Low Carb Diet (atkins)

needmoney

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

Yes it's fine, Just eat the sandwich fillings don't eat the bread. It's really quite nice eating ham and cheese. I do it all the time.

Yes Ted I like that too but what I was questioning is the fact that she says with butter and being curious and pedantic I wondered if she meant butter the ham.
I like to take a large slice of ham and spread it with cream cheese, roll it up and slice into bite size bits mmmmmmmmm.

She also says
Cauliflower cooked in cream, then mixed with some salt and pepper, is better tasting than mashed potatoes![/url]Cauli can be quite wet so I tend to turn it into rice in the processor then put that chopped up small pieces of cauli in a sealed microwaveable container and zap until it's done then slop in some cream/butter salt/pepper and mash.

Funnily enough I watched the video of making rice from cauli earlier today- interesting.
I think you have to think of it as different from mashed potato but OK. The secret it to try to dry off the cauli as much as possible and not use any when you microwave it. Otherwise it can go very sloshy.

I'm going to have a ploughman's lunch for my dinner mature cheddar, lettuce, pickled onions, tomato - no bread.

needmoney

Probably teaching my granny to suck eggs again for all you experienced ones tell me if I'm being a pain and going over old ground but might be interesting for us newbies.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/

Sazbo

needmoney wrote: »

Probably teaching my granny to suck eggs again for all you experienced ones tell me if I'm being a pain and going over old ground but might be interesting for us newbies.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/

yes that is a great site needmoney, i've whiled away many an hour reading through it lol - there's tons of interesting stuff on there

and as to the continuing mystery of Dr D's roll lol - i guess because English isnt her first language, some of the phrasing is a bit unclear. we'll probably never know!:D

Sazxxx

ravylesley

Sazzy yes it is indeed voddie and coke night:beer:

As for the fishfingers with or without ketchup?:rotfl:


I cant believe people are actually counting cherry tomatoes!:rotfl:

Well I've had a couple of blips but weight is stable so not too bothered.Its this damn pile of Christmas choccies they just arent going down and I can hear them calling to me:rotfl: Usually about 9pm when I'm watching a movie.Maybe I should start watching movies in bed:D

Lesleyxx

Sazbo

ravylesley wrote: »

Sazzy yes it is indeed voddie and coke night:beer:

:beer:

ravylesley wrote: »

As for the fishfingers with or without ketchup?:rotfl:

LOL well, given that we dont have any ketchup and I've not yet had a chance to try making the one HC posted - I guess that'll be without:D :rotfl:

ravylesley wrote: »

I cant believe people are actually counting cherry tomatoes!:rotfl:

Well I've had a couple of blips but weight is stable so not too bothered.Its this damn pile of Christmas choccies they just arent going down and I can hear them calling to me:rotfl: Usually about 9pm when I'm watching a movie.Maybe I should start watching movies in bed:D

Lesleyxx

Have a fab evening hun xx And the same goes to all you lovely peeps! I'm gonna scarper soon and meet Gilly on the train home.

Catch you laters! :wave:

(Oh, and can I just say it was a colleague's birthday today and there was cake and I didnt have any:D)

Sazzaroo xxxxxxxxxxxx

HH62

newish2this wrote: »

HH62, Welcome to the gang:D
I'm not doing south beach, Im doing atkins but its sort of the same isn't it;)

Anyway, with regard to your budget, sign up the the website www.pig2twig.co.uk and there is a whole thread with lots of recipes for when you are on a buget:D . I fyou can't find it, let me know nd I will once I've picked the kids up from school..... must dash now though:rolleyes:

Great site that - found the Forum a bit hard to navigate at first but found the IPD Budget thread and bookmarked it.

Thank you VM.

Love your sig BTW. :rotfl:

methekidsandthecat

Hi All

I just wanted to ask if I could join in the low carb diet?

Still stuck in bed with the flu although feeling a little better today hence able to read forums.... I really need to lose a lot of weight as it has just piled on in the last 6 months and I was not slim in the first place!

I think I shall try the Dr D diet ( I am right in assuming that the only information available is the short list of good foods and those to avoid - the rest of the page seems to be in another language....)

Have just spoke to DD (16) when she got in from school and she will join in too so that should make it easier.

Me

Ted_Hutchinson

methekidsandthecat wrote: »

I think I shall try the Dr D diet ( I am right in assuming that the only information available is the short list of good foods and those to avoid - the rest of the page seems to be in another language....)

Sure that was all I used. Although I did start reading other Low Carb Forums You can read, or have a good guess at the rest of Dr D's website by using Google Translate just cut the link to the page you want and paste it into the google box.

I found using coconut oil (not to hot a flame when frying as it spits) made a difference, if you've got a local indian corner shop that's the cheapest place to find it.

avstar

OK I hold my hand up - I posted cherry tomatoes x 2 :rotfl:

But there was an outcry over a lonely cherry tomato a couple of days ago so I didn't want anyone to think I was being cruel to cherry toms I don't count them - I only had 2 left honest!

Oh and welcome methekidsandthecat!

aliasojo

Sazbo wrote: »

(Oh, and can I just say it was a colleague's birthday today and there was cake and I didnt have any:D)

Well done you.

Hiya methekidsandthecat. Hope you shake the flu off soon and can settle in here comfortably...after all it's going to be home for the next wee while.

I've just had plain steamed chicken with a little salad (no toms at all, lol) and some cauli and cream cheese sauce. I'm surprised how stuffed I am and the portion size was quite small.

There are two cauli floretts and some cheese sauce left. Can the sauce be reheated given that it's made with cream?