Low Carb Diet (atkins)

Badger_Lady

Gravity that's reaeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally bad! :eek: What are you on, the high-carb diet??? :rotfl:

tinkerbell84

alm71 wrote: »

Does anybody know why almond flour can't be used on Atkins Induction? It doesn't have a huge amount of carbs.

it's nuts. nuts aren't eaten on atkins induction.

pillypilla

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Yeah - I've had me breakfast and my mid-afternoon snack, but I just feel generally very low on energy, definitely on the hypo-glycaemic side. Every urge is to go downstairs and buy a Boost bar - I've always felt it's important to listen to your body's cravings but I really don't want to ruin the diet! So I'll stick with it.

Of course, it doesn't help that I'm completely fed up of this job as well! I've got nothing to do while I wait to leave, so I'm just sitting here messing about with Google or staring at my monitor daydreaming. Not the best way to distract oneself from food / feeling a bit pooey!

When do you start your new job? Yeah, when it's mental as well as physical, it's a double whammy of poopoo! You're doin great thus far tho, just try your best to distract yourself by wotever means......:D Gonna try your choc tofu mousse later, when bought tofu!
BUM......shouldn't have said that , soz!:o x

pillypilla

gravitytolls wrote: »

Was bad bad girl yesterday. McDonalds, Bic Mac, chips, choc brownie (couldn't eat it all though)
H/M pizza and H/M Bday cake for tea. half bottle of wine too.

Coulda been worse I guess, not much, but if I'd tried really hard.

Anyhoo, today, will be a good girl.

HAAAAHAAAAAA :rotfl: ! Am bowled over by your unabashed honesty!! teehee

You rebel you! You make me look like a saint! You realise you're in for a mega rollicking now, girlie! x

~daisy~_2

pillypilla wrote: »

HAAAAHAAAAAA :rotfl: ! Am bowled over by your unabashed honesty!! teehee

You rebel you! You make me look like a saint! You realise you're in for a mega rollicking now, girlie! x

echos pilla - love it !!! :j

Badger_Lady

pillypilla wrote: »

When do you start your new job?

9th March :j Can't wait!

I just had a really funny moment while reading your message - like when you're falling asleep and you start dreaming about falling off a cliff and suddenly wake up instead of landing?? Wuuuuh!

Enjoy your choccy mousse though!

Mercy

lemonade_money wrote: »

Hi I'm a newbie over here and am thinking of doing Dr Dahlqvist's low carb plan - I have a couple of questions for anyone with any experience of this plan please?

I see on her blog it says I can have milk but it says not low fat choices so does this mean full cream milk only? Also can I assume I can eat ham and minced beef/lamb/turkey?

TIA

Yep, full fat options only. Same for cream cheese, cream etc :j I don't like cow milk but love goats milk. Don't drink much of it really but it's nice now and then.

All meats are ok but it's worth checking out the carb content of sausages etc as they can be quite high in some cases. Just go for the lowest.

M

lemonade_money

Thanks Mercy. I'm a bit dubious of starting *another* diet. I'm already signed up to ww and it's not working, I do live on carbs and have just found out I have a slight wheat intolerance which I've been told is possibly because my body is in carb-overload I did cut out a lot of carbs before and lost 8lb in 2 weeks but that was still eating potatoes and brown rice and got very bored very quickly and came off it in spectacular fashion :eek: . So I've not cut carbs out totally before and I'm interested to see what kind of a difference it makes.

mazzers

Hi guys, just came across this thread and as i have done Atkins couple of times gonna give this a go, just wonderig tho what kind of things do you use for a packed lunch? need some ideas for work as its usually a sandwich. I always got fed up of same old things on Atkins. Bread is my craving but its chocolate when on Atkins.
So any useful tips for nice lunchy recipes..

Badger_Lady

Hooray, my favourite subject - packed lunches!

Sandwiches made with spinach/flax bread (basically spinach/ground flax mixed with egg and baking soda, then baked for 15 mins) - fill with meat/fish/cream cheese etc

Wraps made with thin "pancake" (egg, milk, optional ground flax) - fill with anything chunkier

Romaine lettuce leaves utilised as a "wrap" with fillings.

Salads - caesar salad with almonds instead of croutons (or omit them entirely for Atkins induction). Or Greek salad with olives and feta. Or pretty much any other salad you can think of.

Stuffed vine leaves - stuffed with mincemeat (or soya mince) instead of rice

Boiled eggs, egg mayonnaise or devillied eggs

Sausages

Homemade soups