Low Calorie, Low Carb?

Almonds, chicken, whey protein, salad

Also, netrition.com & lowcarb-r-us.com also carry Low carb, low sugar/etc.

I too follow low carb and low calorie. I eat a lot of lean meats, chicken, turkey. Almonds and tons of veggies!! My fave is tuna salad on cucumber slices!

I watch both but only moderately low on carbs, around 100 average. My diary is open & you are welcome to look & get ideas. I use Josephs Pita Bread in place of my regular bread, eat a couple of servings of fruit each day, lots of non starch veggies, almond milk for a coffee creamer, There are lots of ways to stay low on both, you just have to decide what you like & find ways to have them. Hope you have great success. There are some low carb boards in the community section that has lots of good recipes.

Hi!

I'm in Australia...I had a quick look at your diary and am guessing your in the US?

I don't know if you guys can get this over there - check this out - http://www.slendierslim.com.au/

It's called Slim Pasta and made entirely from tke Konjac vege....but you can use it instead of pasta and noodles.

It's a massive save on calories and carbs. Obvisouly doesn't tasted QUITE as good as the real pasta...but it's all about making some sacrifices hey!?

good luck
Shen

It's called Shirataki noodles. The original ones are 0 cal.
Normally, 0 cal food doesn't have much health benefits, but actually konjac (the yam they use to make the flour) is a superfood. Google it! It's great for lowering cholesterol and it'S packed with soluble fibers.
I'm in Canada and I buy the MIracle Noodle brand. They have a ware house in Canada, as in the US.
www.miraclenoodle.com
If I buy it at the supermarket (since they don't carry the original Shirataki where I shop), I use House Foods brand. Those are Tofu Shirataki noodles. 40 calories for the whole package. It's tofu mixed with konjac flour.

I posted this in another thread, but:

Modified Chicken/Pork/Veal Larb Gai, if you like Thai food.

500g minced meat (chicken, pork or veal - although you can use beef I'm not that keen on it)
1 Lemon (juice and zest)
15-20 Fresh basil leaves
15-20 fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves
1 stalk lemon grass
1 red onion
2 tbs Fish sauce
2 tbs peanut oil
Fresh chili (sliced and de-seeded) or chili flakes to taste
Iceberg Lettuce
2 tbs crushed peanuts (if desired)

In a salad bowl, mix the juice of the lemon and the fish sauce. Zest the lemon and put that in, too. Thinly slice the red onion and add that to the salad bowl, with the basil and the coriander. Do this first so the lemon and fish sauce soften the onions. Don't cook them, though.

Finely cut the white part of the lemon grass only.

In a wok if you have one (or frying pan if not) add peanut oil and lemon grass. Let this fry until the lemon grass is soft. Add mince and chili. Cook until the mince is fully done and make sure it's not clumpy.

Put this in the salad bowl and mix until it's all mixed together. Let it sit for 10 min while the coriander and basil wilt.

Serve with iceberg lettuce leaves to use as wraps. Sprinkle crushed peanuts on top if you desire. Delish and low carb.

Actual larb gai has toasted rice in, which I leave out for calories and also for carbs.

It's about 350 cal per serving, this recipe serves three.