Support and ideas for those on low-carb diet

That's the answer Jane don't buy them! Our bread bin is empty, has been for two weeks now. I did have a tiny slice of the Simnel Cake I made for the family who came to dinner last night, then put in back in the tin and sent it home with them.

It's two weeks today since I started and I've lost another 1.5lbs this week. It's the easiest eating regime I've ever tried and I'm feeling fitter, more positive, sleeping better, my hands ache less and my digestive tract is in good working order!

Off to buy some ostrich steaks for tonight.

Anyone who's wondering about trying this low carb, high fibre diet, go for it

DBH seems fine, but then he has no need to diet at all, and has a huge bowl of porridge in the morning. DS has a small beer belly - very small. I did tell him that beer was what he needed to cut out, but he seems to think that cutting back on bread, biscuits and cake rather than beer is what would suit him best.

Best not buy any more Jaffa cakes, then!

Oh dear! DH loves his potatoes, biscuits, etc and I'll stop buying them so I'm not tempted. He'll probably have a not-so-secret stash in his car boot after a day or so!

DS has, I saw him going out of the door last night clutching a big handful of Jaffa cakes! When at Uni his diet is pretty carb-heavy. He wants to cut back on them but it looks as if he is finding it hard. I tried to give him eggs this morning but he had already been down and had cereal, he had forgotten the diet already.

DH hopefully won't notice.......

I am doing James Martin's slow-roasted pork with apple and peppers. It smells wonderful... It's meant to be for eight, so I have kept all the veg and halved the meat. Poor DBH&Son are now on a low carb diet whether they like it or not.

Thank you Anya, Mamie and everyone else with suggestions on this.
According to the Atkins website I could do with losing 6lb, so looking forward to trying it out. I definitely eat crap carbs galore when stressed...

Only dilemma (albeit a nice one?) is that I've lost a stone since leaving very stressful job so clothes already too big, losing more will need a complete new wardrobe than I really can't afford!

Will have to get sewing machine out , just need to summon up some enthusiasm from somewhere....... Wish you could buy it!

We adapt recipes rather than use a particular book, but tend to do a lot of Indian, Spanish and Middle Eastern recipes. We are maintaining rather than losing weight now so have added things like chickpeas, beans and root veg back in.
Today is egg and bacon breakfast, soup for lunch and dinner will be roast duck with roast vegetables (carrot, baby turnip, onion) and braised chicory. I shall stick a lemon up the duck's bottom and de-glaze the pan with a splosh of limoncello.

I'd recommend Hairy a Bikers How to Love Food and Lose Weight.

Try their:
Spanish Style Chicken Bake (just leave out potatoes)
Roasted Cod with Parma Ham and Peopers (only 10g breadcrumbs)
Mushroom, Feta and Tomato Baked Peppers (50g breadcrumbs)
Minted Pea and Feta Omlette
Whole Baked Fish with Sundried Tomatoes
Lemony Lamb Kebabs
Peppered Steak with Mushroom
Old Fashioned Chicken Stew
Rich Beef and Ale Casserole
Chicken Jalfrezi

And so on. Substitute mash or rice with cauliflower mash or cauliflower rice.

Thanks merlotgran!

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There are some delicious recipes and ideas on this website, loopylou. Don't be put off by the Atkins name because you can adapt everything to suit your diet.

My mouth's watering reading this forum
Is there a recipe book you'd recommend?

I now allow myself a slice of Ryvita with boiled eggs. They were made for eachother.

We had smoked cod (small portions) on top of spinach, topped with a poached egg. Asparagus and broccolini, and a drizzle of hollandaise sauce. Very filling, and lovely.

Dead simple, Anya. I popped the steaks in a low oven to keep warm, reduced the creme fraiche in the frying pan with the steak juices and crumbled in some blue cheese at the same time.

All the recipes are really simple and like you say, full of fresh veg.

We're not eating much fruit at the moment but I will buy some berries next time I'm in the supermarket.

Did you melt the cheese into the sauce or was it more complicated than that?

It is such a good diet in terms of fruit and veg, isn't it?
Tonight we had beautiful fresh sole from the market with tartare, salad and three oven-baked chips each.

We had steak with blue cheese and creme fraiche sauce tonight. Steamed cavolo nero, cauliflower and green beans.

I had a carb craving at about 3pm this afternoon and would have killed for a slice of Lemon Drizzle with my

Good job there's nothing like that in the house.

That's what we had for lunch yesterday too Merlot

Glad the moose was tasty Mamie we had curry too with cauliflower rice, just zapped in the microwave as Grannyknot suggested. So simple, that's going to become a favourite I can tell.

So far these last week we have eaten cauliflower, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion, yellow and red onions, all sorts of peppers, mushrooms, celery, olives, capers, green beans, carrots, cabbage, kale and rocket, raspberries and blueberries and one banana.

I think this is the low carb, high fibre diet.

Just made a Simnel Cake for tomorrow when we have guests. It's a low carb meal but they'll never notice that. Just hope I can resist the cake and just stick to cheese sans biscuits instead.

Well the moose was excellent. It was a steak and could also have taken cooking like a steak, but it worked very well in the curry. For the veg dish, I did a low-carb take on Madhur's cauliflower and potato, replacing the potato with aubergine and red pepper.

We're having fish twice today but only because we're going away for a couple of days on Monday so I need to have a 'use up' in the fridge.

Avocado and prawn salad for lunch.

Tonight will be baked lemon sole covered with chopped capers, parsley and thyme.

The remains of Little Gem lettuce, wilted in white wine with chopped black olives and braised sliced leeks in a creamy cheese sauce.

I'm going to weigh myself on Sunday (first time for three weeks) because I know we'll be breaking the diet when we're away as it's all paid for so we WILL have pud!

I will then have a weigh in every Sunday and fingers crossed won't have put any back on.

If I have it will just mean going back to stage 1 and walking the legs off the dogs!!

Real moose? The hairy kind with antlers? That's a terrible pun

Glad you enjoyed the broccoli muffins. Would work well with asparagus and wilted spinach (squeazed)

We're having curry too, but much more prosaic - only chicken.

Thanks Anya! Just had the broccoli, egg, cheese thingy for lunch and it was delicious. Should work with asparagus in season?
Tonight is bottom of the freezer cuisine. OH bought some moose from Lidl in a fit of enthusiasm so we are having Kashmiri Red Moose Stew (sorry Madhur) with bottom of the veg drawer, cauliflower, aubergine and red pepper with lots of spices.
I did think of Moosaka but well, you know.....

Sounds delicious, I must try it.
The cabbage dish was lovely and didn't overwhelm the monkfish at all.

Last week DH made the Hairys version of Chicken Jalfrezi (just left out sugar and thickening) can't wait to have it again, so planned for Friday night. That cauliflower rice sounds the perfect accompaniment GK

Tonight the GS stay over so it's Pizza Quiche with various toppings. The base is not pastry. Will report back if successful.

Made the sugar and flour free cake yesterday. Don't bother! It looked great and tasted horrible. Will put it out for the birds if it ever stops raining. Big disappointment