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They are so indoctrinated. ;)
macchiatto
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Family road trip. I'm trying to survive and stick to keto as much as possible.
At a stop, I picked up a bag of pork cracklings. (Seriously, until I joined this group, I never would have imagined I'd ever eat pork rinds or cracklins.) I let each of my 7y/o's try a few.
My little guy who has decided he's "mid carb" asked me, "Are these healthy? Do they have a lot of carbs?"
I told him how many grams each of carbs (zero), fat and protein. His response? "Mmm! Sounds healthy!"
I know no one outside of this group who would describe pork cracklings as healthy and this definitely flies in the face of the nutrition info they're taught at school. I love him, and you guys! Glad I have him indoctrinated now.
At a stop, I picked up a bag of pork cracklings. (Seriously, until I joined this group, I never would have imagined I'd ever eat pork rinds or cracklins.) I let each of my 7y/o's try a few.
My little guy who has decided he's "mid carb" asked me, "Are these healthy? Do they have a lot of carbs?"
I told him how many grams each of carbs (zero), fat and protein. His response? "Mmm! Sounds healthy!"
I know no one outside of this group who would describe pork cracklings as healthy and this definitely flies in the face of the nutrition info they're taught at school. I love him, and you guys! Glad I have him indoctrinated now.
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LOL
Hubby brought everyone Dairy Queen yesterday. The boys and I had Dilly bars (I haven't had one of those in a couple of years) and hubby had a medium Blizzard. Hubby may have gout and he was wondering why it acted up today. LOL The boys understood that 200g of sugar was bad, and was about 50 teaspoons of sugar. Hubby just looked baffled. I've got my boys learning too, but hubby still needs work.
BTW, a dilly bar has 19g of sugar. Oops. 6 -
I had forgotten all about pork rinds until I started keto. They are legitimately amazing, and actually pretty versatile. Sometimes I'll take a whole bag, dump a tsp of cinnamon and some walnuts in, and instant dinner.4
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Pork Rinds are an ez snack for me if not in the mood for my usual celery, pickles or Boullion, happy to say I liked them even before this woe. Now occasionally add hot sauce and black pepper.
Here in South Fl many types are sold with all those additional seasonings already added-in. Lovely crunch.2 -
Pork Rinds are an ez snack for me if not in the mood for my usual celery, pickles or Boullion, happy to say I liked them even before this woe. Now occasionally add hot sauce and black pepper.
Here in South Fl many types are sold with all those additional seasonings already added-in. Lovely crunch.
We have many different local kinds too. Spicy and what not. I only enjoy them about once a year though. I wish I liked them more.
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Haha, my son has been starting with that, too. Right now, it's whether something is "too much sugar." It's very rudimentary, but if it means he's starting to choose a not-so-sweet snack/treat over a sugary one, I'll take it. (Thankfully, he doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, so I don't have to worry too much about him when it comes to cookies, cake, etc., but chips are his downfall. I need to find a way to get more sodium into that child, because that's been an ongoing problem with him.)3
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macchiatto wrote: »Family road trip. I'm trying to survive and stick to keto as much as possible.
At a stop, I picked up a bag of pork cracklings. (Seriously, until I joined this group, I never would have imagined I'd ever eat pork rinds or cracklins.) I let each of my 7y/o's try a few.
My little guy who has decided he's "mid carb" asked me, "Are these healthy? Do they have a lot of carbs?"
I told him how many grams each of carbs (zero), fat and protein. His response? "Mmm! Sounds healthy!"
I know no one outside of this group who would describe pork cracklings as healthy and this definitely flies in the face of the nutrition info they're taught at school. I love him, and you guys! Glad I have him indoctrinated now.
Love this story and I have a huge smile because of it. Earlier last month I was so worried about my kids, especially my older and her general health and now she's on board and even here on MFP with us. My younger is not so interested and I really thought she'd be easier to show this way... meh. Shayla (she's 11) wants to eat the things I'm eating but still wants all the carbs too!3 -
Well done! My kids are a little older, teens & young adults, and it's taking quite a bit of effort to win them over. Wish I would have started them young.1
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@nvmomketo Oh how I miss Blizzards!0
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My middle kid (daughter 18) sent me this a couple days ago. It's between herself and her boyfriend.
I got an extra giggle out of her pitching carnivore since she just went through a vegetarian phase. Lol
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That is funny! My son is 19. He went vegan at 14 and switched to vegetarian at 16. I wish he would turn carnivore. I have so much carb junk in my house because of him. I thought it would be a phase but it really stuck.1
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My 16 year old daughter joined me on the low carb train this past week
She's starting at an arts high school in September and said she didn't want to go there "all fat and stuff" so she started grilling me on what to eat and what not to eat. She's got quite a sweet tooth, so it could be challenging for her, but she's also coming to the gym with me and learning to lift which is super fun 5 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »My middle kid (daughter 18) sent me this a couple days ago. It's between herself and her boyfriend.
I got an extra giggle out of her pitching carnivore since she just went through a vegetarian phase. Lol
love it! Even before learning about keto or paleo, our SAD way of eating seemed so off to me. I mean what nutritional value is there really in processed grains? And why is sugar added in everything, even savory things? Although I'm sad I have T2D, I'm glad it gives me a platform to talk about this WOE and how beneficial it is to diabetics and to avoid diabetes.8 -
My 16 year old daughter joined me on the low carb train this past week She's starting at an arts high school in September and said she didn't want to go there "all fat and stuff" so she started grilling me on what to eat and what not to eat. She's got quite a sweet tooth, so it could be challenging for her, but she's also coming to the gym with me and learning to lift which is super fun
Start em young! Wish I was started lifting when I was young. I was super in the era of the cardio bunny and you had to be supermodel thin though. I will be the first to tell someone that cardio sucks lol. LIFT ALL THE WEIGHTS!
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samanthaluangphixay wrote: »
Start em young! Wish I was started lifting when I was young. I was super in the era of the cardio bunny and you had to be supermodel thin though. I will be the first to tell someone that cardio sucks lol. LIFT ALL THE WEIGHTS!
@samanthaluangphixay - I lifted weights in high school, but as soon as I got cut from varsity volleyball, I stopped weight training. I swear, if I knew then what I know now, I would have put down all the sugary stuff I used to get through and totally changed my whole universe! LOL3 -
@KnitOrMiss - Yeah, I wish I could turn back time and I wish I had a better body image when I was younger.
But, my mindset has changed now and I'm happy to be taking care of my health and my desire to be anorexically skinny is no longer. I'm glad to say that as I got older, I felt better about myself and really developed a 'don't care what others think' attitude.6 -
Hmm... pork rinds sound good, but everything sounds good. Has anyone tried them with either cheese (like nacho cheese) or sour cream?3
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midwesterner85 wrote: »Hmm... pork rinds sound good, but everything sounds good. Has anyone tried them with either cheese (like nacho cheese) or sour cream?
I'm not a pork rind fan, but pork rinds and nacho cheese sounds really good...2 -
I actually convinced my local carnitas (pork) taco place to make a carnitas nacho plate Its homemade chicharrones loaded with carnitas (pulled pork), guacamole, pico de gallo and crema (sour cream). Its delicious! He liked it so much he said he will put it on his menu 9
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We use them as breadcrumbs for coating stuff before baking. But pork rinds and sour cream dip? Sounds yummy.2
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midwesterner85 wrote: »Hmm... pork rinds sound good, but everything sounds good. Has anyone tried them with either cheese (like nacho cheese) or sour cream?
@midwesterner85 I've done them with French Onion Dip, Guacamole, homemade Queso, and homemade Ranch dip. All are AWESOMENESS INCARNATE.2 -
dasher602014 wrote: »We use them as breadcrumbs for coating stuff before baking. But pork rinds and sour cream dip? Sounds yummy.
low carb breading sounds like a good use as well.1 -
I actually convinced my local carnitas (pork) taco place to make a carnitas nacho plate Its homemade chicharrones loaded with carnitas (pulled pork), guacamole, pico de gallo and crema (sour cream). Its delicious! He liked it so much he said he will put it on his menu
That sounds epic...you gave me some ideas for dinner tonight. Thanks!1 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »Hmm... pork rinds sound good, but everything sounds good. Has anyone tried them with either cheese (like nacho cheese) or sour cream?
Oh yes .I use sourcream with onion as a dip, or an asiago artichoke dip. Porkrinds plain are just not fun.2 -
Isn't the protein in pork rinds unusable though? Could have sworn I read that they actually weren't a source of protein.. I'll be back, doing research n stuff.0
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Did some research.. Seems the protein isn't a complete chain, which is why they put a disclaimer on the bag. Some sites say that due to the incomplete nature of the chain it gets converted to carbs, but other sites don't include that bit, so no real way to verify it.0
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Did some research.. Seems the protein isn't a complete chain, which is why they put a disclaimer on the bag. Some sites say that due to the incomplete nature of the chain it gets converted to carbs, but other sites don't include that bit, so no real way to verify it.
Whoa. I've never heard that and don't totally understand it.0 -
I think it isn't so much about protein as it is about fat re: the pork rinds.
BTW, does anyone know of a Canadian source of NON-MSG'd pork rinds? Or online? I haven't been able to find any and I can't eat them because I need to be gluten free.0 -
Isn't the protein in pork rinds unusable though? Could have sworn I read that they actually weren't a source of protein.. I'll be back, doing research n stuff.
It's fully usable protein, but it's not a complete protein source. There are one or two essential amino acids missing (I forget which ones).
Alas, one cannot live on pork rinds alone. Just as vegans cannot live on beans alone and must compliment them with rice.2 -
Kind of along the lines of indoctrination, my 15yo son is now eating low carb - not keto but certainly much lower than he had previously, definitely under 150g a day I'd say. He grills me about the carbs in EVERYTHING now! And he has taken to finding recipes for things he wants to try online, like barbecue sauces and mock-and-cheese - and HE FORMATS THEM THE WAY I PREFER before he prints them out. It seems silly but it just touched my heart when I realized that he's taking the time to make my OCD-esque* brain not explode (*I say "OCD-esque" because I haven't ever been diagnosed but have been told by professionals that I certainly lean that way although probably not heavily enough to qualify for a formal diagnosis)6
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This is an interesting thread.
I have been eating natural foods for a while, by natural I mean plants and actual cuts of meat, not processed stuff.
It is naturally low carb. By skipping mushy beans it is easy to be low carb. Meat has lots of protein and some fat so it all works out. It is easier to keep the calories down to a reasonable level with all of the fiber from veggies.
It has been nice to see my daughter work out doing boot camp with some friends and switch to a similar natural foods diet.
Getting rid of junk processed food like cake and doughnuts and ground up floor sweepings in sausage casings, she also feels healthier and had lost some weight.
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