So I've been doing the low-carb Eat Bacon Don't Jog thing since the beginning of the year. Over the past several months I've experimented found some good, low carb eats. A few of my go-to's:
- Frittatas with ham, sausage, bacon and/or veggies - Fake pancakes (from EBDJ) - Coconut "cereal" with greek yogurt and macadamia nuts (also EBDJ) - Almonds - Bacon! - Eggs of all kinds - Salmon with avacado, fresh chunky salsa, pepper, cheese and a hard-boiled egg as a brown-bag lunch at work - 85%-90% Dark Chocolate as a dessert treat - And others... I've also been doing a large glob of coconut oil + heavy cream in my morning coffee for breakfast. (I've gotten to prefer it that way). Based on EBDJ chapter, it looked like it had many benefits--and I had also done some research that it can increase LDL (bad cholesterol). But it would also keep me going until lunch pretty consistently. The results? - Eating significantly less processed foods - I've lost about 13 lbs. - I don't get hunger pangs/cravings, etc. and can easily turn away snacks. However, just back from the doctor yesterday with results of my annual blood panel. My LDL (normally very low) had risen just over the "high" level of 126 and my total cholesterol had risen as well. Had a conversation with my doctor about it and he convinced me to abandon the coconut oil. I'm now trying a pat of butter + cream in my coffee as breakfast now. All that said, my other markers were all improved and my blood glucose decreased a good bit (blood glucose + weight loss was my main reason for starting all this). I will continue my low-carb ways minus the coconut oil and continue to research ways to get the LDL number down. Curious what others do on this diet, what they've learned, and what their results have been. Please share! Austin Bishop Sykesville, MD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
