Low Carb Diet (atkins)

elona

shykins

What puts me off is doing without tea or coffee. If I can have a cup of coffee with double cream or berries with greek yoghurt or cream I do not feel as if I am on a diet or missing out on anything. I also cannot drink tea without milk.

Normally I just have to start a conventional diet and I am constantly hungry and deprived with food being the only thing that I can think about!

The low carb way I have never had to go to bed feeling hungry and am not constantly thinking about food and craving things I should not have.

Tonight when I went to the fridge for my seafood salad DD had eaten it!!! On a conventional diet I would have burst into tears or given up and stuffed myself with something forbidden - instead I have just had some low carb ham with a few slivers of cheddar cheese and a few cherry tomatoes.

My new trousers are really starting to feel loose!:j

shykins

well even when i started atkins i NEVER went without coffee, i had it with cream... i did change to decaff (cos of my gallstones) and now drink roughly half decaff and half caffiene

some of the girls water down milk to have with tea, berries come in after induction and some people use greek youghurt without any problems .. i used to have kefir myself but have gone off it at the moment lol

yaaay on the trouser
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ravylesley

elona wrote: »

shykins

What puts me off is doing without tea or coffee. If I can have a cup of coffee with double cream or berries with greek yoghurt or cream I do not feel as if I am on a diet or missing out on anything. I also cannot drink tea without milk.

Normally I just have to start a conventional diet and I am constantly hungry and deprived with food being the only thing that I can think about!

The low carb way I have never had to go to bed feeling hungry and am not constantly thinking about food and craving things I should not have.

Tonight when I went to the fridge for my seafood salad DD had eaten it!!! On a conventional diet I would have burst into tears or given up and stuffed myself with something forbidden - instead I have just had some low carb ham with a few slivers of cheddar cheese and a few cherry tomatoes.

My new trousers are really starting to feel loose!:j

Elona I couldnt agree more I cant drink tea without milk and I have tried decaff tea but I only drink Earl grey and I've never found a decaff version.Great news about the trousers by the way and I would have lost it good style if my hubby had eaten my teaMy hubby got on the scales and lost 3lbs yesterday and was chuffed to bits,I think if he'd not lost anything or stayed the same he'd have given up.So I'm pleased for him.I've packed him some ham and cheese rolls and coleslaw for lunch so that should keep him going till tea time

Lesleyxx

Nicki

ravylesley wrote: »

I only drink Earl grey and I've never found a decaff version.

Decaf Earl Grey is easy to find! Twinings do it, and it is in most supermarkets with the speciality teas. It is in a pale grey box, and tastes just as good as the caf version. I used to drink it for years when ttc, but 2 kids later am back on the full caf version, though have been known to buy the decaf if the supermarket is out of caf version.

Sazbo

Morning everyone :wave:

Slept ok but sill feeling a bit groggy. Going to make a coffee in a minute - with caffeine and milk:) see if that wakes me up a bit.

Wasn't feeling very hungry last night so had half of the avocado and the goat's cheese for dinner and that was enough to be honest.

Got ham salad and the last of my current batch of coleslaw for lunch today.

shykins - I find the kefir really tricky to get the consistency right - it's either too thin or almost solid lol

Have a good day everyone.

Much love,
Sazzy xxxx

elona

Had bacon omelette at 8 o' clock and some tea.

I need to go out and collect a parcel at the sorting office and then get free range eggs from the weekly market.

Hope I manage it before it starts to rain.

Might ask DH to give me a lift to the local large Tesco as I want to get something for DD and I might try on some clothes for there to see if I am really a dress (or trousers) size down yet.

Thought about baked salmon steaks and asparugus for later if there are any offers on.

See you later

gillette147

shykins wrote: »

hi everyon. boy its hot

sorry u still feel a bit flumped saz... ugh to the builders too just what u need... lol at cheese crisps mine sometimes do that, u sort of want 1/4inch squares places apart, tho if u cover the whole plate jus chop them up after or use them as a tortilla

gillette... i am suspsicious "i wasnt that naughty really".. ok fess up what did u do lol.... in this heat we are probably retaning water so its not surprising about the pound, keep drinking yr water

was going to make a cauli pizza tonight but its so hot not sure i want to cook
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I was doing myself down. I have been brilliant whilst they have been here. I have watched all sorts of things eaten and drunk. All I have done is I had a bit more veg than usual last nite.

shykins

gillette never do yrself down , talk yourself up!!!... well done on being so good with visitors

elona... trust the shopping went well, all these sales on u will be able to get something smaller cheaper

saz.. its this flippin heat at night i feel groggy too, i used to make the kefir with cream!!! was always pretty thick i may have some grains in my freezer somewere wonder if i can bring them back to life lol

i know atkins says have decaff but i decided i could NOT do without my morning coffee so i had it regardless, as i said i did go onto decaff in the end but for other reasons

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Sazbo

Aaah - I didn't know you could make kefir with cream! I thought it had to be milk. Thanks shykins, yet another tip of yours I must try! *Saz adds cream to shopping list I can always post you some grains if yours don't come back to life x

My evening-meal indecisiveness continues...:rolleyes: Maybe the 'effort' of having to make my lunch in advance for work every day means that come evening-time, I just can't summon the enthusiasm? Ho hum. Maybe I'll treat myself to a steak burger from M&S on the way home... see how I feel when I leave work later.

Hope everyone's ok.

Sazzy xxxx

shykins

saz what i did was put the grains on to full fat milk then gradually reduced the milk and increased the cream ratio til i was using all cream.. thanks for the offer will see if i can find mine in freezer

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