A new low-carb support thread for 2016

Obviously fish day on the LCHF thread! All sounds delicious. Our monkfish kebabs and garlic mayo were good and (don't tell anybody), but we had six chips each (parboiled new potatoes cooked in olive oil in the oven).
In our defence we have shovelled heaven knows how many wheelbarrows of sand and cement, weeded several raised beds and mowed half an acre of grass today.

Not here in leafy Hertfordshire it isn't. Paprika chicken with Savoy cabbage. Lovely

I'm afraid we had barley risotto with chicken, leeks, peas and broad beans and Parmesan - washed down with Sauvignon Blanc, AND I had a slice of meringue roulade afterwards...and enjoyed it all. Oh dear - not a good day for low-carbs.

Mamie not doing brilliantly temptation-wise but weight slowly creeping down nevertheless. Today succumbed to ice cream this afternoon and followed that with the barley risotto, wine and roulade....but tomorrow I will be more strict. It's going to take time for me to adjust, I can see that.....

Well barley is very low GI .. I think it does take time to get going and the low GI grains are helpful. There is an interesting article on cauliflower in the Guardian today - anyone tried it cooked whole on the barbie?

Thank you BBbevan I'll try Sainsbury's.

I'd be scared it would explode whole on the barbie!

Yes , it was fish day here in the Midlands too. Salmon and pesto, with roast vegetables (onions, mushrooms and peppers). Followed by a slice of nice nutty manchego and a handful of walnuts.

Mamie bit too wet and cold for the barbecue yet, but will give the cauliflower a try when it gets warmer. Spaghetti Bol tonight with . I am doing a 16: 8 today so haven't had breakfast yet only a fruit tea. Roll on 10:30

With courgetti Sorry

What veg makes the best spaghetti - going to have lamb ragu one day this week?

Today's menu
Breakfast porridge sprinkled with ground mixed nuts
Leek and sweet potato soup
Chicken curry with nothing else as there is cauliflower and other vegetables in it.

Another thing I would like to add. We have been fiddling around with diets for ever, then DH has a heart attack and is told his blood sugar is too high.
Nothing like concentrating your mind! And suddenly given the alternative we are finding dieting really easy.

I think courgette makes the best spaghetti*whitewave*. I suppose you could do carrot but I wouldn't like that.
My DH wants to spirallized a potato and then deep fry it. " I bet it makes excellent crisps " he said. I bet it does too but we aren't having them.

When spiralized with the plain blade they are called Tornado potatoes, BB, and can be cooked in the microwave on a wooden skewer for fewer calories. Still carb rich of course. GCs like doing them.

I also think courgettes make the best 'spaghetti', although have tried carrot butternut squash and celeriac. Mixed they make a colourful stir fry.

DH can have potatoes, I can't. So he would never eat them in front of me. Bless him. He has lost 7lb by just being considerate.One day we will share a bag of crisps

So courgette it is thank you. Do you blanch it or eat it raw?

I just stir fry it quickly in a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.
We are having spag bog and courgetti too tonight. Just queezed a barbie in last night before a massive storm.

Queezed? Squeezed.

Thank you that's helpful

Bit chilly here for a Barrie.

Barrie who?

Bean Pasta

Anyone tried any of these? This particular one is only 8g carbs per serving of which 3g is sugars. That's nice and low.

Was especially thinking of our veggie poster......but quite fancy trying it myself.

Tonight is curry night. OH found some mutton at the bottom of the freezer so I am cooking it with lots of hot spices, a paste of garlic, ginger and onion and yoghurt. Will serve with spicy cauliflower and squash.
We have spent the morning planting and potting-on so lunch was an omelette with greens and lardons in the middle.
Have a good weekend everyone!

It sounds idyllic at your house Mamie, like a French Good Life, with delicious home grown food . All mine comes from M&S. Although I am trying to avoid becoming diabetic I have struggled with the 8 week low carb diet because it is so difficult when eating out, away from home and so on. I have had to modify it, ie with porridge oats at breakfast, and crispbread lunch times and trying where possible low carb evening meal. The ideas on this thread have been brilliant and have learnt lots of ways with cauliflower! I still have beer at weekends, which is my Achilles heel, but have lost 7lbs unfortunately has taken about 7 weeks. My BMI is in normal range so is it possible that this is one of the reasons why I am so slow to lose weight - or am I making excuses?

It is idyllic sometimes Lazigirl but basically if we didn't flog ourselves to death garden, cook and eat I would suffer from terminal boredom. . There is very little else to do in the French countryside and winters can be very trying. The French don't do much convenience food either, though the charcuterie had a huge queue the day that cooked pigs' ears were on offer.
I wonder if conventional LCHF would be easier? I think it is harder if you don't have much weight to lose and maybe "just" cutting out sugar and the starchy carbs would work better? Think my weight loss was only a pound a week with several pauses over the course of a year.

Lazigirl if your BMI is within the normal range why do you think you might become diabetic? Is there perhaps a history in your family or perhaps you've had a high blood sugar reading?

Personally I'd say 'well done' - a weight loss of 7lb in 7 weeks is a pretty good, steady result.