Hi all!
Sorry, I haven’t checked in of late. Somehow this had slipped right down my “threads I’m on” list, so I forgot to post 
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I have been doing ok with the lowish carb, though I will confess to some definite slip ups!
I don’t tend to weigh myself, as I find it counterproductive, but I definitely feel a bit less flabby and bloated, which was my main goal anyway.
I’ve been having some oats in the mornings, (sometimes oatcakes, sometimes porridge), and a piece or two, (sometimes three), of fruit a day, but trying to avoid other grains and sugary stuff.
I have been having some wine, but not huge quantities or all that often. I have two very little children who wake me up at 6 most mornings, so it isn’t worth drinking a lot!
Well done you furry, for giving it up entirely! And your recipes sound amazing. I’m now eyeing my post-workout supper of olives and grated cheddar, disdainfully.
Maybe a bit late, but re rice substitutes; I have made cauliflower rice and broccoli rice in the past. The cauliflower rice I found a bit faffy to prepare tbh... It had to be blitzed in a food processor, which would be fine, but my food processor seems to leave giant pieces of things whole, so they sort of whirl around in the processor, definitely not being processed 
. Then the squeezing it out, to get out all the liquid, involved a tea towel and, well, squeezing. My tea towel never recovered, from the force and the smell. The washing machine, (after I’d washed said tea towel), also smelled of cauliflower for a time.
Cooking it was no problem though and I liked the taste and texture.
I preferred making the broccoli rice, which just involved chopping it into teeny pieces with a knife and then cooking it. It was also fine, but if you pushed me, I’d probably say I preferred the cauli.