Low-carb diets support thread

Gray_Malkin

I'm not sure I'm being that good either sheila, you should see the amount of pistachio nuts I've eaten today :eek: I'm going to try sealing the bag back up with sticky tape when I've had a handful

btw sweet - white turnip tastes a bit radishy I think, and mooli (AKA daikon) is a member of the radish family too. Soak in salt water for about 20 mins before using to take away any bitter aftertaste, then cook like potato. I tried mooli mash mixed with a bit of cauli the other day and it was the best mash I've tasted since....well, mash.

Hope your aches and pains get better soon. And I hope everyone's muchies are better tomorrow too.

Nite x

Gray_Malkin

marrbett wrote: »

I hand whipped the cream for his cake and hope that you would consider that a bit of resistance exercise??I did swap hands!!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Nice try!

AudreyHepburn_2

murphydog999 wrote: »

:idea: I'm going to blame the melon! I wish I hadn't mentioned it when we were having the lycopene conversation, as I'm now having it instead of berries in the morning, and I think it might be too sweet/carby, as I'm routing for something else within hours - which doesn't happen with berries. :think:

What are you eating the melon with Murphy? I would dollop full fat Greek yoghurt on top for fat 'n protein to balance out the carb content. Melon chunks, water melon espicially, is great combined with cubes of feta cheese and a sprinkling of black pepper or chilli powder, sounds weird but don't knock it till yer've tried it :-)

I was spectacularly hungry tues evening after aerobic and demolished half a pack of digestives. I LOVE the class, like beign a teenager again getting hot and sweaty to that craaaazy disco beat but I need to sort out how many calories to eat on that day to stop me binging afterwards.

Thanks to all for sharing their food diaries and the ups and downs of familylife and low carb eating.

I have dabbled in CBT - I've always had the problem of "bottling up" emotions, came from a "least said, soonest mended" family where any expression of emotion was shushed and never mentioned again!

I "see" how it works- Jerrys description of finding a postive thought from a negative one is perfect. Been reading up on mindful eating too, sit down, eat slowly and savour the texture and flavour, which is the last thing on my mind when stuffing biscuits!

Dr D is deffo. the way forward to me - allows me to have carrot and lentil soup (home made) for lunch today, which suits my activity levels.

Best wishes to all and thanks for the recipes.

AudreyHepburn_2

Gray_Malkin wrote: »

I'm not sure I'm being that good either sheila, you should see the amount of pistachio nuts I've eaten today :eek: I'm going to try sealing the bag back up with sticky tape when I've had a handful

I'd need a mouse trap in the bag to stop me dipping in :-)

murphydog999

marrbett wrote: »

I hand whipped the cream for his cake and hope that you would consider that a bit of resistance exercise??I did swap hands!!

:rotfl: :rotfl: Like Grey says......


Audrey, I do have lots of greek yogurt and double cream, and hemp or flax and seeds - doesn't seem to work with melon!

Not many pistachios left in my house either

aliasojo

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

I have dabbled in CBT - I've always had the problem of "bottling up" emotions, came from a "least said, soonest mended" family where any expression of emotion was shushed and never mentioned again!

I "see" how it works- Jerrys description of finding a postive thought from a negative one is perfect.

See I don't have that problem. Anyone that 'knows' me will know I'm a talker. If anything I talk too much, I will freely share with anyone that shows an interest, friend, family, foe.... :rotfl:

I also don't have the same problem as jerry had. I look at my thighs and think, 'oh well' rather than 'I'm a fat git' iyswim? Self esteem isn't a problem for me really, I have my 'moments' but by and large I'm as assured as they come.

My biggest issues (I think) are putting myself last, worrying constantly about things I can't change (to the point of not sleeping because of them), and not being able to deal effectively with stress. Without going into shedloads of detail, I have stress in literally ALL areas of life (home, money, relationships etc etc) and there will be no end to it for a long time to come yet. I often get irritated and agitated. I have daily headaches and sore necks (yes I know I only have one neck but it's sore on more than one occasion so I'm having a plural ).

So I eat. As soon as the food hits my mouth I feel calm and happy. I know all the theory, like going for a walk or doing some exercise helps lower stress levels, but I'm constantly sore and tired and I have dizzy spells these days so the last thing I want to do is walk or exercise, even if it would do me good. I'm also constantly hungry, which to be fair is probably down to the fact my belly takes a lot to fill it these days..:o

I don't know if CBT would help with those kind of things?

Anyway, I had a small bit of good news yesterday and it couldn't have come at a better time tbh. OH's wage slip ALWAYS arrives in the post the day before his wages are due. This time it arrived early and there was more money than expected, which means I didn't have to worry about one particular thing any longer and this month will be a little easier. As soon as I realised this I literally felt 'lighter' (sounds daft ). I felt happier as decided to try again so yesterday was my first day back lcing.

I lost 2lb this morning (of the 5lbs I'd put back on of the 9lbs I'd originally lost....are you keeping up? :rotfl:)

So...I'm trying again. :D

I reserve the right to moan though. :rotfl:

Thanks all for the kind thoughts/replies.

marrbett

That cake left me feeling really painful last night! Why oh why does it hurt like that???

Did I read on the atkins site, that if you start to increase carbs, that you need to cut down on fat? Would that be why the cake with cream was such a bad idea? I've had a slice of cake before without it causing the reaction last night?

B-egg, mushroom haloumi. Black coffee


Hope everyone's today is better foodwise than yesterdays!!!

Jerryjerryjerry

Aliasojo:

Thanks for your post. You ask if CBT would benefit you with regard to your worrying? I think maybe it might. You could tell your doctor what you've told us and see if he thinks it would work.

I think to apply CBT to your worries, i'd probably go with thought changes that go something like this:

I am so worried that I will lose my house and end up homeless -> I am so worried, but I need not be. I've never been homeless before, so why do I think it will happen now? Or... What is the solution? Maybe I could get more overtime etc.etc. Oh, I know.. I will go to sleep now, and worry about this in the morning.

Then:

Oh dear... my wife is going to leave me if I don't pay off our debts soon and I'm going to end up a loner and kill myself. -> Oh, just had a thought that wife will leave.. but I know she loves me... and she made that vow through thick and thin. I'm so lucky to have her.. and this is a difficult patch we are going through but wow.. she's still here.. thank God for that... now.. i'll get on with my day, or get on with sleep and tomorrow is another day.

What do you reckon?

Right.. positivity is still here with me.. I've done 35 miles on bike (8 miles).. then an hour of legs bums tums off sky t.v.

Have had 2 coffees and a tea. AND two glasses of water.

Have got the last trout out. Going to have that for lunch. Starving and thinking of a ciggy, but going to drink water and hold out for as long as possible regarding eating. Need to make some soup as carot and celery sticks are not appealing in this weather. If I had a big saucepan of delicious soup, I could shovel that into me during the day, as I really am having cravings for ciggy! arrrghh.

Also... good news. Have two interviews next week. One on Tuesday for a large firm of accountants as a PA. And the other - a firm of solicitors as a legal sec on wednesday ... so all good. Also waiting to hear from an interview last week as well..

I have to get some money coming in soon, or it will be bad. Have already done some research into having a mortgage holiday, but realise, that it will look bad on record.. so not worth it.

Have switched phone line and internet service from BT & Sky to Talk Talk. Sorry to be off topic..

Happy LCing..!

Today:

B: Water
L: Trout
lentil curry (not lc).. but good eating.. whatever they call it.

andrewsmum

Is CBT the same as seeing a phsycologist ? Because I once went to see one, referred through my GP practic to help me get off the 'on a diet.....fail.......back on a diet........fail again.....feel carp bandwagon. Over the years I must have tried EVERY diet going and it made my life so miserable.......this was for over 30 years. As you can imagime my confidence was rock bottom.

She really helped (this must be around 10 years ago) She did get me off the 'diet' bandwagon and more into thinking 'healthy eating'. I think thats why today I don't look at this as a means to losing weight, but I have lost some, albeit not a large amount, but this is a bonus. In my mind I eat low(er) carb to help control my diabetes.

For me, not thinking this is a diet, as in for losing weight, helps me not dislike myself like I used to, and feel happy in who I am

andrewsmum

durham_mim wrote: »

Tonight I tried the chilli meat loaf and it is really tasty. There was enough for two meals, so guess what we're having tomorrow. Recipe is on my blog.

Durham-mim I found your chilli meat loaf recipe and will try it one day soon, I also found your nut cluster recipe and will give these a go too, they sound yummy.