I really AM going to Low Carb this time...

[WilfSell]

And DH has promised to join me. But not until after our big night away without the kids next week. So lots of time to procrastinate plan ahead I've ordered India's book. And have an old copy of Atkins' upstairs.

I will need a sugar substitute I think. And, ahem, fibre. Are linseeds low carb? Can you eat them in induction? And I will need to plan my snackage.

And how to get through the first week or two weeks? What helped you not cave in at the first cravings or headaches? And did I read somewhere you can test your piss? Or is that not strictly necessary?

great link sal
I really need to drink more water

I've lost another lb. I'm down to 11st 3lbs now

I'm enjoying this now, simply because I'm discovering allsorts of things I can eat and it no longer seems so restrictive.

Yesterday I ate:

breakfast: 2 low carb pancakes smothered in butter

Lunch: 2 mini pastryless quiches and 3 sticks of asparagus.

Snack: a small packet of pork crackling.

Dinner: Pork stir fry (without the noodles)

Snack: a cheese string

Supper: another pancake

God I sound like a greedy fat pig don't I! I love how you can just eat and eat and still lose the weight.

I've also decided to do what Custy does and have a day off at the weekend. I did this last weekend and ok, I did drop out of ketosis but it did rectify itself quickly by Monday and I REALLY enjoyed that korma

Off to buy some flax today. Going to experiment a bit.

wow enchilada you are doing so well

how much do you have to lose?

and where do you get the pastry-less quiches from ?

I need to lose 5 lbs to reach my goal of a stone off by easter. If I achieve that earlier, I'll set a new goal for easter though.

The quiches, DH made. We bought some silicone cupcake cases from the £1 shop and DH just filled them with what he would make a normal quiche with (egg, cheese, bacon, spinach, prawns ... ) so it was just a quiche without the pastry

I'm no longer getting cravings either which is making this so much easier. Chocolate isn't even appealing to me at the moment and for a chocoholic, that's is something! lol

Hi everyone I'm still plodding along.

Encilada you are certainly getting into low carb. Fantastic weight loss and great recipe ideas.

Supersal try and find some low cal drinks that have malic acid in them. I have Tesco Diet Premium cola and lemonade. They are sweetened with sucralose which is meant to better than aspartame.

My scales aren't moving much I keep losing and gaining the same pound. Hopefully once my body realises I am definately sticking to this it will start to let some weight go.

Thanks Jacaqueen

Just tried my protein shake ... mixed with water it tastes GROSS! like dishwater! lol ... Can't I just have milk with it if I'm only having it once a day?

Regular milk has too many carbs. I think you can have soya milk or try adding a glug of double cream or maybe some Greek yoghurt.

I've just had pancakes made with ground almonds eggs and cream. I can't move. Should keep me going all day I reckon.

enchilada - "I'm no longer getting cravings either which is making this so much easier."

That is the very best thing about LC. It is as if you are eating for nutrition only. The fun bit has gone. I can look a plate of food and just not be bothered.

Last time I did this I was part-time and DS#1 was still in primary! I don't have time for a cooked brakfast when I'm not working from home. Had a piece of cheese .

Will need to get better organised...

enchilada, the key to protein shakes is to mix them with unsweetened soya milk, and add in a big slug of double cream. Vanilla extract too if you wish. We also chuck in some ground flax seed which makes them lumpy (and kind of gloopy if you don't drink it straight away)

Vair nice!

Thanks, will try that! Cannot drink it with water again, no matter how disciplined I tell myself I am

Can you buy soya milk in regular shops like tesco etc?

Also, does anyone know where I can buy flax seed? I've tried Holland and Barrett and the low carb megastore but I find it really expensive ... is it expensive everywhere or am I looking in the wrong places?

I just got mine from a supermarket - Sainsbox have it in the health food section. You can make a sort of bread with it with egg and baking powder. I tried it many many times before I gave up and admitted it was vile!

Sounds good, I have a stone and a half to lose before the summer, I was going to do the BHF diet once a week until I'd lost it, but I'd forgotten how booooring it is. Is the a list anywhere of low carb veggies? If anyone can tell me I'd be grateful.

LC veggies - well as a rule of thumb any green veg apart from beans and peas. So all leafy veg and brocolli/cauliflower. Onions are high so avoid in favour of leeks/spring onions.

Uh-oh... have discovered smoked almonds! Bloody lovely1 They are lowish carb (6%) and perfectly oK for later but not for the start. Oh dear....

They are lovely! I am also a massive fan of macadamias (one of the lowest carb nuts).

I can also strongly recommend celeriac and fennel as decent induction veggies. It was BIWI wot turned me on to 'em.

Celeriac dauphinoise is BETTER than the potato version and is a proper treat. And roasted fennel is just delicious.

Butternut squash is good roasted too but there seems to be lots of debate about how many grams of carb (one book says one thing, another says different etc)

right you lot.

i want carb counts.

you can't tell me of bloody lovely 'low' carb pancakes

and bloody lovely dauphinous.

becuase that just makes me hungry and its totally not fair that you are eating this delish stuff.

do dish it

please

back to my normal weight, this is where i get pissedoff becuase not one more bloody pound will come off before weekend.

anyway. neeeeeeeeeeever mind.

sucked on some sugar free lollipops

had 3 LC toast with primula, very hungry today.

planning on chicken stir fry with veggies for tea.

when i can be arsed dh is working late, kids are out and i am knackered. now is about the time i would just order a takeaway.

Hello all

Weighed today and I am 10lb down

I had a soya isolate shake this morning and it was bleurgh, so I will be making these with soya milk and not water from now on aswell.

enchilada you can get a tesco value soya milk. some supermarkets have the soya in the chilled section with the milk others have it with the long life milk. I picked up a 30g bag of ground flaxseed in H&B for 69p to try so I am going to use Wilfsell's shake recipe in the morning (thanks WS).

Veggie wise I am having loads of spinach and cauliflower. cauli mash was yum.

Can I ask at what stage you included fruit? I am still on 20g carbs a day and was thinking of adding some fruit in (berries)or is it too soon?

Has anyone done anything other than make shakes with the whey protein?

Think its gonna be curried tofu for me tonight if i can be bothered to make it as i am not hungry!

Don't do carb counts. Sorry

I just avoid the things that I know are not allowed and major on the OK stuff. I don't bother with prepared lc foods - ie nothing bought in a packet at twice the price and half the taste as normal.