Low-carb diets support thread

Sunnyday

Bah! it won`t let me watch the video cos i`m at work and its blocked I`ll have to have a nosy later.

I`ve been a bit of a piggy today

Bacon scramblies and mushrooms for brekkie, i ate lots more bacon than normal as it needed eating up, for dinner i`d brought pastrami and cheese but nipped in Marks and Sparks and found some smoked bavarian cheese slices and i bought a pack and then ate all of it followed by 4 squares of choccy :eek:

Mazzers - i`ve been making the breadmachine recipe for bread but only adding just under a tablespoon of splenda otherwise it tastes too sweet.

Its taken me 40 mins to type this lol as i keep getting interrupted so sorry if it seems a bit disjointed lol

Catch ya later peeps.

SD

mazzers

Great bread, very light and airy, only took an hour on super rapid too.
Although it rose really well loaf is a bit small, didnt quite fill the bread tin, wasn't much dough and cooked to one side of the pan.. looks like a cottage loaf, not sure if i got the right size 'tablespoon' :doh:

Might try to adjust the recipe with nut flour so it's less linseedy :think:

I used half a teaspoon of sugar mixed in with the yeast and warm water to get it activated beforehand and only put a tsp of splenda which i may leave out next time as i assume it's to get the yeast going.

Have you worked out the carbs per loaf SD?

Sunnyday

Hi peeps :wave:

just popped in for a quick catch up after an unhealthy tea of hotdogs and then some pastrami - might be tempted by a bit more choccy.

I`m bushed now and need to be up early too:eek:

Mazzers - When i made the bread i was trying out different spoons etc for size and ended up with a wreck the first time i made it, it went straight in the bin lol, i bought some measuring cups from the supermarket. They were only about £3 and since then i`ve just used level measures in the cups from the US measurements on the site and its been great.

Nutritional info from http://www.food.com/recipe/best-low-carb-bread-bread-machine-102631

Nutritional Facts for Best Low Carb Bread (Bread Machine)
Serving Size: 1 (31 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 11
Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value
Calories 76.0

Calories from Fat 31
41%
Total Fat 3.5 g
5%
Saturated Fat 1.0 g
5%
Cholesterol 19.6 mg
6%
Sodium 19.8 mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate 3.4 g
1%
Dietary Fiber 1.0 g
4%
Sugars 0.6 g
2%
Protein 8.2 g
16%

I did find a recipe that was 20 carbs for the entire loaf but can`t find it again, i`ll keep looking though. This one is fine tbh, i`m just so glad that i found one that turns out ok.

SD

mazzers

:rotfl: Its the same link that i posted.
I hadn't seen your post til Sweet said about it.

I have a set of cup measures myself so will try those.

sweetserendipity

Morning

Weigh day today &............. I've stayed the same as last Monday which means I've put a lb on overnight :huh:

I'm not too bothered about it (surprisingly) but I am curious as to why I haven't lost anything. I do still feel bloated so maybe something going on there. Will up the water intake & hopefully get out for a walk today.

Hope everyone doing ok.

mazzers

Hi peeps, not been so good all week, as i said, i'm ok in work but when i get in i make up for it.. anyway.. weighed this morning, crossed fingers that i'd only put on about 2lb and was amazed that i've lost half a pound

So back on the straight and narrow today

If anyone is interested, Tesco has a huge 800g bag of whole almonds for £2.99 (half price) they're called East End and are with the ethnic foods in my store, great for blitzing into almond flour etc. I paid £1.49 for a teeny bag the other day so are brilliant value.

Just had a lovely boiled egg sarnie, the bread is fab, not like real bread but neither is weightwatchers etc. It also toasts lovely so great for pate' and grilled cheese :drool:

sweetserendipity

Well done on the half lb off, mazzers, every little helps I had a sneaky weigh this morning & my yo-yo lb is back off, not counting it though.

I'm wondering whether it's cheaper to buy a BM or a return ticket to Wales or Yorkshire to get my hands on this bread :think: I'm not craving bread but it does sound & look nice, maybe if I could smell it I'd be craving it.

Busy day ahead & I'm already hating it

Happy LC days.

Minihauk

mazzers wrote: »

I think thats most peoples problem (nomnomscoffscoff :rotfl: ) once they've slipped up.
I do try the move on forget about it approach, and it does work, but sometimes a little taste opens the floodgates i'm afraid. Sometimes i just give in to the craving and start again next day.


I definitely fall into this category! I fell off the wagon last year, and the weight has piled back one. Back on track now though. I'm not going to weigh myself for a while as I need to just get on with it.

I don't know why I sabotage any efforts made, as I feel so much better when eating this way.

Thank you everyone, for the support offered on this thread. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

lindens

Into week 3 and my weight has stalled already This cant be right as I need to lose 3 stone and have lost 7lbs so far,
Still craving and I'm sure alot of it is bad habits too.
A typical days food

brekkie - 2 eggs and 3 cocktails saus as scrambled egg
snack - 2 celery sticks and peanut butter
lunch - prawns, green leaves, beansprouts, celery , blob of mayo
snack - almonds
dinner - chicken wrapped in chorizo, mushroom stuffed with cheese, cheesy leeks, green beans
snack - small pack pork scratchings, square of dark chocolate

drinks - 3 cups of tea with milk and 1/2 tsp sugar, flavoured water(sucrose), water

Water is refusing to go down at the moment its sooooo broing and I know i'm not drinking enough (congestion hmmm....) so i switched back to flavoured water yesterday. I am a little and often person hence the snacks!

Sunnyday

Hi peeps :wave:

i daren`t get on the scales atm
Yesterday i ate a full giant bar of old jamaica choccy:o

Today i`ve been really good to make up for it though

Brekkie was 2 slices of lc bread and i made a sandwich with it so i had 3 slices of bacon and a sliced boiled egg, really enjoyed it.

Dinner was sliced boiled ham with sliced smoked bavarian cheese and 3 gherkins.

Tea was going to be roast pork and veggies but we`re off to the pub tonight as i`m on the late shift tomorrow so i`ll be having a mixed grill and two or three voddie and sodas. Shall do the pork tomorrow and then nuke it in the microwave at w*rk, there should be enough for the day after too so that gets me out of cooking for one day:D

The big challenge now is going to be beer :eek:
We did the pre Christmas stock up today and now have enough San miguel, guinness and pear cider to last for ages and i`ve also got about 40 bottles of wine to bottle. I did get my fave voddie and brandy too so not all bad news. My Christmas will start mid December when i have a weeks leave from w*rk because i will be working all over Christmas and the new year so won`t have chance to have a drink or nip out anywhere apart from the afternoon on the day itself.

I need to sort out the freezer and see if i can cram some cooked meat in there like i did last year, there`s nothing worse than not being able to get the stuff that you normally buy because everyone has gone crazy and bought lots of extras. I did this last year and it worked very well. The packages don`t take up much room in the freezer either and they defrost in the fridge overnight and are exactly the same as if they hadn`t been frozen

Right i`m off for a quick shower!

Have a good night peeps:wave:

SD