Low-carb diets support thread

sweetserendipity

Mercy :kisses3: cyber hugs & kisses winging their way to you through the ether xx

lego, I haven't looked at the recipe (this laptop doesn't like links) but avocado is supposed to be very good for you. Could the maple syrup be replaced with one of the LC sweeteners?? Stevia is one I remember but there are others.

g&b, was it beef stroganoff you made?? I lurve beef stroganoff *drools*. My Mum used to make a chicken & mushroom 'stroganoff' which would probably be ok for LC. She used natural yoghurt for the sauce & it had a lovely tangy flavour to it.

SHEILA, I can't understand why you haven't lost anything. Are you still considering the LC 5:2??

I haven't felt very well today for some reason so haven't had my evening meal yet. Think I'll just have some crispbreads & cheese.

building_with_lego

sweetserendipity wrote: »

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lego, I haven't looked at the recipe (this laptop doesn't like links) but avocado is supposed to be very good for you. Could the maple syrup be replaced with one of the LC sweeteners?? Stevia is one I remember but there are others.
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I'll copy and paste this then, so you can have a look! The quantities of maple are not huge, and I suspect one wouldn't need to eat an enormous amount of the pud. I must get some avocados to ripen.


From Dizzy loves Icy dot co dot uk
"Vegan chocolate avocado pudding

For the base:
- 3 cups of walnuts
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp salt

For the filling:
- 2 large avocados
- 1/2 cup maple or agave syrup
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder, extra for dusting
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp soy sauce (I used nama shoyu which you would need to to make this raw)
- tiny pinch salt
- fresh raspberries to serve (optional)


Method:
1. Preheat your oven to 130c / 250f / GM 1/2
2. Make the crust by whizzing your walnuts in a food processor for about 10 seconds. Add the remaining base ingredients and whizz up again. Try to not blend it too smooth, you want it a little chunky for a nice texture.
3. Press the crust mixture into a tart pan and bake in the oven for about 30 minutes. After the time is up, remove and leave to cool.
4. For the filling simply blend all the ingredients together until completely smooth. Spoon over the cooled crust evenly and refrigerate for a minimum of 30 minutes or until you are ready to serve.
5. When you are ready to serve, either dust with a light sprinkling of cocoa powder or some fresh raspberries and of course if you are neither vegan or raw, then of course you're going to drizzle it with a generous helping of cream aren't you?! It doesn't need it though, it's perfect on its own."

eleanor73

Hi everyone,


Day before weigh day (where do the weeks go?!) Scary! I know I will get a week where I don't lose soon and don't want it to be this week!


Mercy - sorry to hear about your cat. Hope you are looking after yourself.


Sweets-I definitely think you are right about it being hormonal hunger! Who would be a woman!??


Building with lego - erm I personally wouldn't make that as it is a dessert and would make me reach for my coat to go down to the corner shop and buy maltesers! However if you cut out the maple syrup (replace with a sweetener) and the balsamic then yes it is low carb as long as you don't eat the whole thing.


Hope everyone is having a good day. Loads of this area is flooded and apparently we are getting more rain later :-/

gunsandbanjos

Yes it was beef stroganoff I made, not sure how many carbs but hopefully not too bad?
1/2 a bottle of wine in it but got 5 portions out of the pot?

Other than the wine its just beef, mushrooms, onions cooked in butter and sour cream. Yummy, eating some right now for lunch with broccoli.

gunsandbanjos

Was really hungry this afternoon, stroganoff was obviously not as filling as my salad usually is. Probably lacking in fat a bit.
Had an extra coffee in the afternoon to keep me going.

Just had a bacon & cheese omelette with a small salad. Got some omelette left over for breakfast tomorrow.

gunsandbanjos

Just looked up the carbs in my wine for the stroganoff, works out about 2g per portion, can live with that.

SHEILA54

gunsanbanjos - glad that you enjoyed the stroganoff. I have made it myself with steak, mushrooms, sour cream and cauli. Nice. Goulash is also good.

sweet - weighed again today and nothing but I haven't been in ketones. I am going to try to cut to 30 carbs and stop the decaff coffee to see if it makes a difference for the next few days. If not .............

eleanor73 - good luck with the weigh in tomorrow

breakfast : 2 eggs, 1 rasher bacon

lunch: asparagus soup (home made), 2 gouda cheese slices, sugar free jelly with 2 tbsp greek yogurt

dinner: salmon with cauli mash and broccoli
almond pancake with 45g berries and single cream

extras: 85% chocolate, 1 brazil nut, 2 walnuts

drink - water

Total carbs 30

Hope nobody has been flooded out. Isn't it foul!!!

eleanor73

Thanks Sheila = 4 lbs!! So pleased!! I have realized that if you keep it strict then this diet is fantastic. Apart from the odd low/no carb alcoholic drink and the odd tomatoey sauce I have stuck to phase 1 and it is working so I am going to keep it like this unless I get a mad craving for rasperries or something. I have now lost 1 stone and 8lbs and now am 10 stone something which I haven't been for years:j


Meeting my friend for dinner this eve. Pretty pleased with myself as have managed to get us to go somewhere with cheapish Prosecco and a really nice antipasti board for a tenner. Very diet friendly. Just bought myself 'Low Carb Revolution' by Annie Bell. Anyone read/cooked from it?

SHEILA54

Well done that is great :T

Have a good time out tonight

alwaysonthego_2

can someone start a new thread as it is too long?