Low Carb Diet (atkins)

Mercy

kissitbetta wrote: »

Work, work and more work. I am actually busier than Badger but with more access to the net

I am feeling very, very smug hence the lurking.... My wii fit (which I really lurve) sang a little tune signaling that I am no longer overweight. My BMI is now in the ideal range. Not that I take much notice of the BMI because I think it is off for a LOT of people but I did a dance anyway. I plan to shift another stone and be "skinny". Hell, I've got this far, why not.
Why not indeed? Skinny is somewhere I'd like to visit again, twas easy then but not beyond reach now
I am actually HC's twinny except I am a burnette, tad younger and don't have twins. ( and am extremely bossy!) No! Never let that be said!

Congrats all you losers :T <<< this is one of the few forums you can get away with saying that and meaning it as a term of endearment.

HAHAHA! Lurve that :rotfl:

Glad you're still hereabouts, and congrats on the singing ting, always nice to be serenaded! Well done!

Mx

Mercy

HC wrote: »

I loathe coconut, which is a shame as otherwise I'd definitely try that recipe.

I made pancakes (from Dr A's New Diet Revolution book) today with soya flour. They were great - as near as dammit to normal pancakes. So I can use soya flour to make Yorkshire puddings, pastry, cakes...:j:j:j I think I'm getting a bit carried away, as it's still 19 per cent carb . But it makes a change from those horrid ground almonds.

All depends how much you use, might not be too bad in the final analysis

MX

Mercy

The other day (for the first time) I made buttery chicken. Baked mini breast fillets with butter and a veg stock cube sprinkled over - turned a couple o times in cooking. Was ace on a bed of rocket with extra romaine lettuce on the side. And some of the juice drizzled over - made the most of the rocket

Anyway, had a few pieces left over so tonight I mixed some cream cheese with mayo and a VERY LITTLE minced garlic (tip of a teaspoon) and some small amount of blue cheese thinly sliced. Finely chopped the remaining pieces of buttery chicken and mixed in. It tastes lovely. Am leaving it to reach room temp to bring all the flavours together. Will eat on more romaine / cos lettuce as they go so well.

Just another tasty low carb idea - we need'nt get jaded - there's so much to go at!

Happy food!

Mx

Badger_Lady

Well I actually got home before 8pm tonight :eek: so I'm making the most of it... by going to bed

Today's intake:

- The most heavenly breakfast ever concieved! Total yoghurt with whole almonds and cacao nibs, with a tiny squirt of agave nectar. It actually tastes like chocolatey mousse without the sugar! Is low-carb and full of lovely anti-oxidants.

- Free mushroom pizza sample from the restaurant round the corner (no it's not low-carb, but it's very MSE )

- Wok to Walk vegetables and tofu in coconut curry sauce

I keep forgetting to mention the fruit I've started eating - usually an odd apple or banana in between meals. I know it's supposed to be banned, but it's actually provided free in my office and is a great way to stave off hunger when you're rushed off your feet... and did I mention it's free??? I do find it hard to believe that banning pasta/bread/sugar from my diet but including whole fruit can be a bad thing... (cue Ted)

Mercy

aliasojo wrote: »

Oh they sound flipping good Mercy. I would not be able to have only one though. My eating habits have changed a lot but year and years of not stopping at one thing cant be changed in a few weeks. So I'll just drool from a distance I think.

Atkins bar has 2.2g carb btw. The carb count is low but it's enough to stall me (again :rolleyes: ).

Spose it depends where the carbs come from. Not trying to persuade you to make the coconut muffins, you know yourself best. But from what I've gathered on here atkins bars rely on 'artificial' so much that the stuff in them may have a greater effect in !ways we do not understand!!!!'twighlight zone music' !!!!!

And maybe not :rotfl:

Mx

sweetserendipity

Hello daisy, good to see you back :hello:
Mercy, that chicken sounds yum, agree there are so many low-carb recipe ideas around now. So why do I always end up with chicken & cheesy leeks?! :rotfl:
Am still feeling stuffed after my dins - garlic chicken & cheesy leeks!! Lol!! Ended up eating all of the cheesy leeks myself because hubby & kids had pizza. They had eaten their dinner before mine was ready but when I was eating mine hubby & youngest were drooling & moaning that mine was nicer than theirs!! Lol!! True though. :rotfl:
Well, got to go peeps, eldest is whining that she wants to go on the laptop.
PS. Not that anyone will be interested :whistle: but I happened to notice that a 70cl bottle of Baileys is on offer in the co-op, think it was £8.99? Make a nice mother's day pressie methinks!!

Mercy

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Well I actually got home before 8pm tonight :eek: so I'm making the most of it... by going to bed

Today's intake:

- The most heavenly breakfast ever concieved! Total yoghurt with whole almonds and cacao nibs, with a tiny squirt of agave nectar. It actually tastes like chocolatey mousse without the sugar! Is low-carb and full of lovely anti-oxidants.

- Free mushroom pizza sample from the restaurant round the corner (no it's not low-carb, but it's very MSE )

- Wok to Walk vegetables and tofu in coconut curry sauce

I keep forgetting to mention . I know it's supposed to be banned, but it's actually provided free in my office and is a great way to stave off hungerthe fruit I've started eating - usually an odd apple or banana in between meals when you're rushed off your feet... and did I mention it's free??? I do find it hard to believe that banning pasta/bread/sugar from my diet but including whole fruit can be a bad thing... (cue Ted)

I think you are doing what you can. If you feel hungry you should eat. And eating for free sounds good You are also a veggie and although the sugar content of fruit isn't ideal, it could have been more pizza

Do your best and you'll probably find any sugar will be worked off by all your rushing around. With your long day it must be so hard to take along enough to cope on totally low carb. Maybe as you / the job sorts itself out more low carb choices will be easier. Just so long as the fruit eating isn't gratuitous Im sure it'l do you no harm.

Be happy hun, you've got more going on than most here, wait til your pole arrives! There's no stopping you now!

Big love

MX

stacey777

aliasojo wrote: »

Lol stacey your temper has probably burnt off a few more cals so dont worry about it. Maybe not good for the old blood pressure though. Men are the root of all female annoyance imo. :whistle: :rotfl:

Need to go feed my face now...I'm hungry.

totally agree btw managed not to bindge and have clamed down my temper even comes through on this lol

MoonRose77

sweetserendipity wrote: »

PS. Not that anyone will be interested :whistle: but I happened to notice that a 70cl bottle of Baileys is on offer in the co-op, think it was £8.99? Make a nice mother's day pressie methinks!!

Shhh - have been walking past the coffee Baileys in Asda trying my best not to grab a bottle off the shelf (purely for medicinal purposes you understand )

stacey777

Hi everyone had a good day :j

Good to see all these lovely recipes the lasagne yummy

coconut muffins (i use julian greeves dessicated coconut dont know whether or not there sugarless. Mercy i think you have taken shy and tinks place in the encouragement end of things. But your not as bossy i do miss them tho Shy and tinks were are you ???


Chicken with stock cubes over them and cooked in butter oh yummy my friend has got me some wholesale chicken fillets 15 large ones for £12 so ill be having chiken for a while then iv had loads of steak lately so ill need to make a few changes.


B - boiled eggs mashed with butter
L- Beef burger salad(got it resturant think the the dressing had suar in it:o)
D-bacon ceaser salad homemade

drinks coffee with cream and water snacked on pepperami


Good to see were all keeping on track :T