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!
Yes a whole celeriac can be microwaved. After I'd peeled the beast there was about 500gm.
I followed Shysal's link - and only used salt and pepper, no sugar, or butter for cooking. It was perfectly cooked after 10 minutes cooking then 10 minutes standing.
Surprisingly considering how solid a celeriac is it's a bit watery, not as much as a swede but certainly more than a potato - I wonder if piercing half-way through cooking would dry it out a bit.
I opened it like a baked potato and put butter, more S&P, and grated comte - all very filling and tasty. 
Olive oil and massage it by hand for 5-10 minutes. It reduces by half and sort of cooks. Strange but true.
Think it definitely was the sugar in the icing "Riverwalk", I could sort of feel it as I was eating it. Shame, because the "fraisiers" from that patisserie are superb.
Now in the UK and averting my gaze from cakes and puddings galore. Fortunately DD is a very good low-carb cook.
I have never seen anything about celeriac in the microwave - maybe in the oven?
Tonight we are having sausages with a salad of broccoli, red pepper and avocado.
I am also enjoying the cheddar with chilli that I love (and a pork pie shh.....).
I'm glad you're fine now Mamie - a good deterrent against further fancy cakes . Maybe there was something wrong with the strawberries - would a bit of sugar have had such an affect?
I could swear we've had mention of microwaving a whole celeriac but I can't find it .... can someone please lead me in the right direction (or confirm that it's just my imagination!)
Make sure you wear your new trousers and that'll keep you on track
I have just bought a pair of trousers a size smaller than usual!! It is just that the scales don't seem to register a significant weight loss. Still I am happy. Out tonight to a local taverna, for chicken kebabs and salad, the others will have loads of chips with theirs, made with delicious Cyprus potatoes. 
Riverwalk we had people to dinner who brought a lovely strawberry cake from the patisserie. It had quite a bit of icing which was obviously very sweet and was the first really sugary thing we had had for months. We both had a really restless night with hot sweats, racing heart and busy brain, upset stomach in the morning and then three days of weeing a lot. Can only think it was a sort of reaction. All fine now.
You're doing so well BB!
Mamie I must have missed the strawberry cake incident - what happened?
In the slow-cooker right now I'm batch-cooking chicken & fennel:
Thinly sliced red onion
Thickly sliced 2 fennel bulbs/heads?
Topped with 8 chicken thighs (bone in, skinless) browned in olive oil and butter & sprinkled with our friend Za'atar
One lemon quartered
Seasoning
BTW I get my Za'atar from Ocado
Fine thanks BB and I meant to say well done to you as well. Brilliant weight loss.
Well done BB! You have done so well!
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