Lazy Deviled Eggs

I love deviled eggs, but they are very time consuming.  First you have to cut them all in half, scoop out the yolks, mix up the filling, carefully scoop the filling into each egg half (making sure you portion it out so you don't end up with the lone egg half that didn't have filling).  That is just too difficult for me to do on a regular basis.

 

One of my favorite low carb snacks is my Lazy Deviled Eggs.

 

This recipe couldn't be easier: Peel 2 eggs and put them in a small bowl, add 1 Tbps Mayo and 1 Tsp Mustard.  Chop up the eggs with a fork and mix.  Easy, right?!  You could even go the extra step and sprinkle a little paprika on top.

The nutrition breakdown for 2 medium eggs: 212 Calories, 18.5g Fat, 0.9g Carbs, 0.2 Fiber, 10.7g Protein

The macro breakdown is: Fat 61.5% -  Carbs 3% - Protein 35.5%

This also makes a great lunch by adding 5 oz of Tuna and a sprinkle of Dill.

Hard Boiled Eggs - The EASY Way

If you haven't cooked hard boiled eggs in your oven yet, go try it NOW!  Go preheat your oven right now, It will change your life!  Well, it changed mine.  Who wants to wait for a pot of water to boil and only get a few eggs at a time?  Not me.  I have been cooking eggs in my oven for a while now and it never fails.
 

Hard-boiled eggs are a staple in my fridge.  I have an old egg carton just for them.  I cook a large batch at least once a week.

There are 2 ways I have cooked my eggs....laying them on the top rack with a cookie sheet underneath and the way in the picture above, a mini muffin tin.  I prefer the muffin tin way because it is so much easier to pull the eggs out of a hot oven when they are in a pan.  If you lay the eggs on the oven rack, you will need a pan underneath because there is always one egg that cracks and could make a big mess on the bottom of your oven.

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees and cook your eggs for 30 minutes, then plunge in ice water for a few minutes.  It couldn't be easier.  If hard boiled eggs are a staple in your low carb diet and you are still boiling, try the oven next time.

I also have a trick to peel the hard boiled eggs.  I have heard people say: "Only use old eggs for hard boiled" or "Add baking soda to your water"  But really, all you need is a spoon....

 

 

Crack the egg like normal, then slip a spoon between the egg and the shell.  The shell will come off in large chunks without taking the egg white with it.  Super easy and everyone has a spoon, so try this next time you are peeling eggs.  It will save you so much time.

My Story

Five days ago, I started eating a low carb high fat diet.  I was skeptical about how eating this way would help me lose weight, but it's working!

I have struggled with losing weight for the last 6 years.  When I got pregnant with my first daughter, I gained a good 75 pounds during that pregnancy.  I lost 20 after having her, but struggled to lose the rest.  I really had to work hard and at one point I turned to a doctor who gave me Phentramine.  With the drug, I was able to lose another 40 pounds.

The weight eventually started to creep back on, and when I got pregnant with my second daughter last year, I gained back 30 more pounds.  After she was born I was able to lose 20 pounds with no problem, but it wasn't as much as I wanted.

So there I was, needing to lose at least 65 pounds to get to my goal.  Working hard, counting every calorie, I was able to lose a pound here and a pound there.  From the end of June to the end of August I managed to lose 7 pounds by counting every single calorie that went into my mouth, but it wasn't as much as I wanted to lose or as fast as I had hoped.  7 pounds in 11 weeks isn't the 2 pounds per week I was looking for.

Earlier this month, I was looking around on the internet, reading about Atkins and low carb diets.  I have never tried a true low carb diet and the thought of trying to keep my carbs at 20 grams per day seemed impossible.  But the more I read, the more it seemed like this might be the way I need to go for awhile to see if I can speed up my weight loss.  I have read about Ketosis and everything makes sense.  This post was one that I read before making the decision to try this way of eating. 

So this week I took on the challenge of keeping my carb count around 20 grams per day.  My total weight loss since Monday has been 5.2 pounds!  Some of that was water weight of course, but I am thrilled with that number.  I can already see small changes in my body and that has me excited.

By Wednesday, I was sure I was in Ketosis.  I had a horrible taste in my mouth, a pounding headache, and felt generally yucky.  Luckily that only lasted a day or so.  I feel great today.

I am so excited to start this blog and keep track of this journey.  I plan to try low carb recipes and share my experiences.  I have found a lot of very helpful places on the internet to get support while I am doing this.  My goal is to make this become a lifestyle change, not just a fad diet.  I am hopefully that with this all, I will reach my goal.