Low-carb support thread 4 for 2018

Thank you for empathising with me Rillao, just need to hear others in same boat!

Newbie here, with apologies that my very first post asks for help instead of offering something.

I've been doing LCHF for 8 weeks now but have lost only 6lbs which seems a bit miserable. I was 10st.9lbs and am now 10st.2.8. I did go down to 10st.1, gained 2lbs and have lost 1lb. I'm 5'3" so I need to lose more. What am I doing wrong?

I don't feel I've cheated. No bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, desserts, pastries, sugar. Only "cheats" have been about a month ago at a Diamond Wedding, I had a small piece of celebration cake because it was difficult to refuse and a few days ago, in a bit of despair, I had an ice cream - ate some of the ice cream, none of the cone and disposed of the remnants. During those 8 weeks I have had 2 Granny Smith apples because I miss them so much!

A typical day is
Breakfast: either nothing or 2 eggs scrambled in butter
Lunch: salad leaves with tuna/cheese/smoked salmon and, depending on what's available, avocado/coleslaw (my own, just white cabbage and Hellman's)/radishes/cucumber, etc.
Evening meal: grilled chicken/lamb/steak with salad or vegetables or LCHF meal e.g. Butter chicken or similar, with rice for DH and either nothing or cauliflower mash/rice for me.
Tea is with almond milk no sweetener, coffee with cream, fizzy or still water, lots of it, Twinings fruit teas sometimes.

I was occasionally having a vodka with soda and a squeeze of lime, gave that up and that was when I gained weight!

I've followed advice and help on here (many thanks), John Briffa, Gary Taubes, Diet Doctor, MN bootcamp and I know it's the right thing to do but it doesn't seem to be working for me as it does for everyone else.

Ladies, what am I doing wrong?

Hi Jessity
I think your weight loss is good, I think if it is slower you are more likely to keep it off and you are more likely to maintain good habits. It may be that you are just on a plateau for a couple of weeks.
I do have the same problem as you, as I have got to just under 11 stone (I am 5 ft 2) I find it much harder to lose the weight although my blood sugar has improved greatly.
I am always pleased with every half pound!
Perhaps you could try tracking your calories, just to see if the fats are putting you up to maintenance levels? I find I have to eat less than 1100 calories to lose anything. The Blood Sugar Diet is only 800. I use My Fitness Pal or Lose It (which I subscribe to but you can use it off-line).
The BSD restricts fruit and veg too - based around berries and green leafy vegetables. Oily fish and cheese can add up too.
Try drinking more water, and walking a bit further each day.
I often find a day with white fish, vegetables, green veg soup (home made) and berries/yoghurt for breakfast can kick start the weight loss again.
You sound so disciplined, don't feel guilty about the odd treat (and I would have the vodka)!

Thank you Rilla, much to think about there. I like the idea of berries and yoghurt, not had either while I’ve been doing this WOE. Green veg soup should be a doddle too, I’m a keen cook. And permission to drink vodka too! What’s not to like

Welcome Jessity. You are doing fantastically well and if you don't mind me saying think you are a tadge impatient expecting to lose weight more rapidly. I started this way of eating over 2 years ago because I was pre diabetic and lost over a stone in about a year! I did not restrict myself too severely because I wanted this to be a way of eating for life and not just a quick fix to lose some weight. Happily I am now out of the diabetic zone but yesterday went out to eat and had scampi and chips , but this isn't part of my daily diet or I'd be back where I started! Occasionally when I do eat out or have visitors I eat "off piste" and gain a bit of weight, but then get back on track. Rilla you have definitely got the right idea, and it's important to incorporate a bit more exercise ie walking into your routine. Good luck to both of you, it's worth it in the end

Morning all - emerging from trying to work out what a low-carber does with a hundred plus kilos of plums. ?
I agree with the others Jessity that it does take time, especially if you don't have as much to lose as others.
One thing I did was a variation on Michael Mosley's high intensity exercise thing. I used to go to the nearest hill and walk for thirty seconds as fast as I could until out of breath, then slow down for 30, gradually building up to a minute at fast speed, a minute at slow speed, and then two minutes. It seemed to help, but obviously only if there is no medical problem.

Thank you for this support and the suggestions. I was trying not to be impatient but got so disheartened when I put weight back on again. I do need to take a longer term view I know, not least because I feel good with this WOE after so many years of failed diets. Interesting to be reminded in Briffa's and Taubes's books that "no potatoes, bread, rice, pasta" was what we all did when I was a teenager in the 60s but much better now to understand the science behind it.

Jessity you're doing well but like me and others on here you don't have a great deal of weight to lose so it's always difficult to keep up the momentum. Your diet sounds fine so to kick-start it and lose a few pounds you have to up the exercise I'm afraid! I've just done a 2-hour walk with a friend and am hoping not to undo the good work later as meeting my sister for lunch.

I went from 11.1 to 9.3, over a period of a few months - I now hover between 9.3 - 9.7, currently stuck on 9.7.

It's a life-long battle this weight business! But I'm determined to avoid diabetes, obesity, dodgy knees, etc.

Thanks Riverwalk, it was the thought of diabetes that made me research insulin resistance and discover LCHF. I walk most days and do two yoga classes each week but you’re right, I need to increase my walking. I love yoga but it’s not enough, it’s accompanied me through all my weight gains and losses of the last 20 years. I’m so impressed by your weight loss, well done seems a bit inadequate. You must feel fantastic. It is a life long battle, I seem to have been dieting since my early 20s!

Weigh in today, pleased to say this time I have stuck to the diet. Two weeks in, and lost six pounds....yea I know it’s probably mostly water....but it’s inspiring none the less. I’m getting quite obsessive about it all. Don’t know if 5hats a good or bad thing!

Well done GrannyIsland. Sounds like good weight loss.
I have also lost weight but only because I have lost my appetite after falling down stairs and breaking my ankle! Have stuck to low-carb apart from my day in hospital when breakfast was bread and jam. ? Now two weeks in and lugging around a cast from toes to thigh. I don't recommend it.

Well done Granny Island, great loss.
I have just returned from a week in Italy so haven’t lost weight! But haven’t put on either. But blood sugar has come down as far as I can see, and I have stuck to the low carb as much as possible. I am very pleased with glucose levels, and now have 5 weeks to think about weight loss too.
My problem is my tablets, one of which pushes blood sugar down. So by the evening it is going too low and I have to top up with extra calories and carbs for overnight. It is frustrating. The DN doesn’t want to reduce the tablet until I can get my BS and weight down. A bit of a vicious circle unfortunately.

Mamie
I am sorry to hear about your ankle, I hope it improves quickly ?

Thank you for your kind encouragement - Mamie good on you for even thinking about dieting when you have had an accident - get well, and put Lchf on back burner! Rilla, you sound as though you have problems too, I feel guilty now for going on about weight loss ?

Oh hard luck Mamie. Hope you make a good recovery.

Thanks all. With this huge heavy cast I can't cook so OH (who normally does about half) is doing it all, we are having masses of fish and all things bone building so LCHF works well. I don't fancy wine at all, which may be making a difference. ?
I think it takes 6 weeks until the plaster comes off so I am stuck really.

Just seen this. So sorry to hear about your ankle*Mamie*. I hope it is not too painful.
We have spent the summer with loads of visitors. So I have been cooking non -stop, or so it seems. Got rid of the glut of courgettes though. Hope everyone on here is doing well.

Thanks BB I haven't really had much pain at all, even at the beginning. The cast is very uncomfortable though.
We are trying to cope with the last of the gluts in the garden, sooo many tomatoes. Kindly neighbours keep arriving with peaches and apples as well. It is the worst time of year for being ou of action really and we were packing to go on holiday when it happened.
Low-carb is good though; I know I am getting the right nutrients in me.

Morning everyone. I have not been here for ages but am looking for a specific recipe for a good keto bread. Does anyone have one please?

Mamie, so sorry to hear about your accident, hope the plaster cast won’t spoil your holiday. We had a huge garden some years ago, masses of tomatoes among other delights and there’s a limit to what you can eat or give away. Have you tried open freezing them (cake cooling trays are useful)? Bag them up when frozen. Use them for cooking over the winter months instead of tinned varieties.

Isabella, I’ve been making ‘Ooopsie Bread’, basically just eggs and cream cheese or yogurt. Just google oopsie or cloud bread for recipes and flavourings. They’re not very substantial, but fine for dipping in soup, or when you’re desperate for a sarny!

Thanks Jessity, holiday cancelled I'm afraid as cast is from toes to thigh and we were supposed to be driving down to the Med.
Yes we open freeze toms and OH has done loads of concasse for casseroles etc. The tomatoes are amazingly sweet after all that heat and we had 30° again yesterday.
I get a daily visit from the nurses for injections and they are well supplied with toms too. ?

Thanks Grannyisland yes I too do batches of oopsie bread and freeze it but i was hoping for a more substantial sort of 'bread.'

Let’s hope we get some recommendations here!

Hope your ankle is healing well Mamie
Just wanted to have a rant really. I am so cross with my DD. Apparently she was diagnosed pre-diabetic two years ago and has done nothing about it. I know she has a very responsible job and often doesn't feel like cooking in the evening. But she and DiL have been eating junk. DiL diet is a whole new book. He has gout and is very over weight.
I am determined to help DD all I can and will not say "I told you so", So wish us luck