Low-carb support thread number three (2017)

I have just finished week one and lost 2 pounds which I am quite chuffed about. It’s been a struggle. I am trying to keep within 1200 cals while still lchf but feeling very tired. My body doesn’t seem to be adjusting....sleeping for Scotland! Any one else noticed this?

Ah glad you are settled now. OH and I would kill each other in a small kitchen. ?
See you on the new thread.

Good! After 6 months of house surfing, suitcase living, varying kitchens and not being organised, I need to get back on track. New minute kitchen will take some getting used to ?

Done!
www.gransnet.com/forums/dieting_and_exercise/1249582-Low-carb-support-thread-4-for-2018

Yesplease start a new thread Mamie. I’m new to this and need motivation!

I hope all my fellow low-carbers are well! I got down to 9.3 at the beginning of the year and maintaining between 9.3 and 9.6, which suits me.

I'm continuing with daily brisk walking and MFP to log intake.

How is everyone doing?

Mamie maybe you could start a new thread with 2018 in the title to encourage low-carbers and any newbies who'd like to join us!

It sometimes helps to post what you are planning on eating and then we can add ideas. ?

Mamie. Thank you for that. I have spent so much time comparing sites, recipies and plans that I feel I am overthinking it and confusing myself and so not getting started. I'll look for the bootcamp threads now. Thank you again.

Hi kazzerb and welcome. The Diet Doctor site has a 14 day meal plan and the Mumsnet low-carb bootcamp recipe threads are always good.
Our basic regime consists of full-fat yoghurt, nuts and berries for breakfast, omelette, soup or salad (with egg, cheese or meat) for lunch and then meat, egg-based or fish dishes with above-ground vegetables or salad for dinner.
Today we are having a smoky cauliflower, cream and cheese omelette for lunch and lemon chicken with greek salad for dinner.
I have had a look at some other meal plans but they seem to have a lot of sugar substitutes which I am not keen on.
Hope this helps.

Hi everyone. I am desperate to lose 2 stone and have been advised to try a low carb diet. I'm hopeless at staying motivated and on track. Does anyone have a meal plan I can follow to begin with to try to help me get started please.

Great to read that everyone is doing so well! I have been making the keto breads from the Diet Doctor website, which are delicious. I am needing to buy more Psyllium husk powder to replace the Holland and Barrett one that I have been using. Can anyone recommend a brand that doesn't produce purple-tinged bread?

My blood glucose has gone down from 6 to 4.6, using my home tester, which is very pleasing.

Never mind Singlegrannie, at least it hasn't gone up. ?
Just had Ottolenghi's smokey cauliflower frittata which was delicious.

Well I persuaded the nurse to let me have another HBA1c test, got results today. 6.5, same as six months ago. I was hoping for another drop but will try even harder !!

Glad everyone doing so well. I think winter is the most difficult to keep carb comfort foods at bay, so hopefully there will be more salad type days soon. The weather is weird, really warm for a few days, then wet and cold, and this morning frost on my car. I am a couple of pounds up and do need to be a bit more strict and do more walking. I never ever want to get back into diabetes zone.

Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well.
I am carrying on with low carb, my bmi has stabilised at about 22, and some days I allow myself a little leeway, maybe a small helping of reheated ( hopefully starch resistant) potato or a slice of bread. I have a check up with the diabetes nurse next month but I am told that a blood test won't be taken this time. I am disappointed, don't see how I can monitor my progress without known my HbA1c. Sure I had one this time last year !

Super news Poshgran well done ????

Hi everyone!
Just psyching up to attempt first lawn-taming of the year - it needs strimming before mowing it's so long!!
Lo-carb continues; feel so much better in myself & I don't worry about a couple of days of being "diet naughty" (my recent birthday celebration included a mid-week hotel break with a fabulous meal & super).
Now approaching 2 stone loss since last Sept, slow & steady works for me. Gout is quiet at moment arthritis grumbles at times - but I'm doing a Race for Life 5k in June - well, walking it, as knee will not permit jogging.
Bought a couple of cheap & cheerful summer dresses yesterday, oh, you do have legs! said OH, 2 sizes smaller than last.
Salmon, asparagus & carrot matchsticks for meal tonight after gardening duty.
Happy days all.

All fine here BB but ridiculously hot. It was 27° yesterday and after mowing, weeding and strimming all morning I had to stay inside for the afternoon. We have had a few barbecues, monkfish wrapped in bacon with salad, swordfish with greek salad and merguez sausages with last year’s ratatouille from the freezer. I often do avocado with shrimps for lunch but yesterday I tried it with chopped egg and tomato in mayo filling, which was lovely and the filling gave me a Proustian moment of childhood picnics. ?
I put on 2lbs over the winter and ai hope it should start coming off now, though fluid retention always hits in hot weather.

How is everyone?
We have had some lovely warm days here so we have been gardening non-stop for a few days. The strawberry patch was a sea of celandines and has taken me three days to weed. Still we should have lovely strawberries to look forward to.
Made a lovely rhubarb fool yesterday. We had lemon chicken with green beans. It was a nice change to have a pudding midweek.

Cold here in SW Wales but a little drier. We are waiting for better weather to lay a new lawn. Otherwise still doing low carb and sustaining weight loss. Can't wait for a bit of sun and warmth. Hope everyone is well and happy. Happy Easter.???

Replying to Lazigirl a month late!
We have had a long, cold, wet and windy spring in northern France. The garden is horribly late and the skies are grey.
We have been finishing off the winter food from the freezer, so lamb shanks, oxtail and casseroles have been our staple diet. We are meeting the family in the Nord (Pas de Calais) for Easter and will indulge in something exquisite in chocolate from the patisserie on Sunday.
I am longing for the first barbecue.

Oh, sorry Yes I do

Do you mean Luckygirl BB?

I am knitting Christmas wreaths for next Christmas. A friend wants some to sell. I could Hoover upstairs ,but it can wait. Have you managed to solve the problem of moving your DH Lazigirl ?

That is so good BB. We are cold and snowed in here in Shropshire too so wasting my time on Internet instead of useful stuff like cleaning cupboards etc