Low Carb Recipes Wanted!

Well, thanks to RiversGrace, I’ve lost 10 pounds! I was 165 2 weekends ago. I started last Monday, so that’s 8 days. Now I’m at 155. It fluctuates, but this is the lowest Ive seen the scale in a long time. I found this site today while looking for dinner ideas

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=125868

This recipe sounds good and I think I will be making it tonight
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=128546
Garlic Lime Chicken.

I switched to unsweetened almond milk when I was craving milk. Its nasty stuff, but if you add some splenda to it, its tolerable. Silk Vanilla is indeed yummy but carb wise, its almost the same as milk. Almond flour is supposed to be low carb too. Ive looked at one groccery store and didn’t find it. Going to check another store today. I might check the big fancy HEB this week. If you have a sweet tooth like me (or sweet teeth, rather LOL) look up low carb diabetic dessert recipes. There is also a sweetner called Erythritol that is supposed to be okay for diabetics and Atkins dieters. Its about $7/$8 a pound, but from what I understand, it lasts longer than regular sugar and it can be baked with. Supposedly it is absorbed in the lower intestine and occurs naturally in some fruits. I think you could probably only buy it online, but I havent looked into that very much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythritol

I am trying to get back down to 130 or 125 in time for my cousin’s wedding in May. I’m shooting for April, because that is probably when the bridesmaid dreses are going to be tailored and altered. woot!

If you want pasta but don’t want carbs, try Shiritaki noodles. I’m in Canada and we can get them in some health food stores, the higher end grocery stores – maybe Whole Foods. We also have a couple fo retail stores called, surprisingly, “Low Carb Canada” They have lots of goodies, such as the noodles, treats, chips made with beans (that tase a bit like nachos), sauces, jams, etc.

Congrats on your weight loss., too!

Try doing some searches for “Primal” diets and recipes– there is real science behind it, and it’s all about eating real, whole, healthy foods instead of the processed stuff that takes up most of our modern grocery store. This makes it inherently lower carbs– especially when looking at modern wheats.

Jennifer, I totally believe you! I have a friend who is (well hes a guy and guys are naturally thinner than women) skin and bones…Im always telling that boy to eat a cheezeburger or something (heheh)but he eats a lot. And he eats delicious things too. I asked him what his secret was once, and he said….

no processed foods (no partially hydrogenated anything, no high fructose corn syrup, no or little as possible artificial sweetners) whole grains, complex carbs (these have longer carbon chains, and therefore don’t turn directly to sugar, and your body works off some of the carbs just trying to digest them since they are harder to break down than simple carbs/sugars) and cardio. (anything really but he loved swimming)

I tried it for 2 weeks and felt a ton better already! I didnt have a scale to weigh myself, and I didn’t have the support and motivation I do now, so I dont know if I lost any weight that way, but it is a good way to eat and live a healthy lifestyle.

I am down to 151 today!! 😀 whoo hoo! It is a hard diet to follow for someone like me who *ADORES* pasta, rice, cake/cookies, soda, sweet tea and cereal, but there are alternatives. The key to doing Atkins/low carb (for me) is not to be too hard on yourself if you DO have ice cream or a slice of birthday cake or some lasagna. Its not the end of the world! You just have to make yourself eat better and stick to the diet the next 6 days (I allow myself 2 cheat days a week to eat whatever I want).

Although it feels good to eat those foods that are delicious but bad for you (my current favorite is mini chicken corndogs *drool*) the feeling you get from eating any food is less awesome than the feeling of stepping on the scale and seeing a smaller number. If you need to get motivated, contact RiversGrace. She gave me a peptalk that has kept me motivated! She is a normal person like everyone else here and if she can do it, so can I! And so can you!

Though whole grains are better than processed wheat products, they too can be a bit misleading. If you want to keep grains in your diet, the best grains are the old ones– the ones that we have not massively modified. Modern wheat is the worst of the lot, even whole wheat– dwarf wheats are not at all healthy to eat in quantity. Here’s an article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/wheat-gluten_b_1274872.html
(the only thing I disagree with in this article is the implication that ‘gluten free’ is somehow a fad– celiac’s disease is very real, and very serious for people that have a gluten intolerance)

The best grains are the ‘ancient’ grains… the ones that people have been eating for centuries and centuries. Sadly, none of our current mass-produced wheats fall into this category! It’s impossible to find bread in my area that doesn’t have wheat flour in it, so we have taken to making our own bread with other grains. It’s easier than it sounds!

yep, me too. I live on tacos and burritos, with beans. 😉

edit: way to go, Wampus. Had to run out and get lettuce, onion, tomato, avocado. Had burger (venison) seasoning, tortillas, refried beans, cheese, jalapinos, sour cream and salsa. 😉

So much for Wolfen and River’s diets. 😉