Happy 4th Quarter! Okay, I've been gone most of the spring and summer, and I've not fallen off the wagon so much as quit paying attention. I was still eating mostly the right stuff, but at all the wrong times, and sometimes over eating, sometimes under eating, but not tracking any of it so I sort of lost my compass. And I gained 11 lbs. But you know what? I don't care.
I'm not going to let it derail me in any way. I'm back on my tracking, back on target and all my clothes still fit fine so those 11 lbs are merely here on holiday and they are going home soon.
On the upside, I had my annual physical last week. I am exactly 20lbs less than I was at this same time last year. After my 20+ year history of Type 2 diabetes, my doc still checks my A1C every visit. This week's reading was 5.2. As perfect as could be :-). He told me last September that I was "no longer at risk for Type 2 diabetes" but he still likes seeing the pretty numbers and so do I.
This year, at the end of the visit, when the doctor usually goes over with you what you need to improve on, he just shrugged and said "I got nothing. You're doing all the right stuff. You got this. See you next year."
So my new thing is Chaffles. Have you people HEARD of these things? Maybe I'm new to the idea and everybody knew about it but me, but this is a GAME changer. These things are bread! I have about a half-dozen basic recipes that I use for everything from buns to sandwiches to, well... waffles.
The basic recipe is 1 egg, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1 T almond flour (kind of optional). You can switch the cheese for any cheese you like (even cream cheese), use coconut flour, other nut flours, protein powder, flaxseed, chia, and the list goes on and on. Add any seasonings you want and cook the mixture on a waffle iron. Now, the craze is to use these little mini waffle irons that make one 4" waffle. The recipe makes 2 of these. If you're so inclined to grab the little waffle iron, two 4" waffles makes the perfect sandwich for around 1 net carb for the "bread". They also come in dessert flavors.
Here's a picture of 2 Oreo chaffles (3 net carbs for both of them) with 1/2 cup rebel ice cream (1.5 net carbs), some whipped cream with a touch of stevia, and a drizzle of sugar free dark chocolate syrup. The total dessert came to under 6 net carbs and was enough to share.
