Low-carb diets support thread

Mercy

Hey, smee again!

Must add, I take a full range of supplements.

Have been enjoying nice fat cherries and will do again. Apricots too.

Occasionally partake of dark chocolate.

Don't stress much anymore over food.

Make coconut muffins when I want cake.

Make Bakewell tart when I can be arised

Wouldn't give my doc any blood! My concious self was up for it but my body had other ideas :rotfl: (It's mine now and I'm keeping it) Twas a nice colour, eventually, will find out my likelyhood of heart disease and my blood sugar sometime soonish.

V happy in general! You?

MXXX

gravitytolls

Hi guys.

DH visited the Doc today for the results of latest MRI scan on his back. Doc tried to book him in for surgery, he'd like to put a couple of pins in, but DH is terrified, and the most he can expect is 60% improvement, but the risks of spinal surgery outweigh the pros, to his mind, and he's frit.

So, the upshot is, he's got 6 mths to lose at least 2 stone, and exercise is tough. Now I've told him low carb is the best way to get it off and keep it off, having done it myself and kept it off (until further offspring arrived).

But, it was easier when it was just me, I simply cut out the simple carbs, and supplemented with complex ones when hungry between meals. DH is a bit hungrier than that.

There's lots of recipes and suggestions throughout the thread, which I will get through, but in the meantime, a smallish list of essential store cupboard type stuff would be a great help.

Thanks.
x

Mercy

Try a look at the Dr Dalqvist way of eating. Link on page one.

Pulses rather than high carbs may be a way to go. Beanfeasts and veg?

Don't forget the sweets on recipe list (also link on page 1)

Best of luck!

Remember, when he changes over, it's not the amount he eats but the lack of spuds, pasta, bread, rice, pastry etc. Let him eat til he's full on all the other stuff. Big brekkie fry ups! All the stuff you think you shouldn't have!

Get a book. Atkins, idiot proof diet, are both worth looking into. Dr d's is a good start till you know what you want to do.

Good luck!

Reckon Atkins would be a good place for you to start.

Big love

MXXXXXXX

It's generally accepted that guys lose quicker than women first time they low carb. That should keep the interest.
Remember, low carb = high fat else it doesn't work.

List

Cheese
eggs (fried, scrambled, omletted all cooked in butter (and boiled)
bacon
real butter
meat in the form of 'fat on' steak, pork chops, ribs, streaky bacon etc
double cream
good veg - cabbage, salad, celery, spring onions, veg in general
get in some almond flour for tasty biscuits and cakes (see page 1 recipe list)
nuts and seeds - if it helps initially, go for it. Better than crisps.
Full fat yogurt
full fat cream cheese

gunsandbanjos

gravitytolls wrote: »

DH visited the Doc today for the results of latest MRI scan on his back. Doc tried to book him in for surgery, he'd like to put a couple of pins in, but DH is terrified, and the most he can expect is 60% improvement, but the risks of spinal surgery outweigh the pros, to his mind, and he's frit.

What is wrong with his spine if you dont mind me asking?

My daughter has a severely deformed spine and has had numerous surgeries on it including having growth rods put in. The surgeries were hard for her but she is so much better for it. Feel free to PM me if you want to know anything about it.

sweetserendipity

Sorry to hear about your daughter, G&B, must be a worry for you.

gravitytolls, I would echo what Mercy said about the 'basics' of low-carb foodstuffs. Tis difficult to have a store cupboard type list as such though as most (all?) stuff is fresh/frozen??

Mince is another 'staple' for me. I make bolognaise & have it with garlic mushrooms, broc/cauli etc instead of pasta. Also a cottage pie with a mashed/blended cauli topping instead of potato.

Corned beef hash is a good hearty meal - again with mashed cauli or cauli/broc instead of potato. I fry leeks instead of onion as it's slightly lower carb & season with lots of black pepper.

The trick is to always have something hubby can eat/snack on - boiled eggs, slices of ham, chunks of cheese/babybels etc. You do have to be prepared with stuff in the fridge. Plenty of water as well. And vitamin supplements if you think he will take them.

All I have to do now, is practice what I preach!! :rolleyes:

gravitytolls

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

What is wrong with his spine if you dont mind me asking?

My daughter has a severely deformed spine and has had numerous surgeries on it including having growth rods put in. The surgeries were hard for her but she is so much better for it. Feel free to PM me if you want to know anything about it.

He lost a couple of discs, they disintegrated, leaving curvature, the bones have fused together, causing permanent pain. He was taking diclofenac alongside painkillers, but his liver and kidney functions rose. They changed his cholesterol meds to two different ones, instead of the one high dose, and took him off the anti inflammatries.

The plan now is to lose some weight, try and get back on the anti inflammatries, monitor liver and kidney, and review in 6 mths. The surgeon is keen to get going, but DH isn't. He's afraid of the surgery, of course, but he's also afraid that he'll mis/fail his courses, lose too much time from his job etc. He had to give up his work as a thatcher and is retraining to be a teacher, currently a teaching assistant. As he's almost 50, he really feels time isn't on his side, and he's scared to spend any of it recovering from spinal surgery.

I guess he knows ultimately he may have no option, but he's trying to put off teh day for as long as he can.

Thanks for the advice guys. I gave him a fry up today, told him to eat lots. He can't get his head round it, keeps saying 'I can't have that!' I keep telling him to trust me, but he obviously doesn't! I shall refer him to the literature you recommend and he'll feel more confident, especially once the scales begin to show a difference ~ which I found to be dramatic and extremely encouraging.

mazzers

What a worry for your hubby Gravity, i do sympathise, you too G&B, my friends daughter has scoliosis, not discovered til she was 12, and she had a horrible op, but she is doing great now, grew a few inches overnght, and recovered quickly, but it took its toll on my friend, the stress of it all seems to have caused tinitus, very depressing.

gunsandbanjos

gravitytolls wrote: »

He lost a couple of discs, they disintegrated, leaving curvature, the bones have fused together, causing permanent pain. He was taking diclofenac alongside painkillers, but his liver and kidney functions rose.

That sounds very painful:(
If the surgeon is keen to operate i would be listening to him. They dont do it for fun, it is obviously necessary and will probably only get worse without the surgery. Hope he makes the right decision.
From my experience with my daughter the recovery is not too long, she had rods inserted and a bone graft when she was just under 3 and was up and walking in 2 days and pretty much back to normal in a week.

mazzers wrote: »

What a worry for your hubby Gravity, i do sympathise, you too G&B, my friends daughter has scoliosis, not discovered til she was 12, and she had a horrible op, but she is doing great now, grew a few inches overnght, and recovered quickly, but it took its toll on my friend, the stress of it all seems to have caused tinitus, very depressing.

Scoliosis quite often doesnt present itself until puberty, her daughter will probably have had a spinal fusion which is not a fun op!
My daughter was born with it, she also has vertebrae which are not formed correctly. She had her first spinal fusion at 11 months old and had growth rods put in at nearly 3 which have to be lengthened every 6 months. When she stops growing she will have another spinal fusion i believe.
How horrible for your friend, it is a very stressful time.

focus888

Where is he planning to move to? why cant he take the furniture with him? awww i get like that too when i know it better to leave them to get on with things (im talking about family members and close friends) not got any kids.

Going again with the icing since monday, although find it really hard to stay away from the nuts i have the munchies. Also could do with some more chocolate but i cant stand the taste of dark chocolate typical!

mazzers

Anyway the upshot is, i'm off over my friends later to have a good drink.
Sod the low carb.

As Homer Simpson once said, 'Ah alcohol, the cause of, and answer to, all of lifes little problems'.