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As for an update on our journey, we both came back from vacation with weight loss! Has happened never! What's it like to go to Patti's 1800's settlement and not get the mile-high pie? Well, in some ways it's tough. There is a grief when you give up sugar, potatoes, and grains (GPS as Dr. Hallberg says). It requires a willingness to embrace the positives. Like not feeling sick to overflowing after you eat. Like your pants fitting, even after a good meal. Actually Patti's can actually be a pretty good place for low-carbers. Their pork chop sauce is less than 1 carb per serving.
I'm so happy and grateful to have found this way of eating. I'm thrilled when friends and family express an interest in going along for a test-drive with us. One of my friends just lost 12 pounds in her first week! You go girl! One of my family members just told me that her digestion has been so improved that she doesn't have to worry about staying close to the bathroom anymore. Mark's diabetes & blood pressure meds have been halved. Okay, well you get the picture :)
Are you sticking around for the waffle recipe? It's adapted from Danielle Walker's Against All Grain, I love her cookbook and her story. She's not strictly low-carb, but her bread recipes are easily adaptable to LCHF/Keto.
Cashew Waffles:
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup sour cream or almond milk whichever you have on hand
- 1 cup cashews raw & unsalted or roasted & salted whatever you can find for a good price. I get ours in the bulk section of the grocery.
- 3 T coconut oil
- 3 T coconut flour
- 1/2 t baking power and 1/2 t baking soda
- 1/2 t salt; if you're using salted nuts, may not need the extra salt
- 4 T flax seeds
The blueberry topping is frozen blueberries cooked in a saucepan with a little water until they're soft and the liquid is cooked down. Blueberries are the lowest carb fruit out there. Still they're 11 carbs for a half-cup with 2 fibers. Total carbs minus fiber equals net carbs, so that little half cup berries is 9 carbs. But just a tablespoon or so of blueberries is a good way to use them. It's just enough to light up the waffles and not so much that they spike your blood sugar or stall your weight loss.
Okay, bye for now! Thanks for stopping by and checking this little spot of the infinite world of blogs :)
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1 comment:
Way to go, Sisterbelle! Momma and I were just wondering today if you ate at the Dinner Bell.
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