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| Mis_Trev - 2017-01-25 11:37 AM My step-daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a couple years ago so we changed our diet to a low carb. It's really quite simple - we do tend to eat mainly meats, cheese, and veggies.
I would suggest finding a diabetes cook book or searching diabetes receipes. They are surprisingly good!
I have always thought if we just followed a diabetic recommended diet we would all be healthy. | |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | This is the only diet that works for me because I am terrible at portion control. I kind of low-carb binge until I can't stand the sweets cravings anymore, then I fall off the wagon. Or, I get super busy and it's "gimme a number four with a Coke" at the drive through. For me, the cravings for sweets has never gone away. I have tried the sugar substitute deserts, but the artificial sweeteners start to make me sick after a while. It does work for weight loss, but be careful if you have any cholesterol or blood pressure problems.
I am sure there are some well balanced low carb ways to eat, but until they come out with a section in the store that has all my ingredients for a particular recipe in one bag, where I can toss it in the shopping cart and jet, I probably won't be preparing any of the well balanced stuff. I'd probably eat an entire spread meant for five people by myself anyways. | |
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Location: SW North Dakota | sodapop - 2017-01-25 5:48 PM ND3canAddict - 2017-01-25 10:51 AM South BeachDiet is my go-to. I wish it had a different name, because at face value it sounds like a fad diet, when in reality, it's about healthy eating. Whole foods.
The first 2 weeks is low-carb. I'm starting over and on my 3rd day. It kills sugar cravings and kind of re-boots your system. When I did it on 2004, I lost 11 pounds in 14 days. Once you move to phase 2, you can start adding healthy carbs like whole grain pasta, whole grain bread, etc. The white sugar and white flour should be gone forever. In phase 2, I lost 2-3 pounds steady every week, until I lost a total of 40 pounds in about 3.5 months.
For me the beauty of it was that there was nothing to count or measure. After the first 2 weeks, my appetite was greatly reduced from what it had been. The only drawback is that it takes quite a bit of meal planning so you don't get in a bind or bored.
After 13 years, I've gained back 25 pounds. But I love cake. A lot. Did you use a South Beach Diet book or website? Congrats on your weightloss success.
When I did it in 2004, I used one of the first editions of the book. I followed it about 98%- which actually is OK, according to the book. Just choose your battles. I never gave up my Litehouse 1000 Island dressing, and I never ate no-fat cheese (GROSS).
I just looked at the website yesterday, and was pretty disappointed. One of the things that the book was big on was using whole foods. No preservative. Nothing "enriched." Then I look at the website, and it's totally freaking commercial. Like a Nutrasystem deal, where you order your meals. Don't get me wrong, I'm SUPER lazy, so this kind of appeals to me, BUT it's kind of against the whole theory of (what I thought was) the program.
SOOO, I am doing it with the old book that worked 13 years ago. I have my little lunch bag packed for phase 1. HB eggs, cheese sticks, almonds, tuna... I'm on day 5 so it's getting exponentially easier! :) I am 3 weeks out from knee surgery, so I can't do too much exercise, but for me, it's 95% eating and 5% exercise to lose pounds. After the sugar monkey leaves, exercise seems a lot more appealing!  | |
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| sodapop - 2017-01-25 5:51 PM Mis_Trev - 2017-01-25 11:37 AM My step-daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a couple years ago so we changed our diet to a low carb. It's really quite simple - we do tend to eat mainly meats, cheese, and veggies.
I would suggest finding a diabetes cook book or searching diabetes receipes. They are surprisingly good! I have always thought if we just followed a diabetic recommended diet we would all be healthy.
Lol - I know we are all sure healthier for it. It's not like we ate a bad diet before she was diagnosed, but it definately made us more aware of what we were eating. | |
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| Thanks guys. A lot of interesting methods. My trouble is just cooking for one. I sometimes do not feel like cooking just for myself and will go the easy route and get those frozen dinners which I know are not good for you. I would be much better off if I stuck to salads, which I do like but that can get boring. Like right now I have the munchies. | |
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Location: Kansas | 1DSoon - 2017-01-25 11:44 AM I have lived exclusivly on Bacon and Block chedder for the last 4 years.
I can get down with that diet | |
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| Sandok - 2017-01-26 10:27 AM
Thanks guys. A lot of interesting methods. My trouble is just cooking for one. I sometimes do not feel like cooking just for myself and will go the easy route and get those frozen dinners which I know are not good for you. I would be much better off if I stuck to salads, which I do like but that can get boring. Like right now I have the munchies.
I belong to a diet and workout group/club/business that a friend of mine founded. Kale and i have developed an intimate relationship.
Great ladies, great support. These ladies get serious about their salads and OMG no limits to the creativity. This is not your iceberg with cheese and ranch salad!
I just had a huge one with kale (keeps me full longer), cabbage, homemade brown rice and quinoa (not necessarily low carb, but whole grain and satisfying), feta, pickled beets, roasted red peppers, black beans, and sliced almonds with homemade salsa for dressing. Would also be great packed into a wrap.
Water intake is huge as well. I shoot for a gallon or more a day.
If nothing else the minor cost of membership is worth all the salad ideas. | |
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Location: SW North Dakota | Nita - 2017-01-25 9:50 PM This is the only diet that works for me because I am terrible at portion control. I kind of low-carb binge until I can't stand the sweets cravings anymore, then I fall off the wagon. Or, I get super busy and it's "gimme a number four with a Coke" at the drive through. For me, the cravings for sweets has never gone away. I have tried the sugar substitute deserts, but the artificial sweeteners start to make me sick after a while. It does work for weight loss, but be careful if you have any cholesterol or blood pressure problems. I am sure there are some well balanced low carb ways to eat, but until they come out with a section in the store that has all my ingredients for a particular recipe in one bag, where I can toss it in the shopping cart and jet, I probably won't be preparing any of the well balanced stuff. I'd probably eat an entire spread meant for five people by myself anyways.
You and I are twins! This is my default mode. And fall-off-the-wagon mode.
I will say that after a week or so of healthy eating, I feel SOOOO much better. And the pounds are dropping off, almost effortlessly. Then I get to my goal weight and it seems like a race to put it all back on! Gaahhhhhhh! | |
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| I will have to try the Kale. No I don't do the iceberg salads. I used to but now that I do the Romaine, and others the iceberg is really bland. I can't do with much nuts in them as I also have diverticulous and the nuts seem to really set it off. | |
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| I like alcohol too much to be truly low carb.. 
But I eat my carbs in the form of small amounts of brown rice, sweet potatoes, and some fruit for the most part. I bought a package of those meal prep 3-compartment containers a month or so ago and spend a couple of hours on Sunday to make 8 or 9 of them for the week. I only cook for me, so that means no cooking during the week and little to no dishes for the week, one small grocery bill per week, I don't even have to waste time thinking about all of it. I seriously love it. And I have correct portions and a balanced meal in 3 minutes at any given time I need one. I haven't gotten bored with them yet, the convenience is outweighing that so far and I just keep telling myself that if I'm not hungry enough to eat one of those, I'm not hungry! lol I do usually cook 1-2 fresh healthy meals a week and have one cheat meal, so I just wait for those. | |
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Location: SW North Dakota | Dodge629 - 2017-01-26 12:27 PM I like alcohol too much to be truly low carb..
But I eat my carbs in the form of small amounts of brown rice, sweet potatoes, and some fruit for the most part. I bought a package of those meal prep 3-compartment containers a month or so ago and spend a couple of hours on Sunday to make 8 or 9 of them for the week. I only cook for me, so that means no cooking during the week and little to no dishes for the week, one small grocery bill per week, I don't even have to waste time thinking about all of it. I seriously love it. And I have correct portions and a balanced meal in 3 minutes at any given time I need one. I haven't gotten bored with them yet, the convenience is outweighing that so far and I just keep telling myself that if I'm not hungry enough to eat one of those, I'm not hungry! lol I do usually cook 1-2 fresh healthy meals a week and have one cheat meal, so I just wait for those.
WOW, I love this!! I need to get motivated enough to try this on a family sized scale! Great idea!! | |
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| Sandok - 2017-01-26 1:10 PM
I will have to try the Kale. No I don't do the iceberg salads. I used to but now that I do the Romaine, and others the iceberg is really bland. I can't do with much nuts in them as I also have diverticulous and the nuts seem to really set it off.
Some folks find it really bitter. I don't find it bitter at all, so I think it depends on your taste buds. I bought some rainbow kale the other day I have yet to try it though. I find it to be "meatier" and more filling than romaine, plus it seems to store better. I hate buying lettuce and having it go bad.
I also like to cook with kale. I'll do a big ol plate of fried kale and cabbage with some chicken or shrimp, garlic and a little parm cheese. | |
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | We did it 2 summers ago. My husband started it and went full blown...as close to ZERO carbs as possible for several months to retrain his gut and metabolism. Then we slowly introduced things like small amounts of fruits (which I never did give up) and things like sweet potatoes. I didn't really lose but maybe a couple of pounds--but I didn't need to either. My husband lost over 30# and kept it off for a long time. It really made him feel good. More energy, happier. He worked hard at it, but my goodness some of the diet helpers like Adkins products are ex...pen...sive.
We are back to eating some carbs again, but I try to not buy a lot of them--which is the easiest way to not eat them--and I try to keep our eating as clean as I can. I don't buy a lot of bread, and I do I buy whole grain. I buy whole grain pasta for those times where my kids just want spaghetti. But I try to do most of my shopping in the produce section and outter aisles of the store and that helps a lot. I read a lot of labels and was surprised at what had lots of carbs, and by things that don't have many--shake in bake only has 4 carbs per serving, but feels like cheating, lol, so we did that sometimes.
It is easier to accomplish in nicer weather months because it's so easy to just grill some meat and add a veggie. Broccoli, zucchini, green beans are the major rotators, but I throw in sweet potatoes or carrots every once in a while, and try to stay away from corn all except when sweet corn on the cob is in season. And oh lawdy, the amount of eggs, cheese, deli turkey, nuts, carrot/celery sticks and ranch dip, etc that we go through....
And just a note on the alcohol thing...whiskey has basically no carbs in it, LOL. | |
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| Good to know on the whiskey. 
Also I guess pork rinds have zero carbs so the gal here in the office that is doing the low carb think crunches up the pork rinds to like put in meat loaf, coat chicken with, etc. I just get stumped on what to eat, snack on, etc. Like today bored and just have the munchies. Luckily there is not too much here in the office to munch on. I guess that is where string cheese would come in handy. | |
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Location: SW North Dakota | Sandok - 2017-01-26 1:53 PM Good to know on the whiskey. Also I guess pork rinds have zero carbs so the gal here in the office that is doing the low carb think crunches up the pork rinds to like put in meat loaf, coat chicken with, etc. I just get stumped on what to eat, snack on, etc. Like today bored and just have the munchies. Luckily there is not too much here in the office to munch on. I guess that is where string cheese would come in handy.
Snacks:
Deli turkey wrapped around a cheese stick... I also spread a little 1000 island (like 1/8 tsp) over meat to give it a little zip)
Beef Jerky
hard boiled egg w/ Tony Chachere's
10 almonds and 5 dark chocolate chips
LF ricotta with a splash of vanilla, a packet of splenda and a pinch of baking cocoa
brocoli and ranch
tuna salad on WASA crackers
Smoked oysters
I wish I could think of more, I get bored with snacks, too. Usually a cheese stick and a little LF delli meat for me | |
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Location: Wyoming | CarrieH77 - 2017-01-25 10:37 AM I just started this and got the cookbook from DJ Foodie and OMG so many good recipes. He uses a lot of flax, almound and coconut flour so you get to make things that are similar to products you may be used to eating. There is desserts and everything so when I have a sweet tooth I can actually make something that tastes good to me. It's not as hard as you think either once you get past the first few days. I feel so much better!
I have this cookbook too. There are some really good recipes in it and a lot of information. | |
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Location: Wyoming | Here are some good websites.
lowcarbediem.com
dietdoctor.com
****delicious.net omg the zucchini fritters are the bomb! I fried mine in bacon grease. Yum!
^^^The bad word filter blocked the word dam n.
I found sticking with a strict low carb doesn't work for me, but I try to keep it as low as possible. However, I just had to have a taco with black beans and in a real flour tortilla.
I also can't give up fruits.
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Location: Wyoming | Dodge629 - 2017-01-26 11:27 AM I like alcohol too much to be truly low carb..
But I eat my carbs in the form of small amounts of brown rice, sweet potatoes, and some fruit for the most part. I bought a package of those meal prep 3-compartment containers a month or so ago and spend a couple of hours on Sunday to make 8 or 9 of them for the week. I only cook for me, so that means no cooking during the week and little to no dishes for the week, one small grocery bill per week, I don't even have to waste time thinking about all of it. I seriously love it. And I have correct portions and a balanced meal in 3 minutes at any given time I need one. I haven't gotten bored with them yet, the convenience is outweighing that so far and I just keep telling myself that if I'm not hungry enough to eat one of those, I'm not hungry! lol I do usually cook 1-2 fresh healthy meals a week and have one cheat meal, so I just wait for those.
Dietdoctor.com has the carb count on a lot of the alcohol drinks.
I made up Ice tea, lemon juice and vodka and it is pretty good.
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Location: Silver Lake, MN | Yeah I haven't given everything up fully but try to follow it the best I can. There are a lot of good recipes out there now I think people would be surprised. And I like my drinks too...I have a flavored vodka with sparkling water that is my fav...suppose I should go look that up. LOL. I want to be healthy but I want to live life as well so just need to find that balance. | |
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| ND3canAddict - 2017-01-26 9:46 AM
sodapop - 2017-01-25 5:48 PM ND3canAddict - 2017-01-25 10:51 AM South BeachDiet is my go-to. I wish it had a different name, because at face value it sounds like a fad diet, when in reality, it's about healthy eating. Whole foods.
The first 2 weeks is low-carb. I'm starting over and on my 3rd day. It kills sugar cravings and kind of re-boots your system. When I did it on 2004, I lost 11 pounds in 14 days. Once you move to phase 2, you can start adding healthy carbs like whole grain pasta, whole grain bread, etc. The white sugar and white flour should be gone forever. In phase 2, I lost 2-3 pounds steady every week, until I lost a total of 40 pounds in about 3.5 months. Â
For me the beauty of it was that there was nothing to count or measure. After the first 2 weeks, my appetite was greatly reduced from what it had been. The only drawback is that it takes quite a bit of meal planning so you don't get in a bind or bored. Â
After 13 years, I've gained back 25 pounds. But I love cake. A lot. Did you use a South Beach Diet book or website? Congrats on your weightloss success. Â
I just looked at the website yesterday, and was pretty disappointed. One of the things that the book was big on was using whole foods. No preservative. Nothing "enriched." Then I look at the website, and it's totally freaking commercial. Like a Nutrasystem deal, where you order your meals. Don't get me wrong, I'm SUPER lazy, so this kind of appeals to me, BUT it's kind of against the whole theory of (what I thought was) the program.
SOOO, I am doing it with the old book that worked 13 years ago. I have my little lunch bag packed for phase 1.  HB eggs, cheese sticks, almonds, tuna... I'm on day 5 so it's getting exponentially easier! :) I am 3 weeks out from knee surgery, so I can't do too much exercise, but for me, it's 95% eating and 5% exercise to lose pounds. After the sugar monkey leaves, exercise seems a lot more appealing! Â
Thanks for the info! I think I may look at the book info you mentioned. My problem is I am not much of a cook. I don't like to cook either. I sure wish I loved it and was good at it, but then I would probably just cook unhealthy things. lol | |
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