Low-carb diets support thread

sarahs999

Morning all. I've swapped to green tea at work in an effort to cut out the milk that's creeping in (I have lactofree at home but always forget to bring some in to work). Any idea how many carbs are in a cup of tea with milk?

Had nice dinner last night of lamb chop with roasted green peppers and aubergine, plus cauli mash. Had quite a small portion and felt hungry later in the evening but managed to have a chai tea and a handful of smoked almonds to stave it off, and went to bed with my stomach feeling pleasingly flat, if you know what I mean. I so wish I'd learnt to do that when I was a girl, would have saved so much heartache.

Anyway, onwards. I am dreading the next week as I am away for most of it and therefore out of control of my food. IN laws should be OKish as they know how we're eating but we get the usual 'ooh, can you eat couscous? What about pasta?' when we've been low carbing, on and off, for about three years now. You'd think they'd have got it. I actually think my mother in law deliberately chooses not to understand it because she disapproves of the diet (not that she knows anything about it). She's always trying to eat the usual low calorie diet adn just doesn't believe me when I tell her that low carbing is better nad healthier. She's going to have to believe it though as DH has lost 20lbs and it's really visible (my 11 lb loss is less so).

But then we're going to my Aunt and Uncle whom we don't see often. They do know how we're eating but again I'm dreading just loads of salad with no dressing, which will make me so hungry that I'm bound to break the diet. IT's so hard to tell people that fat is OK, they look at you like you're mad.

So my aim is not to put any weight on over the easter break. We're going armed with diet friendly food, which should help.

fruitycar

sweetserendipity wrote: »

Morning peeps :hello:

We were on the bottom of page 2 this morning!! Keep posting or we'll disappear altogether!!

The Sunday Times articles are still available (from 2005) - this is one of them, but if you search Times Online they all still come up:

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/diet_and_fitness/article406517.ece

The link doesn't seem to be working?? MSE rules?? If you want to read it just get into the timesonline.co.uk website & search for low gi.

it just worked for me. :j
snowed under with work, trying to at least lurk daily. Away visiting elderly parents next week and 3 birthdays, plus Easter Eggs and there will be hot cross buns tomorrow :eek:

~daisy~_2

hi all - thx for the thoughts ladies doing ok'ish
good days bad bad days too and thats just how feelings !!

low carb is being a bit rubbish - had a good week last week but had a blow out on sunday - pitta and houmous 2 roast potatoes packet of crisps - 5 lb on !! nice

however i did make a strwqberry cheesecake yesterday and it was so scrummy
i used the crackers we are all eating some almonds flaxseeds and a small amount of oats blitzed up - bound with melted butter and baked for ten mins ( and a touch of splenda )
then just the cream cheese double cream splenda and few drops vanilla esence for topping and sliced strawbs on top

was amazing !!!

happy easter all xxxx

sarahs999

My breakfasts at the moment are really yum - sometimes I have them as a pudding too. I jkeep bags of frozen berries in teh freezer; put abuot 10 raspberries in a bowl, blitz them for a minute on the microwave so that they are pulverized, add greek yog and splenda and mix, then toast some flaked almonds and put them on top. I think if you added some almond essence it would essentially be bakewell tart in yoghurt form. Nom!

sistercas

Daisy that strawberry cheesecake sounds delish - will have a crack at that

cheese salad for lunch
and sausages mash ( cauli for me) and onion gravy for tea

sweetserendipity

sistercas wrote: »

Daisy that strawberry cheesecake sounds delish - will have a crack at that

I was thinking the pitta & houmous, 2 roast potatoes & packet of crisps sounded delish!! :rotfl:

Good to see you back on here daisy , try not to get stressed about what you're eating though, you have enough to cope with atm. Hope Cliff doing ok or is it still one step forward & 2 steps back?? Try to keep smiling, things will get better. xx

~daisy~_2

thx sweet - its just all a bit rubbish in general
doing all the parenting all the driving making all the decisions having all the responsibilities - i say to ppl its now like being a single parent but with 3 children instead of 2
meant to be going to cuba next month - we love our holidays but had to cancel so thats depressing me

i just want my old boring routine life back ........they tell us theres nothing to stop cliff being exactly as he was before the stroke but it will take time
its been 2 months now and feels like a lifetime already

anyway.......finally succumbed to the lidls greek yoghurt - hadnt tried it before now as had tried to like the tesco one in the past but hated it - was so sour and not nice at all
but tried it and loved it OMG its so rich and creamy - very lovely !!

debtfreeatlonglast

hi, this could be another silly question but here goes lol...could i mix together cooked cabbage, onion,and cauli together, bind it with an egg and fry it to make a type of bubble and squeak? thought it might be nice with gammon... any ideas anyone? thanks

debtfreeatlonglast

also, what could i mix with the lidl yoghurt to disguise taste of yoghurt as i dont like it, also can i freeze it to make it like ice cream, or what could i use to make something ice cream like??i am on induction phase , thanks

emiliah

Not really sure about what to do with the yoghurt, as only time I use it as a marinade with chicken and tandoori mix.

Think your bubble and squeek mix could be delish.

Sugar free jelly is a life saver for me - usually have it with berries and cream, and sometimes with a sprinkle of chopped nuts.