Low Carb Diet (atkins)

gillette147

- Patay for breakfast.
- 2 chicken legs, some cheese and 1/2 pint of whole milk for dinner.
Am I really being a good boy doing this?

BTW
After 2 weeks of starving on my other diet, there is a certain amount of "freedom" occuring on this new diet.

Sazbo

gillette147 wrote: »

- Patay for breakfast.
- 2 chicken legs, some cheese and 1/2 pint of whole milk for dinner.
Am I really being a good boy doing this?

BTW
After 2 weeks of starving on my other diet, there is a certain amount of "freedom" occuring on this new diet.

I just find it so liberating not having to count anything. Personally, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than have to do that, but hey, maybe that's just me! lol

I tend to supplement the meat with veggies or salad, if only for variety if not to make sure I get me vits:)

Dr Dahlqvist says that pate etc should be under 5g of carb per 100g - so it's worth checking label. Last week I tried some pate on one of those Scandanavian Bran Crispbreads recommended by shykins and after getting over the initial reaction that it was like eating compressed hamster bedding, I quite liked them And only 3 gms of carb each!

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gillette147

Sazbo wrote: »

I just find it so liberating not having to count anything. Personally, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than have to do that, but hey, maybe that's just me! lol

I tend to supplement the meat with veggies or salad, if only for variety if not to make sure I get me vits:)

Dr Dahlqvist says that pate etc should be under 5g of carb per 100g - so it's worth checking label. Last week I tried some pate on one of those Scandanavian Bran Crispbreads recommended by shykins and after getting over the initial reaction that it was like eating compressed hamster bedding, I quite liked them And only 3 gms of carb each!

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Patey = 2.1gm

absolutebounder

I think Dr Atkins realised one very important point. If we were not meant to eat animals why are they made out of meat?

gillette147

But.....if god didn't want us to eat potatoes.....why do i love chips?

gillette147

When we were kids the family ate butter and had fryups all the time.
Now I wasn't thin back then but we weren't like we are now.

BTW
Does all this affect my cholestoral level?

shykins

hey sazbo .. well done !!!! thats a great loss keep it up.. lol at the scanbran they are an acquired taste arent they

hi to the newbies gosh theres quite a crowd of us now isnt there

a friend of mine found her cholesterol went down when she did atkins cos she wasnt eating all the crap they put in the lowfat foods to make them taste fat eg transfats <shudder>

gillette please dont forget atkins is not just about meat its also about veg and salad but yes u can eat it pretty freely... whole milk isnt allowed on atkins btw its too high in carbs

hanspan look at the recipe for oopsies or instant bread if u want to get away from bread at lunchtime as well they could be an option for u

hope i didnt miss anyone, catching up here after a long day out yesterday
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Sazbo

gillette147 wrote: »

When we were kids the family ate butter and had fryups all the time.
Now I wasn't thin back then but we weren't like we are now.

BTW
Does all this affect my cholestoral level?

Ted is far better informed than me about this:D but I think I'm right in saying that the message given out to us about the relationship between fat and cholesterol is somewhat oversimplified, to say the least. There is apparently evidence to suggest that the so-called "bad fats" like saturated fat, can raise your "good" HDL cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) - which reduces your heart disease risk - more than they increase your "bad" LDL cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein) - which increases the risk of heart disease. So they may not be such "bad fats" after all... but Ted will correct me if I'm wrong:)

Sxx

Sazbo

shykins wrote: »

hey sazbo .. well done !!!! thats a great loss keep it up.. lol at the scanbran they are an acquired taste arent they

hope i didnt miss anyone, catching up here after a long day out yesterday
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hi shykins - how's you?

lol yes I'm in an acclimatisation process with the scan bread! :rotfl:

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shykins

try the oopsies or the instant bread u might prefer it lol....cooker now fixed so am cookin again at last

thats right saz when they say u have raised cholesterol it may be the good part thats raised not the bad part, they dont split it up here unlike in the states
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