Low-carb diets support thread

absolutebounder

sistercas wrote: »

morning

sheila glad DH is out of hospital, hopefully things will go back to normal again now

off to work soon , its my day off but need to put somemore hours in just to keep things going , the extra money will be nice though

not sure whats for breakfast , i fancy poached egg on toast but we have no bread anyway , ive had scrambled egg all week and now im bored of it . might have some bacon

come on people , keep posting :T

How about a nice bacon and cheese omelette with a little fresh chilli added?

saving-mad

Hi, I am a lurker/newbie
With a family wedding in 4 weeks and dresses looking awful on me it was time for action, seeing your fantastic results I cut out crap and bread pasta potatoes and rice.
First week nothing! Not a lb.
Second week 6lb
and day 4 of week 3 another 2 lb so 8lb in17 days, is that too much?
Just yesterday started craving chocolate but refrained. Struggling for breakfast as my body seems to have a aversion to eggs.
I really have only had lots of veg and some meat for 2.5 weeks, I did make some spicy bean burgers and humous oops.
I have not done any extra excersize as I am always busy as a childminder and cleaning, washing and ironing as we have a holiday cottage.
Following this thread now but don't think I can live without bread long term and fear the weight will go back on.
I was creaping into a size 18 mainly 16 And would like to be 12-14.

sweaty_betty

saving-mad wrote: »

Hi, I am a lurker/newbie
With a family wedding in 4 weeks and dresses looking awful on me it was time for action, seeing your fantastic results I cut out crap and bread pasta potatoes and rice.
First week nothing! Not a lb.
Second week 6lb
and day 4 of week 3 another 2 lb so 8lb in17 days, is that too much?
Just yesterday started craving chocolate but refrained. Struggling for breakfast as my body seems to have a aversion to eggs.
I really have only had lots of veg and some meat for 2.5 weeks, I did make some spicy bean burgers and humous oops.
I have not done any extra excersize as I am always busy as a childminder and cleaning, washing and ironing as we have a holiday cottage.
Following this thread now but don't think I can live without bread long term and fear the weight will go back on.
I was creaping into a size 18 mainly 16 And would like to be 12-14.

Hello and welcome!
Well done on your weight loss! But do make sure you're eating enough and including fat in your diet (from the meat, or cheese,cream etc).

I don't post on here very often, but there are lots of people who post up recipe and meal ideals so that hopefully you'll be able to wean yourself off bread and anything else you might be struggling with. Maintaining this way of eating for a while can lead to you losing the taste for sweet things, bread etc - which is a big help!

Good luck

sweaty_betty

I have a quick question if anyone's about

I've been doing fairly low-carb consistently for just over a year now. Lost about 3 stone, although really need to lose another 3 ideally. Have been at a stall for at least 2 months and am getting rather annoyed at it!

But the latest thing I've found is that in the last few weeks I've been getting really bloated and feel like my stomach is constantly churning - no idea where this has come from, I've been drinking the same amount of fluids, not changed my diet drastically etc etc.

Can anyone shed any light on possible causes and what I can do about this? Or on the stall for that matter

TIA

SHEILA54

sweaty betty - I stalled for 3 months earlier this year so upped my carb allowance for a couple of weeks to jolt my system and then went down to 25 - 30 for a couple of weeks. It seemed to help and I lost 6lb in 2 weeks after that. I am upping again at the moment as life has been a bit hectic and will cut down Monday week again. I would like to lose another stone and a half by Christmas, if possible, and then will just try to maintain that. It is harder now to lose as I have been doing this for 16 months but I am much more relaxed, having lost 6+ stone. With regards to bloating I now find that anything with sugar, gluten, too much coffee or fizzy drinks does this to me. I think that our bodies adjust and then react if we then make changes.

saving-mad- hi and welcome :wave:
If you can't do without bread then there are some recipes on page 1.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=19266039&postcount=4685
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=50605391&postcount=9628

Well done on the weight loss so far :T. How about greek yogurt with a few berries for breakfast if you are fed up with eggs or, depending on your allowance, an almond pancake with berries and cream? You weight loss is fine as some of it will be water anyway. I lost 1 stone in my first 2 weeks and didn't suffer.

sistercas - same ideas for breakfast as above. I even have a lump of cheese with cucumber sometimes for a change and allow myself porridge once or twice a week as well.

It a is somewhat trial and error as you go along, in my experience, as some things seem to stall people and not others. It is also finding recipes and meals that you enjoy and are also healthy so that you can maintain it.

marrbett

Hi all, everyone feeling better today, although had some shocking news yesterday about my cousin who lives in Australia. He was tragically killed in a motorbike accident. He was just abit older than me(mid forties). We used to see him often when we were children, but went our separate ways as adults, but its affected me so much!
Enjoy each day folks, make the most of each other!!

Love to all.xx

aliasojo

marrbett wrote: »

Hi all, everyone feeling better today, although had some shocking news yesterday about my cousin who lives in Australia. He was tragically killed in a motorbike accident. He was just abit older than me(mid forties). We used to see him often when we were children, but went our separate ways as adults, but its affected me so much!
Enjoy each day folks, make the most of each other!!

Love to all.xx

Sorry to hear that marrbett. I think death of a younger person affects us deeply partly because it's unexpected and goes against what the 'norm' should be.

Keep strong. x

SHEILA54

marbett - sorry to hear your sad news

alias - how goes things?

aliasojo

SHEILA54 wrote: »

alias - how goes things?

They go.

Got a few issues going on just now (just for a change!) so eating is way down the list, hence my lack of input on this thread.

sistercas

absolutebounder wrote: »

How about a nice bacon and cheese omelette with a little fresh chilli added?

that sounds lovely i will definitely try that thanks

saving mad welcome sounds like you are doing well

marbett (((hugs))) to you thats awful news

alias sorry you have issues at the moment are you still seeing the hypnotherapist ?

had a very busy day at work and thoroughly enjoyed it but there were lots of treats about and i did pop a couple of chocs in my mouth

bolognaise for tea