Low-carb diets support thread

downshifted

I have IGT - had PCOS and also pregnancy diabetes - so am trying a low carb diet to keep my sugars more even. After a couple of weeks I have lost 4lbs, but am now static weightwise. Blood sugars are well in control - almost normal.

Anyone on here also doing it for this reason? This is a permanent dietary change as it is for health reasons, so I want to build in as much variety as possible and be sure I am eating healthily overall

Any tips for a newbie? I have made soya flour pancakes with soy milk, which are nice - can you get soy milk in less than 1 litre cartons - I wasted a lot as I couldn't use it all up by the use by date.

cheers

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My_Fathers_Daughter

redcoltraine - there are a few other Dukan dieters here, myself included - you will find that the cruise peps you up a bit and then on your PP days you get a bit flat again.

Can't help Jill or downshifted I am afraid.


Just popped in to say my diet is suspended for 12 days and I will resume after I return from my holidays...

Happy low-carbing to all whilst I am away, take care,

MFDxx

avstar

jill36 wrote: »

I like minced beef - Tesco extra lean 5% fat.

It has no carb detail on pack just says:

cals 155 - fat 5.6g - saturates 2.5g (per 125g)

should I be buying this or the full fat version?

Extra lean beef is Ok, its the low-fat versions of food that just substute sugars & carbs for fat that you should avoid.
Low fat mince just means you are getting more meat instead of fat IYSWIM (they haven't replaced the fat with carbs (at least I hope not LOL!)

So low fat mince is Ok, I still buy it cos I don't like the greasy taste of full fat mince. Just make sure you are getting your fat from other sources (cheese/butter etc)

adelight

I don't do "low carb", but I do love my protein and like to keep my muscles happy! Sorry if this was posted further back in the thread, but a "treat" I love is a gooey chocolate cake with 7g of carbs...
Mix a scoop of bsn lean dessert in choc fudge with an egg and a drop of coffee/water to make a thick batter, then mirowave for 50 seconds so you've still got a gooey bit in the middle
210 calories, 27g protein, 7g carbs 7.5g fat. It makes quite a big cake, using 1/2 scoop and just the egg white makes a smaller one that takes 20-30s.

BSN Lean Dessert is the only protein powder I've found that I atually like, probably beause it's got a few grams of carbs and fat to give it some actual flavour!

hannoja

HanSpan wrote: »

I've provided the spreadsheet/graph for several people on here and am more than happy to do some more. If anyone wants to then feel free to pm me. I need your current weight (pounds please I can't think in kilos) and what you'd like to get to and by when. Its in excel so you need to have that.

Open Office will do the job for free

HanSpan

hannoja wrote: »

Open Office will do the job for free

Good point - I forget about that as I have excel anyway.

Yesterday I made low carb chocolate mousse with my latest discovery - erythitol powder. It behaves pretty much like whipping icing sugar into egg whites, unlike the granular erythritol which stays pretty much granular leaving you with gritty pudding.

All was going rather well until I mixed in the last blob of whipped whites/erythritol into the chocolate/butter/egg yolk mixture when it sort of seized and deflated. I now have pots of stuff that taste pretty good but have the texture of - not sure how to describe it - sort of blobby/lumpy/not very nice!

I will of course suffer and eat it but does anyone have any ideas about why that might have happened?

Gers

Sorry, can't help with the texture problem.

Am so stuffed... had a bowlful of chicken, cabbage, cauliflower, mushroom and onion all fried together with some Boursin cheese melted over. :j Will need to rest for a little while before moving.

Things are good so far, can still feel the lessening of my waistline and the stomach 'shelf' is almost gone.! :j Mind you, still masses to go

From Wed - Sun next week I am away and staying in student halls - I'm at a sporting event and not looking forward to be in a single bed again! Heaven know what the food will be like but hopefully I can avoid the carbs. Will take cheese pieces and pepperami with me as emergency rations. AM looking forward to the event though. And booze is banned too.... :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

Hope all is well.

caeler

Hello, I am back from my holidays! Today is day 1. Weighed in this morning, 85.3kg, 27.3bmi, will weight in once a week from now on. I cleared my fridge, freezer and cupboards from any carb temptations! Most of it is now in a box upstairs so I can't see it. I even boxed up my toaster! I did throw away a few slices of bread and a croissant. I've meal planned the next week and a half and been shopping. It was probably less expensive than I'm used to, I'm sure I'll have to top up on more salad mid-week. I've decided to give up tea and coffee, I can't stand it without sugar so I thought I'd rather do without. I'm also starting swimming again from tomorrow morning, 1km each day.

This thread is very inspirational and I just hope I don't let the side down!

Eric_Pisch

After 2 weeks of drinking tea etc without sugar you would not want drink it with sugar

hannoja

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

After 2 weeks of drinking tea etc without sugar you would not want drink it with sugar

I found that true for tea, but not for coffee. Can't drink tea with sugar in it now (stopped putting sugar in it YEARS ago), but I find that a little honey/Agave nectar/Sweet Freedom in my coffee is a very welcome addition.