Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Carrot Muffins

 Carrot Cupcakes/Muffins

I can't believe I didn't post these recipes yet but I make carrot cupcakes that are P3 safe if you substitute the agave nectar in Elana's pantry's recipe with 1/2 a cup of apple sauce. I also find almond flour cooks better in shallow dishes so I make my cupcakes or muffins in muffin top pans. I just throw everything in the blender, pour it on the muffin top pans and cook. I grate 3 cups of carrots and wrap them up in paper towels to let the carrot juice soak out of it so it doesn't make the batter too soggy.




3 cups blanched almond flour
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 TBS ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 cup grapeseed oil
1/2 agave nectar (NOT P3) OR 1/2 a cup apple sauce (for P3 safe)
5 large eggs
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup walnuts

Preheat oven to 330F. Spray coconut oil to grease muffin tins. In a food processor combine all ingredients. Mix in processor until combined. Be careful not to puree the batter too much or the carrots will become too soggy. Scoop batter into muffin top molds/pan. Cook for approximately 20-30 minutes until they appear fully cooked in the middle. They will rise a little bit so don't fill up the molds too much.
Recipe modified from Elana Amsterdam's book the Gluten Free Almond Flour cookbook for classic carrot cake.

Back Up

Weight Yesterday: 137.0

Weight Day Before that: 141.0
Before that: 143.5

LIW: 130.6
Over by 6.4 lbs

I was happy when I hit 128.6 lbs. Under 130! Wow! But under 130 with HCG just isn't in my future. I got so hungry that I went on binge eating and now I'm at 137.0. I had big drops because I ate fried pickles one night which had gluten. OMG. I was so swollen then next day. Like a blimp.

The HCG wasn't working very well any more and I began to look hungry. I also got Invisilign braces and you can't eat with them on so I only ate more when I had them off. I'm going to have to lose the weight the old fashion way for these last 10 pounds.

I have some pictures.

March 13, 2011 with my new invisible braces! 130's

March 20, 2011 I'm the green blur in the green shirt, black pants. 132ish lbs. 

April 10, 2011 After a night of sinful gluten filled fried pickles and chicken wings. 140's lbs

I was 137 yesterday but didn't want to weigh myself today. I've been hungry and having some bad cravings but my goal is to keep to P3 as much as possible, throw some correction days in there if I can, and try to limit my calorie intake enough to lose the last 10 pounds in a few of months. 1-2 a week. Oh that's going to hurt! Taking 3 months to lose 10 pounds! But again, the best diet is the one that you can keep to not the one that takes off the weight the fastest.