New Thread for Lo Carbers/non-carbers, etc

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Old lo-carb thread was 'too big' and wouldn't let me post this. It's for a almond meal pancake - I find one is really filling (I have it with total yoghurt and blueberries) and leave the mix in the fridge to have another next day.

Ingredients:
?1 cup almond flour
?2 eggs
?1/4 cup water (for puffier pancakes, you can use sparkling water)
?2 T oil
?1/4 teaspoon salt
?1 T sweetener
Preparation:
Mix ingredients together and cook as you would other pancakes. I like to use a nonstick pan with a little oil. The only real difference is that they won't "bubble" on top the same way as regular pancakes. Flip them when the underside is brown.

Yield: Six 4-inch pancakes

Nutritional Information: Each pancake has 1 gram effective carbohydrate, plus 2 grams of fiber, 6 grams of protein, and 155 calories.

frazzled - how much water do you drink?

Mucho red wine tonight but food was good.

Pork rillettes with pickled cucumber then saddle of lamb with celeriac dauphiniose!!! Was nice; seemed to be made with stock which was intresting and a bit less rich.

Then small choc pot topped with single cream.

So for dinner out, not a bad deal. And alk for £35!

Boy oh boy, we are getting through plenty of boxes, ladies. We might have to start a removals company.

on a good day I can just about get past 2l of water.

How is everyone else doing on the water?

Feel really fat today, had a few squares bar of 85% dark choc to cheer me up last night but now feel like i have gained several pounds

Yes lotsof boxes....

Scales reflect that this morning - 10 8!

Back on thw ater as feeling v dehydrated.

Had smoked salmon and lemon juice and black pepper for breakfast. Lunch will be salad and fridge leftovers.

Dinner - i am thinking curry of some sort as i have shedloads of veg in the fridge to use up.

Any ideas what to do with a butternut squash? I normally do rissoto which is obv off limits.

Butter nut squash - cut it into large cubes (unpeeled) and roast it in olive oil with garlic. Lovely.

Low-carb 'potato' cakes. Break two eggs into a bowl, mix in approx 80g ground almonds and some good strong cheese. SHallow fry with bacon for breakfast. Just eaten some.

Frazzled I am the same as you so is Hubby! We are stumped. I lost 13lbs in the first two weeks, hubby lost 18lbs and neither of us has moved for 4 weeks now. I am not being as good as hubby as am having wine a couple of nights a week but I am still in ketosis. Water I have not been great this week but usually manage over 2 ltrs a day - hubby can have up to 4 lts some days. Although we are not supposed to count calories I have been tracking them as well and we are between 1000 and 1400 calories a day, have the odd blip and go up to about 1700 or 1800 but on the whole we are sticking to it. Both of us are getting really despondent.

Can I join ... please?

Have just spied this thread as have just started a v low carb plan (Paleo diet). I have grain/gluten intolerances so this seemed the best way to go.

Would love to have a place to chat about it/get inspiration/have a moan

Have a significant amount of weight to lose after yo-yoing for years.

back on the wagon today and just had almond meal pancakes - i didn't like them

for dinner im having celeriac chips

for tea i'm having celeriac chips.

so, i will be over my usual daily carb intake but still under 30 carbs for the day me thinks

i just can't face anymore fucking meat!

yes indeedy timachick welcome join in and give us any recipes pllllllllleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase

i hae a blog if you're intrested - recipes that i have used are on the right menu, i only post on my blog what i have tried or cooked

Thank you custardo.

I love your "fucking meat" comment - I love meat but sometimes find it quite hard to get that much down me and I must admit to being a bit bleurgh about eggs too.

I will let you have any recipes I try. At the moment I am kind of just missing the rice/potatoes/pasta part of dinner off my plate but giving DH and DS the full ration. Seems to be working but it was unusual eating stew with a spoon and no polenta/potatoes .

I am off to have a look at your blog.

Thank you for your lovely welcome.

I have just had fish pie which I cooked on Thursday and it is bloody lovely

White fish - I used cod
Salmon
Prawns

Poach and then flake up and mix together, made a sauce with a tiny bit of lacto free milk, some fresh tarragon leaves and some double cream (I also added a handful of grated cheese) boil it up so it thickens, pour over the fish, cover in mashed celeariac and bung in oven until celearic browns a bit.

Yum

pmt is a nighmare isn't it - i get depressed too.

got my yeariod last week - i only have a couple ayear - don't know why, another thread, so was proper hard last week and didn't understand why i was almost in tears for no reason.

sh peeled my celeric and chopped it and its ready for tea - he's a love pot....no wait, he's just crashed a box of magnum ice cream - FUCKER!

Keeping with the programme today. Lunch was goats cheese with tomato and rocket with a big dollop of hummus and a few olives.

Keeping with the greek theme, am makng the feta and aubergine bake from IPD but going to bulk it up with a layer of lamb mince at the bottom.

Need to drink more water though...

Welcome Timba - what sort of low carb are you going for?

no i haven't done a soup yet - must do that next week.

i am going to try and make some low carb ice cream too - i'll let you know how that goes - sometime next week.

i hae just made celeriac chips in three flavours - chili, garlic and herb and curry

just tasted the curry for the first time - and it IS LIKE HAVING chips and curry!

i swear i can't get over celeriac chips

has anyone peeled sliced and then frozen celeriac? how did it turn out?

am thinking i might get dh to peel celeriac in bulk so i don't hae to

Am still with you, though nothing useful to add as I am new. :o

I wanted to ask, if you cheat and eat a piece of toast or something, does that then put you out of ketosis? I know it takes about 2 days to get into ketosis, so in effect, the piece of toast has cost you 2 days of burning fat?

LOL at yeariods! I have quarterlies these days.

Been good. No appetite which is bloody amazing for me. Big breakfast at about 11.30am and nothing since. I think it's partly to do with all the protein and fat and partly because I just don't much fancy meat so can do without. It's eye-opening to realise how much of 'hunger' is to do with wanting to eat something lovely and not any real need. Mouth hunger not stomach hunger.

But I am very much enjoying my big glass of cava atm.

So we made:
Chocolate truffles
Choux buns and eclairs
Meringues
Genoese sponge
Pasticcera cream
Lemon tart
Pear and Amaretto flan
and four types of Italian biscuits:
Baci di Dama
Brutti ma Buoni (hazelnut)
Zaleti (vanilla and orange polenta)
Pistachio Cantuccini

And we had pasta for lunch, so I'm not really sure there's a big enough box for me at the moment!

It was great though. The Genoese sponge was one of the nicest cakes I've ever made/eaten, so will definitely make it on to my (high carb) repertoire.