mikey
Silver Member
Definitely cut the carbs.
There are loads of low-carb delicious recipes out there on the 'net'
Do not have bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and if you have to replace them - replace them with carbs that are not processed - couscous bulgar wheat make good alternatives to rice. If you absolutely have to have rice/pasta carbs then make sure you use brown rice, wholemeal pasta etc. and only have a little of it.
A good low carb alternative to potato is mashed Cauliflowre, mashed swede, mashed broccoli, or a combination of all of them.
Low carb veg includes salads, broccoli, marrow, cauliflower, green beans, mange tout, spinach, aubergine, peppers, mushrooms, celery (you can roast some of these with a little olive oil to have with roast beef, chicken or lamb).
Watch out for peas and carrots as they can be very sweet (lots of carbs) and be careful of sweet fruits such as banana and oranges. Absolutely avoid sugar (sucrose) and sweet drinks/fruit (fructose)juices/shakes and watch your milk intake as it has a lot of sugar (lactose)
The collins Gem calorie counter will tell you carb values 0 you should aim to be below 50 grammes carb total per day but might want to start week 1 with 150, week 2 100 and then week 3 50.
I used to have 20 grammes per day with no problems.
This will set you up well for LL and you will probably lose a lot of weight in the meantime too.
Good Luck!
There are loads of low-carb delicious recipes out there on the 'net'
Do not have bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and if you have to replace them - replace them with carbs that are not processed - couscous bulgar wheat make good alternatives to rice. If you absolutely have to have rice/pasta carbs then make sure you use brown rice, wholemeal pasta etc. and only have a little of it.
A good low carb alternative to potato is mashed Cauliflowre, mashed swede, mashed broccoli, or a combination of all of them.
Low carb veg includes salads, broccoli, marrow, cauliflower, green beans, mange tout, spinach, aubergine, peppers, mushrooms, celery (you can roast some of these with a little olive oil to have with roast beef, chicken or lamb).
Watch out for peas and carrots as they can be very sweet (lots of carbs) and be careful of sweet fruits such as banana and oranges. Absolutely avoid sugar (sucrose) and sweet drinks/fruit (fructose)juices/shakes and watch your milk intake as it has a lot of sugar (lactose)
The collins Gem calorie counter will tell you carb values 0 you should aim to be below 50 grammes carb total per day but might want to start week 1 with 150, week 2 100 and then week 3 50.
I used to have 20 grammes per day with no problems.
This will set you up well for LL and you will probably lose a lot of weight in the meantime too.
Good Luck!
