Low carb diet tips

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(05-12-2020, 05:51 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Just started a low carb diet.  It is actually working much better than I thought it would.  I am sure my loss rate will slow down as I get smaller, but I have lost almost 15 lbs in just three weeks.

So does anyone have any secret recipes or any helpful tips.

I bought some almond flour, but I did not plan on eating a lot of "fake bread" made from "fake flour".  The only bread product I was really missing was pizza crust.  That is all I have used it for so far, and it really didn't work that great.  But since the crust is a minor part of a pizza it does not matter that much if it is crumbly.

I also have a small (4 cup) ice cream maker.  I use almond milk low-carb fruits (small portion of strawberries or blackberries) and a carb free chocolate syrup.  Again, the results are not anything close to creamy smooth ice cream, but it taste pretty damn good.

The one thing I tried that was a total failure was mashing up baked cauliflower to replace mashed potatoes.  It did not taste ANYTHING like mashed potatoes even when I added tons of butter and sour cream.

I have also had to start adding a fiber supplement to my diet.

I went keto for 10 solid months last year. Lost 60lbs. Rapidly gaining it back due to it just being a pain in the ass to stick with it during quarantine.


That's my excuse, anyway.

Fred, my biggest advice is just get over trying to make things "like" carbs. Nothing taste the same. Riced cauliflower is just OK. None of the keto breads are any good. Cauliflower pizza crust is OK, not great.

Just have a HUGE  breakfast...all the eggs, cheese, sausage, bacon, etc...that covers you for awhile. It did me, anyway. Stick to hard liquor, no beer or wine. Not a problem at all for me. LOL.

It did the trick for me. Stick with it. Congrats.

Oh, and once your body gets used to using fat for energy, you can cheat a little. Out to dinner? Have a small piece of bread. A couple of bites of a baked potato, whatever you are craving. As long as you don't knock yourself out of ketosis, your body just glosses over it and you stay fat-adapted.

Buy the test strips at Kroger. I found peeing on them every morning a confidence builder. LOL.