I have been Low Carbing for 3 weeks now. I am finding it pretty easy to stick to, and love the food, and am not really missing most of the carbs. However, I'm still getting hungry between meals, and needing to have snacks, which I thought would have improved by now. I'm full enough after eating each meal, but seem to get hungry about 4 hours later. It's not too much of a problem between breakfast and lunch, as they are often only about 4 - 5 hours apart, but if I have lunch say at 1, I am hungry again at 5, and won't be eating dinner until about 7.30 most days.
I think I'm eating enough fat though. My usual meal pattern is as follows:- breakfast - an omelette (2 eggs, with either bacon, a small tomato and mushrooms, or spinach, mushrooms and cheese) cooked in butter.
Lunch is a salad - I always use either olive oil or a dollop of mayonnaise as a dressing. Salad always contains a protein element (prawns, chicken, feta, mozzarella, tuna & egg etc) and some salad leaves, cucumber etc plus often some avocado. Dinner varies, but some examples are bolognese (minced beef, olive oil, mushrooms, tomatoes, basil, shallots) with grated parmesan, + broccoli and asparagus with butter on. Or salmon in garlic and cream sauce with leeks sautéed in butter. 2l of water per day, plus a few cups of tea, which I am now having with double cream, having ditched the milk!
I just wondered whether I'm doing something wrong, as I still get peckish in the afternoons, and need a snack!
Also, would pesto be allowed on Bootcamp (in a recipe) or not?