Low Carb Diet (atkins)

sweetserendipity

Just a quick hello everyone, including newbie :hello:
B - blues/rasps & cream (what else?!)
L - chicken salad
D - chicken pesto & cheesy leeks
Red wine & peanuts tonight!!
Going to butcher today to see if I can get some bones to make stock for soup so will hopefully report back later.
Yippee I've got that Friday feeling!!:D

HC_2

Hi nimpoppy

This is my third time on Atkins (or generally low-carbing, anyway) in 24 years, and it's working fine for me. There's something in the IPD that mentions it not working so well as the first time, if you fall off the wagon and go back on induction, but they offer no evidence, anecdotal or scientific, for this - and it seems not to be true. (Unless anyone has experienced otherwise?) I fall off regularly, clamber back on and all seems fine.

Of course, the thing is keeping the blasted weight off!

Sweet, do you have a recipe for your chicken pesto - or is it the one from Marks?

HC_2

Mercy wrote: »

Corn and hormones? :eek:

Goodness knows. I think I'll try and find out. Prob won't get a reply though.

Badger, I saw that prog too. Interesting if not conclusive.

jprettypicture2

In the atkins cook receipies it says to use soy flour. Where can I buy this from and at whay price?

nimpoppy

Thank you for warm welcome.

Breakfast was always a problem for me

Tescos however have come to the rescue, they do cheese omlettes 2 in a pack and it is 5 for £3 or something. Come in very handy in the morning.

HC_2

jprettypicture2 wrote: »

In the atkins cook receipies it says to use soy flour. Where can I buy this from and at whay price?

I had a look for this the other day. Couldn't see it in Waitrose or Sainsbury's, but they had it in our little local health shop - about £1 for a small bag, I think.

nimpoppy wrote: »

Thank you for warm welcome.

Breakfast was always a problem for me

Tescos however have come to the rescue, they do cheese omlettes 2 in a pack and it is 5 for £3 or something. Come in very handy in the morning.

I hate breakfast and never eat it. But ready-made omelettes??? Do they taste good?

nimpoppy

HC They taste better than the ones that I cook. They are just enough to keep me going.

My plan at the moment is

Tesco Cheese omlette
Snack - Celery and cheese
lunch - salad
dinner - cauliflower mash and steak or another horrible combination

HC_2

I've just had a look at them on the Tesco website - I had no idea you could buy such things. Ingredients look OK - no nasties except xanthan gum. 3.4g carb per omelette seems high, but maybe that's what a home-made omelette would be - I've never added it up.

One of the hardest things I've found about this WOE is when you need to take food with you somewhere. I work at home now, but I used to take a LC salad with me when I worked in an office and was low-carbing. Recently I've had to trail round the country taking my DDs to uni interviews/open days and have found it difficult to think of something decent to take with me so that I can avoid the sandwich lunches they provide. So if you don't have time to cook breakfast, or you need to take something into work with you, I can see that these might come in handy.

HC_2

nimpoppy wrote: »

dinner - cauliflower mash and steak or another horrible combination

Instead of mash, heat double cream with blue cheese and pour it over the steak. Serve with a yummy green vegetable like asparagus (cheap, frozen) or cabbage or nutmeggy spinach.

Can you tell my work is boring today? I should stop fiddling with the internet and get on with it.

Badger_Lady

nimpoppy you shouldn't be eating "horrible combinations"! I love everything I eat now (sometimes a little too much... )

Today:
- Morning bakewell porridge, 2 cherries, green tea
- Snack Total yoghurt
- Lunch egg mayonnaise, braised tofu, grilled chestnut mushrooms and romaine lettuce, green tea
- Supper nut cutlets with blue cheese, brocolli, rooibos tea
- Evening drink - ginger / cammomile / chai