Blood sugar diet thread 10

[thenewaveragebear1983]

New thread for the Blood Sugar dieters

Link to our old thread;

Blood sugar diet thread 9 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/3143559-blood-sugar-diet-thread-9

Ignore me wowfudge an Apple and a tablespoon of almond butter = 170cals according to my app. Yum!
Still struggling what to do for Sunday lunch with friends though. Was thinking BBQ and salads but the weather forecast is grim. Nothing is jumping out at me from the book.

Roast chicken and salads instead?

Snowglobes what about pulled pork and salad and rolls (for the guests, obvs), with lovely crackling?

Also, did anyone watch the documentary on bbc 1 about obesity (the Truth about obesity)? Interesting discussion about estimating food intake and overeating.

Ooh when was that on bear? Sums me up! And pulled pork is a great idea... now for some delish salad recipes... please🙏🏼

I’d personally do coleslaw, and maybe a few prepared pots of things like couscous (again, for the guests only!!)
We love to do a rainbow platter for salad, it’s so easy- just get a big plate or a tray and do red tomato, orange peppers, yellow peppers, cucumber, lettuce, beetroot in stripes or segments of the tray (depending on its shape) - it’s only basic salad but it looks so attractive (kind of like the picture except they used raw broccoli Like some kind of animals ????) And some nice dressing. I always part cook the pork, then slice the rind off; once the pork is done cut the skin/fat into strips with scissors, season it and stick it in the oven really hot to make proper crackling- honestly it’s immense.

Mmmmm pulled pork. Shame we have chicken curry tonight!!

Hi,

Can anyone tell me whether celeriac mash is ok instead of mashed spuds? I really miss my mash!

Thanks

Little pearl In theory yes, although like with everything it depends on you having a limited portion of it within your calories. I have it quite regularly, I use Jamie’s recipe, and have about a 200g portion.

Thanks Bear, is that the 'smashed celeriac' one?

I think so, he loves to ‘smash’ stuff doesn’t he?! In my experience though it never quite mashes smooth anyway. (Celeriac chips are delicious too)

This week has been frustrating. I have lost about 1b and in teeny increments.
I've watched the cals and kept up with my walking, water drinking etc. It's not the totm...
It's week 6 and I have 4lbs to go to lose 10% of my starting weight.
Anyone else suffered from this?

Grim the dreaded plateau. It’s par for the course, but frustrating, especially when you know you’re doing it all right and you’re hungry. There’s lots of tips online for shifting plateaus, but unfortunately they are common. I’m just coming out from one, I yoyoed about for a month and lost virtually nothing. Things you can do include: mixing up your food schedule, so for example have a big breakfast/small diner or vice Versa; you can increase exercise or do something different (eg weight bearing rather than cardio); eat more fibre; drink more water etc.

Other than that, hide the scales, do your measurements instead or try on a pair of jeans that used to be tight. Nearly 10% is amazing, health boosting weight loss, so be proud of that and unfortunately just ride it out.

I got pissed off in the end and had a few rubbish, high cal days- this I have also seen recommended in an article but I did it out of rage not in a planned way!

I usually give up when I plateau - don't do that.

I'm at nearly 1000 today as I have a g&t poured 🙄

Well it is Fri-Yay

Snow I don't like boiled eggs either unless soft boiled with toast soldiers but let's not go there so I usually scramble or make an omelette. Takes 1 min in microwave if you're desperate. We have a microwave in work and people often bring in a box of eggs to make scrambled egg for lunch.

Bear would love recipes for halloumi fries and your cheese, garlic, cream and mushroom things - they sound lush!

Another 1lb down this morning, 6lbs lost so far this week. Quite surprised because I'm coming into my heavy TOTM. Now the challenge will be to get past the weekend! I'm really craving my usual Friday night junkathon, even though I'm not hungry at all. Had a great filling lunch and a really nice dinner and coming in at 901cals but I just feel like 'reward eating' to celebrate the end of a long week. Didn't help that DH lifted down the Easter Egg basket and left it on the counter, even after I asked him to hide it I put it up high but I could smell the chocolate.

Going to go for a walk to try and distract myself. I don't need anything to eat - this is pure greed / habit / emotional eating / sugar addiction. Might have some 90% dark choc later on.

Put don’t underestimate how powerful that emotional eating urge can be- one thing I have learned from doing this is just how much of an emotional eater I am and I try to develop ways to deal with it. Even the other day I was in Tesco and all the two for one chocolate offers and I nearly several times put things in the trolley. I have ‘binge fantasies’ as well where I daydream about stuffing my self with crap food- but luckily this plan gives me thinking time and I don’t do it. In a way it helps me stay strong because it reminds me that if I was to crack, I would crack *big time
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Halloumi fries- I just do slices of halloumi about 1cm thick and cut each slice into 3 so they look like short fat chips. Heat some oil, and then fry each piece slowly until they are brown and crispy on all sides (takes more than you think it should).

Garlic mushrooms- I just chop up a pack of mushrooms, season and sauté in butter, then add a slosh of single cream, some squeezy garlic and squeezy Chili (or chop some if you’re not lazy like me!), maybe a drop of white wine, and some Parmesan. Absolutely beautiful on a nice ribeye steak...!

Both these are mega calories- Friday night supper food. But delicious.

My mil was telling me today how I don’t eat enough and I should eat more or I shall simply wither away and die- I shocked her with my tales of juicy steak, cream, cheese, nuts, wine. She was simply itching to ask how I have lost weight eating all that but she didn’t dare, and I don’t think she actually believed me.

10% is amazing fango
Tonight’s not been easy as DH drinking wine (enjoy your G&T primal) and I’ve just picked up a starving daughter from a party who yelled ‘I need sausage and chips’ as we drove by the takeaway. She’s left half her chips... or she had... big fat wedge like chips from a chip shop and I’ve eaten 4. Feeling guilty and don’t want to know cal content.
Bear very excited to do pulled pork on Sunday. Have you any idea how many cals are in your version please? I’ve seen a recipe suggesting a salt and sugar and paprika rub but that won’t be BSD will it! I’m going to use your method above. Offer sweet potato fries (them not me), soft rolls (them not me) a red cabbage slaw from the book (all), leafy salad and your rainbow salad. My DH has bought some fab cheeses and salamis from the local deli but they’ll be waaaay over my cals. Guests are bringing desert (I’ll avoid).

Had a good walk and now having an early night. Not hungry at all and feel full of energy but pleasantly tired if that makes sense.

Snow the pork’s not too bad I just log it as roast pork. The crackling is mega- but it’s zero carbs! These things balance themselves out, surely......

I am such a bad influence, sorry. I’ve had 3 glasses of wine so don’t trust me.....!!!

bear you’re in size 10... I’m trusting you!!

Urghgghhhh I ended up drinking the best part of a bottle of wine last night and ate rather too many mini sausages, nuts and cheese! I’m supposed to be running with my friend, and clothes shopping with my teen dd - both of which are not so fun with a hangover!

Snow I am a bad influence, because my first thought reading your menu was ‘I’d just eat and not count cals that day’ (only the BSD friendly stuff, I’m not a total reprobate!) and my second was ‘I’d get some strawberries and cream so I could have dessert too’ !! Your menu sounds delish though

We’ve got sausages and celeriac mash tonight, and I usually get a big pack of chicken legs and season and cook them at weekends (why is pre cooked chicken so expensive, but big packs raw are so cheap??) for lunches; need to be especially careful after my misdemeanours last night!

I had that g&t and then a biscuit too. But it's another day. I struggle with Fridays as they signal "end of the week let's drink and eat". Saturdays are easier.

I've just made up a litre of sf jelly with some frozen fruit chucked in. 100 cals and about 7g carbs for the lot. Should do me a few portions.

Bad side: Have been snacking too much all week, and even had a few drinks last night.

Good side: Once the ooh la la artisanal dark choc was gone, snacks were mostly nuts, blueberries, and cheese, and drinks were spirits with sparkling water and lime, so relatively low-cal or at least BSD-friendly.

Excellent side: I am one lb away from having lost 4 stone since mid-January. Losses have slowed down, but remain steady.

Still need to lose 5 more stone to hit my ultimate goal weight. But am very happy to be well on my way.

That is amazing. Brilliant loss. Well done.

Very that really is amazing, you should be very proud of your achievements

My friend cancelled our run so I went by myself and did 7.5km, which included a 2km hill slog that we refer to as ‘bitch hill’ - so feel suitably punished for last night! Really enjoyed shopping actually; bought two t-shirts in size S, and tried on several pairs of jeans which did fit but weren’t quite right. Dh and dc had cake in druckers and I was so very nearly tempted, but said no although I did sample a tiny bite of muffin from Ds.