Protein Train Riders

Are you prepared?

The train will leave the station in a few short hours.

Looking forward to my bacon egg and cheese breakfast!!!!  :) 

I'm ready!

Oh, I am so ready and so there!

ready

I wanna rider, but unsure what the rules are???/

Please let me know what I got to do I need to loose these last 20 lbs.

*Here are the rules for the protein train: © Cookie Luscious

The ride is for 7 days.

The goal is to put your body in ketosis and burn fat. Therefore, you must STAY BELOW 20g of carbs PER DAY. Go to google.com to read about ketosis.

On this train ride, you CAN NOT eat:

- Bread of any kind (bagels, crackers, waffles, pancakes, toast, wheat bread, white bread, rye bread, pumpernickel, sourdough - you get the picture).
- Rice
- Potatoes (white or sweet)
- Flour
- Gravy
- Beans
- Sweets (cakes, pies, candy, cookies, M&M's or anything in this family)
- Fruit nor fruit juices
- Nuts (pecans, brazil nuts, walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts or anything in this family)
- More than one (1) green, leafy, vegetable

You CAN eat:

- Any meat (read the labels because some meats have carbs)
- Jerky
- Eggs
- Cheese
- One green, leafy vegetable per day (collards, turnips, kale, spinach, romaine lettuce, bibb lettuce) ** BROCCOLI AND GREEN BEANS DO NOT FALL IN THIS CATEGORY **
- Protein shakes (read the labels)
- Protein bars (read the labels)
- As much water (or other SF, Sodium free, calorie free, caffeine free, carbonation free beverage) as you can hold.

Menu ideas for the protein train:
Breakfast ideas:

Egg and cheese omelet
Egg white omelet
Egg, cheese, and meat omelet
Boiled eggs
Turkey bacon (or beef or pork)
Chicken sausage (or turkey or beef or pork)
Decaf coffee with protein powder added

Snack Ideas:

Deli turkey slices with cheese rolls
Deli ham
Protein shakes
Pork rinds
Beef jerky
Turkey jerky
egg salad
Chicken Vienna sausage (or pork)

Lunch ideas:

Tuna salad
Chicken salad
Grilled chicken breast
Steak or steak and eggs
Turkey burger with cheese and mayo/mustard (or beef)
Ground turkey with melted velveeta cheese
Pork chop
Baked fish

Dinner ideas:
Cajun shrimp
All of the lunch ideas
Grilled chicken on a bed of romaine lettuce
Collard greens
Turnip greens
Kale
Mustard greens
Spinach
Rack of lamb
Veal
Lamb chops
Turkey chop
Roast beef (no gravy)
Chicken wings
Turkey wings
Chicken legs
Chicken thigs
Leaf lettuce salad
Pork Ribs
Beef Ribs

Can you have yogurt or is that taboo?

I don't eat yogurt, but I believe that does contain carbs.   If it has less than the 20 grams permitted for the day I guess its OK