The General Diet & Emotional Support Thread

sarahs999

Just interested - what are you mixing your shakes with? I mean, water? Or Lactofree or something?

Eric_Pisch

sarahs999 wrote: »

Just interested - what are you mixing your shakes with? I mean, water? Or Lactofree or something?

i use sainsburys 1% milk (tesco's 1% milk has a tonne of sugar in...) but you can use chilled water with no problems

rubytuesday

I went to the diet clinic yesterday and have lost more weight. I am so pleased with myself and they are really pleased with me. I'm losing about a pound a week which is what they want. Healthy and sustainable.

sarahs999

Eric_Pisch wrote: »

i use sainsburys 1% milk (tesco's 1% milk has a tonne of sugar in...) but you can use chilled water with no problems

Ah, OK. Milk always has been off-limits for my low carbing so I used to use soya milk. Or lactofree, which is much nicer. Just thought there might have been something I missed...

foxy-roxy

sarahs999 wrote: »

Ah, OK. Milk always has been off-limits for my low carbing so I used to use soya milk. Or lactofree, which is much nicer. Just thought there might have been something I missed...

Can't drink milk on low carb???:eek::eek: what about my coffee??:(
Anyone know how bad coleslaw is?

sarahs999

Foxy, are you following a particular plan? With IPD it's all very clear - no milk. It's just too carby. Buy Lactofree. Coleslaw you need to read the labels for. Sainsbury's taste the diff is good - as a rule, the higher quality the slaw, the more likely it will be low carb. Look at the label - if it's less than 4g of carbs per 100g it's ok. Any more than that and you'll be stalling yourself. I make my own with less carrot than commercial brands.

Milk carb counts per 100g:

Whole milk - 11.4 grams of carbohydrate
2 % milk - 11.7
1 % milk - 11.6
Fat-free (skim) milk - 11.9
Buttermilk - 11.7
Goat's milk - 10.9
Half and Half - 10.4
Light Cream - 7.1
Heavy Cream - 6.6

foxy-roxy

Thanks Sarah - you are a star
I am not following anything in particular just trying to cut out carbs, I google low carb recipes and that but I find following a particular diet is to restrictive.

Looks like I had better put a splodge of cream in my brew instead then.:rotfl:

sarahs999

decaf coffee wtih cream and splenda was always my nightly treat on low carb. It feels deliciously indulgent and it is a good way to keep sweet-pangs at bay after your supper.

Eric_Pisch

sarahs999 wrote: »

Ah, OK. Milk always has been off-limits for my low carbing so I used to use soya milk. Or lactofree, which is much nicer. Just thought there might have been something I missed...

make it with chilled water then, no carbs in water

vanilla tastes scrummy

sweetserendipity

Hello peeps :hello:

I'm getting mighty confused about these shakes :huh: Think I'm suffering from TMI overload!! :rotfl: Decided to be decisive this morning & not to over-analyse things (thanks to sunny, I like your style ) & headed off to Boots to buy the maxitone definity shakes. Only they didn't have any They only had the sculptress shakes at nearly twice the price!! So I headed off to H&B, read the maxitone leaflet they had, and started analysing Got more confused when the sales assistant came over & told me their version (think she said nearly 40 servings as opposed to 14 for the maxitone??) was going to be half-price from this Thursday!! I've just looked on the H&B website, think this was the one, & there's already £10 off online, so currently £14.99

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=100&prodid=564

So, now I don't know what to do about the shakes :huh::o

But, on the plus side, I bought myself some fit flops today!! :j:j:j

Don't know if anyone has tried them?? I've been thinking about getting some for ages & finally made a decision to get them today!! These are the ones I got:

http://www.cloggs.co.uk/invt/80574901

They are lovely & sparkly Think the toe posts will kill my feet initially, tried to get some Scholl toe post plaster things from Boots, but they didn't have them either.

So, toned legs & bum, here I come!! :rotfl: