Forgetting to Eat?

It's spooky how often as I reach a diet low and publish a post here, I immediately go into a bounce which takes a week or so to resolve.The good news is this time I went past my new low and have lost the next couple of pounds which had been foreshadowed by earlier interim weigh-ins. I think I've taken out the low I set during my Nutrisystem phase; my new target is about 20 pounds away; this was based a BMI index ceiling for my height that many health insurers set for the individual coverage market. (I really didn't want bundled services, just bare bone coverage for catastrophic risks.) It also serves as an upper bound for my weight range during my workout 90's and 2000's and about 15 pounds over my low-carb diet low in 2004, which stalled out. Easier said than done, because even at a 1.5 lb/week clip, which hasn't happened during this diet experience, it will take at least 3 months to take out that upper-bound target and another 2.5 months to reach my 2004 low.

I did have one of my funny diet anecdote moments yesterday. I sometimes vary my diet; I'm currently on a later work shift and so I'll bring one or 2 protein bars and/or cookies for my dinner period. For breakfast this week I've been doing 2-3 slices of bacon. an omelette (a couple of eggs, fresh mushrooms, onions, jalapeno peppers and some KerryGold cheese; I'll stick it in the microwave for about 2.5 minutes), which I'll often stuff into a low-carb tortilla and add some picante sauce/salsa--the hotter, the better. (I'll often add a handful of nuts, this week dark chocolate covered almonds.)  For lunch this week, it's been a grass-fed/finished burger on my Foreman grill, condiments including sriracha sauce, Roma tomato slices, and onions on a whole-wheat sandwich thin bun (which seems to have disappeared from my local Sam's Club but I can find in more expensive units at WalMart).

So anyway, I stuck my omelette container into the microwave after retrieving my bacon slices. Apparently the bacon fat satiated my appetite, and I didn't hear my microwave timer go off. I later go to warm up a cup of coffee to take to work and find my untouched omelette container in the microwave. So it turned into a mid-afternoon snack (not bad, even cooled down).

Some brands/names I like on this phase of the diet:

• MiRico low carb breads. Hard to get locally and usually bread shipment costs are prohibitive. I think Netrition stocks them: they usually have a flat, nominal shipping charge like $5. The loaves sell for around $6.30. It's a different type of bread, which I would describe as having a chewy texture, but I like it. For the occasional post-work snack, I might spread some Braunschweiger (organ meat spread) I had found recently at my WalMart on a slice.
• Guy's sugar-free BBQ sauce. I think I also ordered this from Netrition. 
• Quest Blueberry Muffin bar. I'm really not into protein bars made to taste like souped-up candy bars (I just noticed some even are made in a birthday cake flavor; it just struck me it's been years since I had a slice of wedding or birthday cake; for some reason, it's like families and kids have transitioned into cupcakes, at least for my grandnieces/nephews.) I bought a lot of discounted "crunchless" vanilla almond bars from Quest and had also ordered a box of their new blueberry muffin flavor. I tried one for the first time yesterday evening, blew me away.
• ButcherBox Beef. They recently included a couple of thick filet mignons in a monthly shipment. I have yet to be disappointed in a cut, but these were so tasty off the Foreman grill: I thought I was in heaven.

One of my co-workers owns a small ranch and raises ducks (among other things). He recently gifted me with a half-dozen duck eggs I've been dying to try. So I may include my review in the next post here.