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?

Someone please tell me to stop weighing myself everyday after a great success of 11st 1lbs yesterday, I jumped on the scales this morning to be told I now weigh 11st 3lbs!!! how on earth do you just put on 2lbs like that?

I didn't cheat yesterday but I did do the idiotic thing of having a double scoop protein shake with chipping cream last night at 9.30pm. Right before bed ... why ... why???

And I had my dinner late too (around 7pm) so I'm hoping its just volume weight. I've not been to the bog since yesterday morning

Where is this recipe blog? or do I have my wires crossed?

Dump the scales enchilada! I haven't had any for years after I started to let the damn things rule my life. I used to go to Boots once a fortnight. IME the change in shape is what matters.If you are following the diet the weight will come off in it's own time.

Raw leeks tastes a bit like spring onion. Tis nice.

ugh night duty
I found nights hard when dieting, always want something sweet in the middle of the night.
Take some cheese as well sal .

Enchilada81 - hopefully it will even itself out by the end of the week.

supersalstrawberry - your cookies sound lovely. I admire people who work shifts as I think I would find it really hard.

Ok, 11st 2lbs this morning. I'm not going to weigh myself again until next saturday (simply because I'm planning on eating a Korma tonight and I don't want to know the damage )

If anyone is interested, this is a good site for low carb recipes:

www.genaw.com/lowcarb/recipes.html

I've just had a go at making these:

www.genaw.com/lowcarb/no_bake_cookies.html

They're in the fridge now so I'll let you know how they turn out. Next time I do them though, I'm going to double all the ingredients ... it didn't make many and those it did make were tiny (((greedy sod)))

Hi mind if I join in?

Have been dieting on and off much of my adult lfe, always been about 14 - 20lbs more than my ideal weight. Have found I lose weight most effectively on low carb diets like atkins - after lurking on here have found the India Knight reference (now bought the book), thanks for that

I started her diet yesterday, want to loose 14lbs by end of April, struggling straight away with sugar cravings but will stick it through; always bad the first week or so then eases off!

Lost another 4 lbs this week , so very happy. I have lost a third of what I want to lose. Only 2/3 to go, seems so far away now. Feeling great, ate lots of crustless quiche this week which I am sure helped with the weightloss. Well done everyone else and thanks for the great recipe ideas. Where can I buy almond flour from? Good luck for next week and hope everyone continues to do so well.

sal -well done on the night shift !

Does anyone have a recipe for pastry-less quiches?

enchilada-the cookies look great

welcome rightfootfirst

i lost another lb this morning!-yay 20lbs so far in 2 months which is a bit slower than the golower diet promises but at least I am on the way down again.

Well I've kinda messed my diet up by binging last night but all is not lost, I'm still slightly in ketosis and I'm weighing in at 11st 2lbs still.

Soooo I'm not going to weigh myself again until next sunday. I'm going to really try and have a good week.

Out of interest, what do you all eat when you're out? We're going for a ride to York later and I'm stressing about what I could have for my lunch. Obviously the usual "steak Bake" from the bakery is out and I can't exactly grab a bag of chips anymore lol

I take stuff with me increasingly. Or I demolish sandwiches (pick out the filling!) Or buy salads.

When out if I'm near m&s pick up a piece of cooked chicken, carrot sticks and dips, coleslaw or ready made salad or if out for meal. Burger and salad with no roll or chips, steak and salad.
Or take some pre packed cheeses like babybel or laughing cow

Agree out and about is hardest when low-carbing - requires an element of planning - Mitchell81's suggestions are great - I sometimes grab a small pack of peanuts - not ok on induction but good for filling up on. Also some ready made sandwich fillings - chicken & bacon / egg mayo etc are usually pretty low carb.

I buy cooked chicken legs. Or take a nice salad with feta cheese and ham. Quite often a lump of cheese or a bag of almonds will do. I always take salad to work.

I am in heaven!

I have just had a baking session and now have spinach bread and blueberry muffins.

The muffins are divine even if i had to fudge the recipe a bit! I made 15 (silicone cases from 99p shop are fab) using the ground flaxseed I had left and some whey protein. I think they are less than 1g of carbs each

I am 1lb down today. Had awful tummy ache yesterday so got some half price fibre sure in waitrose and I feel lighter

The times I have been out I always eat before I go, take a bottle of water and weigh out some peanuts/soya beans and cheese.

ggirl have a look on here for the quiche recipes as I think i saw a few yesterday.

Can I eat salted peanuts?

peanuts are fine in small doses i think , I have come out of ketosis by eating too many of the damn things

dunno.

i had a massive over eating weekend don't wanna weigh miself tomoz eek

I got some lovely smoked almonds from Sainsburys. Not too bad on the carb front. Then bought some from Asda and was happily munching away until I checked the packet and found they were 12%

Orm thats a big difference between brands

Well having been on this thread a couple of days I have blown it big style today although am recovering from a nasty tummy bug which resulted in nil by mouth for 48 hours so hoping for a cracking drop in weight nonetheless

Room for another one?

DP and I are both low carbing. I lost 2 stone doing it a few years back and need to take action again. 5 pounds gone so far so am pretty pleased.

I got some goodies from lowcarbmegastore. I really recommend those tortilla wrap thingies. Only 3 carbs each!

For snacking DP has started baking trays of pork belly strips. They keep in the fridge for ages and are handy to munch on. Mind you today we bought a whole slab of belly pork to cut up at home and when he unwrapped it it had 2 piggie nipples on it! Ewwwwwww