I’m not sure I’m the best guy to go to for diet advice. But ever since my first article about my health issues (http://vernthehermit.com/2014/08/25/im-bringing-back-sexy/) several people (dozens actually) have written to me asking for meal ideas. I have tried to be diligent about taking photos of each and every meal I eat but I did miss a few.
I have also had a couple smoothies along the way as meal substitutes. I didn’t bother to take photos of those. If you’re interested in the smoothie recipe, just let me know.
I think all this would be boring to anyone other than me, but since so many have asked, here is a collection of those photos and descriptions.
Below these pictures is my weight, blood pressure and blood sugar chart. It’s kind of fun to see how what I ate the day before effects the blood sugar the next day. As you can see I started out at 315 (by the doctor’s scales and I am now 287 by my scales.. I believe my scales to read slightly less than the doctor’s)
Before eating this way, my blood sugars were about 170 fasting. My A1C was 8.9. In just four weeks, I have lowered my blood sugars substantially. My A1C (which is a 3 month average) went from 8.9 to 7.4. My life long heart condition (since birth) has required that I take medicines most of my life. Those medicines have injured my liver so I have a lot of work to do.
Below that chart is the recipe for our cheese “crackers”
I absolutely have to go on record and say… MY WIFE ROCKS! She has been the chef on everything here. Nothing came out of a box, a jar (except for pickles, olives, etc) and everything is fresh either from our garden or the market.
Bon Appétit!
P.S. My “way of eating” (I refuse to call it a diet since this is a lifestyle change) is very complicated. Please read the story in the link above for more details before starting to give me advice. No offense, but I can’t handle much more advice from anyone at the moment. My email is literally flooded with folks with good intentions but little knowledge about my particular case. Unless you have to eat like I am, I really don’t want to hear that this food or that food is good for me or not good for me. I am under strict guidelines from my two doctors. I trust them completely and the proof is in my weight loss and my lab results.
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- 8/22/2014 – Breakfast – 2 scrambled eggs with pico de gallo; 3 ounces of lean ham; a couple strawberries and a tangerine orange
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- 8/22/2014 – Supper – 5 ounces of grilled skinless chicken; some asparagus and a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese chased by a bottle of sparkling water
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- 8/22/2014 – Lunch – Small salad with nuts; granberries; a 1/5 cup of cottage cheese and some fresh hot peppers from our garden
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- 8/23/2014 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with veggies; fresh strawberries and a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese
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- 8/24/2014 – Breakfast – 2 to 3 egg omlet with pico de gallo inside with small provolone cheese; fresh fruit and a 1/4 cup of cottage cheese
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- 8/24/2014 – Lunch – Chicken garden salad with thinned fat free dressing (sugar free); strawberries and blueberries; 1/4 cup of cottage cheese
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- 8/24/2014 – Dinner – 6 ounces of grilled pork chop; aspargus and grilled pineapple
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- 8/25/2014 – Breakfast – 3 egg veggie omlet… loaded with mushrooms; onions; peppers; etc – a couple ounces of breakfast pork chop; 1/5 cup of cottage cheese; some fresh peaches and blueberries
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- 8/25/14 – Afternoon snack
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- 8/25/2014 – Dinner – 6 ounces of pork; green beans with a very small bit of ham for flavoring; red bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and a side of jalapeños. Desert is going to be a small half cup of Honey Dew melon
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- 8/25/2014 – Evening Snack – Fresh strawberries and blueberries; a piece of string cheese and some chicken broth
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- 8/26/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with onions and red bell pepper; chopped jalapeno; lean smoked ham; pineapple; cottage cheese
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- 8/26/14 – Lunch – Grilled steak; asparagus
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- 8/26/14 – Snack – Mozzarella cheese balls and tomatoes. Topped with shredded coconut on lettuce
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- 8/26/14 – Dinner – Grilled boneless chicken breast, topped with cheese, hot hatch peppers, mushrooms, red bell peppers, onions; pineapple and fresh jalapeno
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- 8/27/14 – Breakfast – Grilled breakfast pork chop; scrambled eggs with red bell peppers, jalapenos, onions; strawberries and blueberries; cottage cheese
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- 8/27/14 – Lunch at a restaurant – I had to eat out and this was the only thing on the menu… smoked turkey and onions. Sugar free hot sauce on the side.
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- 8/28/2014 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with diced red bell peppers, onions, and jalapenos; sugar free chicken sausage with jalapenos and cheese; strawberries and blueberries
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- 8/28/14 – Dinner – Grilled porkchops topped with hot hatch peppers and cheese; pineapple and asparagus
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- 8/29/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with diced red bell peppers, mushrooms, jalepenos and a small amount of cheese; mandarin orange slices and blue berries; cottage cheese
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- 8/29/14 – Lunch – My wife rocks! She had a meeting and left this for me in the fridge… two chicken, jalapeno and cheese links; steamed veggies… broccoli, onions and red bell peppers; pineapple
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- 8/30/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with all the usual stuff.. cheese, diced red bell peppers, onions and jalapenos; grilled breakfast size pork chop; strawberries and blueberries
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- 8/30/14 – Dinner – Quick and dirty… 2 chicken sausage, cheese and jalapeno links; green onions; fresh pineapple; garden salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, green onion, small amount of cheese and sugar free dressing
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- 8/31/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual stuff… jalapenos, onions; small breakfast sized grilled pork chop; fresh peaches
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- 8/31/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; aspargus; green onion; pineapple and jalapeno
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- 8/31/14 – Dinner – Grilled chicken topped with hot hatch peppers, red bell peppers, onions and mushrooms; green beans with a little bit of non-sugar cured bacon, jalapenos; green onions and mandarin orange slices
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- 9/1/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with all the usual… cheese, jalapenos, onions, mushrooms; non-sugar cured bacon; mandarin orange slices; cottage cheese
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- 9/1/14 – Lunch – Stir fried pork; broccoli; pineapples and a green onion
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- 9/1/14 – Dinner – Is this dieting?! WOW! Grilled chicken wings; chicken sausage stuffed jalapenos wrapped in sugar free bacon; garden salad with all the normal stuff… tomatoes, mushrooms, green onions, and sugar free dressing
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- 9/2/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken sausage with cheese and jalapeno links; 1 pork with jalapeno link sausage; mandarin orange slices; asparagus; green onions
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- 9/2/14 – Snack – My wife rocks! Her own mozzarella cheese stick. It’s rolled in crushed pork rinds and LIGHTLY fried in skillet. Could almost say it was dry fried.
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- 9/2/14 – Dinner – Grilled pork chops; fresh veggies… squash, red bell peppers, onions; pineapple; green onion
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- 9/3/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… jalapenos, diced tomatoes, onions; cottage cheese; 2 sugar free sausage links; and homemade salsa
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- 9/3/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken sausage links with cheese and jalapenos; jalapeno; green onion; avacado slices; fresh steamed veggies… broccoli, asparagus, onions, red bell peppers
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- 9/3/14 – Dinner – Grilled skinless boneless chicken breast topped with hot hatch peppers and cheese; green beans seasoned with sugar free bacon; green onion
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- 9/4/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… diced tomatoes, jalapenos and onions; mandarin orange slices; 2 sugar free sausage links; grilled jalapeno
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- 9/4/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken with cheese and jalapeno sausage links; avocado; red bell pepper; apple slices with homemade peanut butter dip (sugar free); green onion
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- 9/4/14 – Dinner – Grilled skinless, boneless chicken thighs; pineapple; avocado; green pepper; collard greens and homemade hot hatch cream sauce
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- 9/5/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs topped with homemade salsa; 2 sugar free sausage links; jalapeno
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- 9/5/14 – Dinner – 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; grilled halloumi cheese slices; avocado; scrambled eggs with homemade hatch chili cream sauce
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- 9/6/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual suspects… diced tomatoes, jalapenos and onions; two slices of goat cheese; mandarin orange slices and 2 sugar free sausage links
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- 9/6/14 – Dinner – Scrambled eggs with homemade salsa; avocado; red bell pepper; jalapeno stuffed olives; grilled halloumi cheese slices and 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links
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- 9/7/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with all the usual stuff… tomatoes, onions, cheese and jalapenos topped with homemade salse; mandarin orange slices and avocado slices
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- 9/8/14 – Dinner – Breakfast porkchops “breaded” in crushed pork rinds and baked; jalspeno stuffed olives; green onion; broccoli with cheese sauce
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- 9/9/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… tomatoes, jalapenos, onions and topped with cheese sauce; avocado slices; chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage patty
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- 9/9/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; fresh grilled veggies… tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, yellow squash; cauliflower topped with melted cheese
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- 9/9/14 – Dinner – Grilled pork chop; green beans with a little sugar free bacon for seasoning and that stuff in the cup is the hot hatch chili cream sauce
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- 9/10/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and topped with cheese; 2 chicken with cheese and jalapeno sausage patties
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- 9/10/14 – Lunch – Pork Tenderloin; cream sauce with mushrooms and onions; avocados and jalapeno stuffed olives
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- 9/10/14 – Dinner – For the record… I didn’t finish this feast! Ribs topped with some sort of gravy from the pan drippings; green beans with a small amount of sugar free bacon for seasoning
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- 9/11/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken with cheese and jalapeno sausage links; avocados; jalapeno; and jalapeno stuffed olives
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- 9/11/14 – Dinner – Grilled skinless boneless chicken breasts; homemade guacamole; jalapeno stuffed olives; jalapeno; and freshly grilled veggies… yellow squash, red bell peppers, onions and mushrooms
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- 9/12/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… tomatoes, onions and jalapenos; hot hatch green chili cream sauce; 2 sugar free sausage links; strawberries; jalapeno
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- 9/12/14 – Lunch – I had been craving a hamburger, but since I can’t do bread, my dear wife made her own bread from almond meal and coconut flour; topped with light and sugar free mayo, cheese and onions; jalapeno; pickle slices and pork rings to simulate chips that I normally get with burgers.
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- 9/12/14 – Dinner – Grilled cheese stuffed pork chops; asparagus and jalapeno
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- 9/13/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual… tomatoes, onions, and jalapenos; goat cheese; sugar free sausage link; avocado slices and a jalapeno
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- 9/13/14 – Lunch – 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; jalapeno; and broccoli with cheese sauce
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- 9/13/14 – Snack – Cheese “crackers” – I will post the recipe later
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- 9/14/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs; sugar free sausage; strawberries and jalapeno
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- 9/14/14 – Lunch – Grilled chicken; avocado slices; jalapeno stuffed olives and jalepeno
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- 9/14/14 – Dinner – Grilled chicken (boneless and skinless) topped with spinach and mushroom cream sauce; steamed green beans; jalapeno stuffed olives and jalapeno.
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- 9/15/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with all the usual suspects (diced tomatoes; onions and jalapenos); sugar free sausage; jalapeno; avocado slices
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- 9/15/14 – Lunch – Salmon patties (made with almond meal and coconut flour); steamed green beans; jalapeno; jalapeno stuff olives
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- 9/16/14 – Breakfast – Scrambled eggs with diced tomatoes, jalapenos, onions and topped with homemade salsa; sugar free sausage; jalapeno
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- 9/16/14 – Late lunch – We had to eat out this day. The moisture you see on the plate is just condensation not oil; Grilled shrimp; grilled chicken tenders and steamed broccoli
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- 9/16/14 – Dinner – We had to eat a late lunch so dinner is kind of blah. 2 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; jalapenos and green onions
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- 9/17/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with cheese, onions, jalapeno and chorizo and topped with homemade salsa; avocado slices
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- 9/17/14 – Dinner – Grilled pork chops; steamed green beans; jalapenos
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- 9/18/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with chorizo, cheese, onions, tomatoes and a jalapeno
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- 9/19/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with chorizo, cheese, onions, tomatoes and a jalapeno
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- 9/19/14 – Lunch – Grilled chicken thigh; avocado with homemade pico; red bell pepper; jalapeno
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- 9/19/14 – Dinner – Grilled pork chops; avocado with homemade pico mixed in; jalapeno; steamed asparagus
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- 9/20/14 – Breakfast – 3 egg omelet with chorizo, cheese, onions, tomatoes and a jalapeno topped with homemade salsa and homemade pico; jalapeno
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- 9/20/14 – Late lunch – I was feeling particularly hungry this day! 3 chicken, cheese and jalapeno sausage links; jalapeno; jalapeno stuffed olives and a scrambled egg
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- 9/20/14 – Dinner – Grilled chicken thighs; jalapeno; homemade hot hatch chili cream sauce; steamed broccoli with melted cheese
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- 9/21/14 – Lunch – German sausage; homemade chili con queso sauce; jalapeno and steamed green beans with onions and tomatoes
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- 9/21/14 – Dinner – Grilled pork chops; homemade hot hatch chili cream sauce; collard greens; grilled veggies… yellow squash, red bell peppers, onions; jalapeno
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- 9/21/14 – Snack – My personal favorite… cheese “crackers” – See recipe below
My cheese “crackers” are pretty simple… We have tried it with slices of cheese and shredded cheese. The slices work much better.
On a baking sheet, lay out slices of Colby Jack cheese. We cut each slice into fourths since it is a better bite size.
Make a mixture of 1 part almond meal and 1 part grated Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle the mixture on the cheese slices . Make sure some of the mixture falls off the slices onto the baking sheet since the slices will melt slightly and nothing worse than cheese with no toppings. LOL
Then sprinkle your favorite seasoning on top. Mrs Dash; Cajun; chili or whatever.
Bake at 300 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.
Let cool. Eat!
Almond meal?? I found the coconut flour. Still looking for almond flour. Where do I find meal?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/12018295
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