Low Carb Diet

[left210]

My husband makes omelets in a bag on Sunday for the work week that he can take to work and heat up. It's easier for him because he loves omelets.

How do you make these?

 

[hydster]

How do you make these?

Oh my gosh they are so easy!

He uses 2 eggs per day so you just crack however many eggs into a bowl you want per omelet, add the ingredients you want to put in with the eggs. He uses cheese, honey ham sometimes,turkey bacon sometimes, peppers, onions and mushrooms. Whisk it all together and then add it to a ziploc sandwich bag...just the basic size for a sandwich.

Put a pot of water on the stove and get it boiling. Add the zipped baggies into the boiling water and boil them for 12 minutes. Take them out of the water and put them in the fridge.

When you want to eat one just take it out of the baggie and nuke it for 30 seconds or however hot you want it. He says they are really good because the different flavors all blend together while they sit in the fridge. I will take his word on it but he loves them as does my son.

We have done this for camping trips for the last 15 years for them and it's been great!

 

[Disney4Drew]

Another low carber here

I started eating a low carb diet again about 8 weeks ago. I am down 23 lbs. but I will still like to lose about 20 -25 more. My doctor says I am within 5 lbs of my target weight should be but I have a pair of size 8 jeans just calling my name! I'm getting into my 12's now but I would really be happy and content at a size 10.

I follow Atkins more tha SB. I have really been doing well with finding things to fit into the diet (and I eat out alot!) One of my new favorite things are the Naked Chicken taco salads at Qdoba (Chipotle ones work too.) I just don't get the black bean salsa. They are super tasty and filling. I also really love the low carb wraps by Tumaro's. I get these in the deli of my grocery store but they also sell them on Amazon. I find so many uses for these. I make breakfast wraps (eggs, sausage and Tiger sauce or salsa), as a sandwich wrap, as pizza crust or as a cracker subsitute for my spinach dip or pepperoni and cheese. They are wonderful!!!

As for sweets, the best things I have found are the Dove sugar free dark chocolate raspberry creme candies. I find that I can eat one or two of these and any sweet cravings goes away! I find them in the candy aisle at Super Walmart. The Russel Stover tidbits are very good as well (taste very close to M&M's) I also LOVE Tropicana's sugar free orangeade. It is in with the regular sodas. It kind of tastes like Tang. I swear I go thru a 2 litre of this stuff every day!

I am a bit discouraged lately as the weight loss has stalled a bit. I think I need to cut back on the sugar substitutes and nuts a bit and see how things go! Modifying your eating habits can be challenging (and frustrating) but your health and well-being is worth all the hard work! Keep it up!

YUM...the breakfast wraps and chocolate sound SOOOOO good!!

Congrats on your weight loss thus far!!

 

[Southern4sure]

Oh my gosh they are so easy!

He uses 2 eggs per day so you just crack however many eggs into a bowl you want per omelet, add the ingredients you want to put in with the eggs. He uses cheese, honey ham sometimes,turkey bacon sometimes, peppers, onions and mushrooms. Whisk it all together and then add it to a ziploc sandwich bag...just the basic size for a sandwich.

Put a pot of water on the stove and get it boiling. Add the zipped baggies into the boiling water and boil them for 12 minutes. Take them out of the water and put them in the fridge.

When you want to eat one just take it out of the baggie and nuke it for 30 seconds or however hot you want it. He says they are really good because the different flavors all blend together while they sit in the fridge. I will take his word on it but he loves them as does my son.

We have done this for camping trips for the last 15 years for them and it's been great!

Sunday I will make the omelets in a bag for the week. I never heard of this....COOL!

 

[Disney4Drew]

Oh my gosh they are so easy!

He uses 2 eggs per day so you just crack however many eggs into a bowl you want per omelet, add the ingredients you want to put in with the eggs. He uses cheese, honey ham sometimes,turkey bacon sometimes, peppers, onions and mushrooms. Whisk it all together and then add it to a ziploc sandwich bag...just the basic size for a sandwich.

Put a pot of water on the stove and get it boiling. Add the zipped baggies into the boiling water and boil them for 12 minutes. Take them out of the water and put them in the fridge.

When you want to eat one just take it out of the baggie and nuke it for 30 seconds or however hot you want it. He says they are really good because the different flavors all blend together while they sit in the fridge. I will take his word on it but he loves them as does my son.

We have done this for camping trips for the last 15 years for them and it's been great!

Ohhhhhhhhh sounds SO easy!! I balked at spending over 3.00 for the frozen omelets at the store and making them everyday is tedious. I can't wait to try this tomorrow!

 

[Aidensmom]

I'll tell you how we started. We did/do Southbeach so we picked a day to start. Southbeach has 3 different phases. You start with Phase 1 which is a 2 week regimen.

On phase one there are NO carbs! You eat proteins and salads bascially. I don't like eggs so breakfast was REALLY hard for me! My husband makes omeletes in a bag on Sunday for the work week that he can take to work and heat up. It's easier for him because he loves omelets. For lunch it consists of things like Chicken Caesar Salads or something of that nature. NO breads, rice, pasta, carbs nothing. We snack on lettuce wraps or lunch meat wraps but no buns for any of it.

I do great for the 1st week but the 2nd week gets old for me. You can have Sugar free jello for your "snack" but also no fruits either during phase 1.

Once you move to phase 2 you can slowly add back some carbs and fruits BUT they have to be wheat carbs. NO whites allowed back into your diet. That means no white bread, pasta, rice....none of it. On phase 2 we had chicken Caesar wraps on wheat tortillas and stuff like that along with a few fruits that we added in like green apples with peanut butter.


Once you get through phase 2 and get on to phase 3 it's pretty lenient with eating whatever you'd like but in smaller portions and still no whites. We haven't had white bread or rice in almost 2 years and we do NOT eat any sweets ever. No cookies, cakes, doughnuts, candy, chocolate. We don't miss them and when we have tried one they are just too sweet for us now.

You can choose to start it anytime you like but make sure you clean out all of the bad carbs from your house because if you are anything like me they will tempt you constantly especially during phase 1.

This is what I followed too. I still eat the phase 3 diet, but like I posted earlier, I do cheat on it now and then. I'm not trying to lose any weight though.

 

[hydster]

Glad to help out! I wish I liked eggs and fish but I don't like either so it's so hard for me to be good on the plan. LOL

We started back on phase 1 southbeach almost 2 weeks ago and I've lost 15 pounds and dh has lost 18 pounds and I've lost 2% body fat according to my fat squisher! I know it works....it just gets tedious during phase 1.

I like phase 2 and 3 much better when I can add some carbs back in. It's so hard to run without that quick energy of carbs. Now I'm waiting for Alli to come out too LOL

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

Thanks so much for all the replies. It really helps a newbie like me to read what exactly people eat when they are on this kind of diet...........

So if I'm reading it right, one of you suggested no carbs at all the first 2 weeks.......like we're talking ZERO.......isn't that impossible??

 

[HayGan]

HOT DEAL ALERT!

Amazon has the Tumaro Low Carb Wraps on sale plus they have a code (Tortill9) for $5 off of any Tumaro order. I was able to get the wraps for $21 shipped. Now I know that it sounds like alot BUT that is for 12 packages / 10 wraps in a package for a total of 120 wraps!!!
I pay almost $5 a pack for these at my local grocery store In 2 seperate orders I got the multigrain (which are my favorite!) and the green onion (I've heard that they are good) The best way to have them is to put them on plate with a wet paper towel over them, microwave for 30 seconds and they are perfect as a wrap, sandwich or whatever!

These do freeze well so I am set for awhile

BTW, the code is good thru April 30, 2007

 

[hydster]

Thanks so much for all the replies. It really helps a newbie like me to read what exactly people eat when they are on this kind of diet...........

So if I'm reading it right, one of you suggested no carbs at all the first 2 weeks.......like we're talking ZERO.......isn't that impossible??

Zero carbs for 2 weeks yes you read that right! No bread, no pasta, no rice, nothing for 2 weeks *on Southbeach...I have no idea about Atkins* but some foods do have some carbs in them but basically you avoid as much as possible. And white carbs are completely banned! You go wheat not white.

Once you go the 2 weeks you can start to bring back carbs in the form of wheat tortillas or bread and slowly add them. Basically you are following the low glycemic index foods. You want the lower ones instead of the higher ones. You can see which foods are which here

http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/gi_index.htm


And you can read more about it here
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/

 

[HayGan]

Thanks so much for all the replies. It really helps a newbie like me to read what exactly people eat when they are on this kind of diet...........

So if I'm reading it right, one of you suggested no carbs at all the first 2 weeks.......like we're talking ZERO.......isn't that impossible??

It is impossible. NO diet is NO carbs. Practically everything has carbs in it. Other than meat, some vegtables (broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce) are very low in carbs. But you have to be careful, some are high in carbs (corn, carrots, etc.) Even the strictest of low carb diets have you eating at least 20 carbs a day. You need some "good" carbs to be healthy

If you want to eat low carb, the best thing to do is get yourself a book (most libraries even have them) and really read up on the way of eating before you start. I prefer Atkins but many others also like South Beach. We can provide lots of helpful hints but to really understand this way of eating you really should understand more about why you eat this way and how different foods have different effects

 

[HayGan]

Zero carbs for 2 weeks yes you read that right! No bread, no pasta, no rice, nothing for 2 weeks *on Southbeach...I have no idea about Atkins* but some foods do have some carbs in them but basically you avoid as much as possible. And white carbs are completely banned! You go wheat not white.

No to be particular but that isn't NO carbs. You are getting carbs thru vegtables. You just can't have what people traditionally think of as carbs (pasta, rice, bread, etc.) South Beach and Atkins are very similar in their "induction" phase. In both, you are getting about 20 grams of carbs a day. SB is just less restrictive about grains in future phases than Atkins is.

The purpose of either induction phase is to get your body into ketosis. Ketosis is esentially your body's way of using fat as your fuel source rather than carbs. That is why it is so critical in the first few weeks to really limit your carbs. If your body is exposed to too many carbs it will start to use those as "fuel" again. Over time, when you eat a low carb diet you learn how many carbs you can handle without throwing your body out of ketosis.

 

[Aidensmom]

The purpose of either induction phase is to get your body into ketosis. Ketosis is esentially your body's way of using fat as your fuel source rather than carbs. That is why it is so critical in the first few weeks to really limit your carbs. If your body is exposed to too many carbs it will start to use those as "fuel" again. Over time, when you eat a low carb diet you learn how many carbs you can handle without throwing your body out of ketosis.

The induction phase also helps rid your body of cravings for carbs and sugars, at least it did for me.

 

[hydster]

No to be particular but that isn't NO carbs. You are getting carbs thru vegtables. You just can't have what people traditionally think of as carbs (pasta, rice, bread, etc.) South Beach and Atkins are very similar in their "induction" phase. In both, you are getting about 20 grams of carbs a day. SB is just less restrictive about grains in future phases than Atkins is.

Right which is why in my post *which apparently didn't come across as I intended it to* I said: No bread, no pasta, no rice, nothing for 2 weeks some foods do have some carbs in them but basically you avoid as much as possible.

Sorry for the non clear answer!

 

[hydster]

The induction phase also helps rid your body of cravings for carbs and sugars, at least it did for me.

It did for me too..it also made me want to hurl at the site of chicken or fish or salad for awhile LOL

 

[marshallandcartersmo]

thanks for the responses......I was a little freaked out about the ZERO carb thing. I just had some cesear salad dressing on my salad and noticed the pouch said 1 carb........I started thinking--good gosh, when I start this diet can I not even have that???

 

[HayGan]

thanks for the responses......I was a little freaked out about the ZERO carb thing. I just had some cesear salad dressing on my salad and noticed the pouch said 1 carb........I started thinking--good gosh, when I start this diet can I not even have that???

That's why I wanted to clarify (not to be a Little Miss Know-It-All ) Some people think NO carbs - OMG all I can eat is meat. Or they think they can eat all they want of vegtables. Neither of which is the case. It is very important to get those 20 carbs in the first stage.

It really is important to understand why you are doing such a low level of carbs and where you should get your carbs from in order to be successful in losing the weight

 

[Southern4sure]

thanks for the responses......I was a little freaked out about the ZERO carb thing. I just had some cesear salad dressing on my salad and noticed the pouch said 1 carb........I started thinking--good gosh, when I start this diet can I not even have that???

First I recommend becoming aware of how many carbs are in the foods you normally buy & eat. Become a label reader and do some research on what vegetables and fruits are high in carbs.

You really eat alot of food at 20 carbs a day you just have to cook more at home and sometimes alot of cooking from scratch with substitutions. Going out to eat wasn't hard...I always ordered a side salad with grilled steak, salmon or chicken. No breads, pastas, potatoes and etc.

Once you get down to the size you want, you can slowly add carbs to maintain your weight. Example: You might eat 60 carbs a day for maintenance.... But always keep up the excercise after adding carbs, you dont want the weight back on.

 

[hydster]

We use this site a LOT

http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-tools/carb_counter.html

 

[Talking Hands]

I started a low carb diet Monday and have already seen benefits. Down 3.5# and even better my insulin has been cut in half. I was taking a total of 160U a day and am down to 80U a day. Since I am diabetic I do have to eat some carbs if my sugar goes too loe but so far I have been able to keep it to a minimum.