[Mike Nolan]

My wife has participated in several of the feeder bird counts, she usually gets 20-25 species in about 4 hours, although the last one was on a cold rainy day and she got very few birds at all. (I think her year-long list is closer to 50 species.)

We have a number of woodpeckers in the yard, they were calling at each other this afternoon. We have some flickers as well--similar to woodpeckers but somewhat larger, they can eat from the suet feeder but not from the thistle feeders, their claws won't let them grab hold. Some of the starlings and grackles were able to figure out how to hold on to the suet feeder.

[Mike Nolan]

Technically not baking, since the filling is cooked on the stove, but I made another keto cheesecake today. That'll be dessert tomorrow and throughout the week. (And I got some lobster tails for dinner tomorrow.)

And I ordered another set of 4 English Muffin rings, along with a silicone hot dog pan so I can try making some keto hot dog buns using the same recipe I used for the burger buns (or a minor variant of it.)

[Mike Nolan]

I got a good shot of one with my telephoto lens today, definitely a Baltimore oriole. We had both Baltimore orioles and orchard orioles a year or two ago, though.

I've seen at least two adult rabbits in the yard, but I haven't spotted a nest anywhere. Last summer we had a younger rabbit that discovered the water on the deck for the birds and was there for a drink frequently.

[Mike Nolan]

Taco/Taco salad tonight.

[Mike Nolan]

All medical crises are stressing, even minor ones. Diane had what we think was a reaction to a stool softener the other day resulting in a blood sugar crash down to about 60 but with a quick rebound, fast enough that her CGM never sent an alert.

But we didn't figure that out until later, we just knew she felt really weak and I could not get a good BP reading for several minutes. Laying down for an hour helped.

I have a gum condition called lichen planus that my periodontist is watching but she doesn't think it is one that can become cancerous.

I hope your husband's recovery is without further incident.

[Mike Nolan]

Dinner tonight was burgers on the grill, using the keto buns I made yesterday. The more I looked at them the more they looked like Big Mac buns, so I wound up slicing them in thirds and putting the middle portion in the freezer. This way Diane's got some bread ready for lunches and the carbs on the buns drops to 9, which is closer to what the previous batch was.

I thought the burgers were just a little chewy, but the meat was a bit overdone, I almost always do that the first couple of times I crank up the grill each year, I need to get my timing back. But they did taste like burgers.

Next time I might cut back on the psyillium husk powder a bit, though, the dough was pretty stiff during shaping. This dough has oat fiber, vital gluten and flax powder, no almond meal in this recipe.

[Mike Nolan]

Her weight loss hasn't been as dramatic as mine, but she's been able to cut back on several of her meds and her blood sugar readings are a lot more stable throughout the day. She hasn't had a recent A1C, but if the CGM estimate is on track, hers should be down as well.

And because I've been able to find a number of recipes that are both flavorful and keto-friendly, neither of us feel like we're being all that limited by the diet, at least as long as we eat at home. (But we hadn't been dining out much before this, except for carb-heavy fast food that we've pretty much cut out completely.)

We tend to keep the keto-friendly custards on hand (I need to make more soon) and the keto cheesecake was a huge hit.

[Mike Nolan]

After nearly 3 months on the keto diet, I'm down about 25 pounds. What's even better is that my A1C went from 6.4 in January to 5.3 yesterday.

[Mike Nolan]

I made keto buns today, using English Muffin rings so they didn't flatten out. Haven't tried one yet, we might have to have burgers tomorrow night, though.

I only have 8 English Muffin rings, so I only made 8 buns, normally this recipe makes 10. Diane thinks they're a bit too tall (I'll reserve judgement on that until after I get to try one with a burger), but I might have to buy some more English Muffin rings.

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We had leftover chicken florentine and salads.

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Tonight we had a big sirloin steak, with the parts we didn't eat cut up for sandwiches and salads.

Last night we went to a social gathering with a buffet, and decided to ignore the keto diet for the evening. Big spikes in blood sugar readings afterwards, but we had a good time.

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I'm doing a center cut pork roast (bone in) for supper tonight.

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I made the chicken dish, but I think I'd call it more a variant on chicken Florentine than Tuscan chicken, because I left out garlic, oregano and sun dried tomatoes.

The sauce didn't thicken as much as I would have liked, but it was pretty good anyway, and 2 drumsticks with onions, mushrooms and sauce was 14 carbs. We also had the last of the keto-friendly cheesecake today, and I think I might try making a key lime cheesecake next.

[Mike Nolan]

My meringue never looks anything like yours, it's a work of art.

[Mike Nolan]

Tomorrow night I'm going to make a Tuscan Chicken recipe using chicken drumsticks, mushrooms, spinach and a cream sauce.

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