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Egg omlette? Or bacon, what?

Already asked this, but didn’t get an answer, perhaps the main man can tell me…Lactose free milk..in or out?

as well as omlettes other slow carb snackage:
handful of mixed nuts
some chickpea flatbread
celery spread with peanut butter

Handful of mixed nuts – doesn’t help, I want to scoff the whole bag.

Chickpea flatbreads made me want to vom despite me liking chickpeas.

I hate both celery and peanut butter.

Chickpea flatbreads made me want to vom despite me liking chickpeas.

😕

How? They just look and taste like pancakes.

.Lactose free milk..in or out?

Is it dairy?

A load of ham
some but NOT all the mixed nuts
fry and onion, pepper, garlic, lob in a tin of lentils and tsp of paprika, takes 10 mins

Mine did not taste like pancakes. They tasted like chickpeas but worse, and in a weird form.

Obviously milk is Dairy, but i thought although it had a Low GI, the fact that makes it a no no is that it has a high insulinemic response, caused by the lactose…so hence the question about lactose free.
Anyone care to elaborate?

What else is in it apart from lactose?

I give up………….

week 1 = 4lbs lost 😀

Week 2 weigh in this morning..same as last week! still on just under 3 KG from start weight though. Don’t know what happened last week. Only thing i think i did differently was i may have not have drank enough water. Anyone else had similar result..ie, same weight after a week?

What does drinking a lot of water do?

Simply fill you up so that you eat less or does it have other benefits?

I’m on the off day today, going to eat a loaf or two of bread. I’m thinking that I may do too much exercise to be on the diet anyway.

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Week 2 weigh in this morning..same as last week! still on just under 3 KG from start weight though. Don’t know what happened last week. Only thing i think i did differently was i may have not have drank enough water. Anyone else had similar result..ie, same weight after a week?

Similar to me, but I only have myself to blame.

I lost about 9lbs in 3 weeks, but nothing last week. I do cheat though, and have had tea/coffee with milk throughout the whole period.

Last week maybe I had less water, and more coffee, and more nuts, so that could be why.

I’m also going to experiment with a bit of fruit to see what I can get away with 🙂

AFAIK water does fill you up to an extent but the main benefits are to do with something complex re carb/water actions/retention as a significant part of the early weight loss is water. Digestive system also functions much better with a good flow of water to aid digestion and get rid of toxins etc.

re water – isn’t it just that your more likely to get dehydrated on a low-carb diet?

More here:

http://www.uiw.edu/nutrition/atkins/page3.html

The increased hydration is to ensure optimal liver function for fat loss. More important on cheat days as the carb overload will pull water to your digestive tract and muscle glycogen, which can result in dehydration/headaches.
The low Slow card/iDave diet will cause you to loose excess water/electrolytes.
I stuck to the diet last week apart from about 4 cups of coffee with milk, and the odd teaspoon of my daughters ready break when i was feeding her.

I’ve been integrating parts of the plan into my diet for a while and i’ve been fully compliant for almost a week. I don’t know if i’ve lost any weight because i’m not measuring it (i’m not on the diet to lose weight), but i certainly feel better for the change. Cook breakfasts are a great bonus, and my post workout Snickers tasted soooo good earlier (which as molgrips said above it is a nice motivational tool).

re water – isn’t it just that your more likely to get dehydrated on a low-carb diet?

It’s not meant to be low carb mind.

However there’s a limit to how many beans I can eat so for me it’s medium carb at best.

wtf sort of food is a butternut squash ?

wtf sort of food is a butternut squash ?

The answer is in the question. What you do with it though… I haven’t the foggiest.

Goes nice with a fish finger sandwich.

I prefer orange squash with a fish finger sandwich.

I only have water myself.

….lot of coffee and peppermint tea though.

I’ve struggled with gram flour flat breads, throwing loads of chilli powder or paprika in helps but it can’t completely mask the strong chickpea taste.

My flat bread ended up like a massive untasty scotch pancake. 🙁

I made some this afternoon and i’m hoping some flavoursome meat will improve them.

just found this thread but been paleo for a year. my eczema went away too, after 45 years ! Experiment has shown it was oats…

Which is a bit unfortunate with a name like flap_jack.

Dunno if butternut squash is in or out, they are classed as low GI I thnk. Chop it into cubes and roast in olive oil with onion ,garlic peppers, chilli, add a tin of tomatoes. Pre I dave I would then cover it in cheese at the end..

For the record, the squash is fine 🙂

Have to agree that the gram flour flatbread I made was grim. I did do them a bit too thick so were almost burnt on the outside and undercooked in the middle so will give them one more go. Anything else I can do with the stuff (given Tesco only sell it in massive bags).

Anyone tried amaranth flour (assuming it’s ‘in’)?

For the flat breads this is the recipe I am using http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/recipe/chickpea_flour_flatbread I make them in round cake tins (the kind you make a sponge in, the quantity here goes into 2 tins) this recipe suggests leaving the mix for 2-8 hours before adding the salt and oil, not sure why, but I usually leave it overnight or whilst at work before cooking. After pouring into the tins I bake them in the oven at maximum heat for 20-30 mins.
compared to other recipes I have looked at.

Anyone for flaxbread?

Ingredients:
2 cups flax seed meal
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 Tablespoons sugar equivalent from artificial sweetener
5 beaten eggs
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup oil
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan (a 10X15 pan with sides works best) with oiled parchment paper or a silicone mat.

1) Mix dry ingredients well — a whisk works well.

2) Add wet to dry, and combine well. Make sure there aren’t obvious strings of egg white hanging out in the batter.

3) Let batter set for 2 to 3 minutes to thicken up some (leave it too long and it gets past the point where it’s easy to spread.)

4) Pour batter onto pan. Because it’s going to tend to mound in the middle, you’ll get a more even thickness if you spread it away from the center somewhat, in roughly a rectangle an inch or two from the sides of the pan (you can go all the way to the edge, but it will be thinner).

5) Bake for about 20 minutes, until it springs back when you touch the top and/or is visibly browning even more than flax already is.

Nutritional Information: Each of 12 servings has less than a gram of effective carbohydrate (.7 grams to be exact) plus 5 grams fiber, 6 grams protein, and 185 calories.

just found this thread but been paleo for a year. my eczema went away too, after 45 years ! Experiment has shown it was oats…

and you thought it was eczema all that time!! 😯

wtf sort of food is a butternut squash ?
The answer is in the question. What you do with it though… I haven’t the foggiest.

Cut in half, score the fruit, brush with olive oil.
Turn over brush the skin with a little oil also
Roast it till tender, 20 mins or so in a preheated oven.

I like a bit of rock salt and black pepper, if this fits the rules though I don’t know.

Works with other squashes too, though they are usually at a ‘Waitrose Tax’ price level – grow your own.

One of the benefits of being vagitarian, you know how to deal with some weird looking veg, and usually have to tell the checkout staff what it is 🙂

“vagitarian”

I like the sound of that!