Low-carb diets support thread

durham_mim

Weighed myself today instead of tomorrow as I need to be out early and won't have time. Last week I put on 2lbs, this week I have lost 3lbs :j
so back on target. Also lost another 0.5" off my hips. Only another 3lbs and I will be in another stone

SHEILA54

Well done durham_mim :T

Gray Malkin - you are doing well with your push ups :T

daska, schoolhouse - how are you?

Bad day yesterday as I made cheese scones with the kids and ate 2 :eek: Terrible heartburn last night, when will I learn

Definitely back on track today.

Have a good day everyone

durham_mim

Before doing low carb I used to occasionally buy vegetable crisps from Lidl. I just wondered if they are low carb seeing as they are all vegetable with no potatoes. I will check the packet tomorrow to find out the total carbs.

We have just booked up for a 4 day break in Scotland. We will be staying in a hotel with breakfast and evening meal included. I have read reviews about the hotel and area, apparently there are very few shops nearby. I need to supply myself with snacks and things I can use for lunch over these days. Do you have any suggestions. I know its a bit early, we're not going until the beginning of September, but I want to be prepared. I will be taking with me lactofree cream, bottled water and redbush teabags.

Minihauk

Nuttybabe - thanks for the link. I'll take a look when I get home and try it. Will let you know how I get on.

Murphydog - thank you again for the suggestion to cut out the nightshade foods. Three days back on plan and my pain levels have decreased a lot. Still uncomfortable to walk too far, but generally feeling much better. It is amazing the difference this woe makes to how I feel - no pain and no indigestion or wind

I read somewhere that if tomatoes are cooked they are not so bad. Does anyone know if that is true, please? Just thinking of perhaps adding some to make bolognaise sauce :cool:

Well done Durham Mim - way to go!

Sheila - I know what you mean about when will I learn, I always feel much better when eating this way.

Gloomendoom

If avoiding the so called nightshade foods works for you, that's good.

However, I remain to be convinced that, generally, they are harmful in any way... unless you choke on them.

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/nutrition/4-myths-about-nightshade-vegetables

sweetserendipity

andrewsmum wrote: »

I used to force them down when I was doing the S - World diet but its sooooo much easier now I can eat them with butter mmmmmmm

Oh yes, I always put butter on them no matter what my topping is :drool: Forgot, sistercas is another fan of them

Gray_Malkin wrote: »

:hello: flaps bingo wings back :rotfl:

I got my first ideas from this site http://hundredpushups.com/what.html#alt

I've graduated from the wall to a doorway, and now I'm on a window sill

I will be doing them on the floor sometime this century :T

Thanks for the link, I'll be starting them today, will see if I can manage 100 in one go!! :eek: Actually, that may be a bit ambitious so perhaps 10 x 10 over the next few hours

Well done on getting to window sill level

durham_mim wrote: »

We have just booked up for a 4 day break in Scotland. We will be staying in a hotel with breakfast and evening meal included. I have read reviews about the hotel and area, apparently there are very few shops nearby. I need to supply myself with snacks and things I can use for lunch over these days. Do you have any suggestions. I know its a bit early, we're not going until the beginning of September, but I want to be prepared. I will be taking with me lactofree cream, bottled water and redbush teabags.

Whereabouts in Scotland are you going?? Lucky you, I haven't been for ages, hope you have a lovely time.

Btw, congratulations on the 3lb & 0.5" loss!! :T

Regarding snacks, I think I've looked at veggie crisps before & they weren't that low carb unfortunately, worth checking though. Do you like pork scratchings - Home Bargains sell them & also a 'puff' version I think?? Do you eat nuts - small pack of almonds, brazils etc?? Pickled eggs?? _pale_ Matteson's smoked sausage?? _pale_ I'm just trying to think of things that are portable & don't have to be kept in a fridge... Maybe the hotel could put something together for you for a small charge?? If there's a small co-op maybe buy a sandwich filling like egg mayo, ready-made salad etc. If all else fails, stuff yourself silly at breakfast & just hope you can last out until dinner time!!

daska

Gloomendoom wrote: »

If avoiding the so called nightshade foods works for you, that's good.

However, I remain to be convinced that, generally, they are harmful in any way... unless you choke on them.

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/nutrition/4-myths-about-nightshade-vegetables

I guess my reaction to that is "absence of proof is not equal to proof of absence". We're all different, some of us aren't able to eat them without penalty. Personally I know that my pain levels have subsided substantially since cutting out/down on nightshade plants, as have my digestive problems. I also know that other members of my family have digestive problems that have been medically identified as directly relates to consuming plants from that family. So as far as I'm concerned I don't give a bleep whether some doctor wants to think they shouldn't have an effect - I know they do.

Having said that, as I experiment more with my diet it would seem that the real problems come with combining two or more things. So while I can cope with tomatoes on their own or a few chips, tomatoes and wheat (i.e. pizza. pasta with tomato sauce) has quite a dire effect - more so than wheat on it's own. Anyone who wants to claim it shouldn't make a difference is quite welcome to come clear up the mess that results :rotfl:

nuttybabe

this is the first time i have sat down all day. been gardening with the kids and mowed the lawn. hopefully we will get a few nice days next week as garden bin is full so have to wait until tuesday to do anymore.

today i am having

b - really wasnt hungry
l - ham and cheese forsed down as still not hungry
t - turkey sausage based pizza i took the sausage outof the skin and mashed it into a 9inch tin. just cooked it for 20 mins and will put toppings on when i can move again. :rotfl:

durham_mim

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Whereabouts in Scotland are you going?? Lucky you, I haven't been for ages, hope you have a lovely time.

Btw, congratulations on the 3lb & 0.5" loss!! :T

Regarding snacks, I think I've looked at veggie crisps before & they weren't that low carb unfortunately, worth checking though. Do you like pork scratchings - Home Bargains sell them & also a 'puff' version I think?? Do you eat nuts - small pack of almonds, brazils etc?? Pickled eggs?? _pale_ Matteson's smoked sausage?? _pale_ I'm just trying to think of things that are portable & don't have to be kept in a fridge... Maybe the hotel could put something together for you for a small charge?? If there's a small co-op maybe buy a sandwich filling like egg mayo, ready-made salad etc. If all else fails, stuff yourself silly at breakfast & just hope you can last out until dinner time!!

The hotel is near the Trossach's and over looks one of the Lochs.

Thanks for the snack suggestions. I was planning on taking nuts but wondered if there was anything else. I've never tried pork scratchings, so will get some before I go. I feel the same about pickled eggs, Matteson's smoked sausage and mayonnaise _pale_ as you do

kafkathecat

Gloomendoom wrote: »

http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/nutrition/4-myths-about-nightshade-vegetables

My dh suffered from awful headaches for years which we eventually linked to tomato skins and from there to aubergine skins and pepper skins. He can eat all of them as long as they are peeled. Potatoes don't seem to affect him.
Experts don't know everything.