Low Carb Diet (atkins)

Birdie85

Bee's Onion Bhajis:

These are lovely. I like them better than the 'real thing'
You need:
200g ground almonds
4 eggs, separated
100ml double cream
3 medium onions, cut in half and very finely sliced
1sp salt
2 green chillis finely chopped (seeds removed if you prefer)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric
Roast the cumin seeds in a dry, medium hot pan until they start to smell fragrant. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Mix together the ground almonds, cumin seeds, turmeric, salt, baking powder and chopped chillis.
Beat in the egg yolks and cream.
Whisk the egg whites to soft peaks and fold into the almond mixture.
Separate the onion slices and gently fold into the almond batter a third at a time until all the onion is incorporated.
Cover the bottom of a frying pan with groundnut oil to about half a centimetre depth and put over a low to medium heat.
Using a dessertspoon, fry spoonfuls of batter on both sides until deep brown and crisp.
Serve hot and sizzling straight from the pan sprinkled with chopped fresh coriander and chopped fresh mint.

~daisy~_2

evening all - after my positive vibes i forgot to post about my day - and now im on my 3rd vodka - i swear ill stay fat forever due to alcohol
i really dont think i have a problem with alcohol but i like a drink at weekends and like tonight my kids are at there grandmothers so ive cooked a lovely meal and we are having a couple of drinks to go with it - but alcohol screws up dieting so much !!!!

really really bad day at work - customer made me cry for the first time ever !!! moving on from the flood has created massive problems in so many areas so tried to deal with a disgruntled customer and she was not that pleasant and hung up on me - first time in 8 months ive had such a conversation and when i went to my boss to cover my back i just burst into tears as we had been under alot of pressure with no phones working and other problems .......anyway

no exercise

food wise :-
B - 2 slices low carb bread toasted with butter and marmite - 2 big spoons of full fat raspberry yoghurt
L - mixed salad HM coleslaw ham and cheese
D - starter of mozzarella tomatoes basil dressed with oil and balsamic vinegar ( just a touch !! )
then sirloin steak garlic mushrooms and salad - had 2 steaks but was fairly full after starter so cut 1 steak into 2/3rds and a 1/3rd for me and hub and popped other in fridge for tomorrow
but yes having a few drinks ........

please tell me im not the only lush ?

Ted_Hutchinson

Eggstra, Eggstra: Low-Carb Food Fills You Up

eating eggs shows they will help keep your hunger satisfied longer

Interestingly, this led the egg eaters to only eat a 568-calorie lunch compared to a 732-calorie lunch for the bagel eaters. Overall for the entire day of the test, the women who consumed eggs for breakfast had 1,761 calories that day while the women who consumed bagels for breakfast had 2,035 calories.

sandy2_2

Ah I'd been looking at pig2twig.com and it should have been pig2twig.co.uk

shykins

aww daisy all those hugs u sent out sounds like u were the one who needed them!! no wonder u had a drink last night

i like a drink too but know that if i have one my resistance drops then i have all sorts of things i shouldnt, also of course the body burns the booze before the fat so i have to keep telling myself to resist (its hard some days tho isnt it when the kids are screaming work is crap etc etc)

u will get there hun. hope u have a better day today
xx

gillette147

I'm annoyed this isn't working and I'm bingeing. I am keeping it as Atkins bingeing i.e. meat but this is just meaning I'm staying where I am.
I am going to stick with this for the next 2 weeks (whilst on holidays) but if I haven't seen any real loss by then I am giving up and starting a conventional diet.
3lb in 3 weeks is just too slow for me. When I can get 3.5lb a week from diets I have done and kept to before.

I guess Atkins is not suitable for someone who loves meat as much as me. You can't have "liberal cocaine" allowed in a diet for a drug addict.

Maybe I should leave the thread. This is a support group and all I do is moan and question the whole ethos.

xx

Ted_Hutchinson

gillette147 wrote: »

Maybe I should leave the thread. This is a support group and all I do is moan and question the whole ethos.

xx

Have you spent sufficient time trying to understand the underlying ethos of low carbing. I accept the book The Diet Delusion is a bit hard going and may not be for everyone but Taubes does go into the matter of fat accumulation in great detail and with lots of scientific back up. The Talk at Berkley gives you a flavour of what he is on about but the book provides far more examples.

I haven't spend much time in this thread explaining the involvement of Vitamin d3 status on Insulin Resistance. I'll do so next week if I get time. But if you haven't already raised your vitamin D3 status to over 50ng 125nmol/l by taking an effective strength supplement then I think you may find that this is my secret weapon that enabled my weight to drop off at 2.25lbs a week without the Atkins induction stages.

shykins

no gillette there is no need to leave at all, u arent really questioning the ethos just whether its right for u or not

unfortunately binge eating of any kind is not going to work (as u know) .. sorry not tryin to teach granny to suck eggs, so one way or another u have to address that issue before u will be able to lose weight on any diet

u are losing a 1lb a week and enjoying what u eat.. is that really so bad??

i do think using somehting like fitday.com wil help u keep control of what u are eating cos it shows u amount of carbs etc u are consuming and keeps the mind concentrated

huggs we are here for u

tinkerbell84

Ted_Hutchinson wrote: »

I just chopped it in the food processor worked fine.

I don't have one

Nor a potato ricer. I tend to stick to basic kitchen equipment because I travel between 3 homes (spend about 4 days in each at a time) and I just can't carry everything with me! I don't mind owning 3 graters, but 3 food processors? :rotfl: :rotfl:




Chin up badgie. I agree that you need to maybe read a bit more about how the diet works. Are you taking supplements? If so, what?

Maybe it isn't for you, but I'd stick with it a couple more weeks and try to read one of the diet books - it might provide some enlightenment.

elona

Had bacon and eggs for breakfast and two coffees with cream so feeling quite happy.

Might have cold salmon with salad for lunch and have chicken or fish or low carb burgers in the freezer with salad in fridge.

DD is going to a birthday party later so might get a chance to do some shopping.

Need to catch the weekly market and get some free range eggs so see you all later.