Low Carb Diet (atkins)

tinkerbell84

pink68 wrote: »

yay i've lost two and a half pounds on my first week:j

i took tinks advice and bought a book but failed to read it from cover to cover as at page 152 it went back to page 1 instead of page 153...sheesh

anyways i'm quite pleased with my two and a half pounds. it's not as much as some but there was the yorkshire pud on sunday and the pack of revels at the cinema and..i'll shut up now i guess!

anyways i am now totally devoted to the low carb way of life and hope to have lost half a stone before my birthday in another two weeks.

thank you all for your support and help and guidance.:T

YAY!!! well done.

If you really want to do it, you really mustn't cheat with yorkshire pud and revels though!!!

Ted_Hutchinson

This wasn't from a low carb trial but the basic point applies to low carb eating. One of the main concerns is that by cutting out carbohydrate we inevitably eat more fat. This is often regarded as an adverse effect of low carb eating but you see from this research that eating more fat improves insulin resistance. (it also improves feeling of satiety so you don't eat so much)

Eating more fat improves insulin resistance In the MUFA group, fasting insulin decreased by 2.6 ± 3.5 pmol/L, the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance by 0.17 ± 0.13,.....the Low Fat group, these variables increased

pink68

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

YAY!!! well done.

If you really want to do it, you really mustn't cheat with yorkshire pud and revels though!!!

aww i'm trying ..lol

find the weekends really hard to stick to any sort of diet truth be told but this one does seem a bit more versatile in that respect than others. we also took the kids out for a KFC and at least i was able to eat the chicken though i did lay off the chips!:D

elona

We are going to see an elderly relative at the weekend and have fish and chps so have decided to just have fish, take the batter off and take some sliced tomatoes or something to go with it.

Have only done five days but have to keep going to "spend a penny! which I hope means I am losing weight.

My trousers are becoming a little looser so fingers crosed.

HC_2

pink68, you didn't eat the KFC batter, did you? :eek: I can always resist KFC as I think it's pants, but a McDonald's quarter-pounder used to go down rather nicely once in a while.

Good luck at the weekend, Elona. Fish batter's the best bit - I don't know if I'd be able to resist it...:o

I got dragged yet again, kicking and screaming , to Pizza Express for lunch by DD yesterday. Sooo sick of salads in this weather (nice as PE's salads are) so went for the Melanzane Parmigiana. It was lovely and very filling but very tomatoey - and I've no idea if there was thickener in it. Hope not. But it's better than pizza anyhow.

pink68

HC wrote: »

pink68, you didn't eat the KFC batter, did you? :eek: I can always resist KFC as I think it's pants, but a McDonald's quarter-pounder used to go down rather nicely once in a while.

oops silly me...

pink68

elona wrote: »

My trousers are becoming a little looser so fingers crosed.

I have been surprised in the way my body fat has changed already after 10 days so keep it up.

Good luck with the weekend Elona!

~daisy~_2

made rhubarb crumble today - crumble made with almond flour butter and splenda

looked lovely but the crumble topping didnt get that crunch/bite type thing to it - was a little soft so not sure if it was a success or not
would have been nice if i had any ginger to add in to it !!

ravylesley

Hi everyone

I thought I would check in so that you know I'm still here and still low carbing.Though god knows why as I have absolutely no motivation at the moment:o I havent cheated but been sorely tempted to

Sazzy hows things going with you?

Shykins must be due back soon.I thought she was only going to Egypt for a few days

Lesleyxx

tinkerbell84

~daisy~ wrote: »

made rhubarb crumble today - crumble made with almond flour butter and splenda

looked lovely but the crumble topping didnt get that crunch/bite type thing to it - was a little soft so not sure if it was a success or not
would have been nice if i had any ginger to add in to it !!

I've made that too - it works quite well if you bake it in a wide shallow dish