Low Carb Diet (atkins)

~daisy~_2

well off we go again.....getting boring now !

brekkie - 2 scrambled eggs with cream and butter
lunch - tuna mayo with cheery toms cucumber radish spring onion and a little grated carrot
dinner - left over roast pork with fresh veggies and low carb gravy

snacked on - 1 slice of low carb bread and pate 1 slice of low carb bread and peanut butter
left over teeny tiny portion of the choccie pudding from here

have had my usual tea but i havent had any milk in it today
did 1 hours aerobics and 1 hour of bodypump

Ted_Hutchinson

~daisy~ wrote: »

lunch - tuna mayo with cheery toms cucumber radish spring onion and a little grated carrot

I bet those cheery toms put a smile on your face.;)

~daisy~_2

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

I bet those cheery toms put a smile on your face.;)

do you know what - i noticed the typo after i posted and thought about editing but then thought since id been such a grumpy thing on this thread recently id leave it as cheery hoping it may rub off !! :rotfl:

p00

Ive been looking at Atkins for a while now but my friend goes to Slimming World and I dont understand why Atkins is so strict on carbs when SW do 'red days', which is similar to Atkins but with the fruit which we all know is good for us?

xxp00

tinkerbell84

p00 wrote: »

Ive been looking at Atkins for a while now but my friend goes to Slimming World and I dont understand why Atkins is so strict on carbs when SW do 'red days', which is similar to Atkins but with the fruit which we all know is good for us?

xxp00

Except when it's not.

Ted has posted about the problems with fruit sugars before.

I'm far healthier now than when I lost 2.5 stone on weight watchers, and i've not eaten fruit for 9 months!

hilary1

I agree. I don't necessarily feel healthier when I'm eating fruit and because we've eaten quite a bit of veg and salad this time constipation hasn't been a problem yet.

I think one of the problems with weight is the constant snacking we are drawn to and some 'diets' are always promoting fruit as a snack. I'd rather have a piece of cheese anyway :rotfl:

What I don't understand is that if we have to get net carbs by deducting fibre from carbs why is broccoli and caulie higher in fibre that carbs on the frozen packs? how do we work it out?

shykins

hilary when u see the carb count on a packet that is english that IS the net carb count.. when u go to american sites etc u have to deduct the fibre from the carbs for the net carb count, hence u see a difference when u look online and on yr packets

just go by what it says on the packets assuming u are buying english stuff lol
x

HC_2

My first four weeks is done - and I've lost a total of 12lb. :j

I'm not quite sure where it's gone from, as I don't feel - or look - much different. I think I might have lost a little from my bosom :eek:, and my contact lenses are more comfortable (not sure how that works - unless I've lost weight off my eyes ).

Perhaps now, since I appear to have got the hang of it, I'll be brave enough to stop religiously counting carbs and calories. I hate counting carbs anyway, since if you look at four different carb counters you get four different carb values for exactly the same food (even bearing in mind the US ones where you sometimes have to do the fibre deduction yourself). As for Food Focus, that site is pants and contradicts itself all the time. :mad:

Ted_Hutchinson

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Ted has posted about the problems with fruit sugars before.

here is an article about this recent research.

If you can get hold of the full text of this paper it explains the role of leptin so you can understand what is going on. the finding further questions the advisability of utilizing fructose as an additive in processed human foods.
They are really concerned about the use of high fructose corn syrup but as this is similar to the fructose found in fruit and over reliance on fruit rather than vegetables could set you up for leptin resistance which in turn leads to insulin resistance. It's mainly the higher sugar fruits you need to be wary of eating too many grapes, bananas, dessert apples, mango, pineapple kiwi.

HC_2

Badger_Lady wrote: »

My chooks have indeed arrived and settled in! Here are Stella, Sheila and Fred:

Forgot to reply to this the other day.

What lovely-looking hens! I thought they'd be white, skinny, mangy, etc. But they're rather gorgeous.

Is Fred short for Frederica...?

Have you had any eggs yet?