I am low carbing but I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF A TREAT NOW, WHAT CAN i HAVE?

[rainbowinthesky]

Please help..

[TragicallyHip]

Melt a small amount of dark chocolate and dip fruit in?

[Taffeta]

Couple of squares of dark choc and a gin and slimline tonic.

Yes, thats what I'll have now.

[rainbowinthesky]

Been having almonds across the day to keep me going. Dont have any dark choc (couldnt have little but anyway!). SHould I have a 3rd portion of full fat greek yoghurt with almonds??How bad will that be?

[SoleSourceGal]

Don't have a treat.

Strong possibility you won't stop at just that..

[foreverondiet]

solesourcegal - I'm not sure I agree. Its important to learn to have a small treat and stop - IME thats one of the most important lessons to learn whilst on a diet. If you never have a treat as you might not be stop, what chance do you have of keeping the weight off longer term - unless you plan a whole life of never having a small treat as you might not be able to stop. I can now eat one (small) biscuit and stop, because I am not hungry anymore. Before I'd easily have eaten 10.

rainbow not sure how long carb you are going, my treats are generally one of:

• mini milk ice lolly
  
• 25g cashew nuts
  
• activia fat free fruit yoghurt
  
• 1 square 85% chocolate (10g)
  

Can see that these treats might not be good though on ketosis diet.

Am a bit at 3rd portion of full fat greek yoghurt

[SoleSourceGal]

solesourcegal - I'm not sure I agree. Its important to learn to have a small treat and stop - IME thats one of the most important lessons to learn whilst on a diet. If you never have a treat as you might not be stop, what chance do you have of keeping the weight off longer term - unless you plan a whole life of never having a small treat as you might not be able to stop. I can now eat one (small) biscuit and stop, because I am not hungry anymore. Before I'd easily have eaten 10.


that is your opinion

sorry you do not agree with mine - just my experience so far....

[foreverondiet]

We don't all have to agree - and yes at start of diet when I had more to loose (have lost 50lbs, now at target) I was probably stricter - including no fruit for weeks on end.

But I am interested in hearing how you plan to deal with treats in the long run once at target weight. Are you planning to avoid them forever? There are some "treats" that I plan never to eat again eg crisps, but others that I do want to be able to eat in moderation eg biscuits, cake, ice cream but be able to stop. My diet has taught / is teaching me to be able to have one portion (perhaps only at weekend) and then to stop.

[SoleSourceGal]

and i thought OP was sole sourcing

so a treat is fine thought a treat is food

don't believe in calling food a treat...

anyway as i can see i have a troll following me about and i have maintained a 98lb weight loss and FOREVERONADIET might be jealous of that

i'll say goodbye to mumsnet

very strange, petty btichy place

well if you read foreveronadiet's posts

[foreverondiet]

No I am not troll and I am definately not jealous either as I have lost 50lbs and now BMI is 20.5 and body fat 21% and I am wearing a size 8 or 10! Now weight 8 stone 10 pounds.

The OP was not sole sourcing she said that she was low carbing.

[foreverondiet]

Actually - I thought your were a troll - you posted your diary and kept on posting despite not getting feedback from anyone. I actually wondered if you were a reporter or someone fishing for comments.

I don't think its bitchy here, but people often don't agree with what others write. That's ok everyone has different opinions. I didn't say you were wrong or an idiot or anything rude, just that I had a different opinion. And yes, I think its ok for food to be a treat, in moderation, and I know that you don't agree with that.

I am not bitchy, have been very supportive to people loosing weight. In your weight loss diary I complimented you for doing weight last year even though no one else commented for example.

[RGPargy]

How about a few strawberries?

FTR, Forever has been a great help for me with regard to weight loss! She is a fountain of knowledge! :o