Low Carb Diet (atkins)

tinkerbell84

Badger_Lady wrote: »

I've just had a very weird breakfast. But it was actually very enjoyable and I may well do it again!

1 pack silken tofu (the stuff you can keep in the cupboard)
1 cup rice milk
1 cup ground almond
1/2 punnet raspberries
Sugarfree crusha

... all whizzed up in the blender, it's like those petit-filous things! Or a bit like Instant Whip I suppose, but virtually carb-free, fat-free and with over 50g protein!!!

I'd suggest the above is probably enough for two - I'm stuffed now :eek: May not eat again for some time...

hope you're getting plenty of fat from somewhere else, badger_lady!!

actually, there's quite a lot of fat in the ground almonds

tinkerbell84

~daisy~ wrote: »

hi guys
all ok here - no fruit since i talked to you all other day but no loss either...
away now for 3 days for a fitness weekend - 3 days of full on workout classes - if i dont lose any weight this weekend i never will !!
have a bag of mostly good snacks to take - whole nuts cooked chicken eggs and have made 2 ready made up salads for lunch on fri and sat
but also have some wine red bulls and dark choccie - will need the energy !!

see you all on sunday xx

:eek:

red bull???

suemagoo

Hi every one im hanging in there thanks to you all weighed this morning and i have stayed the same have been this weight now for 3 weeks after this bad week thought i would have put on will try harder !! Daisy can you run by body round a gym for 3 days ,i will stay at home and have your share of wine and dark chocolate ( i have only brought one bar of it and found out like any sweet i have to eat whole bar so its now banned from house )I think this also comes from my child hood i have to finish everything up . P.s does any one know why brussel sprouts are a higher carb veg ?

suemagoo

~daisy~ wrote: »

i keep thinking about what im doing this time that i didnt last time and vice versa and really cant think of anything
however i did lose extremely slowly last time and not a huge amount in the grand scale of things - took me maybe 8 to 10 months to properly lose a stone with no more fluctuations
so maybe its going to be the same this time - im sure i could prolly go quicker but then i would be depriving myself and ''on a diet'' and id start obsessing
this way - its being good and a low carb WOE
i dont want to stop having milk in my tea or my wine at weekends and theres a price to pay i guess

when i come back im going to post a food diary for a week and would like construcive advice - not that im sure anyone on here would be anything other than constructive - but would also like you to bear in mind my 'tweaks'

Daisy have you tried de cafe with slice of lemon

tinkerbell84

suemagoo wrote: »

Hi every one im hanging in there thanks to you all weighed this morning and i have stayed the same have been this weight now for 3 weeks after this bad week thought i would have put on will try harder !! Daisy can you run by body round a gym for 3 days ,i will stay at home and have your share of wine and dark chocolate ( i have only brought one bar of it and found out like any sweet i have to eat whole bar so its now banned from house )I think this also comes from my child hood i have to finish everything up . P.s does any one know why brussel sprouts are a higher carb veg ?

I opened a 25g bar of chocolate yesterday (85% stuff). I ate about a third of it before I'd had enough. OH scoffed the rest!

After a while your body adjusts to having less of the sweet stuff, Sue!

I think that parents forcing their kids to eat everything on their plates has a lot to answer for. I regularly babysit friends' kids, and always (accidentally) give them too much food. If you make a child eat what you think is the right sized portion, you teach them to ignore their body telling them that they're full. :rolleyes:

HC_2

M&S have their 'Dine in for £10' promotion going at the moment, so I'm treating myself (and the family) to the Chicken Breast with Mozzarella and Pesto Melt, with Caesar-style vegetables. (Total 5 carbs for a half-pack of each.)

Sue, I wish sprouts weren't a higher-carb veg. I LOVE 'em!

shykins

yes daisy as u say u could lose faster, no doubt 2 wks of atkins induction would do it but then u wouldnt get yr tweaks so its a balancing choice

naughty girls with all this choc, i can only eat a couple bits of the 80%plus as its so strong.. sue u are right about the have to finish thing, realised i used to say this to my son, no pud less u finish firsts etc etc... i now put a lot less on his plate and dont insist he finished everything.. habits die hard tho dont they i still feel i have to finish

HC i bought exactly the same thing today and gonna have it for dinner tonight or tomorrow, have the panacotta pud thing to which may have as a treat but have frozen the sticky toffee thing for chrimbo

sprouts are only around 4-5g per 100g when cooked so thats not too bad
x

HC_2

shykins wrote: »

sprouts are only around 4-5g per 100g when cooked so thats not too bad
x

My little Carb Counter book says:

Brussels sprouts, 6 trimmed, boiled - 7.6g net carb! :eek:

So I planned to avoid them

Mind you, this same book says that 1 clove of garlic has 60 calories, so I'm not putting too much faith in it!

shykins

eeekkk is your carb counter book american?? cos if so the fibre wont have been deducted from the count which would make a big difference
carbs fibre net carbs
Brussels sprouts, raw8.95g 3.80g 5.15g
Brussels sprouts, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt7.10g 2.60g 4.50g


thats what i found per 100g again its an american site so u deduct the fibre

HC_2

shykins wrote: »

eeekkk is your carb counter book american?? cos if so the fibre wont have been deducted from the count which would make a big difference
carbs fibre net carbs
Brussels sprouts, raw8.95g 3.80g 5.15g
Brussels sprouts, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt7.10g 2.60g 4.50g


thats what i found per 100g again its an american site so u deduct the fibre

No, it's not American - but they do use 'cups' a lot, which makes me a bit suspicious that the publishers have made a UK version from the US book and not looked at it very closely.

It's Collins Gem, so it should be reliable - but clearly not!