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Binge eating and mental health

I started introducing carbs to my diet more because I’m having amazing workouts and I’m gaining muscle. But i’ve been binge eating and I remembered how I would feel when I was 400 pounds, I felt guilty. After some thought I was like, “what if I just flip the narrative?” and I started changing my […]

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Slow cooker chili with a surprise!

The Ingredients: Ground Beef (I used premade 75/25 patties and drained the excess fat) Can of crushed tomatoes 2 fresh tomatoes (I think I used Roma) Roughly 1 Tablespoon liquid smoke 1/2 cup brewed coffee (I used my leftover, team #nowaste) 2 beef bouillon cubes (i added about 16 fl oz water in the vessel) […]

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Keto gains, the stomach flu, and creatine

Today is about recovery, my son got the stomach flu on monday and then I got it on wednesday. So much puke, but we are both better now thank God. I post on my instagram about exercise often, but i’ve been weight training consistently for roughly 5 months now and it’s made a difference in […]

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It’s a turmeric party!

I’ve been adoring turmeric, my friend Nico on Instagram recommended it for battling inflammation and it seems to be useful as a supplement in addition to my normal vitamins. But then I thought, hey, I want curry and curried things, so I made some chicken curry (recipe here) and a week later I added some […]

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Vitamin obsession

It’s kind of a running joke to myself but I will read something offhand about the benefit of some vitamin so I’ll go out and try it. It’s like russian roulette, I take a new vitamin and I’m like “ok let’s see how my body responds.” I counted all my vitamins that I take and […]

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Indulgent spaghetti squash

The Ingredients: Spaghetti squash Half a stick of margarine/butter seasoning salt Parmesan cheese (I used the green one, ya know) The Method: Basically I made an alfredo because it’s just butter and cheese but I cut, de-seeded, seasoned, put some margarine on, and roasted the squash cut side up at 400 degrees for about 90 […]

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Keto chicken fried egg

I saw this tiktok video and I had to try it. I posted this on my instagram @ketowritings and it’s really tasty. The Ingredients: 1 egg some carbquik flour whatever seasonings you’d like oil The Method: I added enough oil to pan fry in my cast iron, turned it on medium high heat. While that […]

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Weight loss/exercise update

After cheating multiple times last week, I did some intermittent fasting and listened to my body, which resulted in a 36 hour fast. I still can’t believe I did it, I kept busy, I drank water, coffee, and energy drinks lol, I prioritized my salt consumption and before I knew it, it was 36 hours. […]

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Air fryer chicken thighs

Also garlic cauliflower mash… The ingredients: Bone-in chicken thighs Salt Pepper Garlic salt Onion powder Garlic powder Head of cauliflower Soy sauce SF BBQ sauce (I used Rufus Teague chipotle) 2 Tablespoons of canned sweet peas Green onion Sour cream Cheddar cheese Heavy cream Butter Canned sweet peas The method: Liberally season with salt, pepper, […]

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Whoosh, 4 pounds gone in 24 hours

Listen friends, water weight gain will have you down bad. I’ve been snacking too often and the numbers have been climbing and all of a sudden I found myself at 312 pounds on Tuesday. My lowest was in January at 294 pounds, but a lot of that weight loss came from depression…I digress. So I […]