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.

Back down to 170. Which is good - as long as I don't keep remembering how much more I have to go!

biwi - I've tried the supplement route. None of them worked well for long. GP tells me that I will only be on HRT for a short period of time so the amount of 'unnatural' hormones I take won't be much more than I would have if I had started meno at the same time as most women. I'm afraid I just can't take it any more - I am sitting at work bathed in sweat, I didn't sleep last night because I spent my entire time throwing the duvet off because I was too hot and then pulling it back on because I was too cold. I am knackered, and a total wreck. I totally appreciate why you would want to avoid it though So sorry about your mum x

This was nice last night.

Chicken breast cut into chunks
Sainsburys Black olive paste mixed with a Taste the Difference pesto to coat the pieces. Tiny bit of tabasco.
Cook in olive oil.
Serve over salad leaves, spring onion and celery.

I reckon the carb count of the pesto and olives was about 10g per 100g and I used about 20g.

Hi all,

Yesterday's dinner was chicken breast, celeriac dauphinoise and sauteed cabbage. But DH came home with a bag of Percy Pigs (how could he?), so my good work was undone in a matter of seconds.

There's something about jelly-type sweets, once I start I can't stop until I've wolfed the packet. I must investigate a low-carb version (I have some very nice diabetic creamy hard caramels in my desk drawer that I dip into every now and then, and they're lush).

I'm currently at my desk eating yet another mackerel salad, but I haven't got much of an appetite at the moment, as I'm still fuming after a run-in with a rude cow of an accounts clerk who doesn't like me. And breathe.......

Does everyone stick to decaf coffee? I have the mother of all headaches and have only had one decaf today but don,t think I will last

lost 1lb today thats 3 this week am thinking the jogging is helping muchly.

today didn't jog so much as walked into town and back - jogged a small amount.

i have an interview for a job tomorrow eeeeeeeeeek!
bought myself some new trousers in town and literally squeezed into a size eight - but it was at dorothy perkins and i always called that my fat shop - cos when i was fat i could fit into their 16s and i was really an eighteen.

so wish me luck and if you believe in god say a prayer for me cos i really need this job now.

oh and its sausage for tea - don't know in what guise yet

no nodders, i drink caffeinated during the day, but i drink so much coffee its disgusting, so i switch to half caf decaf in the evening - i literally mix half caffeinated and half decaf

Thanks custy i can't do no coffee atm maybe thats where I have given up on this in the past I find that harder than the food!I am on day 2 of no carbs and already jeans looser! Only weigh once a week though otherwise i become obsessed

Good luck custy with the job I hope it is closer than teh last one! Size 8 you must be mini! Maybe if you are still unemployed we can meet for a coffee in Bton or W'ing x

yesyesyes!! would be lovely to see you it has been bloody ages name the time and date and i'll be there

im in brighton this friday for drum exam - if you're around we could have coffee after?

What time are you finished? I have to meet a gardener Friday but can change time if I give him notice Let me know will be offline now as have to go shopping to stop me eating carbs but back later x

Sorry you've had a bad day today, Sal, but well done resisting Maccy D's.

And good luck at your interview, Custy. Size 8?! Wowser.

Thanks for the tips

nodders, the exam is at 10.45 so i will be done for 12pm - we can always do another day if you can't

thanks for the gl wishes.

only an eight in that partic shop you understand and with a squeeze but ty ty

Good luck custy!

Size 8?

Cow

I am getting this horrible feeling that I am going to stick around 12 stone just like I did at 11 last time around....

Oh no AM meant to meet him at 12! Will try ringing him otherwise next week?

Good luck for the interview, custy

I've just bought some Xylitol (instead of powdered Splenda). Has anyone tried using this in baking? I have a fabulous biscuit recipe, which is essentially little meringues, which if they worked would turn out to be less than 0.5g carbs each!

Everything I've read about Xylitol suggests you can just substitute it for sugar, but I want to be sure before I waste all the other ingredients.

Woohoo! Under 170lbs at last.