Tuesday 20 November 2012

Low carb eating

Some of you may be wondering "what the hell can you eat on this crazy 'diet'?".  So, here's what I've had over the last 12 days.  You have to remember that I used to have 3 meals a day, plus 2-4 snacks so the evolution to 2-3 meals a day is quite a change for me.  It starts off a bit randomly as there's some things we needed to use up etc.:-

Day 1
Breakfast:- Greek yoghurt with whey protein and blueberries
Post-training:- pecan nuts
Lunch:- spinach and leek soup topped with parmesan, followed by tuna pate on 2 oat cakes
Dinner:- stir fried roast chicken, chorizo, mushrooms and red peppers and a mug of tea

Spinach and leek soup with poached egg and parmesan
Day 2
Breakfast:- Greek yoghurt with whey protein and blueberries
Post-training:- macadamia and brazil nuts and a chunk of chorizo
Lunch:- spinach and leek soup topped with a poached egg, Hollandaise sauce and parmesan
Post training:- shake: blended ice, whey protein, 50g strawberries, olive oil
Dinner:- fillet steak topped with stilton butter, fine green beans and mushrooms

Day 3
Breakfast:- bacon and poached eggs with a fried tomato
Post-training:- Brazil nuts
Lunch:- salad: romaine lettuce, chicken livers in coconut oil, stilton
Post training:- shake: blended ice, cream, whey protein, 50g blueberries, olive oil
Dinner:- slow cooked pork ribs with creamed cabbage and a mug of tea

Fillet steak, beans, poached egg, mushrooms and stilton
Day 4
Breakfast:- bulletproof coffee (filter coffee blended with 50g unsalted butter)
Post-training:- poached egg with Hollandaise sauce and parmesan cheese
Lunch:- slow cooked pork rib and spinach and leek soup with parmesan cheese
Dinner:- salad: romaine lettuce, chicken liver in butter, stilton and walnuts with half a bottle of dry champagne (we were celebrating!), followed by a 30g bar of Montezuma chilli chocolate

Day 5
Breakfast:- bacon and poached eggs with a fried tomato
Lunch:- salad: romaine lettuce, roast ham, cheddar and walnuts
Dinner:- roast chicken with green beans and creamed cabbage with a bottle of Becks Blue

Day 6
Breakfast:- bulletproof coffee
Lunch:- salad: romaine lettuce, tomato, roast chicken and walnuts with a mug of tea
Cinema snacks:- cheddar and Marmite, peperami, peanut butter and celery and a boiled egg
Salad with bacon, avocado and stilton

Day 7
Breakfast:- bacon and poached eggs with coffee and cream
Lunch:- braised chicory with roast chicken and chicken liver in butter
Dinner:- salmon fillet with courgettes in a cream and parmesan sauce with bacon and a poached egg


Day 8
Breakfast:- a couple of slices of very thick streaky bacon and coffee with cream
Lunch:- tin of tuna with 2 boiled eggs and romaine lettuce with a stilton, cream and cider vinegar dressing
Roast chicken, roast tomatoes and creamed cabbage
Dinner:- scallops wrapped in pancetta with creamed spinach; slow roasted pork belly with crackling, wild mushrooms and greens with half a bottle of dry white wine and some very dark chocolate

Day 9
Breakfast:- nothing
Lunch:- salad: chicken Caesar salad with no crutons and extra cheese
Post training:- sliver of pork pie and a chunk of chorizo
Dinner:- baked sea bass in butter with steamed broccoli tossed in flaked almonds and coconut oil with 1 bottle of Becks Blue

Day 10
Breakfast:- greek yogurt (2%), whey protein, 50g blueberries
Asparagus with poached eggs, hollandaise and parmesan
Lunch:- cream of spinach and courgette soup with chorizo chunks
Dinner:- ribeye steak, cauliflower puree, 1 small glass dry white wine followed by cheddar with a smear of Marmite and a mug of tea

Day 11
Breakfast:- smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with a mug of tea
Lunch:- salad: celery, romaine lettuce, avocado, bacon, stilton and a coffee with cream
Post training:- shake: blended ice, cream, whey protein, 50g blueberries, olive oil
Dinner:- Meatzza, a chocolate whisky ball and tea

Day 12
Breakfast:- steamed asparagus with 2 poached eggs, Hollandaise sauce and grated gruyere
Lunch:- salad: romaine lettuce, stilton, avocado, bacon and walnuts
Dinner:- roast chicken, roasted tomatoes, creamed cabbage and tiramisu(!)

Individual tiramisu

2 comments:

  1. My body just feels better and works better on low carb and by that I just mean no pasta, rice, bread, potato, cakes & biscuits and the like. Without it it functions better & I feel better but what works for me may not work for others.

    Love the look of that tiramisu.

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  2. Do you find it hard to get variety into your meals, or do you still include lots of general fruit&veg in there? (very low carb at the moment means none of that for me - just green leafy veg and the odd tomato and handful of berries)

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