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?

TMI alert - have been bunged up to the eyeballs , finally the senna tabs worked this am. Still no weight loss, am due on so hoping it's that.
Or could it be the gin and tonic I'm having every night?
I am having about 10-15 gr carb / day .Probably less yesterday as was on a late and had no break so no dinner.

OK, I'm starting to get fed up now. DH neglected to point out that he used all the veg yesterday in some sort of massive veg-fest. I really can't be bothered to go out and get more now. I seem to have a kitchen full of rice, pasta, various potatoes etc all of which are verboten. And I really really really want a cup of tea and some toast.

I'm not giving up, just having a first day moan. Tomorrow I'll go shopping properly and stock up on useful things. It's not as easy as you think, is it?

sally -no probably not drinking enough , will try and up it thanks

rockbird- I had awful detox symptoms for nearly 4 days when I started to go low carb. Literally felt like I had the flu.Stick it out you will feel great once the pnags are gone.
If you really miss tea do as jacaqueen suggests and use full fat tea but count the carbs in to your daily intake. I drink black redbush and at work I drink normal tea with milk as I only have the one so want to enjoy it.
I use ketostix , in the beginning it helps to keep your motivation up when you see your body go into ketosis.I got mine from the golower co. but you can buy them on ebay.

Rockbird, noddyholder & Jacaquee ? Welcome and good luck on starting.

Rockbird ?I drink black decaf coffee, peppermint tea and lots of water. Men eh! Hopefully you?ll be able to stock up on lots of low carb goodies tomorrow.

supersalstrawberry ? your colcannon sounds lovely. I understand you on busy days ? had one with lots of children here today too.

ggirl ? hope you are feeling better now that you have been.

I hope the square of choc helped your craving. I've just had a cup of black decaf coffee too.

Welcome Rockbird, noddyholder & Jacaquee, nice to have new people starting so everyone can encourage each other.

Been good this week, so have managed to get back on track

how you all doing?

I felt like a stuffed pig by the time I went to bed last night. Infact I think stuffed pig is what I'm having later. I more or less grazed all day yesterday on chicken, cheese and avocado. Dinner was a steak burger (0.5 carbs) topped with avo and blue cheese served on a mixed salad with mayo. Later on I had some olives and macadamia nuts.

Not in the least bit hungry yet but will probably have some eggs in a bit.

Going shopping later and will pick up some anchovies for a ceaser salad and may get some pork scratchings for later on.

So far so good. I think gradually cutting down carbs since Tuesday has helped ease me into this as so far I feel great.

Hope everyone else is good. Weekends can be hard.

I had been on a bit of a plateau but [fingers crossed] seem to be losing again. I realised that I'd been introducing a few too many new things (I'm broadly following the Idiot Proof Diet) on too many days so have cut back a bit. But jesus I am BORED with bloody salad.

I've been having protein shakes for breakfast as can't face much else then. But lately have been adding strawberries, and realise I need to limit this to a couple of days a week!

And had been having too many tomatoes! Who knew they could make such a difference. I'm planning scrambled eggs, smoked salmon and avocado with lime and black pepper for my lunch - yum.

Custardo, you sound very disciplined. I can't bear the idea of measuring and counting things but I guess as I go on, I'm probably going to have to do this aren't I?

Lost another lb this am !

Wilf- tell me more about the protein shakes, are they very low carb. I need something easy for the mornigs before work.

yes will!

as your probably in ketosis - just cut back for a week, count things properly just for one week and weigh yourself daily and see if you are not encouraged! i bet you are.

jacaqueen - sounds delish!

great Ggirl - how many is that? are you still cutting back on the carbs? has it made a difference?

i lost......0.2 of a lb this am

am off to go get my saturday treat in a bit

18 lbs down now

fecking hell!

since cutting back custy i have lost 4lbs , so yes def working
am due on anyday so hopefully will lose a bit more when i come on

Yeah good advice, I might do the full proper counting thing from Monday (we have weekends a bit more, um, flexible - so glass of wine on Fri/Sat and bit more fruit. Do you have some kind of book for carb counting?

I'm interested you can see a 0.2 loss - what scales do you have? I think I need some new ones as mine are a bit unpredictable. If you don't weigh yourself for a while they seem to get stuck.

ggirl, you can buy whey protein powder from most supermarkets and Holland and Barrett etc. It has sweeteners in (the same as splenda) but otherwise no other carbs. We mix it up with soya milk, a good glug of double cream and some ground linseed (for extra, erm, mobility - does the job!) Just whizz it up with a handheld blender. It keeps me full all morning. The powder does come in different flavours but tbh we have stuck with vanilla because I'm not keen on fake flavourings. Sometimes we add extra vanilla extract, strawberries, and I've just bought some cocoa powder but obv will have to be very sparing with this!

ggirl that is fantastic. I will weigh on Monday but as I have been cutting down prior to starting properly I wont be too upset if I dont get a big loss. Just as long as I am firmly in ketosis.

I have some shakes in the cupboard that I got from the Avidlite site. I bought them a while ago in an attempt to do my own version of LL or Cambridge but couldn't stick to it. These ones I have come in a wide variety of flavours and mix with water. They work out at about 2 grams of carbs each. Be careful though as they also do total meal replacement shakes which have a lot more carbs. Once I get into the swing of things I'm going to start having one for breakfast or lunch on the days when I dont feel like having much.

Actually the whey protein powder sounds like a much better idea. The ones I have are full of all sorts of artificial stuff but I will probably use them up first as I have them already.

Can I join? I have around a stone and a half to lose. I currently weight 11st 7lbs and I want to weigh 10st.

I'm going low carb are tinned chopped tomotoes ok to add to breakfast (induction weeks) or do they have to be fresh? I'm skint and lazy so looking for easier/cheaper alternatives but I do want to stick to the rules.

I'm thinking of making myself a frittata on Monday morning with cheese, onion and chopped tomatoes. Is this ok during induction phase?

Hi I just replied to your other thread. No tomatoes on induction (I dont think) and not too much onion either. I would just stick to eggs and cheese.

wilf-thanks . I need a shake I can mix with water instead of milk.Would that be disgusting?
off to sainsburys today so I'll have a look

tomatoes -not good on induction unless you are being strict and count them in your daily carb count.

someone mentioned very low carb tortillas

anyone know where from?