Starting low carb eating again, anybody want to join me?

[EmmaG]

Originally Posted by Kim

Thanks so much for info Emma. Have added that site to my favourites. I eat quite a lot of chicken, I love fajitas, stir fries, curries, I also love bread & potatoes

I feel so uncomfortable, nothing fits and I really hate my size. I loathe having my picture taken and avoid even looking in the mirror.

Kazz, I do a fair bit of walking with the dogs, about an hour most evenings, usually more at the week-ends. Perhaps I need to get myself an exercise bike!

Kim I think if you can cut out the bread and potatoes you would do very well lowcarbing. When I decided I wanted to lose some weight I rearched about low carbing for about a week and decided it was for me. The first time I low carbed I lost just over 3 stone and felt fantastic.

If you have got any questions don't hesitate to ask.

[EmmaG]

Originally Posted by Sweet

Well Done x

I wish I felt up to trying something like this......I have I think its 17 or maybe 18 weeks to our Wedding and I need to try and maybe lose a little, but just not feeling very motovated in any way at all at the mo.

Instead of a hug I need a good kick up the Ar** lol x

lol Well I would recommend low carbing, but it isn't for everybody. Have a read on the Lowcarbfriends site and see if it is for you.

Well with my cauliflower mash I added some Boursin cream cheese,.....yum that was good

[Kim]

Originally Posted by EmmaG

If you have got any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks so much.

You did really well to lose 3 stone - I would feel fantastic if I lost that much!

[Kazz]

Kim try cutting out the bread and the potatoes, but try something a bit differet like swimming once a week or the auquarobics classes at the local swimming baths or the ladies only sessions.

[Kazz]

Can you eat rice on this low carb diet?

[EmmaG]

Hi Kazz, american long grain rice is very high in carbs (so are a lot of other types of rice) to start off it isn't recommended but after I lost a lot of my weight I switched to Basmati rice which has a lower Gi value. So rice is fine it you want to maintain your weight on a low carb way of eating but it will dramatically slow down the weight loss.

I substitute fried Cauliflower instead of rice and it works very well, and I am sure it must be better for you.

[EmmaG]

Kim, another thing that helped me realise how many carbs I was eating was to make a note of what you are eating for a couple of days.

On average I was eating 300 carbs a day, no wonder I was putting on weight.

Don't forget low carbing is exactly that, LOW not NO, you get your carbs from Veg and not processed foods.

[EmmaG]

If anybody is interesting in doing Atkins low carb this is a list of acceptable foods for the first two weeks.

http://www.atkins.com/articles/atkin...ceptable-foods

Although I no longer follow Atkins it does give you a good idea of what foods are lower carb

[Mags]

Why can't you buy Atkins products in the shops now Emma? Have they stopped doing them?

[EmmaG]

I think Atkins had quite a few financial problems a couple of years back and stopped producing their products in the UK. I believe you can still buy them in the USA.

I would recommend this site if anybody wants speciality low carb foods, i.e. jams, sauces, pasta etc.

I can recommend the dreamfields pasta, my OH cannot tell the difference between this and normal pasta. It is pricey but last a long time if you can limit yourself to one portion a week.

www.lowcarbmegastore.com

They also stock Atkins products