Carb free

[di]

...or just turned into a circle.

[Alison]

I struggle to understand this no carbs thing, I avoid the rubbishy processed ones but then again I don't eat much processed food and fully buy into keeping away from things that don't need to be in food. Find this pretty easy by cooking from scratch, if you know the base ingredient you know what you're eating, if you want to scare yourself, start reading packaging. That said, if I don't eat carbs I feel lethargic and tired. I need my energy so eat what my body needs and it works very well on a bowl of wholewheat pasta with a tomato and veggie sauce.

[Two_Sheds]

if I don't eat carbs I feel lethargic and tired.

A lot of us feel that way if we do eat carbs

It's not for everyone though: athletes need their carbs. Mr TS gets through a mountain of pasta when he's "training", ie off the chocky bickies

[Alison]

It's not for everyone though: athletes need their carbs. Mr TS gets through a mountain of pasta when he's "training", ie off the chocky bickies

Oh yes, have no problems with different people's bodies needing different things but get annoyed when people get very vocal about how they can't possibly eat this or that because somebody famous eats a stupid restrictred diet and they decide to copy. No problem with people like yourself who have worked out how you work and fuel it in a balanced manner but the balance bit is the point. Too many people just cut something out without thinking of their diet as a whole. Will NEVER understand why people don't make the connection with what they put in (and on for that matter) their bodies and how they feel. I know that if I eat very much fatty foods I need to run to the loo so I keep off that sort of stuff, never was that fussed on buttery stuff anyway so maybe my body was a step ahead of my brain anyway

[VirginVegGrower]

Sometimes your body needs a "shake up". It's not a daddy diet, but a wake up call to your body and can be used to kickstart a sluggish metabolism. Think of it in terms of a change of shampoo or a change of skincare regime. This is a regimen that many nutritionists, medics will advocate for people with health issues/allergies. Your body gets used to what you put into it as indeed shampoo/hair, etc. I used to fast every weekend on beetroot and carrot juice, when I was much younger and without children. It wasn't for any other reason than kick starting my system. I felt great in it for three years. That is fairly hardcore. This isn't and if you feel better for an "oil change" then why not? It is not for me to judge.

[zazen999]

Or it's just [as described in my original post] a way of trying to reduce the carbs on a regular basis and getting used to having no carbs for a week will help us to be more imaginative about the menu planning and cooking that we do. As veggies, we rely heavily on carbs and we have talked about reducing it for ages, and I must admit I am having no bad reaction to it and am feeling quite energised this week.

[zazen999]

So....all week I've felt lively and good and...


Yesterday I had my longed for porridge, a bagel for lunch and a little rice with curry and loads of salad and I was totally zoned out most of the day and went to bed at 8 and slept right through til 6:30 this morning.

I'm back on the cheese for breakfast this morning. Just watched Mr Z toast the last cinnamon bagel. So Tempted but just felt so tired yesterday I restrained myself.

I like cheese.

ETA: Friday, I went from 7am til 2pm with only eating a little cheese before I was hungry again. Marvelous.

[VirginVegGrower]

I could live on cheese and celery. It's the family that hold me back

[zazen999]

And then there this;




You can eat this slathered in fresh cream and it will still be low carb!

Ok - I made half a batch, and put it in silicone cupcake moulds - it made 8 normal size and 8 minis - and I'm currently having some, slathered in fresh cream.

These are delicious and the next batch, I'm taking to work! Next time I'll buy ground almonds though as I had to grate mine. It was a bit fiddly but well worth it.

[julesapple]

Aldi or, if you have one near you, an Asian supermarket are cheapest for ground almonds. I've also bought a less sweet sweetener to make the next lot...I could still taste the Aldi stuff the next day.

There are more delicious low carb chocolate recipes here courtesy of WhitbyJet

[zazen999]

Smashing - will explore that over the next few days.

I'm not missing carbs yet - never thought I'd say it but there it is in black and white.

[Two_Sheds]

Porridge with soya milk for brekky, tin of tom soup for lunch, tin of pineapple for snack (jkt spud & beans for dinner). Still no wheat, but right sinus is still blocked

[Alison]

Re the ground almonds, I've put whole or flaked ones in my mini food processor in the past to make ground ones, only takes a few seconds and works really well. Cake looks lovely but we'd end up throwing half (at least) of it away as we don't eat much of that sort of thing so I only really make fruit cakes which last for weeks unless we have loads of people round.

[zazen999]

Re the ground almonds, I've put whole or flaked ones in my mini food processor in the past to make ground ones, only takes a few seconds and works really well. Cake looks lovely but we'd end up throwing half (at least) of it away as we don't eat much of that sort of thing so I only really make fruit cakes which last for weeks unless we have loads of people round.

You can just make half - I did.

[julesapple]

It's getting difficult to cook for six or seven people.....tonight the BH wants curry, but he and me aren't doing rice...so maybe the cauli-rice substitute....but then, I need to cook rice for the YPs. Actually, the difficult bit is finding substitute 'fillers'.....things to replace bread, pasta, rice etc. I don't really want to do wholewheat alternatives as we're trying to cut the wheat/starchy things and we don't like brown rice or pasta. Burgen bread is different.....nom...

There are lots of low carb breakfasts and lunches recommended in various places, but they are nearly all cooked....I seem to be on an endless cycle of cooking and washing up.