Days 4 & 5 (The weekend)

 Hello All! 

Saturday 

Today I had to do some work stuff in the morning and wanted to sleep late so I didn't take a walk in the morning. 

I was feeling very snackish today so I had some raspberries and cashews, and then some tea and chocolate. 

For lunch I had 2 chicken patties with 1 low-carb tortilla, and a half bell pepper. I felt like I wanted to eat more after, and I was still a little hungry, so I had a couple pickles. 

I bought some groceries and was still hungry while waiting so I had a couple pickles, and then once the groceries came, I had some of the beef jerky I'd just bought. 

For dinner I wasn't super hungry and was turned off by most of the stuff we had, so I had some chicken with barbecue sauce in a tortilla, and a half a bell pepper as a side. I'm really leaning on those bell peppers. They're so crunchy but also fresh and filling so it works as a really good side. 

I didn't eat anything for the rest of the evening, even though once I got home again I was pretty hungry. But I was tired so I just went to bed. 

Sunday 

I knew I'd be out most of the day and that I was going to restaurants for both lunch and dinner. I was pretty hungry in the morning so I had some beef jerky, some cashews, and then some tea and chocolate. 

I went to lunch with a friend to a Cuban place and had a rice plate. I got congri rice, which is rice cooked with black beans, and only ate a little of that, maybe 1/3 cup. I had a LOT of chicken, and then yuca fries, which were probably the carbiest thing I ate. 

I was out till dinner and then I met my family at Moe's. I got a bowl but forgot not to get rice till the person was putting it in the bowl. I barely ate any anyway, but I did eat chips, which added a LOT of carbs. I just had chicken, cheese, a little bit of pinto beans, and guacamole in the bowl. 

That held me over till 8:30 pm or so (having eaten around 4:45), and then I just had a bit of cream cheese. 

I feel like I did pretty well for having rice at both meals. I didn't eat too much of it, in fact I barely ate any at all. I think if I can continue to not eat rice or carbs unless I can't find anything else, that's a good way to make this diet a life-long, sustainable thing. I definitely ate over my 100g net carbs, but I didn't feel like I did too bad. 

That's all for this weekend, looking ahead to the next week! 

Sam