[kulbaen]

Not sure if this helps any, but the ingredients for the Taco Bell Mild Sauce is:
Water, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, Spices, Salt, Xanthan Gum, 0.1% Sodium Benzoate (As Preservative), Natural Flavoring (Soy). Contains Soybean.

I'm literally talking about taking the lil packets that you get from Taco Bell and just adding one to some ground beef for flavor with some cheddar cheese. The biggest obstacle I'm having is finding more flavorful or interesting ways to prepare the food. I'm a bit limited on what I can eat since I can't eat shellfish or seafood (massive allergy), so I've stocked up on chicken, hamburger, porkchops and eggs.

I've been perusing the recipe sites, but most seem to be for making faux versions of high carb foods. I'm trying to find small additions to the basics but am unsure looking at the list how you would combine the list into a meal.



So far, I've eaten the same thing each day since I started 9 days ago. My carb count per day is around 10 - 15 which is probably terrible. I have been eating:

• Two big 4 egg omelettes with 0 carb non-sugarcured bacon in them (that I eat in halves 4 times per day)
• 2 carbs based on per serving from Sucralose sweetner in a Aquafina Flavorsplash drink (though the label says 0g carbs, I think I'm counting this right since it says 2 servings per bottle). This is my once a day treat drink after I drink 80oz. of water.
• the few carbs that I'm getting from the vegetables that I tend not to finish
• My inbetween snacks are 6 strips of bacon for fats.

I take a multi-vitamin and workout by doing a routine 3 times per day of 300 jumping jacks (to excellerate heartrate), then 25 pushups, 50 situps and 50 sidebends/toetouches. Like I say I don't starve myself, but man, I could use some variety now. lol!

Sorry for the long posts and what may seem to be redundant questions. I review the list over and over, but when I look at it I just don't see how they would piece together into appealing meals for me. I've been used to hospital food for the last 3 years and that always had starches, fruits and other bad stuffs. I'm trying to just stick to meat/egg with cheese, veggie portion (hardest part) and water.

P.S. She said the Ice cream was sweetened with Splenda and she knows I'm not interested in trying anything sweetened with anything else, so she's looking for that specifically. She sent me a link to it, and it says 4 net carbs per serving (1 cup). It has sugars listed though so I'll have to see when I get there how it works out. Gotta make things work now and worry bout later... later. lol! One day at a time, right?!