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?

so have you found that raising the carb levels more than 10gr takes you out of ketosis or stops you losing?

think the diet I am on has carb levels of 40-60

yes it does - it slows the weight loss down so much that i might as well be on any diet - but i LC as i want the results and i want the encouragement of seeing those results 3 times a week

right I am going to lower my carbs then
I need the incentive of quick and regular weight loss.

What do you have for breakfast?

coffee

but am not a brakfast type of person

not hungry then?

so even though I am in ketosis on a higher carb intake than 10grams do you think that the higher carb level is slowing weight loss down?

I thought I would be burning fat regardless of carb level as long as I was in ketosis.

but how do you know you are in ketosis at that carb level? atkins induction is 10carbs p/day iirc then you make it higher by trail and error when you are at your ideal weight.

no i never have been a morning eater

tuna in sunflower oil for lunch = no carbs or if i am out i will have a chicken salad.

i have always been an evening muncher. when i was fat, i wouldn't eat all day then get in eat my tea and not stop eating til bedtime.

its really hard but try 20 carbs for a week and see your weight loss - its so inspiring that to maintain it and not plataeu you will want to reduce it

I have ketostix to wee on.

Have paid a fortune for this golower diet , will have to add up their meals and see what they come to.
I think you're right I need ot lower the carbs.

oh i see.

best of luck - am off to buy my bread and snacks

just found out that website does zero carb peanut butter but its out of stock. i love peanut butter

spoke to the dietitian about my plateau
she said to replace the yoghurt/granola/fruit brekkie with eggs and bacon every other day

I'll do it everyday as i am a rebel

custy-what do you snack on? Am guessing my cheese snacks mayalso be reason

Everyone sounds like they are doing well and managing to stick to little carbs. I am sticking to less than 20grams of carbs per day.
I started on the 1st of January so far have lost 7kgs, so just over a stone and have the motivation to carry on. I have another 3 stone to lose.

Mitchell81-well done mitchell , looks like lowering my carbs is the way to go.

custy can you link to the bread you get

i buy this like melba toast, with philly on its a great snack

i buy three of these a month

i buy this for sausages

i buy the plain one but there are lots of flabours here - all sugar free - you see, some sweetners ae 1/2 - 1 carb each and they mount up if your beng strict.

carb free expensive but worth it

all these sugar free carb free i buy a couple

i buy these nice for a snack

i buy these so fucking tasty i cant even tell you

and there is a 0 carb peanut butter but its out of stock

cheese is low carb ggirl

so if i want a snack - i have some squeezy cheese on celery

get one of those cheese selections - i adore the cranberry wensleydale - but alas no crackers

in fact over xmas - xmas eve i came off diet and dh bought be a cracker selection and i just ate them as were - i just adore crackers, and pringles.

teres also 0 carb preserve on that site somewhere - also out of stock - im so having some of that.

I would eat a whole packet of those marshmallow things.

Do the sweets have sorbitol in them-am allergic to it.

well more intolerant really -gives me major shits

the bread looks nice

Ggirl ? well done on being so restrained when you went to the pub tonight. I didn?t realise we could drink diet coke on Go Lower although I?m not really a fizzy drink person anyway. I?ve now lost 59 lbs since October so keep going at it, it really does work.

Custardo ? thanks for all those brilliant links. I will soon be at the stage where I can start making my own low carb meals and not only eat the Go Lower ones so these links are useful. Did you start off with no carbs at all and then gradually introduce a bit again? Well done on your loss, similar to me, it?s such a great feeling isn?t it. All your food ideas sound yum. When you have your Saturday off what sort of thing do you have? ? do you still try to keep the carbs low so you don?t come out of ketosis?

Mitchell81 ? welcome and well done on your loss.

mummymels -wow 59lbs since October that is amazing! Was that all on golower?
I was out for dinner tonight with some friends from work.Had tandori chicken and salad .
As I was telling them about my low carbing one woman said she had been low carbing for 9 yrs since losing a lot of weight .
She does it as a way of life now to keep herself at her ideal weight. SHe had perfect figure and said she had previously been overweight since the age of 16 , she's now 47.
Very inspiring to meet someone who has kept it off.

well done at the wieght loss.

today ( day off) i had

peanut butter and banana butty for breakfast.

2 packes of microwave popcorn

chicken jalfrezi, popadums, pilau

ao yes will have come out of ketosis - but thats cool - three days til weightloss - but it will come off

next saturday i am going to eat cornflakes with ice cold milk.

and buy shitloads of fruit -i really miss fruit - specially melon