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?

pmsl

5lbs nice one!

Thanks just another stone and a half to work on now lol

can anyone explain to me how these bars have only 3g of carbs when there is 9g of sugar in them??
I'd like to order something for a breakfast/snack at work

these

friday i at 4 packets of crisp. they were seabrooks cheese & Onion though.

sat, i ate an iced bun, a custard finger ( was rubbish) then i made stew with french bread to dip ( twas loody lovely)

i have to go on the scales - its how i function - i need to know the weights coming off.

will give you the verdict tomorrow.

had a look ggirl, cant figure it out.

I've been away for a few days with no internet.

Well I'm pleased to announce that the scales have finally dropped by a few pounds. Last week I kept losing and gaining the same poxy pound but now it looks like my body is getting used to this.

I really noticed over the weekend how I am no longer hungry or thinking about food all the time. I went for hours without eating which is what normal people do, but is unusual for me.

I'll need to go back and catch up on all the posts I've missed.

congrats Jac.

i am up by 3 lbs this am. better than i thought.

fuck i am still on plateau

do you think one G&T a night could be the reason?

do i really have to drink copious amount sof water?

surely if I am restricting my carbs to about 10-15g a day

no caffiene (until right this minute as I am pissed off now)

I should be losing.

Not time of the month for a few weeks yet.

I seem to be going backwards too. I don't really know what I'm doing differently TBH ... I'm going to give it a week and if I still havn't lost anything (or if I've put anymore ON!) I'm going to take a serious look at what I'm eating.

Is anyone missing cereal? I was and I found a recipe online for Flax cereal using flax seeds, peanut butter, water and cinnamon. It's quite nice, great for the digestive system but I found I had to add a splenda to it before I could comfortably eat it Makes a change from bloody eggs though.

Chill enchilada!

Stop it with the bloody scales! I mean it.

And try to stick to the basics - meat, fish, eggs and salad. If you want a treat try coffee with whipped cream or berries with greek yoghurt (great for breakfast). Perhaps the odd handful of brazils or almonds.

Lots of water.

You are following the rules - it will work but it will take it's own sweet time. Have you got lots to lose still? Sometimes it's hardest to shed the last bit.

Ormrenewed I can't chill! summer is just around the corner and I'm still a porker!!

No, seriously though I have around a stone to lose altogether although I'd settle for 11 lbs for summer.

Is that weight you need to lose or weight you'd like to lose? Doesn't sound that much.
I'd like to lose about 2 stone but I need to lose about 10lbs to be near the bottom of a healthy weight range. When I was 12stone I lost very quickly and it slowed to a gentle pace (very infuriating) when I reached around BMI or 21.

wii fit reckons ive gained again today so I am still stuck at the 10lb mark that i lost in week one. I am very of seabrooks crisps. I reckon 2 packs and I would gain 10-12lb at this rate!

I realised late yesterday my muffins were nearer 2gs than 1g of carbs as i forgot about the vanilla extract but I still did'nt go over my carbs for the day.

I am on 20g a day. Can I ask what the rest of you are on? I'm not sure about going lower as I'm pretty restricted being veggie or do you think I'm not trying hard enough?!

And whats the deal with peanuts? I had been having 25g-50g a day of them for the past two weeks but had some brazils for a change today. Should I ditch them for a bit?

supersal hope you dont mind me saying but I think you need some veg and salad. Not much fibre there. Are you taking any supplements?

Hi all.

Sorry to be negative but I must say I am so totally fed up of this food! I'm fed up of thinking so hard about what I'm eating and I cannot be arsed to talk about it. Grumble grumble...

That aside I am 6lbs down this week so 1 stone total in my two weeks induction.

I'd check my book to see what I can have now that the two weeks are up but that would involve thinking about it and as I said I cant be arsed. So I'll just carry on as I am for now.

Feel free to chuck stuff at me for being such a misery. Potatoes would be particularly welcome.

Oh, and I heartily recommend copius amounts of cockles doused in vinegar.
Yum.

Cheers sal.

The cockles really have been a godsend, great for snacking and very satisfying. Oddly I find them good for when I'm craving something sweet too.

I don't know what was wrong with me yesterday, I was eating like a pig ALL DAY!

Here's what I had:

A bowl of flax peanut butter cereal
A 2 egg omelette with cheese and prawns
A pork burger with mayo, cheese and salad
Three peanut butter cookies (low carbs)
A little pot of prawn mayo
2 peppers stuffed with beef mince, tomato, mushroom, onion, cream cheese AND grated cheese
A bag of pork rinds
2 cups of coffee made with double cream ...

This was all in the space of a day! ironically I've 1 lb down on the scales this morning which is the first loss since Friday! It seems eating like a pig kick started my weight loss again

just been reading all your food and now i'm hungry

JV - take a day off - pig out on potatoes, get it out of your system then go bak on it.

lost 1lb this am.