Low Carb Diet (atkins)

sweetserendipity

aliasojo wrote: »

Guys help...my big pot of thick double cream has mould on the top and I wanted to use it to make a cheese sauce for my cauli.....can I use creme fraiche instead or is that mainly for sweet things?

I would use creme fraiche - think I've used it to make cheese sauce before?? Infact I'm sure I have. Just don't quote me on that.

mazzers

Had lovely lamb dinnner, cauli mash is sooo good instead of potato, [STRIKE]kids[/STRIKE] men had HM lamb gravy but i had that Schwartz chicken one, you really do only need 1/4 of pack, i mix mine with some joint juices and fat, small amount of water and is really lovely, a life saver.

Been busy so having nice lounge on bed with a cuppa, bliss.

Getting bit peckish so might go and simmer some smoked haddock.

aliasojo

sweetserendipity wrote: »

I would use creme fraiche - think I've used it to make cheese sauce before?? Infact I'm sure I have. Just don't quote me on that.

Worked just fine. In fact I think I prefer it to creme now tbh. Will have to go check which is heavier in carbs to decide.

angelatgraceland

Well however good I am I seem to have stalled. Keeping up my routine at the gym and I can feel my muscles working now! I may just do my own "low carb thing" rather than Atkins for a bit! Not going back to my bad ways though. Not had any fruit since the last temptations. May simply have the normal meals without the mash,chips,rice pasta or bread and have no crisps cake etc either except on special occasions.

mazzers

aliasojo, been looking at your sig and you've done really well, :T over two stone since Jan is brill. Are you quite strict?
What do you think stalls you?

I feel bloated today but TOTM soon so hopefully i'll have lost more than just water:rolleyes:


You'd think that at 53 TOTM be just a distant memory eh? :rolleyes:

angelatgraceland

mazzers wrote: »

aliasojo, been looking at your sig and you've done really well, :T over two stone since Jan is brill. Are you quite strict?
What do you think stalls you?

I feel bloated today but TOTM soon so hopefully i'll have lost more than just water:rolleyes:


You'd think that at 53 TOTM be just a distant memory eh? :rolleyes:

Yes well Im 50 and no signs to indicate Im anywhere near losing TOM!
Perhaps the upside is that our bones stay better longer due to better hormone levels? They are said to get worse after the
men "oh" (pause)!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
So lets just enjoy being full-blooded woman!;)

stacey777

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

neither jelly nor flax bread are induction friendly. psyllium husks or fibresure will do the same job




Don't snack on vitamins! :eek: You can overdose on them you know!

the snacking on vitamins was just a wee joke thanks for concern and yes been severly repremanded there on the jelly and ice cream but didnt have any or flax:p
yesterday but had flax twice today eill get that fiber sure thanks read about it on here before

jumpingjackd

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Hubby sat watching footie on TV looking exactly like that pic of [strike]alias' hubby?![/strike] Homer Simpson - remote & can of irn bru in his hands!! He's not yellow though!!

Think you must have wandered into my house here sweet :rotfl:


Thanks for the info on feta/pretend feta - can't believe I've never bought it before!! Going to get some though (the cheapie stuff) & I'm also going to get some mozarella so I can try Mercy's fudge thingy.




Going to try this tomorrow , got some mozarella from Lidls.

B- 2 rashers bacon, slice cheese.
D- ribeye steak, cauliflower and cheesey leeks

My big downfall was 2 glasses of white wine should have stuck to the tea and water.


Atkins

aliasojo

mazzers wrote: »

aliasojo, been looking at your sig and you've done really well, :T over two stone since Jan is brill. Are you quite strict?
What do you think stalls you?

I feel bloated today but TOTM soon so hopefully i'll have lost more than just water:rolleyes:


You'd think that at 53 TOTM be just a distant memory eh? :rolleyes:

Thanks maz .......the fatter you are to start...the more you lose at the start.

I am usually pretty strict (regardless of how much I moan on here ) BUT I do have times where I overdo the 'technically allowed in moderation' things. This is usually in the run up to TOTM. I was just saying the other day that Atkins had helped in this area previously...it had lessened mood swings and reduced PMT etc, but for some reason it's all getting worse again these days. Might be my age, lol.

There's been 2 birthdays in our house in the last month and I haven't even so much as smelt the cake! ( < to sweet :rotfl: ) However I do still have cups of tea with milk and I've also started drinking diet coke again. Both of which definitely stall me. I'm also positive that if I drink a lot of water, then I lose...if I dont drink much, I dont.

I've lost a pound this week and whilst that's still in the right direction, I know it could be a lot better so I'm going to try to stick firmly to just what I should be eating/drinking and cut out the 'odds' like coke etc.

On a side note, I had you pegged as younger than 53. Just shows what I know as I had Badger pegged as older. :rotfl:

sweetserendipity

mazzers wrote: »

cauli mash is sooo good instead of potato

Do you just mash the cauli as you would potato mazzers? ie with potato masher thingy? I'm presuming the cream & butter goes without saying of course?!
Mashed potato is one of my all-time fave comfort foods & I [STRIKE]can[/STRIKE] could eat it by the bucket full!! :rotfl: