[Recipe] Chicken Crust Alfredo Pizza!

Hello friends!

I am back with another recipe! I saw a friend who had gastric post a pizza where the recipe called for chicken as the crust; and I couldn't believe I had not thought about that before!

So here I present to you a high protein/ SUPER low carb pizza (I have plans to make a buffalo version in the future)

First up, Sorry for the tall photos, I didn't think to turn the camera :/ This is 1.4lbs of chicken breast I had left over from cooking my weekly meals the other day; so I threw it in the Food Processor on shred and it turned into this! 

Covered it in wax paper and began rolling it out!

It's fine that it doesn't go all the way to the edges, I got it nice and thin though :)

I used 1/2 cup of Bertoli's Alfredo Sauce  which was one of the lowest carb Alfredo Sauces I have found!

1 Cup of Kraft Mozzerella on top of the sauce

28 Hormel Pepperonis, which is 2 servings.

1 Serving of the Hormel Pork Sausage! 

1 serving of black olives because I love black olives.

** I did forget to take a picture after throwing another cup of Mozzerella on top of the pizza. Essentially, I used one whole 2 cup bag for this recipe; 1 cup as the base 1 cup on top.

After baking at 400 for 16 minutes viola; we have this beautiful mother fucker. (Yes I gave to clean my stove.. did a lot of cooking this week and I am lazy)

Here is the entire pizza; just under 2,000 calories for the whole thing and only 14g of carbs.. However...

Let's break it up into a 1/4 pizza serving; and we have just under 500 calories, 4g carbs, and amazing macros all around! 

Now some advice that I didn't do: as I ate it the chicken broke apart some (which I didn't care about.. but you might). Use 1 cup of Parmesan cheese or something similar and mix it with the chicken; should help bind it all together real good. Maybe even an egg or two. I will test this hypothesis out on the next go round!

Until next time

-Freeze

Klean Keto is Far Superior to Whatever the Fuck I Was Doing the Last Two Times

Keto ultimately failed for me the last 2 times I tried it. I understand why now. As I did research and spoke with people about ketogenic diets, the main theme that was thrown around a lot was "calories don't matter, it's all about the carbs"... I think that is skewed. I was told that it didn't matter what I ate and how much, as long as I was under 20g of carbs for the day.

That usually ended up with me eating a bag of pork rinds at night because I was so hungry. That then led to me using French Onion dip with my pork rinds. Still under 20g carbs per day, so it had to be ok right?

Wrong.

What it did was make me lose weight at such a slow pace, that I ended up giving up both times. The first time i went from 395 to 360 over the course of about 3 months. Granted, a lot of cheating happened, but I was always super strict with my carbs when not on a cheat day.. Still super slow.

The second time I went from 390 to 365, but that included 2 weekends back to back where i walked miles a day working conventions; a lot of exertion while not eating a lot (too busy). I was actually 372 before the weekend, so that 7 pounds was literally busting my ass all weekend. This was another 60 day time frame. Then I just started justifying cheating, and well, the rest is history.

2 months later; I had gained back up to 385. I decided to make the change but to do it different this time. If you go back to the beginnings of this blog, you will see that I lost substantial weight a few years ago eating small meals throughout the day. My best friend encouraged me to do that again.

So what I decided to do was a hybrid, a cleaner Keto diet, without all the cheeses and "this is high in fat, low carb, so binge on it" foods. No more night snacks, no more justifications, just clean ketosis. I call it Klean Keto.

My diet is Chicken, Beef, Broccoli, and Avocado. Mostly. In my last post I showed you what a day looks like. I have taken the 1/4th avocado out of each of the meals, and instead use a whole one at night in an Avocado Chocolate milkshake thats about 4-5g net carbs.

I was challenged by a vendor for VapeMania 15, Shawn, to a weight loss challenge. He had recently started Keto. He probably didn't know I had been cheating for 2 months solid. He also probably didn't know that I had just started back on my diet 2 days prior. Either way, I accepted. On Sept 4th, 2015 at VapeMania 15 (my convention) we will have an official weigh in to see who lost the most. The loser will donate $500 to the winner's charity, and wear a dress and make up the second day of the convention. This challenge has really gotten me more excited.

So what's the secret?

It feels like a game, a sport; and I don't fucking lose.

I started 11 days ago. 7 days ago I weighed in at 383.3, the next day I weighed 385.5. This morning, I weighed 372.6

Already in 11 days, I am lighter than I was going into that convention. I am feeling way better, I am abstaining from snacking at night, and I am losing the weight.

The other change is I'm actually going to the gym. Not every day, not yet. I'm slowly building myself back up to it, and within a couple weeks I expect to be able to work out 5-7 days a week again. I had a panic attack trying to do cardio 2 nights ago, and I think it's because I was trying to push myself too hard a little too soon, so I got off the eliptical, went and worked out weights for an hour, did some abs, then came back and did another spurt of cardio. It was a total of 15 minutes on the elliptical; but it's a start.

I expect to be able to go a full hour by July 11th, easy. The panic attack thing sucks, and I know I just have to fight through that shit.

I am not going to lose this competition, and I'm not going to quit. I am the type of person who is completely content with eating the same thing every day; so this is easy for me. Tomorrow I cook the next week's food, and that's a 2 hour workout in itself too!

I am more active already, I've chosen to go walk around the mall and Barnes and Nobles a few times already in the past week, when normally I'd choose to be stationary. I am wanting to move more; and that's a good thing.

Here's to July 11th, where I'll give an update on my weight and cardio time, and keep talking about how this cleaner keto is superior to lazier keto.

-Freeze

Peanut Butter Chocolate Avocado Milk Shake

Here for you today is a simple recipe for a banging avocado milkshake. After making it, I suggest upping the splenda, or any other sweetener you may want to use; because it could always be sweeter (though I don't mind it not being super sweet)

I actually got an avocado from Walmart, but an avocado is an avocado. 

6 total Net Carbs, 29g fat 10g protein and 1048 Potassium! That's the jam right there. As you can see my total day today is 1305 calories.. not even hungry!

I'll get pictures step by step if you want, but I think you can figure it out; I did ad 4 ice cubes to it as well :)

Here is the blender I prefer, as I just click the preset "frozen drink" and it came out perfect.

See ya next time!

Also: I'll be updating with a challenge I received soon!

A Hidden Carb-Loaded Item that Knocked me out of Keto This morning.

So I have been having some trouble sleeping and my schedule is all out of wack; so I decided last night I would take some ZzzQuil to help get to sleep; 5 hours and 2.5 doses later I finally passed out. This morning, I had been knocked out of Keto! I couldn't believe it, so I looked at the ingredients, and it has corn syrup. So I did some research: NyQuil: 93 calories, 19g carbs DayQuil: 93 calories, 19g carbs ZzzQuil: 81 calories, 10g carbs No wonder! I took 2.5 doses and that was enough, (on top of my 20g of carbs from the day) to knock me out of keto! So be careful when taking medicines, cough or otherwise during sick seasons! Also: these values were liquid, I have to check on the capsule versions to see if they have the same (they just never work as good for me!) So I guess no Zzzquil for this guy! -Freeze

An Experiment With Pimento Cheese

I love pimento cheese. It's something that I've only recently discovered, but I've come to find that it has to be a good pimento cheese. Not that fake stuff that has weird orange food dye in it. It has to have real cheddar cheese in it.

One thing I love more than pimento cheese is a warm, gooey toasted pimento cheese sandwich. However, a problem I encounter on the keto diet is that I can't have the bread. So, I've found a way to improvise with the support of my fellow Instagramers.

Here's 1/4 cup of a good quality pimento cheese in a non-stick skillet. I cannot emphasize that it has to be a non-stick skillet and it has to be heated on low heat. Too high, too fast will result in burnt cheese which is gross.

TaDa!

The melted cheese will slide right out of the pan and a serving of pork skins are the perfect vessel for these. And the only carbs in this snack are the carbs in the cheese, which was 2 gms for 1/4 cup. This was actually pretty filling, so I ate it as a meal. I'm so glad I tried this!

Hope you guys enjoyed this one!

You CAN Eat Out and Keep it Healthy!

Freeze here! Back from a small Hiatus. The gout led to a 5 day cheat day streak in which I ballooned back up to 379 from 370. I knew it was mostly water weight! I was 379.2 on Tuesday... I am currently 371 again ( I did just eat dinner). So the whoosh effect is real, and I'm happily steadfast back on keto.

Now for a truth: You can and will stumble. It happens. Life is strange that way. You can be 85 days into a perfect new lifestyle, by that time; it's a habit... and yet you can still fall. I have personally fallen off of the horse so many times in the past... it's why I am still obese and not the thin, fit me that I believe I can and will be.

My best friend asked me why my progress is slower this time, and it's actually not. I guess it doesn't "look" as much since I haven't been in the gym, so there has been no muscle toning. That's changing though; now that the gout is over, now that I'm back on Keto... Gym time starts!

I've been walking the puppy around the neighborhood to start getting my body moving, and I'm going to take it super slow in the gym the first week or so to get a feel for my limits, and then go from there.

The reason you are here, though, is eating out. I have been finding great things to eat at local eateries. I grabbed groceries to cook tonight; but I decided to go grab something anyway.

I went to a place called Bad Daddy's Burger Bar where I discovered their build your own salad menu!

Here's the nutrition on the entire salad (I did over guesstimate on some things.. being as I didn't have each item individually labeled)

You'll also notice "hungry howies" blue cheese. I just chose one that let me choose ounces instead of grams. Obviously the brands of these things may not be correct, but one things for sure; it was amazing. Now as you can see, on an 1800 calorie day, this fits your entire macros perfectly. I was dumbfounded when I ONLY ATE HALF OF IT!

I was starving, hadn't eaten in 18.5 hours, was enjoying a nice Intermittant Fast.. but ready to eat. I only ate half of it. Crazy talk, I'll enjoy the other half before bed and end my day at about 1600 calories which is nice!

Here's what it looked like all fresh out of the kitchen:

It got me to thinking. I wonder if I can make a HUGE batch of salad, with things like raw broccolie, blue cheese crumbles, ect and just have it prepaired. Then pull out a plate, portion it out, add a chicken breast and be good to go. If so, then I could eat this every single day.

Plus the Bison Burger was fantastic!  I found some on Amazon and may order myself some.

Speaking of which, do any of you use any of those meat ordering services? I've been thinking about it, as a way to constantly have good hearty meat ready for any evening meal. My goal is to gradually step away from eating out and make myself eat from home 100% of the time.

Until next time!

Keep Calm and Keto On!

-Freeze

Review: Enlightened Mint Fudge Swirl Ice Cream Bar

I have found a semi-good-for-you ice cream that tastes good. These were given to me by a friend at work after she found out about my Keto diet. In doing my homework on the company, Enlightened (also on Facebook here), I was over the moon happy about these little treats. They're low in calories, they have fiber, they have protein, they're low in far, low in sugar, and they have calcium! Unfortunately, according to their store locator there isn't a store within 50 miles of my house that carries their products.

They come 4 to a box and all the details are on the front, which is nice. Unlike other companies who only show 'sugar free' or 'low in carbs' I still have to pull the box out of the freezer to read the nutritional label.

They're still pretty high in carbs, but the net carbs are only 11. I had a good day and didn't eat a lot of carbs, so I decided to treat myself to one of these today.

The bars themselves are a little smaller than a normal ice cream bar. The fudge swirls are pretty evenly dispersed throughout and the whole thing actually tastes good! It is very minty and leaves a nice minty after taste that's not unpleasant. It's actually kind of pretty for an ice cream bar, but does not look like what's on the box.

I really like these. According to Enlightened's website they're sold at Whole Foods and Publix, so I'm hoping that sometime before summer one of the stores around me will start carrying this brand because I really need to keep these in my life.

I have 2 other flavors that I'm going to review so check back soon so see them!