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

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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?

well done everyone.

Please can i ask a really simple question. A lot of the recipes that you do include leeks.

should i fry em or boil em up?

its to go with chicken.

Steam them, or stir fry them in butter. Or eat them raw in salads. You can steam them and then serve them with a cream and cheese sauce.

right o thanks
will stir fry with chicken and maybe add some grated cheese. thanks

BTW bean sprouts are OK - very low carb and good for stir fries. I did one last night with red cabbage, bean sprouts, cauliflower and leeks with chilli and garlic. With roast pork.

"knob of butter (childish smirk @ knob ) "

pmsl this really cheered me up on a crappy day always nice to see someone with my sense of humour!

Supersal, I feel like that sometimes about the skinnies eating puddings. I look forward to the day when I reach my target weight and CAN have the odd pudding when out for lunch. Because it will happen if we stick to this

Finally back in ketosis after my splurge at the weekend.Felt like shit for a few days like I did at the very beginning...puts me off going out of ketosis again.
Have lost the 1-2 lbs I out on but still plateaued really.
Will see how the rest of the week goes.

Bloody massive box of chocs on the nurses station at work today ...god just wanted to devour the lot , managed to abstain though and feeling smug.

Well my weight is sticking this week. what is going on??? i have not cheated once so i am very

You deserve to be very smug ggirl. I appear to be surrounded by cake at the moment, at home at work in my dreams at night, suppose its better than being in tummy

Today I have had some almond bread cheese on toast, 2 coffees with cream, a mug of lemon and water and im now having a soya milk shake with strawberries, flaxseed & soya isolate.

I am starting to find it hard to eat even three meals a day so i wonder if thats slowing down my loss? Can't complain though as I used to binge in the evenings even when doing SW as I used to just munch free food til bedtime.

Is anyone else exercising?

I am exercising but to be honest I'm finding it VERY difficult. I do 3 body combat classes a week and since I started this atkins thing, I've been pathetic. Last nights was the worst ever, I was knackered after just 10 minutes. I couldn't keep up and considering I've been doing this for two years, I really shouldn't be having problems now.

However, according to the atkins forum, ketosis can make exercise difficult in the early stages as the body is still getting used to burning fat rather than carbs. I'm trying to keep at it though.

I am also finding it difficult to eat 3 meals a day. I have no appetite at all. I had to force myself to have lunch today, I could quite happily have gone without.

Supersal ... that pudding sounds gorgeous!

Not got any vested interest here, and I haven't tried many of the sweet recipes, but the IPD cookbook has some really good looking pudding and baking recipes, if you're prepared to use Splenda (almond cakes, mousses etc...)

I've been avoiding too much artificial sweetener because I've so successfully ditched the sweet tooth for now. But if you're really missing stuff could be worth a try.

enchilada - me too! It's a well-known problem with lc. I just did a 4-mile run and I nearly died But I accepted that it would be dire and allowed myself to take it slow. Hope it won't last too long.
Omelette for dinner - with salad,

Been finding that problem with exercise, I usually do 1/2 a hour on the cross trainer 4 or 5 times a week. Today I was finding it really hard. Gad it's not just me.

Oh and a quick warning! Ketones can make you very smelly when you sweat. Try to drink lots to flush them out through you urine and don't stand too close to anyone when you've been exercising!

Been lurking here on and off since new year when I was supposed to be restarting low carb.

I'm a terrible over-eater but low carb works for me - lost 3 stone 2 years ago and kept it off but overdid it at xmas and went back up half a stone so time to restart and try and loose the further stone that I was supposed to.

Restarted Monday and was back in ketosis by tues lunchtime and 3lb lighter this morning.

Just to respond to something way back up ^ - my fave 'on the run' meal is to grab a hot chicken portion from the rotisserie counter and have it with coleslaw - 5.7g carb - 1.1g fibre per 100g.

Also re coffee / tea - I've never given it up and never had it black, just been careful not to have too many cups to keep an eye on the carb intake.

I've also discovered Boots diabetic range for lowish carb chocolate these are lovely with a cuppa and only 1.1g carb per biscuit.

Thanks Sal - sadly no easy secrets just pretty much like custardo - keeping my carbs in check - although I'm very prone to binging so when I see my weight going up big time I go back to induction for a week or so to discipline myself. But always having some nice stuff nearby that I can eat to stop me blowing it by eating bread / chocolate.

The Boots diabetic stuff is loaded with artificial sweeteners though so contributes to excess windiness - still eating too much addresses the old low carb constipation issue

Nice recipe for the blog -well I think so anyway - big flat mushroom / halved pepper, smother with a tablespoon of pate then cover with grated cheese and pop in the oven - the carb content is roughtly 1.5g. I also top mushrooms / peppers with a mixture of cream cheese, garlic and herbs then grated cheese on top to give something crispy to bite on.

thnaks for leek recipes - as it happens, i had two small cans of tuna then prepered a dressing on olive oil, oregano, pepper, lots of garlic and stirred in. this was meant to be a late lunch, but ive been full since. i had three lc toast earlier in the day too.

i realised only yesterday the simplist of recipes - boiled egg and (LC) toast.

thats going to be my lunch tomorrow.

will do the leaks and perhaps the cauli mash - although i havent any cream - so might load up aon the butter and cheese. will this be ok?

we have cakes and biscuits all the time at work too - im always tempted by the fruit that is brought in - and i work opposite a huge tesco!

supersalstrawberry ? wow brilliant loss this week, for you. Well done. Good luck with the night shifts over the weekend. Sorry to hear you are feeling rubbish though. I so understand you on skinny people eating puddings. It isn?t fair. You?ll have to make another lot of biscuits now trying will less splenda!

Enchilada81 ? Well done on your loss this morning.

OrmRenewed ? I?ve never heard of eating leek raw before. What?s it taste like? Sorry for silly question.

Ggirl ? Well done on resisting the chocs and getting back into ketosis.

FrazzledBlob ? Hopefully you?ll have double the loss next week to make up for it. I?m very bad with exercising.

Jenduff ? Welcome. Good luck with losing the last little bit.

I have been really good at drinking water but today for some reason I really fancied a tango (strange for me as I rarely drink fizzy drinks at the best of times) so had a diet one and it gave me a headache. Maybe it was a shock to the system having something like that when I?ve been good on the diet