Family is back from vacation, and they really chubbed out...

[Rasputin]

I spent the last 6 or so weeks holding down the fort here at home while they gallivanted around Eastern Canada; the Wife, the In-Laws, and three kids all in a minivan for 6 weeks. Not my idea of fun.

But while they were away, they ate their meals as a combination of sandwiches, starchy snacks, and fast food. It really shows.

I weighed my oldest son who is 9 before they left, and the night he got back, and he is exactly 20 lbs heavier (91-71 lbs) after 2 months of pigging out and sitting in the car! It is really frightening.

My wife just says "I know, can you believe it?" when I ask her about it... I just have to shake my head and move on. Apparently, since he didn't want to go on the trip in the first place (not that I blame him), they spent the entire time stuffing him full of snacks to shut him up like a goose prepping for pate.

Now that they are back home here, with my home cooking, I can get them back to a reasonable weight. The two youngest fared better, probably because they didn't fuss as much in the car so they didn't get stuffed all day long.

Whereas I had them used to eating a late breakfast at ~10:30am, then a small snack before naptime, followed by a decent dinner, they got used to three big meals plus in-between snacks while on vacation. That's going to need an adjustment.

Tonight will be Chargrilled London Broil with fresh spinach and possibly a Romaine salad on the side, with homemade low-carb blueberry ice cream for dessert.

[Leopard]

Your dinner sounds awesome! So I have experienced gaining weight easily on a diet of junk food before, I guess I didn't think youngsters could have it happen to them so quickly. Might be a good idea for them to take along things for the kids to do next time to break the boredom. Like the little game boys and things like that. Also I know that my cousin takes a bag of candy, but only gives out like a piece or 2 at a time for a reward. It seems her daughter is still ready for a good meal, and doesn't gain too much weight that way. It's kinda hard to find a good meal on the road anyway, it takes some work.

Now I have been on a long road trip with my sister and her twin daughters who were 3 at the time. I would have done ANYTHING to get those kids to shut up and behave! LOL I mean I would have hunted down Mickey Mouse and kidnapped him for them if that's what it took! LOL So I guess I don't much blame them for giving the kids food to keep them happy.

[WhiteBeltJones]

Mad Monk, you have a recipe for the homemade low-carb ice cream?

[Webmaster]

Mad Monk, you have a recipe for the homemade low-carb ice cream?

Dude, Breyer's makes a low-carb ice cream, and it's pretty darn good too!

[Rasputin]

Mad Monk, you have a recipe for the homemade low-carb ice cream?

Now you see why I stopped posting in the blog section? Nobody was reading them

http://www.budoseek.net/vbulletin/en...-Cream-tonight

To make the blueberry instead of the chocolate, I substituted vanilla whey protein powder instead of chocolate, and cut back the truvia packets to 8 instead of 13, since the blueberries were going to add some sweetness. I tasted it all before I added the egg yolks.

So, I guess it ended up looking like this:
2 c heavy cream
1 c unsweetened almond milk
2 c blueberries, rinsed
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1 pinch salt
6 large egg yolks
8 packets Truvia
2 packets Splenda


The rest as usual. The family really loved this one too. Maybe next week I will try it with Strawberries.