MickeyNicki
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Would love to hear your experiences on low carb eating at WDW
One other tip for your QS meals. Usually the only thing listed on the menu are the combo meals, but you can get the entree w/o the fries and it will be cheaper.
I did cancel my reserations at Nine Dragons and San Angel Inn because the menus do not look to low carb and was able to replace them with Narcoossee's and Rose & Crown.
Breakfast is super easy for CS or TS (eggs and bacon/sausage!) and TS dinners are going to be a snap...CS is my problem and I am might just have to book TS lunch but I hate being tied down so much
CS has changed alot over the years though and maybe it will be alot easier than I think....and if not hopefully we can get walk up lunches lol!
Do you think I should note this on my reservations? Wonder if the TS dinners (especially signatures) can make a special low carb dessert?
I think Low carb diets are going to be about the easiest diet to do while in disney world! I recently cut out meat... that is going to be more of a challenge for me at WDW. Good luck.
Hi, Nicki...long time no see, lol.
Hubby & I just did low-carb (Atkins style, staying at 20 carbs per day) in May 2012.
We thought we were doing very, very well. For breakfast we either had Quest brand protein bars, or we ate at the food court...scrambled eggs & side of bacon or sausage w/coffee or diet coke. For lunch, we were eating entree-type salads (like chicken caesar salad) or cheeseburgers, skip the bun. All of our dinners were either buffets with plenty of protein choices, and salad bars...or restaurants with steak & salad on the menu.
We did not have a single "cheat" high carb anything the whole time we were there. Even for alcohol, we were just getting shots of tequila or rum and mixing our own Crystal lite lemonade packets in our water glasses, and adding the shot. had no baked goods, no ice cream,no pastries, no sugary beverages, no rice/noodles/potatoes...no high-carb veggies, and no fruit.
BUT we both gained 4-5 lbs. in 4 nights/5 days of supposed low-carb eating at Disney. Somewhere in there they are hiding a lot of carbs. I suspect way too much salt, sugar rubs/marinades on the meats, who knows what carbs added to the scrambled eggs, sugar on the green veggies (common cooks trick to make veggies taste great)
So...lesson we learned is...even if you think you're eating low-carb at Disney, look out for hidden carbs all over the place. We actually gained just as much eating what was supposedly low-carb in 5 days as we did eating deluxe dining 3 course meals in March for 3 days No Fair! Dieting & still gained as much weight as when we were eating like kings
And SKIP the idea of low-carb-desserts. They'll refer you to the no-sugar-added desserts on every menu. BUT these are typically high-carb (just no sugar, but full of flour, cornstarch thickeners, fruit, etc. that's not good for low carb. PLUS, worst of all...they usually have sweetened with sugar-alcohols which give gastro-intestinal upsets to about 1/2 the population!)
Hope that helps,
Cathy from Nebraska
Thank you all for the good ideas and suggestions. I had no clue about marinating meats and what not in fruit juices...that has me worried. I thought I would be ok with sticking to steaks and chicken and seafood and of course as for no sauces if possible but if they are marinating it before hand I could be in for trouble. And veggies have some stuff on them too? Oy vey..
I have to call WDW and add it to my reservations...hope this helps alot.
Decided to ditch SAI and ND because the temptations for rice and beans and sweet sauces are just too much. Plus I am a sucker for a huge hunk of meat so steakhouses are better for me....although I think DH is going to get sick of it very fast.