Thought we needed a shiny new thread for the New Year.
The thread is intended to support people who are already on the diet or want to start losing weight / gaining health benefits by low-carbing.
Here is a simple explanation of this way of eating and how it works.
www.dietdoctor.com/lchf
You do not have to count calories, weigh anything, exercise furiously or feel hungry.
You do have to cut out sugar and sugar-substitutes and avoid starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice and pasta.
You need to eat lots of vegetables (especially those grown above ground) and protein which can be cheese, eggs, meat, fish etc. You can eat olive oil, butter and other natural fats. You can eat limited amounts of fruit, dark chocolate and some alcoholic drinks in moderation.
You need to avoid anything labelled low-fat and most processed food and drink.
Here is a link to the Mumsnet low-carb bootcamp thread, for those who want to lose weight more quickly than the diet adopted by most people on the existing Gransnet thread.
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/low_carb_bootcamp
Here is a link to the original Gransnet thread - though there is absolutely no need to plough through it before you start. 
www.gransnet.com/forums/dieting_and_exercise/1214778-Support-and-ideas-for-those-on-low-carb-diet
We aim to help each other by offering ideas, recipes and support. Welcome aboard!
Obviously fish day on the LCHF thread! All sounds delicious. Our monkfish kebabs and garlic mayo were good and (don't tell anybody), but we had six chips each (parboiled new potatoes cooked in olive oil in the oven). 
In our defence we have shovelled heaven knows how many wheelbarrows of sand and cement, weeded several raised beds and mowed half an acre of grass today.
Well barley is very low GI .. I think it does take time to get going and the low GI grains are helpful. There is an interesting article on cauliflower in the Guardian today - anyone tried it cooked whole on the barbie?
When spiralized with the plain blade they are called Tornado potatoes, BB, and can be cooked in the microwave on a wooden skewer for fewer calories. Still carb rich of course. GCs like doing them.
I also think courgettes make the best 'spaghetti', although have tried carrot butternut squash and celeriac. Mixed they make a colourful stir fry.
DH can have potatoes, I can't. So he would never eat them in front of me. Bless him. He has lost 7lb by just being considerate.One day we will share a bag of crisps 
It sounds idyllic at your house Mamie, like a French Good Life, with delicious home grown food 
. All mine comes from M&S. Although I am trying to avoid becoming diabetic I have struggled with the 8 week low carb diet because it is so difficult when eating out, away from home and so on. I have had to modify it, ie with porridge oats at breakfast, and crispbread lunch times and trying where possible low carb evening meal. The ideas on this thread have been brilliant and have learnt lots of ways with cauliflower! I still have beer at weekends, which is my Achilles heel, but have lost 7lbs unfortunately has taken about 7 weeks. My BMI is in normal range so is it possible that this is one of the reasons why I am so slow to lose weight - or am I making excuses?
It is idyllic sometimes Lazigirl but basically if we didn't flog ourselves to death garden, cook and eat I would suffer from terminal boredom. . There is very little else to do in the French countryside and winters can be very trying. The French don't do much convenience food either, though the charcuterie had a huge queue the day that cooked pigs' ears were on offer. 
I wonder if conventional LCHF would be easier? I think it is harder if you don't have much weight to lose and maybe "just" cutting out sugar and the starchy carbs would work better? Think my weight loss was only a pound a week with several pauses over the course of a year.
Registering is free, easy, and means you can join the discussion, watch threads and lots more.
Register now »Already registered? Log in with:
Gransnet »
