Low-carb diets support thread

Gloomendoom

Padstow wrote: »

We all need to find our own way. I lost a stone very fast on a slice of wholemeal plus Marmite or sliced tomatoes or God forbid some baked beans for breakfast.

A spoonful of cottage cheese or mashed sardines with mayo for inbetweens and salmon salad for mains.

I did something similar, except it was a tin of chopped tomatoes and a slice of toast. Topped with cottage cheese. I kept it up for a couple of months. Never again!

Padstow

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I did something similar, except it was a tin of chopped tomatoes and a slice of toast. Topped with cottage cheese. I kept it up for a couple of months. Never again!

No no no no no. Not cottage cheese? But did you see sistercas's breakfast?
Oily fish, bacon and cheese, OMGoodness.!!

Padstow

elantan wrote: »

padstow i would love to say it's been fantastic but it is a work in progress really

i'm using the sad lamp at work twice a night .. that does help me feel more awake ( i have also found some excercises that i can do without making any noise) i have those blue block glasses ( only used them for the first time today) so will see how that goes ...

the ear plugs i have wore for two mornings ... yesterday fantastic i slept right up until the phone went ( but i think that was partly due to only having 2 hours sleep the day before tbh) then i did make it back to sleep for a further 3 hours after tossing about for an hour

i'm still awaiting the arrival of the melatonin tablets ... hopefully with everything combined i will get a good sleep soon

this morning i have had 3.5 hours sleep ... i am shattered can barely think and i am night shift again tonight ( sad lamp will be getting used a fair bit i reckon)

i know it will take time to get some sort of routine but i am trying my best so far ( just wish i could sleep) so i think what i need is patience more than anything else tbh

i have however been working on the whole carb thing on night shift as well instead of having 40g per day once a day i have been having 25 g twice per day ... taking my carb intake up to 50g from 40g it seems to have staved off any cravings and for that i am really grateful tbh

i think i will keep it at the 25g x 2 when i am on night shift till i come home from holidays but then will try and lower it to 20 x 2g

how have you been getting on ?

hows the lentils going?

I swallowed my pride and asked for a sub until pension on Monday. My daughter can't believe I have approached a charity to ask for hot water.
That's the way it is, sad to say.

She had only known a comfortable life to be honest. She now lives away and is very money savvy so is thankfully able to help me. Of course I will pay her back when this damn house sells.

Limped to the fuel station with a can in the boot in case I ran out.

Bought good food.

2 trout

Almonds' lemon etc.

2 Craster kippers

butter

salad greens and cougettes, have spinach in freezer.

4x salmon tails for £7? No forget it. Back to the lentils.:D

murphydog999

elantan wrote: »

in other news i have filled two application forms in and one of the jobs which i really fancied i had a kinda impromtu off the record phone interview for ... it appears that i am exactly what they are looking for and they would really like to interview me

i'm trying not to get too excited about this as i was told this earlier on in the year with another job that i had went for an interview for and didnt get but got amazing feed back ... i was told they desperately wanted me but not for the job advertised for a more senior role ( which then never came about as the posts were all pulled)

Ooooo! Fingers crossed :j

Padstow

avstar wrote: »

Padstow I'm trying to eat 5 smaller meals a day rather than 3, or at least 3 smaller & 2 substantial snacks. But it depends on how convenient that is and how organised I am when at work etc.

Apparently this is a better way to eat for those doing high levels of fitness and I'm doing intensive workouts at the mo.

Had to buy a smaller dinner plate tho cos all mine are huge! And smaller portions just look lost on there :rotfl:

Got a nice square one from Dunhelm Mill which I think is actually a large side plate but it will do. Subconsciously I didn't like having a half empty plate even tho I'm eating more meals if that makes sense.

My problem with the 5 meals is I couldn't face them. It felt that no sooner had I eaten one, there was another. Eating out when say shopping was problematic as everything is BREAD!

Padstow

durham-mim, meant to say how much I enjoyed reading your blog this morning.
I got quite excited that I might exchange my Super Nanny skills for having my light bulbs changed. Not to Bl****y be though as nothing near me.

elantan

Please excuse am on the phone again

Thanks murphydog ... Fingers crossed this time

Padstow we have to do what we have to do well done on getting some good healthy food in

Padstow

elantan wrote: »

Please excuse am on the phone again

Thanks murphydog ... Fingers crossed this time

Padstow we have to do what we have to do well done on getting some good healthy food in

I take it as being phone interviewed? Good luck.

sistercas

Padstow wrote: »

No no no no no. Not cottage cheese? But did you see sistercas's breakfast?
Oily fish, bacon and cheese, OMGoodness.!!

whats wrong with my breakfast it was lovely ?

margaretclare

Mojisola wrote: »

It isn't. Martin's philosophy has never been one of penny pinching - just of the consumer not being ripped off so that we can spend our money how we like.

I spend much more on food than many people on MSE because, as I am what I eat, I like to buy good quality stuff. I also have concerns about how a lot of the cheaper food is raised and processed.

For those with no option because money is very tight, that's a different matter, but some people do seem to think spending on food is bad.

Yes, I completely agree. I've been criticised in some places because, as a pensioner, the perception is that I shouldn't be able to make those choices - between quality and quantity - I should be stuck with 'heating vs eating'. DH and I are not rich but neither are we poor. DH is a great bargain-hunter but he and I both know that, in later life particularly, what you eat is important. Quality rather than quantity again. And yes, I wouldn't knowingly eat factory-farmed chicken or the like.

My eldest GD knows all about money being very tight. More than once I've had to send her money for food when there was 'too much month left at the end of the money'.