Day Two: Sunday Dinner

Aug. 10, 2014: Danielle drags Dylan to dinner from his bedroom.

Mi familia: Sarah, Jacob, Dylan, Danielle, and Jacob!

Our family gets together for dinner every Sunday night, and I love it. But I knew going in that it would create problems with sticking to the Fat Fast. I decided that I'd allow myself to enjoy 4-6 oz. of whatever meat the family was enjoying on Sunday evenings, but nothing more. The Fat Fast is short on protein, so in this way I'd be getting a bit more of the protein my body needs while I Fat Fasted.

 

Still, I'd hoped that this first week I could stay strong and not indulge, especially since we were only serving unexciting hamburgers. My resolve lasted only until the scent of Jacob's frying burger patties wafted to my nose. I buckled. So I cheated a bit on Fat Fast, but I was still true to Atkins. 

 

I was a little nervous to get on the scales this morning, but it was okay. I lost 0.4 lb more, bringing my 2-day loss to exactly 1 lb.

 

That brings my total loss since Atlanta to 28.0 lbs.

 

Here's today's menu:

 

Day 2 Breakfast, 8:00 a.m.: 1 Egg fried in 2 tsp Butter and grease of 1 oz Sausage. 78.9% fat

213 calories (168 from fat); 17 g protein; 0 g fiber; 0.6 net carbs

1 oz of sausage is pretty tiny!

I prepared 2 weeks' worth of 1-oz sausage patties the day before.

I sliced up a roll of sausage (12 oz makes 12 slices, etc.)

with a deadly-sharp knife. You get cleaner slices if the sausage is frozen.

Then I put the slices in snack-size baggies and replaced them in the freezer.

Day 2 Brunch, 10:30 a.m.: 2 Devilled Eggs. 75.85% fat

See Day 1 for specifics. Remember, I made a bunch of these the day before.

Again, I hardly ever have eggs twice in the same day, but it was so convenient!

Day 2 Lunch 2:00 p.m.: Tuna Lettuce Wrap. 76.3% fat

219 calories (167 from fat); 16 g protein; 0.5 g fiber; 0.6 net carbs

A 5-oz can of tuna makes two feedings.

Each is 2.5 oz tuna in water (drained), mixed with 1 Tbsp mayonnaise.

I wrapped half the tuna in lettuce leaves for lunch.

The other half  went in the fridge to take to school the next day.

Day 2 Dinner 5:00 p.m.: Green Salad. 83.9% fat

I left out the tomato this time. See Day 1 for specifics.

And then, like the Hobbits, Second Dinner at 6:15 p.m.: 74.7% fat

My son-in-law's plate on the left and mine on the right.

 

I was really tempted by the chips and dip my family were devouring (except Sarah), so I put the dip on my burger. It was a 4-oz ground beef patty, with about 1 oz of cheese, a thin slice of tomato, and maybe 2 Tbsp. toasted onion/sour cream dip. No bun, no potato chips.

 

Here's the breakown:

4 oz. patty = 290 calories (210 from fat), 20 g protein, 0 g fiber, 0 carbs

1 oz cheese = 110 calories (90 from fat),7 g protein, 0 g fiber, 1 carb

1 slice tomato = 8 calories (1 from fat). 0.5 g protein, 0.5 g fiber, 1.5 carbs

2 Tbsp sour cream = 60 calories (50 from fat), 1 g protein, 0 g fiber, 2 carbs

Scant dip mix = 2 calories (0 from fat), 0 g protein, 0 g fiber, 0.4 carb

 

Totals: 470 calories (351 from fat), 28.5 g protein, 0.5 g fiber, and 5 g carbs.

 

WAY over my 1,000 calories, by about 500. And the scales still moved downward! I can't be doing that everyday, though!

Day 2 Dessert 9:30 p.m.: Hot Cocoa with Heavy Cream. 88.9% fat

See Day 1 for specifics.

I have to give kudos to my daughter, Sarah. Like me, she has gone back and forth on dieting. But she's motivated to feel healthier for Disneyland, too, so she got back to it a week ago today. She's doing straight Atkins, and she lost 6 lbs in her first 6 days! GO SARAH!