I just found a good recipe for flax seed meal "focaccia". I'm going to try it
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I just found a good recipe for flax seed meal "focaccia". I'm going to try it
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Is that the Loving Our Guts site? I want to try that recipe. I've gone off soup since I can't dip bread in it and I think that looks like it would work. I've been buying sprouted flax & sunflower seed crackers and they are SO good.
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I need lunch ideas that don't need pre-baking..... Anyone...?
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Where do you guys buy your healthy baking stuff. My closest big supermarket is a Woolworths though I haven't looked there yet. Otherwise it's an 1.5 hour drive to a health food store anywhere!
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I mainly take leftovers for lunch, so I cook extra at dinner time so there's some for a lunch or 2. But you can do salads with lots of chicken/ham/other meat and cheese. Soups are great.
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At Woolworths I buy -
Coconut oil (in Asian food section)
Coconut cream/milk (Asian food section)
Flax seed (aka linseed)
Flax meal (both in health food section)
Peanut butter (no salt, no sugar) - Macro brand or sanitarium, check labels
Almonds - all nuts actually - get them in the kilo packs near the vegies, not the Lucky brand near flour section
Almond meal (macro brand cheapest)
100% pure maple
Butter
Apple cider vinegar
Milk
Eggs
Cheese
Dates (homebrand)
And a million other things....
I buy coconut sugar and flour at health food shop but I know you can get them online.
Rice malt syrup I get at Coles.
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Myturn -
Smoked salmon
Smoked chicken fillet
Salami with cheese
Hummous (not strictly no carb) with celery
Salad
Soups
Boiled eggs
Curried eggs
Tinned tuna - add mayo, on celery
Leftovers
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I'm having a hankering for cheese on toast.....
Just had steamed mini dim sims for lunch.... Not strictly no carb... But anyway.....
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Really.... You just have salami and cheese???
or chicken and nothing else??
I keep getting bought back to my home ec days at school where there was an insistence on a little bit of everything I each meal...
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No, I got it off a blog called Low Carb, Better Health.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
* 2 cups flax seed meal
* 1 Tablespoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1-2 Tablespoons sugar equivalent from artificial sweetener [* I will leave this out]
* 5 beaten eggs
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/3 cup oil
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare pan (a 10X15 pan with sides works best) with oiled parchment paper or a silicone mat.
1) Mix dry ingredients well -- a whisk works well.
2) Add wet to dry, and combine well. Make sure there aren't obvious strings of egg white hanging out in the batter.
3) Let batter set for 2 to 3 minutes to thicken up some (leave it too long and it gets past the point where it's easy to spread.)
4) Pour batter onto pan. Because it's going to tend to mound in the middle, you'll get a more even thickness if you spread it away from the center somewhat, in roughly a rectangle an inch or two from the sides of the pan (you can go all the way to the edge, but it will be thinner).
5) Bake for about 20 minutes, until it springs back when you touch the top and/or is visibly browning even more than flax already is.
6) Cool and cut into whatever size slices you want. You don't need a sharp knife; I usually just cut it with a spatula.
Nutritional Information: Each of 12 servings has less than a gram of effective carbohydrate (.7 grams to be exact) plus 5 grams fiber, 6 grams protein, and 185 calories.
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I've been doing this for 9 days now - I did cheat a little on Saturday as Iwent to a 40th birthday party and I had some sugar and a few white carbs but didn't go too silly.
I am exactly 3kg down this morning. I can feel it in my jeans that they are a little looser.....still feeling amazed.
Going on holidays to friends house on Saturday afternoon for a week, so while I'll try to stick to it, I will have to eat what's offered while there but I'll be back on it as soon as I get home!
Oh, and still no additional exercise other than what is normally with the job - cleaning, chasing kids around, etc.
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Hi all
Just wondering how people are going? Is anyone else still with me?? I have now lost 5kgs so very happy. Been a bit lax this week with tracking my macronutrients and making sure I get enough fat (family crisis) but am planning on getting back into serious monitoring this week.
I also think I have low stomach acid so looking to boost that. I'm not sure if it is dietary change or coincidence (also read it can be thyroid), but my food is constantly sitting in a lump at the top of my stomach. Need to sort it out.
I have been measuring the ketones in my urine and I am in nutritional ketosis (which means i am burning fat, not carbs eaten by me, for fuel).
Anyway, interested to see if anyone else is still on board....
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funny that you posted tonight - I was just trying to work out where this thread was so i could go looking at the webpages you posted again
I have lost 400 g since sunday (which of course could be AF related, could be fluid, could be nothing... but makes me feel better anyway....)
I am starting with 1 month of cutting out the sweet stuff/crap snacks (i.e. lollies, chocolate, chips etc), and working on portion sizes.
At the same time I am going to reduce the carbs and increase the protein. I don't think I'm feeling the 'high fat' thing - but (as I just said to DH) I want to feel okay with the fats I do have - so if I want to have normal cheese, I want to feel okay about it.
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I am back on board, I've been on holidays with friends for a week and it was mega tough! I caved and ate weetbix (lol) and hot chips and sticky date pudding! I have been back in the zone since monday. I practically put all of the weight I lost back on while away damn carbs! I have made the flaxmeal parmesan crisps and like them quite a lot. Also made casheroos and yum - is this dangerous given it has a bit of honey in it? Oh and I also made the grain free granola which is a nice change for breakfast too.
Where do you get the ketone measuring thingos from?
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Woo hoo
Myturn, just wondering about the fat thing. What puts you off? The benefit of it is that you eat enough calories, it fills you up and it's tastyRead through the Diet Doctor site. It is really illuminating.
Ausgirl, get ketostix or keto-Diastix from chemists. I paid $9.95 for 50.
Good job on the weightloss chicks!
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funny.... I was just reading the Diet Dr... and thinking... hmmm.... it makes sense when it's written that way ..... I am channeling you tonight I think
was just thinking about the low sugar thing.... thought I was doing an okay job... then realised..... I've increased my fruit juice intake the past week... without even realising it I have just swapped what I get my sugar from .... lmao
oh dear... just felt the anxiety increase in the pit of my stomach just thinking about cutting it all out all together... think I had better make it manageable and just cut the crap for this month (being aware of the rest of it, but not beating myself up).... Am feeling that 'that' is something I can achieve for now...
all because I cut out 'brown' chocolate over the TWW, and realised I am not missing it.... okay... I had white chocolate and a few lollies instead.... but I feel like I might be able to do it... which is a big step for me.
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Long term, the best fix for stomach acid is getting your gut flora healthy. So make sure to include lots of fermented foods in your diet such as unpasturised sauerkraut, pickles, kefir, kombucha, yogurt etc. Short term you will probably benefit from supplements such as HCl or digestive enzymes. I find adding a dash of unpasturised apple cider vinegar to my meal helps. A glass of water with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar at the beginning of your meal can help too.
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