You know you are LCHF when...
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cstehansen wrote: »you try to substitute a hamburger as a side to your steak dinner in place of the potato
... Can we really do this?!?
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You take your own dinner to friends house (really good friends) so you can put as much salt and fat on it before you get there and no one will know or do the 'concerned for your health' thing. Actually at the moment I would rather not socialise at all until I am keto adapted.11
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You are so obsessed about logging your food and checking your macro's that your SO starts to worry if you are not logged into MFP.
You start collecting LCHF friends as they understand your eating habits and struggles. You have realised CICO is not working for you. One calorie does not equal another when it comes to satiety.21 -
.....You ask the cook at work to keep a juice container of pickle juice for you in the kitchen.
.....You keep a container or sugar substitute in your room as well as a container of salt for your drinks.
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You bunch of weirdos you!
Jk you all make me feel normal.
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You have become adept at handling office birthday parties... you graciously accept the slice of cake, move it around with your fork, wait until no one is looking and hide it in the trash. 30
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You totally ignore what non LCHF people have to say about your choice of food/fuel.27
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You shake your head and bite your tongue I the office when your colleagues talk about their diets and how hungry they are.23
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You add HWC to your protein shakes. Unfortunately, I'm not quite high enough on the caloric needs scale to make that work with 6 50g shakes per day yet. 9
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You consider a "light breakfast" as putting coconut oil and butter in your coffee.
You go out for breakfast and order a loaded omelette with extra bacon on the side, but please, hold the hashbrowns and toast, I'm on a diet dontchaknow.
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »You add HWC to your protein shakes. Unfortunately, I'm not quite high enough on the caloric needs scale to make that work with 6 50g shakes per day yet.
But...that's not so odd? Unless you make the whole thing with cream... (which sounds pretty darn awesome tbh) 4 -
cstehansen wrote: »you try to substitute a hamburger as a side to your steak dinner in place of the potato
... Can we really do this?!?
You can ask, but no luck so far other than very perplexed looks so far for me. If you find a place that goes along with this, please pass that along so I know where to try it. In reality, I just save up so I can go to Brazilian steak houses from time to time. If you have never been to one, you MUST try it.
They start you off with side dishes and give you a little chip to indicate when you are ready for the servers to come around with the skewers of meat. I always get an odd look when I just immediately flip the chip over to indicate I am ready for the meat without taking any of the side dishes (bread, fried yucca, potato of some kind, etc.).
That is the only way I have found I can order meat with a side of meat (or several sides thereof.)22 -
You die a little bit inside when you see someone pour out the pickle juice when the pickles are all gone.
The cyclists around here use pickle juice as a cramp remedy. The rest stops at the charity rides and long club rides all have little cups of pickle juice next to the bananas, oranges, and cookies.12 -
...you finish a 50-mile charity bike ride, and you skip the potato salad and sweet baked beans in favor of the pulled pork at lunch, and the carb-loaded cyclists you're sitting with look at you funny.12
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cstehansen wrote: »In reality, I just save up so I can go to Brazilian steak houses from time to time. If you have never been to one, you MUST try it.
They start you off with side dishes and give you a little chip to indicate when you are ready for the servers to come around with the skewers of meat. I always get an odd look when I just immediately flip the chip over to indicate I am ready for the meat without taking any of the side dishes (bread, fried yucca, potato of some kind, etc.).
That is the only way I have found I can order meat with a side of meat (or several sides thereof.)
The meat at these places is amazing! but oh so expensive...I totally need to save up for them!2 -
RowdysLady wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »In reality, I just save up so I can go to Brazilian steak houses from time to time. If you have never been to one, you MUST try it.
They start you off with side dishes and give you a little chip to indicate when you are ready for the servers to come around with the skewers of meat. I always get an odd look when I just immediately flip the chip over to indicate I am ready for the meat without taking any of the side dishes (bread, fried yucca, potato of some kind, etc.).
That is the only way I have found I can order meat with a side of meat (or several sides thereof.)
The meat at these places is amazing! but oh so expensive...I totally need to save up for them!
Yes, yes it is expensive. It is something we save up for and do maybe a couple times a year.1 -
...your only way of making a sandwich is to wrap the meat in lettuce or top a tomato slice. I may have just had a BLT...9
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cstehansen wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »you try to substitute a hamburger as a side to your steak dinner in place of the potato
... Can we really do this?!?
You can ask, but no luck so far other than very perplexed looks so far for me. If you find a place that goes along with this, please pass that along so I know where to try it. In reality, I just save up so I can go to Brazilian steak houses from time to time. If you have never been to one, you MUST try it.
They start you off with side dishes and give you a little chip to indicate when you are ready for the servers to come around with the skewers of meat. I always get an odd look when I just immediately flip the chip over to indicate I am ready for the meat without taking any of the side dishes (bread, fried yucca, potato of some kind, etc.).
That is the only way I have found I can order meat with a side of meat (or several sides thereof.)
I have had success with this (asking for meat as a side)! But, it has only been at independent southern BBQ type places. I always ask, usually when they ask me what sides I want. I don't want any sides. So, I've asked at a lot of places. I've been shot down at most, but the small BBQ places "get" me.- One place said, "if you don't want the sides, I can give you a little extra meat."
- Another said, "Yeah, we do that, it's just a 'sample-size' portion." {sample-size is apparently 2-3 ounces}
- Another said, "It's an upcharge, but you can exchange both sides for double the meat for $x more." {$x wasn't much, it was less than $4 if I recall}
- The last one didn't exactly say yes. But, it counts. "Oh, you don't want the sides. Don't order from the menu. We sell everything by the pound for large parties. Just tell me what meats you want, and how much of each one, and I'll ring it up that way. It's a lot cheaper and we go in increments of half-pounds." {Jesus, this place would get my paycheck direct-deposit if I lived closer. I ordered 3 pounds of various meats/sausage and it was only a couple dollars more than my wife's meal and soda.}
Anyway, it can be done. Something about southern BBQ places makes "meat with a side of meat" a totally reasonable and normal request. Doesn't work at chain sit-down places.33 -
cstehansen wrote: »cstehansen wrote: »you try to substitute a hamburger as a side to your steak dinner in place of the potato
... Can we really do this?!?
You can ask, but no luck so far other than very perplexed looks so far for me. If you find a place that goes along with this, please pass that along so I know where to try it. In reality, I just save up so I can go to Brazilian steak houses from time to time. If you have never been to one, you MUST try it.
They start you off with side dishes and give you a little chip to indicate when you are ready for the servers to come around with the skewers of meat. I always get an odd look when I just immediately flip the chip over to indicate I am ready for the meat without taking any of the side dishes (bread, fried yucca, potato of some kind, etc.).
That is the only way I have found I can order meat with a side of meat (or several sides thereof.)
I have had success with this (asking for meat as a side)! But, it has only been at independent southern BBQ type places. I always ask, usually when they ask me what sides I want. I don't want any sides. So, I've asked at a lot of places. I've been shot down at most, but the small BBQ places "get" me.- One place said, "if you don't want the sides, I can give you a little extra meat."
- Another said, "Yeah, we do that, it's just a 'sample-size' portion." {sample-size is apparently 2-3 ounces}
- Another said, "It's an upcharge, but you can exchange both sides for double the meat for $x more." {$x wasn't much, it was less than $4 if I recall}
- The last one didn't exactly say yes. But, it counts. "Oh, you don't want the sides. Don't order from the menu. We sell everything by the pound for large parties. Just tell me what meats you want, and how much of each one, and I'll ring it up that way. It's a lot cheaper and we go in increments of half-pounds." {Jesus, this place would get my paycheck direct-deposit if I lived closer. I ordered 3 pounds of various meats/sausage and it was only a couple dollars more than my wife's meal and soda.}
Anyway, it can be done. Something about southern BBQ places makes "meat with a side of meat" a totally reasonable and normal request. Doesn't work at chain sit-down places.
That is awesome. I wasn't thinking about bbq places that sell by the lb. I know where I am going Saturday now.6
