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Lately I've just been having a cup of coffee with a tablespoon of double cream if I'm hungry in the afternoon, it knocks my appetite right out. I used to have some salami, cheese or coleslaw, or all of the above, but my calories were spiralling out of control. In the evening, I'll have a 2.4 g square of 99% Lindt chocolate…

Here's a good article on smoke points. http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-point-and-why-does-it-matter.html It doesn't mention avocado oil, but as mentioned above, it definitely has a very high smoke point, one of the highest. I recommend ghee or clarified butter though, it will give your…

You're definitely not the only one who cares about where their meat comes from. If you're in the US or Canada, I'm sure you can find a brand of bacon that comes from well-sourced farms that prioritise animal welfare (I'm sure Whole Foods can point you in the right direction). Here in the U.K. the Spoilt Pig brand is…

I've made mochas with unsweetened cocoa powder (green &black's) and coconut cream (not milk). The coconut and chocolate mixture can be refrigerated and turns into a pudding like consistency that's pretty yummy. I don't add any type of sweetener to it, the coconut is naturally sweet enough (with very minimal carbs).

I love my food scale and have had one for as long as I can remember. Wish I was one of those people who doesn't need to track every morsel of food eaten, but strict control mechanisms - weighing and tracking my food/macro/calorie intake is the only way I lose weight. I stopped consistently tracking my food (which for me…

Find some new comfort foods to help you cope with the cravings. For me it's devilled eggs and bacon, they give me a high level of food satisfaction and keep me from digging into the carbs (most of the time). I've found that I'm better off overeating low carb or no carb foods when I'm coping with cravings versus giving into…

Good to know @froyseef Thanks for the warning! :#

Where do you get small batches of raw coffee beans @kimberlyb6682 ? I'd love to try roasting my own beans!

I eat eggs and bacon every day and my cholesterol has never been lower. Used to take cholesterol meds, but don't need them anymore.

Gin and diet tonic

That's awesome that they're so supportive! If you're driving there, I would just pop to the store and get something simple that doesn't require cooking, some salami, prosciutto, cheese.. so that you have some fat and protein to go with your raw veggies. Or maybe just ask them to borrow their car to pop to the store of…

Losing a lot of weight fast can cause your hormones to be erratic, which can affect your cycle. Mine was a mess the first three months, but finally evened out. But it still gets a bit out of whack when I'm experiencing greater weight loss.

I'll get a cappuccino occasionally as they don't have too much milk in them. And I rarely have a Starbucks accessible, but I did get a coconut milk sugar free caramel latte a couple months ago, but I definitely wouldn't make that a habit, it was a one off treat, a very yummy treat :smiley:

I've definitely had days (and recently a solid week) of making bad choices, but none have been planned. Though eating this way makes it much easier than ever before in my life to get back on track after eating off plan, it's still a difficult challenge that I don't enjoy, so I would never plan an intentional break.…

Lol this is my husband too! He's gotten so skinny from my diet and is now constantly staring at himself in the mirror and seeing how his abs are coming along (he hadn't seen them in nearly 15 yrs). I almost feel like I've given him an eating disorder, he weighs himself more often than I do. But in all honesty, his new…

I'm looking at cutting my protein way down right now. Eating too much protein has really stalled my diet in the past. Soup is my favourite meal for filling up with minimal protein... works great with fat & veggies, easy enough to add butter, coconut, olive oil or cream for fat. Veggie omelettes are my other favourite lower…

I love making soup! My husband and I cook a lot of soup all year long, but especially now that it's cold. A couple nights ago we made a lamb curry soup with lamb neck fillet (it's super fatty and tender), shiitake mushrooms, zucchini, spinach red pepper, carrots, and onions (very small amount of the last three…

Scrambled eggs and broth, separate and together (egg drop soup!).

Congratulations! What a fabulous success :smiley:

Aww I'm sorry. I haven't found that this woe causes me to feel depressed, but as someone who struggles with depression and who has used food as a coping mechanism her whole life, it is hard to break that trend and I do feel at a loss when I'm dealing with something that I would normally remedy with food. I know there are a…

Kale chips are delish!! Make sure you strip the leafy bits off the stem. Hopefully you're buying whole leaves, it's easier to separate them from the stem that way. Here in Scotland I've only been able to buy it chopped, which isn't ideal for kale chips. It's also really good in a salad, but the key is to massage the…

My dad signed us both up for nutrisystem when I was 13. Eating disgusting dehydrated food did nothing to foster better eating habits for me. I think I lost 5 lbs, which I promptly regained. At 17 I would buy giant tubs of diet pills from Costco, which made me feel so high that I wanted to throw up all the time, making…

We love sauerkraut and kimchi in my house! I also use fermented black soy beans, miso paste and gluten free soy sauce.

Well, I've had 40 years to get to know myself pretty well, so time has helped lol. Seriously though, many years of eating and dieting has definitely taught me a lot about myself and my body, but knowing the how's and why's still doesn't make it easy for me to remedy my food situation. I would never say that I was "in tune"…

Up to 5 for dairy - double cream and cheese, 5-10 for salad dressing, gluten free soy sauce and other seasonings/flavourings and the rest for veggies. I do sometimes have a Quest bar when I'm travelling, but if I'm home, I stick with real food.

I literally stopped going to the movie theatre because I can't control myself around popcorn! There's no way I could stop myself from eating it, I just have to avoid putting myself in front of temptation. So we bought a projector and screen at home and made our own theatre where I can eat on plan :smiley:

Sounds like a deal! :smiley: But seriously, we've both come so far this year, and I know for me, none of these roadblocks have been real setbacks. As much as they suck, and as crappy as I feel about my failures along the way, the truth is, before this woe, I would NEVER have been able to rebound so quickly. One bad meal…

Oh I know that yo-yo cycle so well. I have successfully overeaten keto foods and stalled my weight loss plenty of times during this journey and am going through one of those phases right now. I'm two weeks out from a 24-hour carbfest that resulted in me kind of OD'ing on peanut butter and making myself incredibly ill and…

I'm certainly not perfect, but when I'm eating on plan, which is probably 95+% of the time, I'm super strict when it comes to not eating bread, pasta, potatoes, etc, but I truly believe that we each need to find our individual path to good health as we're all trying to work within our own individual set of health…

When your colleague laments about being on a diet and not being able to eat cheese because of all the fat and you say, "Oh, yeah, I'm on a diet too, I'll eat your cheese and you can keep the bread," and she looks at you like you're out of your mind, and then says with this look of desperation, "Does that actually work?" to…