Low Carb Meals

Depends on what you mean by low-carb! I try to keep my daily intake around the 100-150g range. So that means eggs or Greek yoghurt for breakfast, salad or soup for lunch, and I'll base dinner around protein and veg (salmon with asparagus, chicken and ratatouille, cheese omelette, prawn stir-fry). I allow myslef a small portion of rice, potaotes, pasta etc, but not every day.

I keep carbs around 100 g, so am not low carb, but I tend to start with non-carbs and just add in carbs as extra, especially when I feel like I need the energy. Anyway, think in terms of a protein source (meat, eggs, dairy (full fat, I suppose, if you are trying to be low carb)), plus lots vegetables. I usually add a couple different kinds of vegetables to fill out the plate and substitute for what otherwise would be the carb course or at least some cooked vegetables plus a salad. I also often add starchier stuff like butternut squash, as well as fruit for more variety, which might not work if you are really low carb.

If anything the issue with eating this way is that you can eat a lot of food for not all that many calories. I had to adjust this and be willing to eat slightly more than I thought of as the correct meat serving size and more olive oil in cooking/on the salad, some cheese on the salad, etc. when leaving off the carbs to make sure I wasn't keeping my calories too low. But if anything cutting carbs seems to me to naturally create a deficit if it doesn't make you crave more carbs too much.

We like fajitas with chicken or steak and veggies on low carb tortillas, we also use the tortillas for regular tacos. French dip and swiss using london broil and swiss cheese on great low carb bread company toasted hotdog bun, serve with aus jus to dip sandwhich.. Taco bake using carbquik crust on the bottom. Carbquik pancakes with sf syrup or french toast using great low carb bread company bread, we like the plain and cinnamon lc bread for french toast. Serve with sf syrup and your favorite breakfast meat. Grilled chicken sandwiches, add your favorite seasonings or sf bbq sauce, ect. I like to top mine with either cheddar or swiss, sliced avacado, bacon and spinach. Served on low carb bread compnay toasted bun. So glad I found Carbquik and The Great Low Carb Bread Company bread! Able to eat modified versions of some of my old favorites, things my kids will still eat too- YUM! I have been doing 18-25 carbs per day.

Hello,

I am just curious in what is considered a good low-Carb meal, as in nutrition. I saw a 4g Carb meal online but a serving was over 500 calories and the sodium was high. It was literally cheese, sausage, chicken, and mushrooms with other side ingredients thrown into a casserole dish topped with cheese!

What do you do for low Carb meals? I am wanting some more ideas for myself without the higher calories:)

I'm doing the 4 Hr Body and basically no bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, sugar (unless from veggies), no dairy (that means no milk, cheese, yogurt) I do use butter though. Nothing w/ flour. Any type of sauce (that includes ketchup and BBQ sauce) or store salad dressing usually all have sugar added. I had to learn to use spices instead of sauces. Eggs are allowed. Lots of meats, beans or lentils and veggies. sour/pickled foods are ok. Think "mexican food" minus the tortillas, tacos & chips. Calories are unimportant in this diet. A meat calorie is processed differently than a bagel calorie, so it has a different effect than basic adding and subtracting. In the book he disagrees with caloric formulas cause a calorie was orig. measured by a 19th century chemist (Atwater) by incinerating food - which obviously your body is not doing. The focus here is on carbs/sugar and somewhat fat. I would not recommend this if you have to be on low sodium. I am ok with the sodium, salt is a trade off for me: I used to be a choco-holic.

I'm not into cooking and I don't have much time on making elaborate food - so my easy low carb go to's are:
1. sugar free sausage & sauerkraut + beans (salad optional)
2. canned lentils mixed w/ re-fried beans -mix in juice of 1 lime; sauteed onions + choice of ham, pork or sausage (hot dog can do)
3. veggie stir fry in sesame oil and fish + salad
4. roasted seasoned chicken with salad (dressing is balsamic vinegar & olive oil) or stir fry veggies
5. mashed cabbage w butter and meat balls or meatloaf
6. fajitas - no tortilla, refied beans and guacamole on the side
Breakfast: scrambled eggs, choice of meat, beans and spinach + sugar free salsa
Favourite snack: pcs of smoked salmon w/ guacamole dip or pepperettes (preferrably sugar free)

I have lost 30 lbs but have reached a plateau and am very discouraged.I am strictly adhering to MFP plan.Mathematically I should be losing still.Stepping up exercise and reducing carbs is suggested,Walking and swimming is my routine because of a handicap.What to do?

a) Make your diary public
b) Tell us about what you eat, exercise and your dimensions
c) Start your own thread rather than tagging onto one about Low Carb meals