What has been the hardest thing you "gave up" since low carb
RonneyKay
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Just wondering what everyones "guilty pleasure" is/was prior to starting Low Carb? So far I am good, but I was at a dinner the other night and there was Cheesecake, I didn't eat any, and that alone is a HUGE nsv for me! haha... so just wondering if anyone else misses anything? or what do you splurge on every once in a while?
I know I will be able to eat Cheesecake again, I just don't think right now (just starting low carb) is a good time to have it LOL because 1 piece wouldn't be enough at this point.
I know I will be able to eat Cheesecake again, I just don't think right now (just starting low carb) is a good time to have it LOL because 1 piece wouldn't be enough at this point.
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bread is always the toughest for me.0
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Potatoes.0
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Ice cream0
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potatoes..like sooo effin' hard it ridiculous..i can't even cook them without dyyying to have a bite and i'm a chef at work and the only cook for my family who doesn't eat low-carb...0
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Fresh french bread smothered with butter
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I do love me some cheesecake, but I know I can make it low carb. The hardest would be pizza. I just love pizza and can seriously eat it at any meal.0
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Potatoes, noodles, and wine. I would kill for some pad thai!! 0
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white rice0
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Pizza kills me. I love that stuff and if I am not careful I eat pizza every day.0
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CHOCOLATE!!!!0
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Pizza kills me. I love that stuff and if I am not careful I eat pizza every day.
I would recommend looking up different recipes for "meatza."0 -
It's been movie theater popcorn (the kind drenched in soybean oil butter topping)--terrible in terms of both carbs and fake, industrial oils. But I've recently discovered that pork cracklins (Mac's brand), seasoned with cheese or butter salt, has been an excellent no-carb substitute. If I flavor it with some hot and spicy sauce instead, I can get fuller quicker because I'm also drinking more water whenever I go out to a movie theater. It has a firm, crisp texture, but it's not jawbreaker-hard.
When I started out, I thought Dorritos would be my low-carb kryptonite, but I honestly haven't missed it in the last 14 months, despite eating it almost every day for several years.0 -
Cake (in particular cupcakes with cream cheese frosting- red velvet)
Pasta & gnocchi..... which is what got me into this mess in the first place!!!0 -
Cereal!0
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Just starting a new low GI (essential low carb) program and trying to clean the tempting things out of my house. I think the most difficult thing will be yummy, seedy, whole wheat bread and wine. Love them both, but as one poster said: it's because of them, I got into this mess: ) Wish me luck!0
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Dessert in general for me - I am NOT a bread/rice/pasta/potatoes person (unless the bread is homemade and still warm). BUT I love me some chocolate with chocolate alongside some more chocolate with hot fudge on top. And fruit pies.0
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Being a Southern Girl I definitely miss all the breadie things, but since I can't eat wheat (I've developed an allergy to it) it's getting easier.
I'm finding some good substitutions using almond and coconut flours, but sometimes they're just not the same!! I try to stay away from soy because I have very high estrogen levels and my doctor said I need to keep soy to a bare minimum.
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I like to have something sweet after supper. For the other meals it doesn't bother me but after supper i crave something sweet. Today I fell off the wagon and had a few allsorts. Bad girl.0
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Just wondering what everyones "guilty pleasure" is/was prior to starting Low Carb? So far I am good, but I was at a dinner the other night and there was Cheesecake, I didn't eat any, and that alone is a HUGE nsv for me! haha... so just wondering if anyone else misses anything? or what do you splurge on every once in a while?
I know I will be able to eat Cheesecake again, I just don't think right now (just starting low carb) is a good time to have it LOL because 1 piece wouldn't be enough at this point.
Lots of versions of low carb crustless cheesecake out there....search for genaw dot com and she has tons of LC recipes
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bread is always the toughest for me.
Do a search for panini oopsie bread on food network or check out the MIM thread and adjust the recipe, make it in a sandwhich container and slice in 1/2 for a bread sandwhich0 -
Potatoes.
Cut up radishes and boil for about 5 minutes and then add spices, and fry to create a home fry....taste very close to taters and lots of recipes out there for radish dishes...a great sub for potatoes0 -
potatoes..like sooo effin' hard it ridiculous..i can't even cook them without dyyying to have a bite and i'm a chef at work and the only cook for my family who doesn't eat low-carb...
See the post above about making LC taters...lol0 -
Ice cream
Do a search for LC ice cream....it's possible and pretty good!0 -
Pizza kills me. I love that stuff and if I am not careful I eat pizza every day.
Lots of recipes out there for LC pizza and even pizza dip....crust is made from cauliflower and cheese and an egg....use the dip with green peppers, etc!....try the recipe site I posted above! You can always eat the top off the pizza but not the crust...:)0 -
CHOCOLATE!!!!
Search the recipe site I posted for the first poster for chocolate bark or do a search for it. There are a few recipes for it and it's great...you can add unsweetened coconut and almonds to it for a almond joy and variations!
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white rice
Buy cauliflower, and make mashed potatoes AND/OR rice from it....grate the cauliflower for rice...you can also make fried rice from it....do a search for it or look on the site I posted....genaw dot com0 -
It's been movie theater popcorn (the kind drenched in soybean oil butter topping)--terrible in terms of both carbs and fake, industrial oils. But I've recently discovered that pork cracklins (Mac's brand), seasoned with cheese or butter salt, has been an excellent no-carb substitute. If I flavor it with some hot and spicy sauce instead, I can get fuller quicker because I'm also drinking more water whenever I go out to a movie theater. It has a firm, crisp texture, but it's not jawbreaker-hard.
When I started out, I thought Dorritos would be my low-carb kryptonite, but I honestly haven't missed it in the last 14 months, despite eating it almost every day for several years.
Roast cauliflower seasoned with spices and butter for a popcorn effect...I have even taken it to the movies in a baggie with me Doritos can be made from cheese...do a search for nachos/doritos or check out the site I posted on a couple post 0 -
Cake (in particular cupcakes with cream cheese frosting- red velvet)
Pasta & gnocchi..... which is what got me into this mess in the first place!!!
Pasta can be made from spaghetti squash...and there's lots of recipes for LC cakes...using almond flour or coconut flour..yum!0 -
Cereal!
Take pork rinds and crunch up a little....add cinnamon and splenda and use as a cinnamon toast crunch cereal.....also take pork rinds and drizzle with butter and add splenda and cinnamon for the Taco Bell treats..you can warm up in the micro briefly 0 -
Not sure if I can post actual sites but you can "Like" Atkins Diet Video's on FB and go to his info page and then to his youtube page for tons of recipes...it's bowulf on there. and his website is atkinsgeek dot com....there is an Atkins page on FB with tons of info and also the site I stated in post above....genaw dot com. Very well known LC chefs/cooks for LC....you do NOT have to do Atkins to go LC and eat these yummy foods. Hope this helps to keep some of you on track Where there is a will, there is a way! best of luck to all of you on your journey.... 0
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