Low Carb Diet (atkins)

~daisy~_2

still feeling stiff !!
foodwise - bacon egg toms and mushrooms for brunch
snacked on corned beef and baby gherkins
dinner has been roast chicken with cabbage broc green beans and a few carrot batons

feeling v. stressed out tonight - gas bill gone from £35 a month to £92 !!
hubs comapny scrapped there bonus scheme to all intents last year so we are down about 15k a year and are really feeling it - so hence me working quite a bit lately so am knackered and house not how i like it and still flipping struggling - really getting me down today
i have sons bday this month then christmas and daughters bday on 29th dec but daughter has a school trip that cost £400 at end of jan - a swim camp to cyprus in feb half term £500 and need to pay £150 deposit for sons rugby tour
hub has also had to renew his passport this month at a cost of £72 !! it never ends
im just waiting for a letter about the electricity now ....


sorry to whinge guys
and yes im holding a glass of wine

shykins

oh lord daisy no wonder u feel down, whinge away...... i can sympathise, we are now something like £100 over the WTC limit and have lost £50 a week!!!! added to that they downgraded my DLA care so we have lost about another £28 a week, its scary!!!

its mad cos i almost feel like telling hubs to drop his wages so we can get WTC back, that isnt how the system is supposed to work is it!!!.... sorry rant over back to lowcarb lol

sue hope the oopsies work this time, make sure those whites are stiff to the point u can turn the bowl over

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HC_2

I'm making Spinach and Cheese Bake for dinner this evening and I have conflicting figures for the net carbs in spinach.

• My little Collins Gem Carb Counter book says: 0
• Food Focus (Spinach, raw, average) says: 1g /100g
• The packet says: 1.6g / 100g
• Food Focus (Spinach, raw) says: 4g / 100g

Goodness knows why there are two entries for raw spinach in Food Focus!

So net carbs in spinach are anything from zero to 4g/100g.

I'm confuzzled!

Can anyone shed any light, please?


Daisy, sorry to hear about your troubles. It's no comfort, I know, but there are going to be a lot of people feeling the squeeze over the next year. Difficult times ahead for all of us.

Ted_Hutchinson

Here is a link to some new research that shows 1)the effect of GI on body composition is mediated by changes in substrate oxidation, not energy intake; 2) a high GI diet causes insulin resistance; 3) dietary composition can affect physical activity level.

They found the diet with a high glycemic index vs. low glycemic index had
lower fat oxidation, 40% greater body fat and 2.2-fold greater insulin resistance, even though net energy intake did not differ between groups. Of particular interest, the High GI group became less physically active than those fed the Low GI diet.

Those who have listened to the Taubes lecture Will understand why

Simply changing the Glycemic load of the food mice were given made those on the High GL diet go fat and lazy and the ones on the low GL diet get slim and active.

If we are going to get slim and more active the message from this research is to only eat foods with a low glycemic load.

Ted_Hutchinson

HC wrote: »

Can anyone shed any light, please?

No but I think you see why I never bothered to carb or calorie count.

HC_2

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

No but I think you see why I never bothered to carb or calorie count.

Indeed I can!

However I'm a geeky control freak and it makes me feel good to count. I'll go with what the packet says, I think.

Ted_Hutchinson

HC wrote: »

I'll go with what the packet says, I think.

Dead easy to grow spinach. I sow a row every year and never ever buy the stuff. Just nip out and pick it as needed. If you give the plants plenty of room they don't run to seed and you've free spinach all year. Swiss Chard is much the same but is a bit more frost resistant so better for the winter. They have quite nice leaves/stalks so can be fitted in amongst the flowers and if you just keep picking the outside leaves as they get big you can keep them going for ages.

HC_2

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

Dead easy to grow spinach. I sow a row every year and never ever buy the stuff. Just nip out and pick it as needed. If you give the plants plenty of room they don't run to seed and you've free spinach all year. Swiss Chard is much the same but is a bit more frost resistant so better for the winter. They have quite nice leaves/stalks so can be fitted in amongst the flowers and if you just keep picking the outside leaves as they get big you can keep them going for ages.

Growing things is definitely OH's department. This year he's done potatoes, carrots, corn, leeks, turnips, sprouts and cabbages. I shall definitely get him to do spinach next year; very good idea, as we eat loads of it. Unfortunately we've sacrificed a goodly number of plants to our several very naughty dogs, so he's going to have to fence them off or cover them with mesh, as this year we lost so many.

Ted_Hutchinson

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat/low-calorie diets in the management of obesity and its comorbidities. another recent review of Low Carb diets to conclude Certainly at 6 months, the evidence is in favour of the use of Low Carb/HighProtien diet. It may not be appropriate to return to a High Carb intake for weight maintenance. A gradual reintroduction while still limiting the intake of carbohydrate may be more appropriate.

shykins

i suspect the differnces in counts is because some have not had the fibre deducted and some have, especially if one is an american site.. i would go with the packet count myself

never been able to grow chard for some reason, got some lovely moolis growing tho and been giving a load of spinach by a friend, unfortunately i hate the stuff lol
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