losing it's luster. This is what always happens to me...
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@GrannyMayOz thanks ((hugs))0
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TribalmamaEmily wrote: »@timeyn I took the liberty of looking at your food diary. Granted I don't know what some of those things are, being from the states, i did notice the counts are generally higher in protein and lower in fat. Try reversing this consistently for a week and see if that doesn't move the scale.
When i first went LC my pie chart was 5% carb, 30% protein and 65% fat. This worked fabulous for me at first. Then stalls. When I changed that to 5% carb, 20%protein, and 75% fat the scales moved again and consistently. I know it doesn't look like that much of a difference but it was really hard for me to increase my fat and limit the protein in order to keep my calorie count the same. I'm a HFLCer that actually believes that there is some creditability in CICO. I know I'm gonna get a lot of back biting for this but I cannot eat all the calories I want and still lose weight, even if it is in the form of meat. I also know of others who are the same as me and been eating LC way longer than me.
Like others have mentioned experiment. Some eat all meat and it works, some do a fat or egg fast and that triggers the scales to move again.
The only jumping you'll get from most of us is the correction of your misconception that we think calories don't matter. No one here argues that you can eat 5000 calories and not gain weight. What we do say is that most people can maintain a deficit without having to count calories, because satiety usually self limits them. Some people can't do this at any given moment for whatever reason, but most can.0 -
I know calories matter... that's why I am counting, but I know that they aren't the ONLY thing that matters.. that much is clear. I will try to increase my fat. I have had a hard time doing that, because I actually hate fat bombs and things swimming in butter.. and I already eat too much cheese
but I will see what I can do and hopefully it will work. Thank you 0 -
I know calories matter... that's why I am counting, but I know that they aren't the ONLY thing that matters.. that much is clear. I will try to increase my fat. I have had a hard time doing that, because I actually hate fat bombs and things swimming in butter.. and I already eat too much cheese but I will see what I can do and hopefully it will work. Thank you
What about simply incorporating fattier cuts of meat? Whole roasted chicken with the skin on, rib eyes, chuck roasts, higher fat ground beef? Look at some traditional French recipes for ways to incorporate more fat into your cooking that's delicious. A high fat diet does not have to be made up of fat bombs or greasy food! Just go back in time a bit and remember how food used to be prepared before low fat became a thing. Best wishes to you.
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Also check out www.iherb.com -- in California. They probably will ship to Norway. I am in Japan and just ordered Effer-C packets and also Nuun drops, not too expensive. If you order enough, the shipping is free to Japan, so look for deals.
thanks for that. I found the Nuun on iherb and the shipping was reasonable if you don't order too much weight also found those miracle noodles I have been looking for I know should probably avoid carb substitutions, but sometimes you just need something 0 -
When I started I was looking for food to replace carbs. Researching what I could cook, buy or otherwise to fill those gaps. You know what? You don't need it and life is much easier without it.
Here what I do now: KISS - Keep it simple, Sunshine!
(I refuse to call myself or anyone else stupid, hence the Sunshine. )
I eat:
Meats. All of them. Beef, chicken, pork, fish. And bacon. Glorious bacon.
Eggs.
A little cheese.
Coffee.
Tea.
Heavy Cream.
Add sauces: curry, stroganoff, hollandaise, any French, creamy or cheesy sauce, plain melted butter.
Fry, roast, slow cook, braise, steam.
If you want vegetables, stick with a green side veg and you can't go wrong.
It's easier. It's simpler. Less planning, less worrying about whether you have x, y or z to make such and such a recipe. It's also more filling. What Goat refers to as Faux Foods and I like to call Frankenfoods make life more complicated. You do not need them.
Eat fresh, Eat Simple. That's how our bodies are designed to work.
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@Sajyana I am trying to eat simple. I am a foodie and love to cook, so it's hard for me! lol. And I guess I feel I need those things when I really want pasta ( I make zucchini pasta, but it just doesn't do it) or a bread for breakfast (I make some coconut flour flatbread) I just need a few more things (soy wraps and stuff) and hopefully I will be satisfied.
BUT on another note. I guess all the whining paid off! the scale finally moved 2.5 kg.
Thank you all for your kind words, good advice, tough love and support. It really helped me and stopped me from getting a croissant!0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »Girl, you live in Norway. Scandinavia is...like...the meat capital of the world. Look at this stuff! Okay, maybe not smalahove unless you're really brave or used to it, but cloudberries and whipped cream? I don't even know what cloudberries are, but that sounds really good! Lamb's ribs? Leg of lamb? Yes please. Moose? Reindeer? Ptarmigan? I'm practically drooling here. Who needs "low carb!" products? They're full of crap usually anyway.
As for your husband's snide comments, tell him to stuff it. Then explain to him that he's being a jacka$$ and if he keeps it up, he can lie in the bed he's thoroughly made for himself -- on the couch. You're doing this for your health and if he doesn't get that, then he's not worth your time. Men just need a swift kick in the butt sometimes (even the men who get stuff like this, like Goat, have thoroughly inserted foot in mouth at times).
Do you really need electrolyte drinks? Perhaps take some time to figure out what you actually need out of it and make sure you get more of that in your regular food (and remember -- MFP is notoriously horrible about potassium values, because nutrition labels are horrible about them, so you're probably getting a lot more than MFP says you are). If you still need more, make bone broth from all that lovely meat you have available to you. Nature's electrolyte drink right there.
One of the differences between a "diet" and a "lifestyle change" is attitude. If you keep thinking about all the things you can't have for one reason or another, you're going to feel deprived and miserable (just like you currently are), but if you instead think about all the wonderful stuff you can have, and what you choose to partake in, you'll find it much easier to stick to.
Find a reindeer farmer and get yourself 1/4 or 1/2 of one. Invest in a dehydrator and maybe a meat grinder. Make jerky and meat sticks, so you have awesome stuff that you want to take with you when you go places. Who needs a boring beef burger when you have reindeer or moose burgers waiting for you at home? Who needs bland chicken when you have Ptarmigan? (For those that don't know, it's a type of grouse, or for you Texans, prairie chicken.) Seriously, grouse beats chicken any day of the week.
I do get it. I have PCOS. I am the queen of plateaus. It's all about perspective, though. Think about all the good things that have come from what you're doing.
Oh, and if you don't feel good in ketosis, then don't aim for ketosis. Whether you keep your carbs or your protein high enough to stay out of it is up to you. You don't need ketosis to reap the benefits of LCHF.
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LOL!! Absolutely Dragomwolf!!
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@Sajyana I am trying to eat simple. I am a foodie and love to cook, so it's hard for me! lol. And I guess I feel I need those things when I really want pasta ( I make zucchini pasta, but it just doesn't do it) or a bread for breakfast (I make some coconut flour flatbread) I just need a few more things (soy wraps and stuff) and hopefully I will be satisfied.
BUT on another note. I guess all the whining paid off! the scale finally moved 2.5 kg.
Thank you all for your kind words, good advice, tough love and support. It really helped me and stopped me from getting a croissant!
Good for you! Hopefully the loss will provide the encouragement you need!
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@Sajyana I am trying to eat simple. I am a foodie and love to cook, so it's hard for me! lol. And I guess I feel I need those things when I really want pasta ( I make zucchini pasta, but it just doesn't do it) or a bread for breakfast (I make some coconut flour flatbread) I just need a few more things (soy wraps and stuff) and hopefully I will be satisfied.
BUT on another note. I guess all the whining paid off! the scale finally moved 2.5 kg.
Thank you all for your kind words, good advice, tough love and support. It really helped me and stopped me from getting a croissant!
I feel it. I love to cook too. Even homemade bread. I really missed baking at first. I still bake but it's mostly for the school to sell through their canteen (tuckshop for the Aussies). It felt so weird not to cook and bake as much. I'm trying to transfer that love of sweet baked goods to well-cooked meats. I'm getting there. Slowly. It's not always easy to break habits you've had for years.
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I've been surprised by how much I've enjoyed cooking all these different meals (and the repeated favorites we discovered). I always loved grilling, but I'm making something different every week, and my husband and I really enjoy the time together spent doing it!0
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@octobubbles, I'm also enjoying cooking so much more now. It's more fun to me now than its ever been. Plus, I have the energy I need to do it!0
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@octobubbles, I'm also enjoying cooking so much more now. It's more fun to me now than its ever been. Plus, I have the energy I need to do it!
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All sorts! IbreathI'mHungry's blog is a great resource, as is ruled.me, and the recipes posted for fat bombs here and also just with a google. Omnompaleo has a bunch of keto-friendly recipes.
Mostly we've reduced our cooking to sauces to have over meat (hollandaise, a goat cheese cream sauce...). We make bubba burgers at least once a week and just dress them up however suits us (my husband goes for more veggies than I do). I cook before work, I cook when I get home. I roast a chicken in the crockpot every Sunday and then make bone broth from the rest.
This weekend I want to make cracklins from chicken thighs, and serve them with cream cheese and bacon.0 -
All of the recipes I have cooked are posted in this group in the launch pad. Great ideas that can be modified to personal taste too.0
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octobubbles wrote: »All sorts! IbreathI'mHungry's blog is a great resource, as is ruled.me, and the recipes posted for fat bombs here and also just with a google. Omnompaleo has a bunch of keto-friendly recipes.
Mostly we've reduced our cooking to sauces to have over meat (hollandaise, a goat cheese cream sauce...). We make bubba burgers at least once a week and just dress them up however suits us (my husband goes for more veggies than I do). I cook before work, I cook when I get home. I roast a chicken in the crockpot every Sunday and then make bone broth from the rest.
This weekend I want to make cracklins from chicken thighs, and serve them with cream cheese and bacon.
I keep hearing about Bubba burgers; will have to search those out! The cracklins w/ cream cheese and bacon sound so decadent---drooling!0 -
wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »I keep hearing about Bubba burgers; will have to search those out!
wut?
No, no need --- these are just preformed burger patties that come frozen in a box. Nothing special other than the no-prep aspect of having a burger patty on hand vs. normal ground beef.
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wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »I keep hearing about Bubba burgers; will have to search those out!
wut?
No, no need --- these are just preformed burger patties that come frozen in a box. Nothing special other than the no-prep aspect of having a burger patty on hand vs. normal ground beef.
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They are nice and fatty though. My store's fresh meat is all leaner.0
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