Bacon is a superfood

I broke up with my boyfriend last december and moved into my parents house.

My eating habits have suffered a bit. Was it the break up and having to “deal” that got me craving carbs? Was it the fact that the food was simply around? Or could it be the weather and the change of seasons?

When I moved in, I started drinking more coffee and alcohol. I started buying more sweeteners and low carb products. Since the move, I’ve been eating like a horse.

I talk about low carb all the time…it is MY PASSION. I’m usually hyperaware and strict about what I eat. I mean, don’t get me wrong…I still am compared to 99,9% of people I know. But these last 3 months , I’ve given in to some things such as chips and beer, coke zero, sugar free ice cream, dried fruit, bananas, peanut butter, chocolate….

I stopped losing weight. My pants were getting very tight. I constantly had the munchies.

Then, I had an idea. I said to myself: If I’m craving carbs, then maybe I should have a few real ones and see what happens. Maybe the real ones will satiate me better then the fake ones and I won’t have to eat as much. So no more artificial sweeteners, only a few starchy vegetables and some fruit here and there, nothing crazy like bread.

So I tried this a week ago. I cut out the coke zero completely and 3 days later my pants aren’t as tight as they were. Coincidence?

 I don’t know. All I’m saying is, if you’re low carbing and your weight has stalled, try ditching the non-caloric sweeteners and see what happens.

Have any of you experienced something similar?

Once in a while, maybe at Christmas or when you’re having company over (especially small children), you wanna have a special treat to offer, something sweet but still somewhat more healthful than the cookies and cakes they sell at the grocery store.

I have a recipe for LC faux chocolate chunk cookies. They are dramatically lower carb because I do not use regular wheat flour or sugar, except for the tablespoon of molasses. As one of my Paleo friends says, it’s part of my 80/20 rule. I wouldn’t have these at the end of each meal but once in a while is ok.

Ingredients

2 cups of almonds, finely grinded (45.4 NET grams of carbs)

3 tbsp of golden flax seeds, finely grinded (approx. 3 to 4 grams of NET carbs)

2 tbsp coconut flour (6.1 NET grams of carbs)

1 tbsp of blackstrap molasses (14 grams of carbs)

1/2 cup of your favorite non-caloric sweetener (I used a mix of Xylitol and Splenda)

4 squares of 86% cacao Ghirardelli chocolate (10 NET grams of carbs)

3 eggs

1/2 stick of melted butter

dash of salt

Preheat the oven to 350.

Start by melting the butter and beating in with the eggs. Add molasses and sweeteners to taste.

In a bowl, mix the flax seeds, coconut flour and almonds together. Incorporate into the wet mix. Break off small chunks of chocolate squares and distribute evenly throughout the dough, actually it’s much more like a paste. You might have to wear a pair of plastic gloves to do this or if you don’t mind, just get your hands dirty.

 Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and make small balls that will be flatened in the shape of a cookie. You can make between 8 and 15 cookies, depending on how big you like them.

11 minutes in the oven should be just right.

Enjoy!

This recipe is based on Lauren’s ccc recipe at healthyindulgences.blogspot.com

All the recipes I have tried on her website are AMAZING. I’m warning you, they are highly addictive! Do not make any of these if you are alone…or you’ll be like me and eat the whole pan and have a belly ache.