Low carb shopping list

[DalmationStripe]

Can any of you help me with my online shop? Hoping to start low carbing tomorrow. I'm not going to be too strict as I've less than a stone to lose and am mainly doing it for the health benefits.

So far I've got...
Cheese
Eggs
Double cream
Chicken
Sausages
Bacon
Trout
Tuna (tinned)
Nuts
Veg
Mayo
Butter

Anything I'm missing?
Are mixed leaves bags of salad okay? Ditto frozen veg?

Thanks in advance for any help/advice

I would loooove a low carb shopping list too.

Sorry, shameful place marking!

Salad bags and frozen bed fine.

Tins of mackerel in sunflower oil
these
Go mad on salad....celery, mushrooms, cucumber, get olives, pickled onions
Go mad on eggs...I eat at least two a day
Total full fat Greek yoghurt
Make your own mayo, easy peasy (oil and eggs whizzed together with a bit of salt)

I also get loads of:

Pork chops
Salmon fillets (I buy the three for £10 at Tescos, then freeze them)
Pork belly slices
Veg wise:
Courgettes, leeks, broccoli, cabbage, swede, sprouts

And as for the not too strict bit...if you up your fat but don't significantly lower your carbs you will gain weight....fact.

Drink loads of water. 2 litres a day minimum.

Does anyone know of any brands of yoghurt which are v low in sugar (other than natural).

Total ff is good, but lidl fava full fat Greek yoghurt is even better.

Thanks Iamblossom

Thanks lamb, really helpful. Love the look of the pork crackling. Will definitely be getting some of those!

I buy two boxes at a time Dalmatian, I eat a packet everyday at about 11am. They are delicious and no nasties in them at all.

Remember the other thing about low carb is clean eating. If you have to check a label to see what's in what you are eating you should probably not be eating it. Drown your veg in butter and salt, yum yum yum.

Chicken thighs roasted is also an easy meal, with veg or salad
Have a look at the low carb recipe thread, some great suggestions on there

Easy in the nuts, they are high in carbs and fat and it is easy to scarf a lot of them in one sitting (they are my nemesis)

Thanks for the heads up about the nuts.

I've been looking for a low carb yoghurt but asda don't do many the only total yoghurts they do, are fat free!

The lack of decent yogurts in this country drives me nuts. There is basically one full fat yoghurt which is free of sugar. ..total. Have to watch the carbs on that one tho.
The anti sugar message is getting l out there to so I expect to see more brands coming soon.

OPs list is pretty much identical to mine.
Black Farmer sausages are good and low carb.
I am partial to a Pepperami now and again.
Decent peanut butter also - read the backs. :)

Well my shopping came. Asda only sell 2 full fat yoghurts, which I ordered, but they substituted them for fat free versions.

Asda do a Greek yoghurt with extra cream in their Extra Special range. it comes in at 4gr carb/100g and is really rich. I use it as a starter to make my own as I'm not keen on Total and Sainsburys other yoghurts are too high in carb. I don't get out to the shops much and the Asda online service round here is rubbish so I get a carton when I can and then keep saving the culture. I've noticed that its often hidden down the back of the fat free version on the shelves!

I think almond butter is supposed to be better than peanut. Peanuts are quite carby. I find the extra expense helps limit consumption!

Heck sausages from Tescos are the best quality supermarket sausages i have found.

Really interested to read your shopping list. I just started another thread in which I was saying how good and easy to make flax and almond bread is. It's only 7g of carbs for a loaf. Maybe worth grabbing the ingredients and trying it. Recipe is on internet if you google 'Londoner low carb bread'

butter and if you like it coconut oil
cauliflower and green leafy vegs
baby sweetcorn and celeriac are lower carb than they taste.
Do you know BIWI is running a five week lc boot camp starting next Monday 21st (see under LC boot camp - there are also lots of helpful lc lists). Thought I would mention it since I found the support at the last one very helpful especially as I was completely new to LC and took a while to get orientated.

The low carb bread looks really good. I'll definitely be giving that a go as I think the thing I'll struggle with the most is bread. I'm a total bread addict.

What is celeriac? I've never heard of it

Celeriac is a whitish root vegetable a bit like a large turnip. It has a lower carb content than most root veg (I think) and can be roasted or mashed like spuds. I cook spuds for the family and sometimes a little celeriac for me, because I miss potato. The rest of the family won't touch it as it tastes different and isn't as flowery in texture as potato. Useful in stews etc. I thought bread would be a struggle too, but actually its only a problem when out and about as picnics are tricky without it. Low carb bread sounds magic!

Hi Dalmatian, recipe for the 'bread' is as follows. Amounts converted from American cups so look a bit odd:

4 eggs
132g ground flax (made by linwoods. In foil sachet in home baking aisle in sainsburys)
66g ground almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons water
Pinch salt

Whisk eggs with water. Mix dry ingredients separately. Mix everything together. It isn't pretty. Scrape/pour into a small loaf tin. Bake at 200c for 25 minutes.

I am happy to be corrected, but I work out the total carb content for the whole loaf to be only 6.46 grams. Amazing.

Personally I would add
Splenda
Philadelphia cheese
Cocoa powder
( makes a yummy dessert!)

There is also Lite Cranberry juice with hardly any carbs in. Also good to mix with soda water.

Lots of cauliflower so you can make cauliflower 'rice'

tomatoes and mushrooms to eat with eggs?

with regards to strictness: I've been thinking recently that this is quite a dangerous diet to slip up on.

for example today I have had some yogurt (why is greek deemed better than say Yeo Valley natural stuff?) and a lovely omelette.

but I have just eaten 4 oreos. will that really screw it up? (yes)