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.

Sorry, Krepsly, egg and tomato is one of my least favourite combos - wrong, just wrong.

But Heston's Waitrose steak recipe was lush, highly recommended. Not cheap, but if you wait til your DH is away on business, sunning himself in some posh hotel in Nice then you only need to buy one steak......

Fellatio - are you going to the meet-up? I'm trying to decide whether to go.......

Ooh yes CV, do come! I'm going too.

Have had a reasonable lc day today. Breakfast was 2 boiled eggs, lunch was some parma ham with cream cheese and a couple of chopped mini gherkins, then dinner was beef stew with mashed swede and a small portion of green beans/babysweetcorn/mangetout.

What meet-up?

Sorry krepsly - I can just about handle eggs if hard-boiled or so saturated with cheese I can't taste them..... Glad you enjoyed it though.

Yes, I'm going. It's in central London on Sat 21st May. I'll start another thread as lots of people don't seem to know it's happening.

Right that's it, I'm going home and I'm taking my pizza omellette with me!

No change in my weight this morning, still 10 6lb. I don't think it helps that I havn't been for a poo since last friday

Think I'm going to have to overdose on the lactolose today, no wonder I'm feeling groggy and bloated.

Good God. I thought beetroot was a diuretic but...jeeeeeezzzzzzzz.

Perhaps CV and/or custy can advise but I thought beetroot was a good bet and an excellent plate filler??? Now, I have suffered with IBS for smoe years but since switching to lo-carbs/no-carbs have found the symptoms to be mild or indeed gone completely. Happy News!!!

However, I have just had 5 days from hell , bathroom hell that is .

So, for the good of all I am posting a warning ... DO NOT OVERDO THE BEETROOT, IT WILL BITE YOU IN THE ARSE ... LITERALLY

Lots of carbs in beetroot, timba - so not a good thing to overdo anyway! I bet your loo was 'interesting'

Morning all!

Orm - you must come to the meet up! Actually you must all come to the meet up.

I have always loved beetroot but no more .... the stomach cramps alone were enough to put me off but the rest .... .... it was "bloody" awful.

Must say I didn't know the carbs were high in beets. That won't be an issue from now on though, oh no.

BIWI - I can't even express the horror of the loo

sal - I even told my DH that I could have been mistaken for someone bleeding to death.

Today is actually the first day I have felt somewhat normal since last Saturday ... no, not 3 days ago ... 10 days ago !!!!

at beetroot crisis! A friend's DH actually took himself off to casualty after a plate of beetroot because he thought he had somehow sustained a serious internal injury.

Asparagus wee is my main problem.........Pheeew!

No, Timba, beetroot is definitely not the best for a low-carber, nice though it is.

Krepsly - have you tried linseed/flaxseed? Good fibre if you're a bit....er....bunged up, and low-carb as it's seeds. You can make linseed muffins or pancakes; there were some recipes earlier in the thread, or in the previous one.

Ooooh, ooooh, ooooh - linseed/flaxseed muffins .... mmmmmmmm. Must find recipe

LOL about your DH's friend CV . Men always seem to get really stressed about the "repercussions" of eating beetroot .

I love asparagus too ... have to avoid too much though. Asparagus wee would just be toooooo much after beetroot-gate.

Hello; Newbie here! I've been reading your thread with interest after being glued to the "Spanish Lady" thread and now I'm intrigued. I'm making my way through all the old posts so apologies if anyone has touched on this but I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on having carbs just at breakfast? Say, toast with butter/marge or porridge with nuts? Does this negate the whole process of low carbing? What about snacks? How many and what type are recommended? I'm not looking to lose weight but rather maintain and I'm tired of being hungry all the time ( I exercise often) and thinking that maybe adding in more fat and cutting back on carbs is a better idea than what I'm doing currently. Also; anyone know the long term implications for health with this type of diet?

Any thoughts would be appreciated....

Been lurking on this thread, low-carbing for about 5 wks.

Popbiscuit, the thing is, the right breakfast will carry you through to lunch quite painlessly. If you have a good shot of protein first thing, without the carbs, it really has an amazing effect on your appetite. DH, who has been sucked into the low-carb vortex with me, has said that if he has eggs with toast for breakfast, he gets hungrier quicker than if he just has the eggs. It's counterintuitive, but it seems to work like this. Carbs in some way compromise the other stuff you eat; they are the things which give you the spikes and troughs.

Since I've been eating like this, my cravings have all but vanished.

its the sugar

theres een sugar in bread

quite a few lcers goign to the meet - how UTTERLY FAB IS THAT!

we can bore then all shitless

whats ont he menu?

yy Custy! I can just see us all sat in a corner picking apart the vol-au-vents and moaning about the lack of Splenda for our coffee - NOT!!!

Yes, I think as there is power in our numbers we can DEMAND to be catered for. Then again, I've learnt from bitter experience that an evening on the lash whilst in ketosis and nibbling on low carb bits inevitably means falling over, crying, flirting with unsuitable men, over-sharing to strangers, and buying a Burger King and four Krispy Kreme donuts on the way home.

Sometimes, accepting that one will crash and burn is the best policy.

BTW I hate Krispy Kreme Donuts but I thought they would make for a better anecdote.

No car ATM so I have walked a total of 8 miles today. That's got to help!