Low-carb diets support thread

daska

SHEILA54 wrote: »

durham_mim - sorry to put a dampner on things but looking at your blog I wonder if you are eating too many carbs. If you were doing Atkins you would have 20 carbs per day for the first 2 weeks and then up by 5 carbs a week until you stopped losing which would put you on 30 - 35 carbs a day at the moment.

Bakewell porridge contains oats and has agarve nectar, both of which are relatively high in carbs. Add in the milk and, depending on the amount you have, it could be quite high. Nairn oatcakes are 4.6 carbs each also.

Please let us know if we can help in any way

Also very little in the way of green leafy veg but I noticed carrots which are quite high in carbs in comparison - at this time of year you can stick lettuce, spinach, chard etc in a tub on your doorstep or grow it on your windowsill quite easily which would keep the cost down.

Did you say you weren't using any specific diet but making your own way? It may be that you would benefit from choosing one and following it for a while.

Best of luck

p.s. while agave nectar is often touted as healthy because it has a low impact on blood sugars it's not carb free and being mainly fructose there are serious doubts as to it's health claims. Unlike other sugars fructose can only be metabolised by the liver and it does so by erm... turning it into fat! More here

sweetserendipity

Mercy, thanks for the CLO info my lovely, I knew you'd come up trumps The one I have is only 400mg but it was only a 99p cheapie from HB so I'll have a look in Tesc0 (don't tend to shop in Asd@ these days).

SHEILA, my legs felt a bit heavy walking up the stairs this morning (more than usual anyway!!) & I also had a slight headache, but not too bad so far, thanks for asking

Welcome cherrypies & good luck. I'm liking the sound of your cream of cauliflower soup, please can you post the recipe when you have a chance?? :drool:

sistercas, I'm liking my avatar too!! :rotfl:

durham, I'm heavier than my hubby & I hate it but at least we're doing something about it, even if progress is not as fast as we might like. Hopefully making a few tweaks to your food will help.

Mercy

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Mercy, thanks for the CLO info my lovely, I knew you'd come up trumps The one I have is only 400mg but it was only a 99p cheapie from HB so I'll have a look in Tesc0 (don't tend to shop in Asd@ these days).

You could always take 2 then 3 on alternate days for now, that'd be ave 1000mg a day. If you take it with some fat in your meal, after eating a some, it shouldn't repeat on you and will be better absorbed.

Mx

cherrypies

Thanks for the welcome :-)

sweetserendipity the soup is really lovely, very quick and cheap too!

Cream of cauliflower soup:

Small bunch of spring onions (whites only, finely chopped) OR 1 medium onion diced finely
1tbs Oil
1tbs Butter
1 large cauliflower chopped into 2cm cube pieces
1.5 litres of chicken OR vegetable stock - fresh is best but cubes would be fine (2 cubes or 2 stock pots)
A big slug of double cream (to taste)
White pepper

Melt the oil and butter together over a low heat and add the onion or spring onions. Keep the heat low as you don't want them to colour, just soften nicely and turn translucent.

When the onions are soft, add the cauliflower to the pan and toss it in with the onion mixture, let it cook for about 5 minutes (again, don't let it colour) then add the stock. Bring up to the boil and then turn the heat down, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the cauliflower is soft but not overcooked.

Leave to cool for about 10 minutes and then check the seasoning. Add double cream (to personal taste) and then blitz with a hand blender or in batches in a regular blender. The soup should be perfectly smooth and velvety, if it comes out with a grainy texture (some caulies cook down better than others) blitz for another couple of minutes and then put through a sieve.

If you're feeling fancy or cooking this for a dinner party, you can fry off some sliced chorizo, smoked bacon or even scallops to garnish the soup and drizzle with some chilli oil... or for a comforting lunch, just throw a handful of grated cheddar into your bowl and have cauli cheese soup.

cherrypies

durham_mim I agree with Daska, it might be a good idea to pick one of the recognised low carb diets to follow for a bit whilst you get into low carbing. Have you got the Atkins book? Not everyone agrees with his approach but the book is very thorough at explaining the science behind a low carbohydrate diet and how our body reacts to certain foods. It's well worth a read, or a re-read :-)

The other thing I found REALLY helpful when I first started out was Ketostix (urinalysis testing strips, you can get them for about £3 off ebay) they were a visual way of knowing that I was doing it right and that I was on track. In fact, I'm going to buy some tomorrow, I'd forgotten how helpful they were. *hugs* Don't be disheartened, it's difficult at first whilst you learn the rules and what works for you, I hardly lost any weight at all for about my first three weeks and then I lost 7lbs in a week.

cazxx1

hi all can I have pate, also baileys as a treat..I started the diet 2 weeks ago i was 9 stone 5 in 1 week I went down to 8 13 but last week only lost 1 pound so went wrong somewhere ...

LittleMissAspie

Sunnyday wrote: »

*sidles in quietly*

BMI 32 :eek::o
"You have a BI higher than 75% of females in your country":o:eek:
"You have a higher BMI than 86% of females in the world":o:eek:
"You are most like someone from Barbados":o:eek:

*waddles out*

I was Barbados too, I thought that sounded quite exotic . I already knew my BMI was around 31 but to be told I'm fatter than 79% of women in my age range was quite depressing, especially as I have lost 20lbs

Hi by the way, I used to post in here sometimes a long time ago when I was dabbling with the Dr Dahlqvist plan. Now I'm doing plain old low-carb, aiming for around 30g a day. I lost most of my 20lbs last summer then maintained for various reasons, now I'm back to eating properly and hoping to lose another 10lbs for September.

SHEILA54

Depends on your carb allowance to be honest - pate is ok usually but Baileys has around 12g carb for 50ml. I used to drink a Baileys coffee as a treat but it takes too many of my carb allowance

The first 7lb is water so don't worry it will probably be better this week.

I also have used ketostix throughout but especially at the beginning. I always had ketones then but rarely now as I have been doing it for a year.

cazxx1

what is ketostix please

daska

cazxx1 wrote: »

what is ketostix please

they're little sticks that give you a visual indication of the level of ketones in your urine. they can be useful if you want to be sure that your carb intake is low enough to be in ketosis.