Low carb & treats (please, no anti-low-carbers)

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  • mursey
    mursey Posts: 191 Member
    If I have a sweet tooth or I see cupcakes on tv and want them, I just eat some "low carb icing" which is just cream cheese, stevia, and a bit of lemon juice. I have also mixed a little bit of low carb protein powder in it at times or peanut butter if I'm letting myself have more carbs, it tastes like peanut butter icing or peanut butter cheesecake.
  • hbunting86
    hbunting86 Posts: 952 Member
    For me the Weight Watchers sugar free jelly does it. The little sachets do about 4 servings with no carbs/sugar so it's all good, and I checked it out with the Dukan thing. I like the lime one as it's really zingy.... so if I need something sweet or just a different texture to eat I reach for that :)

    New to the whole low carb thing so this is a really good thread to find out what people eat as treats!

    H :)
  • rachemn
    rachemn Posts: 407 Member
    I like the flax meal 'muffin in a minute' recipes. So many options you can do. My favorite is making a peanut butter chocolate muffin with a few sugar free chocolate chips. Or I'll make a chocolate one, slice it and toast the slices and top with peanut butter! Yummers!

    I also love beef jerky or cheese as snacks. There's a low carb tortilla called mama lupe's that only has 3 grams of carbs per tortilla and they're awesome when you cut them up and bake into chips with a little garlic and oil. Or make a quesidilla with cheese and chicken and salsa. They're great for breakfast wraps or sandwich wraps.

    It does matter how you blow it and I'd rather blow it on healthy options, but I stay away from nuts unless I'm putting a few in something I'm baking. I have no self control wiith them...especially salted and I'll eat them until I'm sick. :-(
  • ange0628
    ange0628 Posts: 39 Member
    would you mind sending me the recipe for this soup? it sounds wonderful!!
  • jazzybean1
    jazzybean1 Posts: 113
    I love light ricotta mixed with cinnamon, vanilla & stevia, If you add half an apple roasted or raw it makes a great post workout snack.
    Another good one.
    1 cup ricotta
    1 tbsp natural peanut butter
    1 tsp vanilla
    stevia or splenda to taste.

    This is good for 4 1/4 c servings which doesn't sound like much but is def. enough:) I have it premixed in the fridge for when I am in a hurry:)
  • jazzybean1
    jazzybean1 Posts: 113
    avocados are a healthy way to increase your unsaturated fat intake, about 1/3 a day added into a salad:)
  • whirlofwings
    whirlofwings Posts: 4
    My favorites are cheese, nuts, and apples! :)
  • Jenna70
    Jenna70 Posts: 130 Member
    I snack on pepperoni (regular or turkey) and cheese, but I limit my cheese intake to only 1 to 1 1/2 oz per day. Also a good snack is celery sticks with either cream cheese or peanut butter on them. And to get more veggies in my diet I love broccoli crowns dipped in whatever flavor sour cream dip I have for the week. And I love to snack on nuts in the evening watching TV or a movie. I usually have peanuts, but I just bought a bag of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and they are awesome! Per ounce they are 5 g carbs, less 3 g fiber = 2 g net carbs. :happy: I have a small, 1 oz sized Tupperware midget that I use exclusively to portion out the nuts when I am snacking so I know how much I am eating.
    I love to make MIMs (milled flaxseed muffins) of all flavors. To pretend I am having cake I make a chocolate MIM and top it with either homemade cream cheese frosting or peanut butter.
  • Teddyaderwich
    Teddyaderwich Posts: 69 Member
    when i was on atkins - after initial phase I used to love creme fraiche and raspberries - i added bit sweetner as had (and still have) major sweet tooth

    no such luxury on dukan - as even if chose half-fat creme fraiche still cant have the raspberries (or strawberries if preferred)

    other treat was melon and parma ham

    either of these also made lovely breakfasts

    I always used very high bran crackers (slimming world approved too - avail holland and barrett) - about 3g carb each - for spreading peanut butter on - when I wasnt eating it straight from the jar that is - never could trust myself with that stuff - love it too much
  • hbunting86
    hbunting86 Posts: 952 Member
    Does anyone know if you can have whey protein with non-fat milk in the attack phase?

    I'm dying for something different/sweet/something to give me more energy as I feel shocking today!
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    Does anyone know if you can have whey protein with non-fat milk in the attack phase?

    I'm dying for something different/sweet/something to give me more energy as I feel shocking today!

    I don't see why not. I have it on protein-only days. Just check the carb content :smile:
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    when i was on atkins - after initial phase I used to love creme fraiche and raspberries - i added bit sweetner as had (and still have) major sweet tooth

    no such luxury on dukan - as even if chose half-fat creme fraiche still cant have the raspberries (or strawberries if preferred)

    other treat was melon and parma ham

    either of these also made lovely breakfasts

    I always used very high bran crackers (slimming world approved too - avail holland and barrett) - about 3g carb each - for spreading peanut butter on - when I wasnt eating it straight from the jar that is - never could trust myself with that stuff - love it too much

    You can do Greek yogurt with berries though? Though not in Attack, sure. I have that Whole Earth peanut butter and good God almightly, that stuff has crack cocaine in it, I think! Straight from the jar, I hear you!
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    I snack on pepperoni (regular or turkey) and cheese, but I limit my cheese intake to only 1 to 1 1/2 oz per day. Also a good snack is celery sticks with either cream cheese or peanut butter on them. And to get more veggies in my diet I love broccoli crowns dipped in whatever flavor sour cream dip I have for the week. And I love to snack on nuts in the evening watching TV or a movie. I usually have peanuts, but I just bought a bag of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and they are awesome! Per ounce they are 5 g carbs, less 3 g fiber = 2 g net carbs. :happy: I have a small, 1 oz sized Tupperware midget that I use exclusively to portion out the nuts when I am snacking so I know how much I am eating.
    I love to make MIMs (milled flaxseed muffins) of all flavors. To pretend I am having cake I make a chocolate MIM and top it with either homemade cream cheese frosting or peanut butter.

    I have an image of a plastic, short man, dishing out your nuts! :laugh:
  • glypta
    glypta Posts: 440 Member
    If I have a sweet tooth or I see cupcakes on tv and want them, I just eat some "low carb icing" which is just cream cheese, stevia, and a bit of lemon juice. I have also mixed a little bit of low carb protein powder in it at times or peanut butter if I'm letting myself have more carbs, it tastes like peanut butter icing or peanut butter cheesecake.

    That sounds amazing - bought the stuff today! :tongue:
  • Jenna70
    Jenna70 Posts: 130 Member
    I snack on pepperoni (regular or turkey) and cheese, but I limit my cheese intake to only 1 to 1 1/2 oz per day. Also a good snack is celery sticks with either cream cheese or peanut butter on them. And to get more veggies in my diet I love broccoli crowns dipped in whatever flavor sour cream dip I have for the week. And I love to snack on nuts in the evening watching TV or a movie. I usually have peanuts, but I just bought a bag of Blue Diamond Smokehouse Almonds and they are awesome! Per ounce they are 5 g carbs, less 3 g fiber = 2 g net carbs. :happy: I have a small, 1 oz sized Tupperware midget that I use exclusively to portion out the nuts when I am snacking so I know how much I am eating.
    I love to make MIMs (milled flaxseed muffins) of all flavors. To pretend I am having cake I make a chocolate MIM and top it with either homemade cream cheese frosting or peanut butter.

    I have an image of a plastic, short man, dishing out your nuts! :laugh:

    Hahahahahaha! OMG too funny!
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