Mock Potato Salad

I have been trying to update at least twice a week but I missed it this time. Some strange goings on with the scales LOL. I had checked last Mon and my weight said 365. I was surprised and thought I should be slowing down. I did my weekly weigh in on Thur and it was 378!!!! Now what happened?

I can tell you I have been sticking the diet eating basically what I have listed in previous posts. I seem to feel sick to my stomach one day and have 2 later meals. The next day I wake up ravenous and have breakfast early and the other two at their normal times.

The only difference I can find from the beginning is having the Fudgesicles. They may say only 4 net carbs but they are 26 before you subtract the sugar alcohol. Same with the SF chocolate pudding. Until 2000 I had never heard of "net" carbs, you just went by what it said - period. I think I am going to go that route. I only had a few of each so I had a snack each day and they are gone. My weight is also back down to 370 as of Sun.

I also didn't account for the sodium in those two items. They are prepacked foods which means they are loaded with salt. This could have caused water retention.

I had scrambled eggs for breakfast, will boil a chicken breast for salad for lunch and use the broth to cook a head of cauliflower. I want to experiment with mock potato salad.

A few weeks ago I steamed some cauliflower. I had chopped it into very small pieces so I could make mock mashed potatoes. I drained one scoop and set it aside. I added a tiny bit of mayo, boiled egg and celery seed and I was surprised at how close to potato salad it tasted.

I had steamed it very soft for the mash so today I will try to steam it just barely tender and I will cut it in big chunks. If everything comes together right I should be having SF BBQ ribs with mock potato salad for dinner.

Happy dieting
Linda B in TN:)