45PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: Rockin' on my healthy low-carb lifestyle. I'm feeling great today and will likely do another slow lifting exercise routine tomorrow. The recovery time is already quicker and the pain has subsided. Progress baby! And I'm getting stronger. WOO HOO!

June 14, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:15AM
2 slices SmartCarb #1 bread from Julian Bakery (dry, no butter)

12:30PM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese,ham, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, two bites of BBQ ribs, Atkins bar

5:00PM
Atkins bar

9:30PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: My retesting of the SmartCarb #1 bread from Julian Bakery commenced today without any fat or cheese to see how my blood sugar would respond. Somebody made the comment that OF COURSE my blood sugar will respond to these breads because they have carbohydrates in them. But the owner of Julian Bakery claims his bread has "no impact" on blood sugar levels when he's tested it on diabetics. Those are his words, not mine. So I'm testing that claim and will be publishing my results soon. He claimed it was the cheese that spiked my blood sugar previously when I cooked his bread in coconut oil and added cheese for a grilled cheese. We shall see.

June 13, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:45AM
2 slices SmartCarb #2 bread from Julian Bakery (dry, no butter)

12:15PM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, two bites of BBQ ribs

2:45PM
Atkins bar

5:30PM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil, Atkins bar

NOTE: After the owner of Julian Bakery accused me of trying to sabotage his bread sales to low-carb customers with my n=1 experiment of his "low-carb" breads making grilled cheese sandwiches a couple of weeks ago, I decided on his suggestion to redo the experiment and just consuming the breads all by themselves. I would NEVER EVER eat bread this way, but he claims the cheese was what caused the spike in blood sugar when I ate his breads. Today I put that hypothesis to the test. How did the dry, butter-less SmartCarb #2 bread do? I'll be posting my results soon. Next up on Tuesday is the SmartCarb #1 bread. What do you think happened to my blood sugar? Was it similar to my previous results (see graph below) or do you think there was little impact on blood sugar as the owner of Julian Bakery claims?



Oh, those pastured eggs I had for supper tonight were AMAZING...two of them were huge and dark orange, too:

June 12, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:15AM
3 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil

11:45AM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

4:30PM
30-minute super-slow weight lifting session

5:30PM
1 pound grass-fed ground beef with mozzarella cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: Got back in the gym today--and it felt AMAZING! I'm getting stronger faster than I ever thought possible. It's amazing too considering I'm only doing this about once a week. For the first time in a long time, I'm actually feeling comfortable with my resistance training routine and I know it will only continue to be better and better from here. Looking forward to working with Dr. Doug McGuff soon to learn about his super-slow techniques and make this transition to learning how to do this stick now and forevermore.

June 11, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

10:15AM
GoLower bar with sugar-free dark chocolate

1:15PM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, two bites BBQ ribs

4:30PM
Atkins bar

8:00PM
3 beef hot dogs with mozzarella cheese and mustard

NOTE: I really wanted to get back to the gym this afternoon since my muscle soreness was almost all the way gone by today (when I lifted my arms in the air and pulled back I could still feel it in my chest--A GOOD THING!). But then a nasty thunderstorm swooped in and rained cats and dogs on us...that answered that question. But I'll hit it hard tomorrow afternoon after church. BRING ON THE SLOW BURN!

June 10, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

9:15AM
GoLower bar with sugar-free dark chocolate

1:00PM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, two bites BBQ chicken

4:30PM
Atkins bar

8:00PM
1 pound grass-fed ground beef with mozzarella cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: I'm gearing up to redo my testing of the Julian Bakery SmartCarb breads again next week, but this time just the dry bread. After posting my n=1 results consuming the SmartCarb breads with coconut oil and cheese to make grilled cheeses, the owner of Julian Bakery got upset stating that this was an unfair assessment of his breads since the cheese could have spiked my blood sugar (despite the fact that I consumed an egg meal with that same cheese as a control with very little response to my blood sugar). So, this next time I'll be testing the bread all by itself although I'd NEVER personally eat it that way and neither would most low-carbers who purchase it. I'll reserve my judgment until after I've tested again and see what happens to my blood sugar levels.

June 9, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

10:00AM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with bacon and mozzarella cheese

1:30PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

5:30PM
Sugar-free dark chocolate

7:00PM
120-minute competitive volleyball

9:45PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

NOTE: Volleyball is a game that I have grown to love more and more as I've played it over the years. What's funny is I'm approaching 40 in December and I'm playing with kids half my age out there on the court. No, I'm not the best player but I hang with them pretty well. If I'm on the front row, they are fearful that I'll block their shot or spike on their head. It's a great feeling humbling 20-somethings.

June 8, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

10:00AM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with bacon and mozzarella cheese

1:15PM
Atkins bar

5:45PM
1/2 rack BBQ ribs, spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

NOTE: Hurts so good! Although it's not nearly as painful as I experience last week, the muscle soreness is indeed back again after my 30-minute super-slow weight lifting routine yesterday. What's truly remarkable is that you don't feel like you're doing much in the moment of lifting that way--but you DEFINITELY know you did something the next day. WHOA! I can sense I'm gonna be getting stronger doing this and cannot wait to see the results.

June 7, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

11:30AM
Atkins bar

12:30PM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with bacon and mozzarella cheese

3:15PM
30-minute super-slow full body weight lifting routine

6:00PM
Spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

9:15PM
Atkins bar

NOTE: After quite a few days of agonizing delayed onset muscle soreness from my workout with a personal trainer last week, I FINALLY felt well enough today to get back in the gym. This time I decided to give it a go at doing some super-slow weight lifting over my entire body. I've interviewed and met people like Fred Hahn and Dr. Doug McGuff who are big believers in this concept (Doug is about a 75-minute drive from where I live, so I may be going to see him soon to perfect these lifting techniques). So I gave it a go for myself--and WOW, what a workout! In just 30 minutes of lifting an appropriate amount of weight in a controlled slow motion doing just one set of six reps or so, I could feel it working. And when I got home I could REALLY feel how hard I kicked my own butt! It was nice. I'm sure I'll be "feeling it" for a few days, but the good news is this is all the exercise I need for the week according to Fred and Doug...until next week! I'll see how I do with this, especially once I get to work with Doug directly at his gym. Should be an interesting ride!

June 6, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

9:15AM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with bacon and mozzarella cheese

12:15PM
GoLower bar with sugar-free dark chocolate

2:00PM
Pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

8:00PM
3 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with bacon and mozzarella cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: It was an egg-y kinda day today...sometimes I just get in the mood to have eggs. They're super-quick and easy to make...so why not?

June 5, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:15AM
Bacon

11:45AM
BBQ ribs, spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

4:30PM
Atkins bar

9:45PM
Pepperoni with American, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce, dark chocolate

NOTE: Christine cooked up about three pounds of bacon yesterday that filled the house up with that glorious smell of the greatest of all foods on a healthy low-carb lifestyle. :D Had some to munch on to get me through church time and it certainly did the trick. Oh, my muscles are STARTING to feel better now...but I'm still somewhat sore. I don't think I've ever gone this long after a workout feeling delayed onset muscle soreness.

June 4, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:00AM
Atkins bar

11:45AM
GoLower bar

2:45PM
Bacon

4:30PM
Pepperoni and mozzarella cheese with a little low-sugar tomato sauce, Atkins bar

7:30PM
GoLower bar with dark chocolate

NOTE: Seriously, this muscle soreness ain't gone away yet?! UGH! I just knew I'd wake up today and feel so much better. Did that trainer break my body or what? :)

Woke up SUPER early today to surprise Christine. A couple from our church is selling their house and today they had a garage sale getting rid of their stuff since they are going on the mission field overseas later this year. One of the items they were selling was a bookcase which Christine has been begging me to get for all the low-carb books I receive to review, interview the authors on my podcast, etc. The only problem is we don't have a truck to bring one home.

So last night, she heard this couple was getting rid of their bookcase and she asked people from our Sunday School class if they could help us bring the bookcase home. Nobody responded (it was kinda late when she sent the request). So when I woke up this morning, I opened the trunk of my Hyundai Sonata and thought, "I'll make this thing fit." When I got there and saw it, I knew we'd be close--but we made it fit! WOO HOO! Christine was so surprised when she came into my office and saw all those books off the floor and on the new bookcase. Ain't I a good hubby?! Check it out:



While I was at the yard sale, a gentleman was enamored by my customized license plate thing on the front of my car:



He said he loved it and wished he had one. So I asked, "Do you eat a low-carb diet?" His reply (and this is no joke, he actually said this): "No, I'm just high-fat!" HAHAHAHA! Oh, that was too funny.

Since today was Saturday and my new "Low-Carb Conversations" podcast was out of new shows, it was time to get to recording four of these back-to-back-to-back-to-back (that's four backs, right?). My co-host Mindy and I were busy bees doing these every hour on the hour for four hours in a row. I like doing it this way so we can then take a month off before recording more. It keeps the episodes current while not wearing us out. And I'm right smack dab in the middle of my recording schedule for "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" podcast--so it's a crazy time for me right now. Busy is good, but frantic probably ain't. :O

June 3, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

8:45AM
Atkins bar

1:15PM
4 ounces beef with mayo, mustard, and pickle, spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, dark chocolate

9:30PM
4 pastured eggs cooked in coconut oil with cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: This week was just a blur for me I've been so slam-jammed busy. And my muscles STILL hurt from that workout.

June 2, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

7:30AM
Atkins bar

12:45AM
4 ounces beef with mayo, mustard, and pickle, spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing

6:45PM
GoLower bar

7:00PM
120-minute volleyball

10:00PM
Pepperoni with American, mozzarella cheese, and a little low-sugar tomato sauce

NOTE: Ooooohhhhhh my aching muscles! After working out lifting weights with a personal trainer yesterday, I was FEELING IT today. O...M...G! I couldn't hardly move my arms and my legs were teetering on giving out at any moment while I was walking all day long. I suppose she worked those muscles to exhaustion, ya think? Christine didn't want me to go play volleyball tonight because of the soreness, but I got out there and did the best I could. My speed wasn't as good and jumping at the net to block a shot or spike the ball was indeed a challenge. But I felt better as the game progressed. Something tells me I'll be feeling these muscles aching for a few more days. REST TIME!

June 1, 2011 Low-Carb Menu

9:00AM
60-minute full-body weight lifting with a personal trainer

11:45AM
4 ounces beef with mayo, mustard, and pickle, spaghetti squash with butter, spinach salad with eggs, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and Ranch dressing, GoLower bar

9:30PM
1 pound grass-fed ground beef cooked in coconut oil with American and mozzarella cheese, Atkins bar

NOTE: I wanted to try out working with a personal trainer again on my weight lifting to help build more fat-fighting muscle on my body. So I set up this appointment with a personal trainer at my local gym today and wouldn't you know I'd wake up late for my appointment. It didn't matter because she still killed me! LOL! My whole body was like Jell-o when I left she had done such an outstanding job of fully exhausting my muscles. I'm still not sure I will be hiring her full-time on a regular basis, but it was good to get in a positive weight lifting workout. That's the one area of my healthy lifestyle that I haven't been able to peg.