The Unbelievably Good Low Carb Diet Thread

[QueenStromba]

The previous thread was getting a bit full so I thought I should start a new one while we could still link between them.

Hokay, so we're going out for Chinese tonight...

What can I have? Beansprouts are ok, yes? So I can have some chop suey type thing with pork or chicken? Spare ribs? Do you think crispy seaweed is okay (it's cabbage, isn't it?). Am thinking I could have the duck, cucumber and onions, just not the pancakes?

Obv no rice or noodles or prawns on toast or pancake rolls

Beansprouts are low carb, so they're fine. Water chestnuts are OK too, I think.

Spare ribs as long as they don't have barbecue or OK sauce on them - go for the salt and pepper ones, if they do those. Crispy seaweed is difficult, because it's usually covered in sugar - go easy on that.

See if they do lettuce wraps - usually a mixture of pork, mushrooms and veg, that you wrap up in a lettuce leaf (they will bring some kind of sauce too, like hoisin, but try and avoid this or go very easy on it).

Look at the veg section - our local does stir fried celery with waterchestnuts, which is very nice.

Chicken with cashew nuts, beef with peppers usually good choices. Salt and pepper anything always yummy. Ginger and spring onion is a good choice too (often seabass or other yummy fish) Crispy duck great even without the pancakes.

In the end I had duck without the pancakes and roast pork chop suey. Also a couple of spare ribs without sauce but they were still a bit sweet. Half a glass of red, plenty of water and NO choc even though I fancied some! So not bad, but seem to be out of ketosis this morning which is a bit of a bugger.

tonight am off to a party, cocktails and buffet food so gawd knows...

I'm still stuck
I've been so careful loads of water and veggies but can't move, been stuck for 8 weeks
Any ways to boost the diet?
I don't drink, not cheated at all and feel like giving it all up and having a kitkat

wouldrather - sorry to hear that. It's frustrating, isn't it?

Post your last few days' worth of food and drinks so I can see if there's anything I can spot/help you with.

And how tall are you/how much do you weigh now? Have you taken your measurements as well as weighing?

Whatever you do, don't have the Kitkat! That will only make things worse.

I'm 5"6 and 12 st 2
Lost 14 lbs. Have lost inches but that's also slowed down but at least not stopped.
Been on strict IPD since January
B - omelette with spinach, smoked salmon and grated cheese
L - salmon & salad
D - soup, steak & salad
Snacks - nuts
B - smoked salmon & stir fry veg
L - meat & salad
D - salmon & veg
Snack - nuts
Drinking 2-3 litres water a day and 2-3 herbal/fruit teas
Think snacking is the problem but what else is there other than nuts?
Thanks for your help

To be honest, if you're not losing, then I would definitely cut out the nuts. Are you hungry in between meals? If you are, then this would suggest that you're not eating enough at meal times. If you have to snack, try having a small piece of cheese instead - this is zero carbs. (But ask yourself - are you snacking out of habit, or are you really hungry? Often dehydration is mistaken for hunger, so try having a drink of water in stead).

And it doesn't look as if you're eating much fat, or drinking quite enough water.

Here's a piece about water from Carblife, a low carbing website that I use:

"The weight loss has stopped what am I doing wrong?

Everyone experiences a slowing down or stopping of weight loss at some point in their diet. Listed below are a few things that may help you understand why and what you can do to get moving again.

Water.
Water is essential to weight loss for those who eat low-carb. The minimum consumed in a day should be

Weight-----Litres
140lbs-----2.5
160lbs-----3.0
180lbs-----3.0
200lbs-----3.5
220lbs-----3.5
240lbs-----4.0
260lbs-----4.5
280lbs-----4.5
300lbs-----5.0
320lbs-----5.5
340lbs-----5.5
360lbs-----6.0
380lbs-----6.5
400lbs-----6.5

High levels of ketones in the blood stream can lead to a reduction in ketone production, therefore being well hydrated could aid in keeping the levels low and ketone production ongoing. Consuming enough water can have many other positive side effects: aids your kidneys with the processing of protein, reduces the retention of water, helps with preventing constipation, and reduces the levels of ketones released by your breath, which in-turn will reduce breath odour."

So you should be drinking at least 3 litres of water.

In terms of fat, I assume you're putting an oil-based dressing on your salads? What kind of meat are you eating? Are you putting butter on your veg/frying your veg in butter? Do you use mayonnaise as well?

Fat is really important.

I hope this helps! But let me know what you think/how this reflects what you're eating.

Think the snacking is because I'm at home, a sahm.
I'm wary of mayo, butter and cheese but think that's because I'm not used to eating them. I occasionally have peanut butter on cheese which I'm sure is no good but it works when I'm in a rush or need a snack. When i say meat it is usually chicken or steak and salmon i I have fish. Eat loads of eggs
Will keep upping the water and try to keep off the nuts.
Thanks so much for your help

No - fat is good! Honestly! You really do need to make sure you're eating the fat. If you try and do low fat and low carb, it won't work.

Thanks, will try and load up on the fat and water this week and will see how we go....

It's a bit long, but this is really worth a read - explains why low fat is a dreadful myth that has been peddled since the 50s

www.lewrockwell.com/miller/miller38.1.html

I'm resurrecting this thread in the hope we can get the group back together after having a bit of a row on the other low carb thread.

I am here. Started off on this thread way back (January I think) and as this one fell off just dipped in and out the others. Am a pretty strict low carber apart from cake a few times a week and pinching chips off kids occasionally. Bread/pasta/potatoes have not passed my lips but cake and sweet things are my downfall. Still managed to lose 2 stone 9 lbs so far so my way of doing things suits fine.
Quite in to intermittent fasting too, works for me.

And here is something that happened today for amusement - was at the farm shop, asked at the counter ' have you got any of your jars of apple sauce left?' and the oldish woman says 'sorry we've only got the diabetic apple sauce left' cue me 'what's the difference between them ingredients wise?' - wait for it.......'the diabetic one only has brown sugar in it'
:) brilliant

I am here too. I started on this thread and I am quite strict low carb with intermittent fasting and other experiments (except for last night at my summer ball). I am still popping on the other thread too but I am not going for the biggest loser challenge, just sticking with straight forward low carb

I had my first real cheat for a while last night too. I went to a fine dining place which was actually great for low carbing, they even had a special gluten free menu. I had scallops with samphire and caper butter for starter and chorizo crusted cod with paprika coulis and roasted pepper and courgette for main. I'd decided in advance that if the food was really nice (which is was) and I wasn't full after my main then I'd have a dessert so I had a frozen mango nougat which was like a slice of really creamy ice cream which didn't actually taste overly sweet anyway (the kiwi and mango that came with it were 10 times sweeter).

I need to get back to counting carbs - I've put on a stone in the last three months using the just eat stuff that's low carb and don't actually count approach so I'm obviously really carb sensitive. I'm also going to cut back on the added fats - I just don't think I respond in the same way as most people. Barry Groves in "Eat fat, get thin" says not to worry about eating fat because it's really filling so impossible to overeat and gives the example that most people wouldn't be able to eat more than a spoonful of butter by itself - if I didn't stop myself I could probably quite happily munch through a whole packet of butter by itself. I'm going to go back to the higher protein approach since it worked really well for me before I decided that high fat was healthier.

Thank to this thread I've been low-carbing for a couple of weeks now, and had amazing results! weighing myself on Monday, but so far lost at least 8lbs, am not hungry at all and feel great!

Thanks all.

Just had: sirloin steak with garlic butter, with green beans baked in a cream and parmesan sauce - what's 'diet' about that, yum!

Hi bbcessex, this thread has died a bit but there's a new thread here in the same vein - please come and join us.

Thank you for the tip QueenStromba, I will !