Low Carb Diet (atkins)

pillypilla

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Since when was porridge low carb???

Badger - you may need to eat more, not less. If you starve yourself your body will hang onto every calorie you consume.

Try eating a bit more for a few days and see what happens

I eat porridge as it's quick and I'm pushed for time in the morn. Besides, bacon, sausage, even omelette, all make me wanna hurl at 6am!!! No-one ever got fat eating porridge for brekkie.

~daisy~_2

funny old day today which meant my eating throughout the day was all over the place and led me to have about 4 snacks instead of lunch

b - bacon and egg
snacks - 1 clementine 1 chicken drumstick then another chicken drumstick an hour and a half later small cheese salad 1 cracker and butter
d - sausages and veg - brocolli green beans roasted celeriac and 4 tiny bits of carrot for colour

eating a square of dark choccie for dessert

the snacks were over a 4 1/2 hour period - didnt just stuff the entire kitchen in my gob in one go !! trouble is i then get too hungry so eat more than is needed .....
it was because i went straight into the gym when i finished work so lunch timing was all wrong !!

tinkerbell84

pillypilla wrote: »

I eat porridge as it's quick and I'm pushed for time in the morn. Besides, bacon, sausage, even omelette, all make me wanna hurl at 6am!!! No-one ever got fat eating porridge for brekkie.

Took me a while to get used to eggs for breakfast every day (but not too early )

Surely porridge sends your blood sugar up and then you crash later in the morning

Badger_Lady

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

Since when was porridge low carb???

Badger - you may need to eat more, not less. If you starve yourself your body will hang onto every calorie you consume.

Try eating a bit more for a few days and see what happens

Thanks Tinkers. I think I may try Rose Elliot's 14-day induction plan once I get back from birthdays (it's mine on Monday and then I'm off for my cousin's the weekend after). The only part of it I'm unsure of is stopping caffeine - I only started drinking green tea to boost weightloss!

Oh yeah, and I'm not sure whether the chickens will quite be able to keep up with me - it seems that Rose is recommending at least 3-4 eggs per day

lubs

aliasojo wrote: »

Is that the one where you hallucinate a 10lb weight loss? :rotfl:

only problem is I would have to hypnotise everyone else so they also see the 10lb weight loss!

stacey777

just went off and made some meat loaf for tomorrow so ill keep you all posted as to what its like i made some pancacke's and have a ham stepping in water for baking tomorrow sliced ham is so expensive.

Another thing i notice is im very thirsty all the time.


And another thing :rotfl: this diet is not moneysaving:money: its costing me a fortune i think i only have food for about 4 days!!!! and £110 it would usually last a fortnight.

Badger_Lady

Funny you should say that Stacey cos I'm always wondering where my next drink is coming from too... except when I get to work I'm glued to my desk so constantly waiting for someone else to get them in! :rotfl:

Not MSE at all - actually I only started saving money with the Intermittent Fasting. Suddenly my food budget was halved!

stacey777

a quick question do you count the carbs that contain sugar only. i have sugar free maple syrup that has about 10 grams of carbs per serving but zero of which is sugars?????


anyone know would appreciate the info thanks.

tinkerbell84

stacey777 wrote: »

a quick question do you count the carbs that contain sugar only. i have sugar free maple syrup that has about 10 grams of carbs per serving but zero of which is sugars?????


anyone know would appreciate the info thanks.

you count total carbs

tinkerbell84

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Thanks Tinkers. I think I may try Rose Elliot's 14-day induction plan once I get back from birthdays (it's mine on Monday and then I'm off for my cousin's the weekend after). The only part of it I'm unsure of is stopping caffeine - I only started drinking green tea to boost weightloss!

Oh yeah, and I'm not sure whether the chickens will quite be able to keep up with me - it seems that Rose is recommending at least 3-4 eggs per day

I have consistently lost and haven't had caffeine for over 12 months.