For the last three days I have been indulging in some serious
high carbs; rice, pasta, sweet potatoes, wholemeal bread – the works, and – for
the most part – I've enjoyed it. However, before face-planting a plate of pasta
I promised myself that I would eat ‘clean’ carbs throughout this process and
that any junk food was a complete no go – this obviously was a complete fail on
my part, as within a few hours of being out of Ketosis I scoffed nearly half a
tin of biscuits – yes really – I quickly became quite disappointed in myself
and felt such shame and regret at the prospect of the food crime that I had just
committed. Thankfully I recognised all the feelings and thoughts of my eating
disorder before it could fully take a hold of me, but it was awful having those
feelings again after being quite secure in both myself and the progress I have
made in the last year – it made me realise just how sad I was before I found
the myfitnesspal app and the support and encouragement I had from the people I
found on that site in order to proceed and continue to be successful with my weight
loss – I owe a lot to those people.
However, the main reason for my high carb day(s) were for my
muscles – the pain I was getting from working out every day was just unbearable
and something had to give – fortunately the high carb day(s) has resolved this
issue and it would seem - for now – the glycogen levels have been restored to
my sorry muscles. I will be continuing my high carb day(s) until the end of
tomorrow (Thursday) and then I will be getting myself back into Ketosis and
eating strict Keto until the Summer – not before I finish this high carb day(s)
in style by devouring some British Fish ‘n’ Chips – yes go hard, or go home
right? I'm also hoping that this four day high carb day(s) will kick-start my weight
loss again, as I have been quite unsuccessful with dropping the pounds and
inches lately –fingers crossed.
Anyway, all that said and done let’s move on to the awesome pasta
dish I made this evening – Creamy tomato and basil pasta – it was awesome – if I
do say so myself. I know this pasta isn't
Keto but I thought I would post it anyway because I’m sure I’m not the only
person in the world who cheat’s whilst on Keto and needs some decent meal ideas
– I know I needed Google to remember what high carb looked like.
The recipe is low calorie and low fat, which is required
whilst carrying out a high carb, or carb re-load as it’s known in the
body-building world – which I'm most definitely not – however, there are no low
fat products used in this dish.
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| Creamy Tomato & Basil Tagliatelle |
I hadn't even realised just how much I'd missed pasta before I tasted this Creamy Tomato and Basil Tagliatelle this evening - it made my taste buds scream in ecstasy - in other words it was super tasty and I'm glad I made it, I even have enough left over for Lunch tomorrow. Yay.
Yield - 1-2 Servings
Ingredients
- 150g Tagliatelle
- 130g Passata (or you can make your own tomato sauce)
- 1 tbsp - Double Cream (you can use more for a creamier sauce)
- Red Bell Pepper
- White Onion
- Garlic
- Basil
- Parmesan
- Himalayan Salt
- Cracked Black Pepper
Instructions
- Boil the tagliatelle in a saucepan with the salt until it's cooked to your liking.
- When the pasta is boiling, lightly fry the garlic, bell peppers and onion in a frying pan with olive oil
- Turn down the heat on the frying pan and slowly add the tomato sauce and basil.
- By this point the pasta should be cooked - add it to the tomato sauce and combine until the pasta is no longer white.
- Plate up the pasta, season with pepper and parmesan then serve immediately.
It's as simple as that - I even like my high carb days to be easy and with little ingredients.
Macro
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| Macro for 1 serving of Pasta |
xoxo
KetoStyle
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