Carb Conscious Peeps - May 2009

Georg

What restaurants do you find more low carb choices? I'm going to be faced with more eating out decisions & it's good to be prepared.
I had a Claim Jumper Cobb Salad Saturday night. It was delish!

CALIECAT

Hi Georg, your cobb salad sounds good. I don't eat out very much. But when I do I stick to grilled meats and grilled veggies. No hot buns. My daughter do quite well eating out . She just ask them to leave off what she can't have. Like rice croutons etc. And get substitutions. Its is a matter of choice.

Caliecat

chipper15173

yes, i am around. having a pitty party of sorts. new week for me so time to buckle down. had a huge gain, i am ok with it. it was from choices i made and i learn each time i slip, which makes me grow. we can never stop growing from learning.

see foot doc today i have had this pocket of fluid on the bottom/side of my foot for 2 weeks now. i just wanted to see if it would go away, which it hasn't, it does hurt. in the mornings i can't walk on it. but, as the day goes on and i walk on it it smooths out and isn't as painful. strange thing so see doc and staying off my foot until then so it will remain it's little ball.

i had a good peanut butter chocolate dessert, but it got packed yesterday. i will hunt down the recipe and post in recipes later.

off to dress and get a cup of coffee.

later

chipper15173

posted the peanut butter cup recipe in the recipe section it's so good.....

MTGirl

Morning everyone!! How's it goin"? Did my water aerobics this a.m. - I'm going to start calling my instructor Jillian :laugh: Whew, good work out though. Gonna be another super busy day - I should just quit saying that. It's going to be that way until the end of June. :yawn: But at least this year I'm not stalled out and am losing weight!! And having fun doing it to. Hope you all have a great Tuesday. I can't wait to see the Biggest Loser Finale tonight :drinker:

LeanLioness

What restaurants do you find more low carb choices? I'm going to be faced with more eating out decisions & it's good to be prepared.
I had a Claim Jumper Cobb Salad Saturday night. It was delish!

You can never go wrong with steak, grilled chicken breast, baked / broiled fish, steamed or grilled veggies..........

Just say NO to rice, pasta, bread, crutons and low fat stuff. :laugh: :laugh:

Eating out is very easy to do!!

LeanLioness

Well, I weighed in and I am down to 212 as of today!!!

12 pounds away from Onderland!!! i can't wait to be out of the 200's and back down into the 100's.........

I feel like a major fat cow..............

Kimlane70

Hey everyone. So glad to have found you all. I started Atkins on April 24th. I stayed on Induction for 11 days. Then my heart started acting up so I started adding in more good carbs. I have supra-ventricular tachycardia where my hearts electrical system sometimes goes haywire. My doctor told me it would be safe, but for the whole time my heart was kinda pounding and then I had that terrible episode so I know for me being too carb restriictive is out of the question. However, for the first time I have been counting my carbs. I know there's something to this having too many carbs so I am watching my carb count carefully. I added strawberries and watermelon to my diet as they are on the lower carb end for fruits. I have low thyroid which I'm assuming is making it very difficult for me to lose weight. This has been a 10 year (and counting) battle, and I'm getting so frustrated with it all. So again glad to have found you all.......gives me a renewed energy. KIM

CALIECAT

Well, I weighed in and I am down to 212 as of today!!!

12 pounds away from Onderland!!! i can't wait to be out of the 200's and back down into the 100's.........

I feel like a major fat cow..............

ll--
Congrats on your weight lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go.

Me I feel like a major FAT PIG . For lunch I am having 3 oz. hamburger grilled , some roasted peppers and onions serve over sheedded lettuce. With a little ful fat blue cheese.Dressing.

I have stayed the same for the last 6 days and even gain a lb this morning, What am I doing wrong.
the nurse told me to have 1/2 peanut butter sandwich before bed for my surgery in the morning.

Caliecat

LeanLioness

Well, I weighed in and I am down to 212 as of today!!!

12 pounds away from Onderland!!! i can't wait to be out of the 200's and back down into the 100's.........

I feel like a major fat cow..............

ll--
Congrats on your weight lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go.

Me I feel like a major FAT PIG . For lunch I am having 3 oz. hamburger grilled , some roasted peppers and onions serve over sheedded lettuce. With a little ful fat blue cheese.Dressing.

I have stayed the same for the last 6 days and even gain a lb this morning, What am I doing wrong.
the nurse told me to have 1/2 peanut butter sandwich before bed for my surgery in the morning.

Caliecat

Are you eating a lot of grains or crackers, bread (even whole grains)?

For me, that stops my loss in a heart beat..............My body is very sensitive to grains..............

CALIECAT

LL--- no the only crackers I had was the one pkg. of peanut butter they wanted me to eat between test last week. And I did eat some strawberries last week. But so far no bread nor any cereal . I have 2 servings of veggies at Lunch or dinner. You think that might be too many carbs. Thats My problems I don't know how many carbs I should be eating. . What is a good goal for me to shoot far.
Calie

LeanLioness

LL--- no the only crackers I had was the one pkg. of peanut butter they wanted me to eat between test last week. And I did eat some strawberries last week. But so far no bread nor any cereal . I have 2 servings of veggies at Lunch or dinner. You think that might be too many carbs. Thats My problems I don't know how many carbs I should be eating. . What is a good goal for me to shoot far.
Calie

Well those cheese and peanut butter crackers they made you eat can cause water weight gain and might take a few days to shed it................

Too many veggies are not going to hurt you, unless you are eating starchy stuff like corn, white potatoes, too many carrots................

Carrots, I have to watch how much I eat. They send my blood sugar through the roof!!! I love carrots.

South Beach Diet says to just eat...............doesn't specify how many carbs. Atkins is a little more structured. Atkins says for the first 2 weeks, 20 grams of carbs per day and eat until full but not stuffed.........Then after 2 weeks you can start adding berries and more veggies and add 5 grams of carbs per week per day. For instance, I am up to about 40 grams of carbs per day. Some days I eat less and some days a few more, but it has been evening out....................


P.S. - Those strawberries are not going to hurt you. Berries are the best thing to add in!!!

codykitty

does anyone know if you can eat lentils(legumes) on phase 1 of SBD?

CALIECAT

thanks Lioness

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I think that will help me. I will just have to bide my time. Keep eating low carbs. and see what happens. Do you watch your salt intake? Thanks again for you help., My blood sugar seens to have stabilize. Haven't had but one low since i have been trying to learn this Low carbs.

Calie

TCASMEY

in The South Beach Diet Super Charged lentils are listed as acceptable in phase 1

codykitty

in The South Beach Diet Super Charged lentils are listed as acceptable in phase 1

what is the difference btwn super charged lentils and regular lentils?

LeanLioness

thanks Lioness

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I think that will help me. I will just have to bide my time. Keep eating low carbs. and see what happens. Do you watch your salt intake? Thanks again for you help., My blood sugar seens to have stabilize. Haven't had but one low since i have been trying to learn this Low carbs.

Calie

No, I don't watch my salt intake. However, I use different varieties of natural sea salt that is non-iodized. My favorite is Mediteranean sea salt because it has a slightly sweet taste and very mellow, I can use a lot of it and don't ever get that salty bitter taste.

codykitty

ok guys... I bought the sugar free jello and cream cheese, i will experiment tomorrow and let you know if it is as good as I remember!

cloverluv

Well, I weighed in and I am down to 212 as of today!!!

12 pounds away from Onderland!!! i can't wait to be out of the 200's and back down into the 100's.........

I feel like a major fat cow..............

Congratulations...that is a HUGE accomplishment and I'm so glad you shared it with us...8 pounds WOW!!!

LeanLioness

Well, it looks like I am going to be smoking some blue gill fish soon. I cleaned about 60 fish tonight and I will be frying some in a combination of olive oil and butter with lemon squeezed in and smoking some on the grill....................

Our neighbor brought us a big bucket of fish - my hubby mowed their grass for them and in turn they keep giving us fish. :happy: :happy:



Thanks Cloverluv....................I lost it and then regained it due to poor planning when work got busy. Now on the way to losing it all over again.

We are still recovering from the storm and we are supposed to get more of the good old-fashioned Midwestern storms tonight and tomorrow night.

codykitty

ok, so I made the jello cheese cake, it turned out pretty good, I used lime b/c the store didn't have lemon, but it is def better with lemon.

Here's how you do it...

1 box SF jello (pref. Lemon)
2 cups boiling water
8oz Low Fat(South beach) or Full Fat(Atkins) cream cheese

mix jello and hot water till the jello is disolved, about 2 mins, beat in cream cheese with an electric mixer. set in fridge over night.

The nutritional value varies depending on what CCheese you use and how many portions you want, so I will let you guys figure your own out on recipe calculator!

enjoy!

LeanLioness

ok, so I made the jello cheese cake, it turned out pretty good, I used lime b/c the store didn't have lemon, but it is def better with lemon.

Here's how you do it...

1 box SF jello (pref. Lemon)
2 cups boiling water
8oz Low Fat(South beach) or Full Fat(Atkins) cream cheese

mix jello and hot water till the jello is disolved, about 2 mins, beat in cream cheese with an electric mixer. set in fridge over night.

The nutritional value varies depending on what CCheese you use and how many portions you want, so I will let you guys figure your own out on recipe calculator!

enjoy!

That sounds really, really good.

SF lemon jello, correct?

codykitty

yeah sugar free lemon jellow(in box)

cloverluv

honestly I love lemon except for jello...what do you think of orange or black cherry...just because those are family favorites...I really want to make it but only if you think my kids would like something like this

TCASMEY

Sorry codykitty I was not clear in my post. The new book about the SB Diet is call The South Beach Diet Super Charged, and it lentils are listed in phase 1 as a food to enjoy.:laugh:

TCASMEY

What size is the box of lemon jello that you use?

TCASMEY

What size is the box of sf jello that you use? I have 2 different sizes.

oops double post

LeanLioness

I hope it is a regular box of SF Jello. I bought the small box........

codykitty

oh, there are 2 sizes... yikes, I only have ever seen 1....

codykitty

Sorry codykitty I was not clear in my post. The new book about the SB Diet is call The South Beach Diet Super Charged, and it lentils are listed in phase 1 as a food to enjoy.:laugh:

ha! ur so cute! I bought the book today!