Low-carb diets support thread

daska

My nan used to make the cheese flan - the key to fluffy was breadcrumbs

SHEILA54

randm wrote: »

thanks sheila, i keep hoping i will find a school cook one day to ask for the correct recipe and also a biscuit recipe - do you remember the biscuits we used to get with the free milk.I was at school from mid 70's to 80's and the cheese flan was always fluffy and cheesy unlike quiche which seems to be solid and eggy!

I found the recipe on a website that said it came from somebody who worked in a school canteen. I can understand where daska is coming from though as bread and butter pudding is usually light and ........

I am older than you but I remember meat with dumplings, gypsy tart, spotted !!!!!! and pink custard that I was convinced was hot ice cream No wonder I had a weight problem.

murphydog999

Taking about weight........Sheila, are you still 5:2-ing? I hope you are giving anything new a chance and not getting discouraged if not a lot happens quickly

SHEILA54

murphydog - Thank you for your concern.. I have not been feeling too good this week and getting so tired from lack of sleep. Result - 3lb gain
I have to sort out this pain and lack of sleep before I can get back control as I just feel too tired to prepare anything sensible and end up picking, sometimes good things like chicken with lettuce and mayo and, to be honest, sometimes the chocolate cake from my granddaughter's birthday. I see the physio for assessment on Friday and hope that they have some ideas. Being in that line yourself, my GP has said that they need my MRI results to work from but do I need to get them to take or will she have sent them across? They are not hospital based but a physio and sports therapy centre as our GP'S are outsourcing investigations and treatment into the community.

Well done and keep it up everyone who is being good. I admire you all and hope to be back on the straight and narrow soon, Monday if I can do it

murphydog999

I can't really comment Sheila, I would call the physio beforehand to make sure, but I doubt they will be there.

I am convinced an Osteopath is better for you - I know your feelings re. chiropractors - but Osteopaths are different. An initial consultation would allay your concerns.

I really feel for you, and I would really like you just to go and talk to one, see what they could do for you, and if it's no good, then please prove me wrong. (but I know I'm not!)

(A physio isn't right for you, I'm sorry.)

daska

I'd second murphydog, I've seen many good osteopaths but never managed to get on with the chiropractors I've consulted. Take your MRI results to an osteopath and talk with them. Find one through the BOA.

SHEILA54

murphdog & daska - thank you for your suggestions. I am not against osteopaths, it is just that my GP suggested physio. Why do you both feel that an osteopath would be better?

I am just being grumpy and need to try to sort things out as I hate being this way. Thanks for putting up with me

On a plus note, I have been a bit better with my eating today and tried to have nuts as snacks instead of cake. I also had one tiny potato, veg and chicken for dinner whereas everyone else had pie. I feel better for it as well as I have had a lot of heartburn this week and I am convinced that it is the result of eating too many carbs.

Have you settled in properly now murphydog i.e. does it feel like home?

daska - have you finally got over your infections?

Mercy - how are you doing?

durham_mim - are you still struggling or have you got the better of the snacking?

daska

Why osteopaths? Their training is fundamentally different to physiotherapists and I've had consistently different advice from the osteopaths I've consulted compared to the physios, and I know from first hand experience which advice works! I've been going to both since I was 12 so I reckon I'm entitled to my opinion LOL. All I can suggest is try one and see. That's not to say physios are useless, not at all, they have their own specialist knowlege but to give you an example of the difference of approach, did you ever suffer with SPD when you were pregnant? I had severe SPD with both pregnancies, real 'throw up with the pain' severe, as well as my normal back problems which were exacerbated. (I'm naturally very stretchy/double jointed etc anyway, Mum's consultant reckoned she had atypical Marfans - all the symptoms except the elongation - and I'm virtually identikit except taller LOL.) With DS1 the physio strapped me in a belt and told me to take painkillers - I was too brassic to get to an osteopath so spent several months in severe pain which continued for some months after the birth. With DS2 I got a belt for when it struck but a trip to the osteopath could put everything back in the right place for a couple of weeks so I didn't need the belt or painkillers.

boots_babe

Hi everyone, thought I should check in as I'm now back from holiday. Just about got through the mountain of washing and ironing and ready (ish!) for work on Monday.

Had a lovely relaxing couple of weeks, managed to stay mostly low carb too. Exceptions being:

1. on a boat trip where the only veggie food was primarily rice and flatbread with dips. Made the most of it and really enjoyed them though.

2. one day I ordered what I thought was grilled veg with a side salsa, but what came was a pizza. Argh! I really wasn't happy but ate it anyway. Wasn't that nice and ended up with slight heart pains afterwards, so yet again I feel that's more evidence that carbs are definitely bad for me.

Other than that the only other naughty thing was cocktails - oops! Figured I could allow myself those on hols though.

Pleasantly surprised to find I've only put on 1.5 pounds, thought it would be quite a bit more, seeing as I did basically no exercise either.

Thankfully I had precooked and frozen some food before I went away, so I have plenty in to be going on with for next week. Am actually really looking forward to getting back to my usual food as I really missed it whilst I was away.

Hope everyone is doing ok, I haven't read the last couple of weeks' worth of posts on here yet, will go through later to catch up.

paddypaws101

I see a few recommendations for Rose Elliot's books...can someone give me a link to the exact book?
I think I have one of hers called 'Vegetarian Supercook' and it has a good recipe for soya muffins but I don't recall it being specifically low carb