I borrowed this idea from another site. But to be fair, it's a concept that is not new to the low carb/keto community. Atkins '72 had you shoot for your daily protein goal and to keep your carbs (whole, non-net carbs) to about 10g or less per day (loosely). If you can't do <10g of carbs per day, then try to keep them as low as possible and definitely do NOT exceed 20g of whole non-net carbs.

So those of you who know me, know I get bored with my same ol' same ol' routine! So I felt like mixing things up and tightening up the carb wagon a bit. I'm eating a crap ton of carbs for my body (about 50-60g per day whole which comes out to about 30-40g net after fiber subtraction). And what tends to happens when you lower your carbs is that you up dietary ketosis (aka you become a fat burning monster, especially if you've already been low carb for a while--you lose your appetite; drop water retention; and you might just lose a couple of pounds of fat in the bargain--you also return back to easy satiety). And come on...after Fatsgiving, don't we all need to adopt a little austerity?

The rules of the game are simple:

AMAW = All Meat All Week (Meet only for the week--but I'm gonna include eggs, egg whites, poultry, game, domestically and internationally produced red meats, etc, cured meats/jerky/biltong, et al, bone broths and stocks and also all seafood/fish in the meat category)

CAMAW = All Cheese and Meat All Week (although personally I think it should be MACAW rather than CAMAW and I'm gonna include other forms of dairy + protein supplements + non-milk dairy like almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk provided it fits into the carbs/calories scenario previously discussed, since you're already eating cheese--it just has to fit into your 10g-20g of whole carbs for the day.)

Fats = Healthy Fats as much as you want/can handle (or as little) provided you stay within your daily carb/caloric goal for the day. This would not ideally include nuts/seeds/nut butters, but again, if that is the line in the sand for you, then we'd rather you play with us for the week rather than sit it out cuz you need your mother truckin' nuts. Right? Am I right? Healthy sources of fats = olive oil, evoo, evco, evpo, avocado oil, mct oil, grassfed butter, avocados, lard, tallow, schmalz (rendered chicken, duck, or goose fat), and if you choose to eat nuts/seeds/nutbutters they would also provide fat as well as protein and carbs.

Water/Liquids = 100oz or more per day

Vitamins = Of forkin' course, silly!

Coffee = yes

Tea = yes

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We'll start tomorrow, Sunday December 2, and continue through Saturday, December 8. Who's with me?

Edited December 1, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

That looks amazingly scrumptious!!! How do you make the ‘biscuits’? It also looks huge! ?

1 hour ago, Alpaca55 said:

That looks amazingly scrumptious!!! How do you make the ‘biscuits’? It also looks huge! ?

I put the recipe I used for this and the link to to how to make it up above.

Basically stir the ingredients together. Nuke covered in 15 sec intervals until done. It will still feel wet. It took about 1 min 15 seconds in my micro. Then tump into a dry small omelet pan over high heat and brown it on both sides. Then split it and brown the insides. It's a gut bomb of fiber...very dense, so you can't have any swallowing or esophagus problems or you should definitely NOT try this at home. And you MUST be fully hydrated before sending one of these down to your new tummy. Eat slowly, chew a million times. Wait 15 minutes after eating then send some water down the pipes to flush them!

Edited December 2, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

24 minutes ago, FluffyChix said:

It's a gut bomb of fiber...very dense, so you can't have any swallowing or esophagus problems or you should definitely NOT try this at home. And you MUST be fully hydrated before sending one of these down to your new tummy. Eat slowly, chew a million times. Wait 15 minutes after eating then send some Water down the pipes to flush them!

You make breakfast sound dangerous

With a 1/2 tsp of psyllum though, that much of a gut bomb?

3 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

You make Breakfast sound dangerous

With a 1/2 tsp of psyllum though, that much of a gut bomb?

Well the texture of them is VERY VERY dense you know? Cuz there's not a lot of fluid to dilute it. So when you take it out of the micro it's a little "slimey" and like a hockey puck. LOL. Then you fry it off in the pan and it dries out. A lot. Making it even more puckish. You should try it and see what you think! It's whole psyllium husk though, not the powder. Although if you're weighing it, can't see that there would be much difference.

Making my psylli wraps for dinner to have with grilled chickie boob and avocado.

Edited December 2, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

Very impressive FC!! Thank you for sharing... ?

I’m going to start on Monday
Calories at 750
Carbs at 10 grams
Fat 36 grams
Protein 80 grams
H2O 80-100 oz
Steps up to 4000. I know it not much but it’s a lots of steps for me and I’m going to do IF 16:8

4 minutes ago, clsumrall said:

I’m going to start on Monday
Calories at 750
Carbs at 10 grams
Fat 36 grams
Protein 80 grams
H2O 80-100 oz
Steps up to 4000. I know it not much but it’s a lots of steps for me and I’m going to do IF 16:8

Yay! So glad you're doing this with us! Misery Sux-cess loves company! hehe How ya feeling hon?

Hanging in there get my stitches out on Tuesday will be meeting with the oncologist at the same time. Hopefully good news and maybe I’ll cook up that rib eye steak I’m craving. Perfect week for ?

8 minutes ago, clsumrall said:

Hanging in there get my stitches out on Tuesday will be meeting with the oncologist at the same time. Hopefully good news and maybe I’ll cook up that rib eye steak I’m craving. Perfect week for ?

Sayin' major major prayers for no cancer!!!! Celebrate with meat! Hey did you know about Costco and the Ribeye Cap Steak (prime)? It's from the spinalis dorsi, the most tender and flavorful muscle on the cow!!! I sooooo am lobbying for a Costco membership when the Sam's runs out! We want pics of your steak! ha

I’m feeling a bit moovy ??

Lunch (still working on eating it)

Afters--will have to have it as a snack in a couple of hours:

Edited December 2, 20187 yr by FluffyChix

I want to follow my old Atkins plan, but since surgery I am unable to eat meat and keep it down. Every time I eat meat I throw it up after about 5 minutes, my sleeve just won’t tolerate it ☹️

The old Atkins plan really worked for me! Lost 6.5stone when I focused on it 6 years ago but once I stopped, I regained all the weight! Eating protein and fats was so easy for me but it’s very severe ... I’m such an idiot! ?

8 hours ago, blondie46 said:

I want to follow my old Atkins plan, but since surgery I am unable to eat meat and keep it down. Every time I eat meat I throw it up after about 5 minutes, my sleeve just won’t tolerate it ☹️

Why not fill out your profile so we can see how far out you are and maybe offer useful advice? Hopefully the collective wisdom of the board can help you figure some things out?! ((hugs))

7 hours ago, Alpaca55 said:

The old Atkins plan really worked for me! Lost 6.5stone when I focused on it 6 years ago but once I stopped, I regained all the weight! Eating Protein and fats was so easy for me but it’s very severe ... I’m such an idiot! ?

I guess it's just "what you know". Not that I'm a saint...solid mid-hedonist here...but we've been LC for so dang long that it's just become "how we eat"--low carb that is. But we do have carb escalation lol that happens then we have to check ourselves at the door--hence this AMAW/CAMAW week.