Blueberry Muffins

Now before I get into the recipe....my week has been going well, haven't gone down in weight, and probably to blame is too much food in general, think it's time to tweak for weight loss again.
Yes I know the blog design has changed yet again, as I said it's kind of like changing my room around!

Anyway I’ve been inspired to make a few sensible vice treats; this is also to help dh stay healthy as he has been slowly making the transition to more primal eating. He’s very much a sugar addict and I know it’s been hard for him so these experiments are to help him and so I too can have a little treat :) but obviously not too often because I don't want to stop losing weight.

The blueberry muffins I've made are from Elana’s Pantry. http://www.elanaspantry.com/blueberry-muffins/ However I made a few adjustments, the recipe is here:

Gluten Free Blueberry Muffins

½ cup coconut flour, sifted
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
6 eggs
⅓ cup dark cane sugar (depending on sweetness)
100gms of melted butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen

In a small bowl, combine coconut flour, salt and baking soda
In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla and blend well with a hand mixer
Mix dry ingredients into wet, blending with a hand mixer
Gently fold in blueberries
Place batter in paper lined muffin tins
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes
Cool and serve

Now you may be thinking woah sugar….well I hate artificial sweeteners and so does dh, 1/3 cup of dark cane sugar divided into 12 muffins is 1tsp sugar per muffin so that’s pretty good I think. They aren’t overly sweet at all but very very good, the butter makes them pretty damn nice too even dh like’s them.
Tip: make sure you buy cupcake liners, I buttered the muffin tray and they still stuck, took a little while to get them out!

Now I almost find these too yummy so I think next time I might try savory muffins with cheese, I think they would be awesome. Will let you know!

What do I weigh now and what do I eat?

I've been doing soo well with only weighing myself once a week, I've decided it feels better doing it once a week, the whole once a day thing was driving me crazy! I have broken my stall and lost 3kgs in the last two weeks. I am now weighing 86.5kgs and I was originally 107.1kgs so all up I've lost 20.6kgs/45.5lbs!! I like to think of 45lbs of butter when I visulize how much I've lost, it's not exact I know but it keeps me motivated.



I'm so stoked and people are really noticing now, I finally feel like an overweight slimmer person as opposed to a truly obese person. I'm half way there which feels so fantastic I cannot tell you :) My goal is 60-65kgs so I have about 20kgs to go. Nothing tastes as good as slim feels and I'm not even slim yet.

I still don't feel like I'm dieting at all, I never feel like I miss out, the only time I have found it hard is smelling garlic bread sometimes but other than that I am so very satisfied with the foods I do get to eat. So what do I eat......here's a sample of what I eat in a day.

Breakfast - 3 free range poached eggs, 5 hazelnuts and a small pc 85% chocolate (I add the nuts and choc to just add a bit more fat) or I will have a Protein Shake with 1 scoop of unflavoured whey, 2 tsps cocoa powder, coconut milk, almond milk, dash cream. In the weekend it's 3 free range poached eggs and a few slices of free range streaky bacon YUM!! and on sundays it's scrambled eggs with cream added, dh makes the best scrambled egg.

Lunch - If I've had eggs for breakfast and I'm in a hurry I'll have the above protein shake or I will make a chicken salad with mayo or now I'm having my beloved 'low carb' sushi is becoming more frequent and I love it.

Snack - if needed which I don't usually, I last 5-6hours between my meals, If I don't add enough fat at my previous meal I only last 4 hours. If I'm having a late dinner or something a snack will be some pistachio nuts, cashews, hazelnuts or pecans or almond butter and maybe a bit of camembert.

Dinner - Pork chops or roast chicken, roast pumpkin (small amount), broccoli and zucchini with gravy - I use about 1/2 tsp guar gum to thicken the gravy and add some cream to make it richer. Or we will have a chicken wrap with bacon, camembert, relish, aioli and iceberg to hold it together - this is usually a friday night dinner. Or a nice piece of eye fillet steak with pepper sauce with a large salad with lots of everything and loads of avacado and homemade mayo.

Desert - only sometimes when I feel like it - Raspberries/blueberries with shredded coconut, slivered almonds, 85% chocolate and cream. Or a passionfruit, or just a couple of pcs of 85% chocolate.

Drinks - soda water, water and raspberry tea, I don't drink anything else, I hate artificial sweetners for hot drinks and coffee make's me more anxious.

So there you have it, doesn't really look like a diet to me. As you can see I don't eat a lot of fruit, I'm not a big fruit person anyway and it does slow my weight loss.

It does feel great to be down to my wedding weight which was two years ago now, the same weight I am in my profile pic :)