What are you making for dinner?

Florenceem

We will have quiche again with hm potato wedges and green beans.

sarahj1986

At my sisters tonight so jacket spud cheese and beans. Universally liked

Islandmaid

Very basic tonight, HM bread with cheese and pickles.  HM seed crackers for me

TracyS66

we are having pancake's tonight the kids are here and they can't make Tuesday so tonight is pancake day! I will have to make about 25 to 30!! growing lads!! Lemon juice and sugar as well as other toppings, Greek yoghurt, fresh berries etc 

JIL

Husband and daughter having curry, I'm having a pizza. (For the purpose of what I'm writing next, it's a small pizza Express spinach one 660 calories)

@Islandmaid I hope you dont mind me asking but do you find cutting carbs, really helps with weight loss?  I have counted calories for 3 weeks and barely lost half a kilo.  I'm actually tempted to pay for noom, I wanted to lose at least a stone before June, but it's so difficult. Perhaps it's my age, but previously when i was younger, it really wasn't this difficult or disheartening.

C_J

@JIL - I did the Dukan diet about ten years ago, and weight literally melted away. What I found difficult was keeping the weight off when carbs were reintroduced, so after several false starts I found that reducing the obvious things like bread, potatoes, rice and pasta so I have no more than 40g carbs a day, then it’s fine. It’s not difficult at all, when you alter your mindset.

I really admire @Islandmaid for the way she really embraces low carb living, she’s far more committed than I am 😀

Yesterday there were lots of lovely veg at the community fridge - bean sprouts, courgettes, leek, spinach, spring onion, chilli, Chinese cabbage etc - so tonight I’ve changed the menu plan and we’ll be having a stir fry. I’ve just defrosted one chicken breast and half a bag of king prawns to go in it.

Islandmaid

@JIL and @C_J - as many of you know I started low carb to lose weight, and lost approx 3 stone (I was a big gal) but I found that cutting carbs had far more advantages than just losing weight, my IBS disappeared within a couple of weeks, my horrific arthritis pain in my knees that I was receiving regular injections for just stopped.  I’ve not needed medical help for over 3 years. My high blood pressure dropped to normal due to a combination of losing weight and my blood sugars being stable - I can only talk for me, but it works.

 I do regularly chose to drink wine or gin at weekends for example and have been know to be tempted by a bite of Yorkshire pudding 🙃 but in general 16/8 fasting is the norm, and I don’t think about that I’m missing out, because I’m not.  I think of it like my son choosing to be vegan, he doesn’t miss animal products. I don’t miss grains, carb or sugars. 

Getting your head around not worrying about calories or eating natural fats is the hardest part, after that it’s a synch 🙌

Florenceem

Last night's meal - photo.
Still got quiche in the fridge - freezers are full or I would have frozen some.

Islandmaid

Leg of lamb today with celeriac dauphinois, steamed spouts, broccoli and some red cabbage. Will make a few roast potatoes as DIL not a fan of celeriac. 

Hoping there will be enough lamb left over to make some kind of spicy Persian flatbreads for through the week.  I use coconut flour flatbreads for me.

C_J

It was supposed to be pork chops with apple sauce, parsnip/celeriac/potato dauphinois, carrots and cabbage tonight but we still have half a wok full of last night’s stir fry left over, so we’ll finish that up tonight and have the pork tomorrow. There’s no ancient by-law which mandates that you have to have a Sunday roast on a Sunday, right?