Low Carb Camper Success and Chicken Sausage and Asparagus Wraps

Beach Picnic with leftover Chicken Salad and Cheese 

I just waved off my first low carb camper.  She was pretty happy leaving and is actually planning to come back on Monday!  After just four days of low carb camp she lost 2 lbs and is getting creative about making her own low carb meals.

We had a great few days, enjoying some wonderful meals and two memorable excursions.  It was great to have her visit and helped me focus on how to structure the camps for a great experience for the camper. On the third day she made our main meal which was a picnic that we enjoyed at Hearst Castle.  It was incredibly low carb:

Trader Joe's Chicken Sausage with shredded cheese - 1 carb
four asparagus tips wrapped in sliced ham - 5 carbs
small spinach salad with ranch dressing - 4 carbs

Total carbs:  10

Low Carb Camper Creation: Chicken Sausage and Asparagus Wraps

We spent some time walking and hiking.  I shared my favorite hiking trail, visited Montana De Oro's tide pools, toured Hearst Castle and saw the Elephant Seals.

She also visited Trader Joe's to purchase items that are lower carb and familiarize herself with what is available.  I recommend doing this at your local grocery store.  I recommend that everyone should know what they are eating.  For the counting of carbs in vegetables, I would recommend a smart phone app.  I use Carb Counter but even it doesn't have all the vegetables so I actually have the best luck just typing in a browser:  How many carbs in....xx

Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas

I loved this: 0 to 60 in 15 minutes: weight loss has a similar feeling.

In closing, the low carb camp worked....I'm going to keep doing them so please, if you have a week of vacation or even two and you want to try the low carb lifestyle....come stay with me and I'll help you get going.  I'm also offering to do low carb coaching and I'll be available on as frequent a schedule as the carb counter needs, checking in with email, Skype and providing tips and guides that are more in depth and instructive as to how I have managed to lose 44 lbs in 13 months.   Let me know if you are interested in either the low carb camps or the coaching by emailing me for more details to thecarbometer@gmail.com.

I believe the low carb camps help those who desire weight loss to focus more on the process of counting carbs and creating their meals with low carb ingredients, taking you out of your home environment where it may be too easy to cheat.  Having a bit of accountability and support present to keep the motivation going and focusing on simpler things in life...the view, the hike, the conversation of a friend, a picnic on the beach ect. To come to accept that it's a lifestyle change, it's not a diet and that to get the results you want, will take time.

Happy Carb Counting!
Enjoy Your Journey!