Cravings and Keto.....

​     This week I cheated a couple of times with an almond butter-slathered high-carb tortilla.  That tells me I am craving some more bread, so I baked a couple of things, including spicy almond bread and cinnamon cake.  Steve and I each had a piece of spicy almond bread and found it delicious!  It really hit the spot for me, so I think it will help me resist that carb craving that caused the tortilla dive.  By the way, the tortillas did not exceed my carb count, and I am sure I stayed within the fifty grams that I'm allowed per day, but I still want to stay away from refined flour and high-carb-count food items.  The key is preparing foods in advance and having plenty of items readilly available with various textures and tastes.  That makes keto easy and successful.  It is easy to do with advanced planning and preparation.  Because we return to Birch Bay next week, I am doing mental inventories of what we have available there.  We have plenty of salmon and crab, so it will be easy to get keto going again.  I'm already monitoring the weather forecast in northwest Washington.  The 10-day forecast so far shows rain, rain, rain, rain, and then sleet, sleet followed by rain.  The days remain at about 40°, and the nights are in the 30s.  The weather will take some serious adjustment, given the beautiful days we experience in Waianae.  It started hot here in Waianae, but it's beginning to cool off because we are entering the winter.  We will return in January, which is this area's perfect time of year.  The days stay in the low 80s.  The nights cool off beautifully, no matter what the season.  However, I'm very excited to return to Birch Bay.  We plan on visiting our Canadian friends often and, of course, our favorite restaurants!  I'm especially anxious to return to Cilantro's, the delicious Indian restaurant in White Rock.  We also sometimes like the cold weather, particularly during the holidays, although the rainy days get rather oppressive over time.  I think we're going to try to take a few trips to the mountains, particularly up to Mount Baker, because it's so beautiful in the winter.  Steve and I haven't done much driving around lately to look at the scenery, so I'd like to do a little more of that.  It'll be easier for us to leave our Hawaii place because Jacob and Harold can watch over everything.  However, they do not take care of things the way we do and so we know when we come back, we'll have to get everything into shape.  That'll be okay.  I'm sure we'll manage.  We think we'll spend time with Stevie and Stef, so we must figure out our fall and winter schedule.  We're looking forward to the holidays and visiting our family and friends!