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!
There is a fish and chip van that comes once a week to a café about 10km away. Never tried it though.
The French have got as far as "Drive" shops, where you order on line and drive to a warehouse next to the supermarket to fetch it yourself or you can drive to the smaller shops, choose your produce and they deliver it.
Why you would want to do either of these things, I know not.
I'm guessing raw cauli doesn't freeze well???? 
PS is DH all right after eating it?
Oh, he eats anything. Too much veg makes his stomach gurgle so we will leave it there.
But thanks for asking Anya
Good
Day 41/100 alcohol challenge 
Anya You are a very strong woman considering all the political excitement! Maximum respect. I am off the beer - but on the white wine! Well it does have less carbs.
Roll on September 4th 
Thank you Lazigirl for the yogurt info.
I shall put the 4 September in my diary * Anya* to celebrate you returning to the bottle. . What was your reasoning behind going on the wagon or was it purely a carbs/sugar reduction ?
If only Lazigirl
Morning all. Hope everyone is still doing well?
Had my six month check-up yesterday and BP fine after six months completely off the tablets.
Can't keep up with the no alcohol group because this is the time of year when everyone drops in for an apero and we actually get to sit on our terrace with a glass of wine like wot they do in A Place in the Sun.
Bastille Day today so we will have a duck and fig kebab barbie with the first of our green beans in a salad.
Salads galore for lunches and too many cherries, melons and strawberries for a strict low-carb diet, but weight is stable apart from fluid retention in the heat....
Almost half way Anya Go Girl.
Off to New Forest tomorrow, will make a point of choosing a good variety of food especially fish this coming week, however a few chips and ice-cream may force their way through my lips.
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