Day 27

Weight:  N/A

Breakfast:  Scrambled Eggs with Sausages
Lunch:  Salad
Dinner:  14oz Rib-Eye Steak; Spinach; 2 pieces of calamari

Day 26

Weight:  N/A

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  Ahi Tuna Salad; Lamb Burger without Buns (of course)
Dinner:  Brisket, Ribs, Pulled Pork, Green Beans, 1 bite of potato salad, 1/2 dinner roll

It's a little harder to resist all carbs during vacation.  Hopefully, those last 2 items for dinner will not do much harm....

Day 25

Weight:  N/A

Breakfast:  2 over-easy eggs and black forest ham
Lunch:  Salad from MOD pizza;
Dinner:  Ribs, Chicken Drumsticks, Cucumber, Mushroom, Tomatoes, Shrimp

Day 24

Weight:  173.6 lbs

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg with Cabbage
Lunch:  Chicken Caesar Salad
Dinner:  (Whataburger) Garden Salad with Grill Chicken and Lettuce-Wrapped Burger
Dessert:  slice of cake

We are on vacation....I couldn't resist this good looking cake so I decided to cheat a little bit and eat a slice.  So satisfying after not eating any sweets for 3 weeks.  :)

Day 23

Weight: 173.6 lbs

Breakfast:  Soup
Lunch:  BBQ Chicken with Salad
Dinner:  Cauliflower and Tomato with Chicken in Pesto Sauce

Seems like I am plateauing with the weight loss.  A recommendation is to have a "cheat day" where I go back and eat regular foods including carbs for 1 day.  Looking forward to taking a break from Keto diet and binge for a day.  Now I need to determine which date would be best to do this!  :)

Day 22

Weight:  173.6 lbs

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  Pepper Chicken, Cauliflower, Chards
Dinner:  Korean short ribs Soup with Daikon, Stir-Fry chicken and okra, Shrimp and Egg

Day 21

Weight:  173 lbs

Breakfast: Roast Duck
Lunch:  Sausage; Stir-Fry Onion and Bell Pepper
Dinner:  Chicken Drumsticks/Wings in Soy Sauce, Cabbage, Korean short rib soup with Daikon; Roast Duck; Roast Pork

Day 20

Weight:  174.2 lbs

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  Lamb, Mushroom
Dinner:  Korean short rib Soup with Daikon, Onion and Ginger; Roast Pork

Day 19

Weight:  173.6 lbs

Breakfast: Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  In-n-Out Double-Double Protein Style
Snack:  Strawberries
Dinner:  Roast Duck, Roast Pork, Cabbage

Woohoo!  10 lbs!  Feeling great!  Eating great!  Can really feel lighter when running - not carrying the extra weight.

Day 18

Weight:  175 lbs

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  Blueberries, Zucchini Noodles with Sausage in Tomato Cream Sauce
Dessert:  Halo Chocolate Ice-Cream
Dinner:  Lamb Chop, Salad with Tomato,  Zucchini Noodles with Sausage in Tomato Cream Sauce

Who would believe being on a diet while eating all these kinds of yummy food?!?!

Day 17

Weight:  174.4 lbs

Breakfast - Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch - Poke Bowl Salad
Dinner - (Jang Su Jung) Pork Belly Salad, Kailbi, Bulgogi, Tofu Soup, Salad, Kimchi

Day 16

Weight:  175 lbs

Breakfast - Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch - Pork, Chicken, Kale, Salad
Dinner - Lamb Chops, Cauliflower, Green Beans

Day 15

Weight:  175 lbs

Breakfast:  Chicken
Lunch:  Tri-Tip, Mushrooms, Roasted peppers
Snack:  Roasted Seaweed
Dinner - Portabello Mushroom Burger

I finally noticed my mid-section/belly flattening out.  Half-way there.  Very encouraging.

Day 14

Weight:  174.8 lbs

Breakfast:  Egg Omelette with mushroom
Lunch:  Salmon with Coconut Curry, Lamb, Shitake Mushroom, Cabbage
Dinner:  Chicken with Ginger

Day 13

Weight:  176.4 lbs

Breakfast - Macadamia nuts, cantaloupe, watermelon
Lunch - Salad with Turkey meat and tomatoes; Ranch Dressing
Dinner - Salmon, Pork Chops, Salad, Chicken with Okra

Day 12

Current Weight:  175 lbs

Breakfast - Keto pancakes with 2 strawberries

Lunch - Chicken Tenders

Snack - Chicken Soup with Drumstick

Dinner - Sweet Tomatoes (Salad and Soup) - NO blueberries muffin, clam chowder, and ice-cream 

Day 11

Weight:  177.4 lbs

Breakfast - Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch - Chicken with Cabbage
Dinner - Sashimi

This diet shows you still get to eat good food - but not cheap...

Day 10

Weight:  178.2 lbs

Breakfast - Quiche
Lunch - Lettuce and Roast Beef
Dinner - Chicken in Pesto Sauce with Cauliflower; Cucumbers

There were chocolate cookies and cake right in front of me during lunch.  But I resisted.  At no time did I even considered cheating and taking a little bit.  I realized that alot of times, we eat for pleasure instead of necessity.  Having undertaken this goal of staying strict on the keto diet, I'm able to resist these pleasure temptations much more easily.  On other occasions, I would have definitely taken 1 slice of cake and several cookies.  😊

Day 9

Current Weight:  178.8 lbs

Breakfast - Napa Cabbage, Fatty Pork, Kimchi
Lunch - Stir-Fry Fish with Snap Peas, Mongolian Beef with Onions
Dinner - Pork Chops, Chicken with Okra, Kimchi, GaiLan

Started taking Vitamin Supplement today.

Day 8

Current Weight:  178.4 lbs

Breakfast -Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch - Lamb, Fish, Zuchinni, Butter Squash
Dinner at Tofu Plus - Bulgogi, Fatty Pork, Napa Cabbage, Kimchi

Day 7

Current Weight:  178.6 lbs

Breakfast:  Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch:  Salad with Rib-Eye Steak cubes, cucumber and orange bell pepper
Snack:  Macadamia nuts (1/4 cup)
Dinner:  Ground Beef Patty in Tomato Sauce, Buttered Cabbage, Mushrooms, Cucumbers

Day 6

Current Weight - 180 lbs.

Breakfast - Hard Boiled Egg
Lunch - Roasted Chicken (Drumstick and Thigh) from Safeway
Dinner - 4 sliced Flank Steak and 4 oz cauliflower; salad with orange bell pepper and cucumber

I think I ate too much meat yesterday.  Need to be careful of too much protein in one day.

Not much energy playing ball tonight.  Hopefully, this is just temporary and my body will adjust.

Day 5

Current Weight:  178.6 lbs

Breakfast - Pork Chops
Lunch - (Chili's) Baby Back Ribs, Sirloin Steak, Asparagus, Broccoli 
Dinner - Rib Eye Steak, Mushroom, Zucchini

Day 4

Current Weight:  180.2 lbs

Breakfast - boiled egg
Snack - 1/2 cup of macadamia nuts; Strawberries (2)
Lunch - Salad with Guacamole, Orange Bell Pepper, Tomatoes.  Pork Chop.
Dinner - Cauliflower Casserole with Chicken Thigh (Pesto Sauce, Cauliflower, Cherry Tomatoes)

Not sure if it's psychological or not but I feel much lighter when playing basketball today.  Usually my back and ankle/foot would get sore easily.  But that didn't happen today.  I felt like I can run a little faster.  Afterwards, I weighed myself - 178.6 lbs!

Lunch

Dinner

Day 3

Current Weight:  181.8 lbs

Breakfast - hard boiled egg
Lunch - Hainan Chicken; Cucumbers
Snack - 10 almonds
Dinner - (Aqui) Lime-Avocado Chicken Salad - Grilled chicken breast, romaine, lime- avocado dressing, pumpkin seeds, avocado, and cotija cheese. Gradd Fed Beef Barbacoa - Tender braised, pasture raised beef with barbacoa sauce
Snack - Blueberries (4), Strawberries (4)

I was in downtown SJ today and it was a little hard to find a lunch place without carbs.  Finally managed to find a Malaysian restaurant where I ordered Hainan Chicken without rice.  It also took awhile to come up with a dinner place but Aqui worked out fine and the beef there was really good.

Day 2

Current Weight:  183.2 lbs

Breakfast - Salmon
Lunch - Spicy Butter Chicken, Fish, Spinach, Tomatoes
Dinner - Ribs, Chicken, Zucchini, Eggs/Shrimp, Salmon;  5 cherries

Starting Up....

Today is the first day going on the Keto diet.

Goal: -15 to -20 pounds

Current Weight: 183.6 lbs

Breakfast - Hard Boiled Egg; 60 cal
Lunch - Chicken breast; Fish Ambotik
Dinner - Salmon, Pork Chops, Asparagus sauteed with olive oil