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substitutes for fatty foods?
Hi folks -
Fairly new to low-carb. Here's the deal, before going low-carb I had been an on/off vegetarian and generally already ate a low-fat diet. When I wasn't veggie, I always liked the leaner meats. I hated a lot of foods in which I could taste the fat. I've never gone out of my way to eat highly fatty foods... now that I've been l/c for a month I am finding that the novelty of eating lots of fatty foods, is burning itself out. I'm already burned out on heavy cream and chicken skin. Forget pork rinds, the idea sounds gross to me. I like cheese, but I'm even eating less of that. But, I know that I need the fats to keep my blood sugar stable - when I do low-fat AND low-carb, I'll just constantly have the shakes. The thing is, I don't like a lot of these foods. I was adding peanut butter and avocados to my diet, but if that's all the fats in my diet I'll get sick of those too. How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter, fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick? I'm looking forward at some point to adding lentils and brown rice back into my diet for variety, but for the most part I just don't miss other carby foods. I am finding I exercise lots more just because I want to, because I have way way way too much energy!! I don't know if it's dropping the carbs that's helped me lose the weight, or just that my sugars are stable so I have lots and lots of energy to burn off the flab with, but hey it's a good thing and I'm going to keep doing it. I've already lost one dress size. I would like to keep going and hopefully by July 31 my wedding gown will need major alterations ___wilson___ do-it-yourself style l/c since March 2, 2004 January: 180 lbs, dress size 16 Now: 170, dress size 14 Goal: dress size 10 |
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substitutes for fatty foods?
Olive oil is one of the best oils you can eat, by all means consume as much
of it as possible. Have you tried cream cheese? There are a lot of tasty treats you can make with it. Mix it in your scrambled eggs. Soften a couple of ounces in the microwave and add flavoring. I like a little lemon juice and Splenda. In om, wilson stated | Hi folks - | | Fairly new to low-carb. | | Here's the deal, before going low-carb I had been an on/off vegetarian | and generally already ate a low-fat diet. When I wasn't veggie, I | always liked the leaner meats. I hated a lot of foods in which I could | taste the fat. | | I've never gone out of my way to eat highly fatty foods... now that | I've been l/c for a month I am finding that the novelty of eating lots | of fatty foods, is burning itself out. | | I'm already burned out on heavy cream and chicken skin. Forget pork | rinds, the idea sounds gross to me. I like cheese, but I'm even eating | less of that. | | But, I know that I need the fats to keep my blood sugar stable - when | I do low-fat AND low-carb, I'll just constantly have the shakes. The | thing is, I don't like a lot of these foods. I was adding peanut | butter and avocados to my diet, but if that's all the fats in my diet | I'll get sick of those too. | | How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and | bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter, | fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can | I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick? | | I'm looking forward at some point to adding lentils and brown rice | back into my diet for variety, but for the most part I just don't miss | other carby foods. I am finding I exercise lots more just because I | want to, because I have way way way too much energy!! I don't know if | it's dropping the carbs that's helped me lose the weight, or just that | my sugars are stable so I have lots and lots of energy to burn off the | flab with, but hey it's a good thing and I'm going to keep doing it. | | I've already lost one dress size. I would like to keep going and | hopefully by July 31 my wedding gown will need major alterations | | ___wilson___ | do-it-yourself style l/c since March 2, 2004 | January: 180 lbs, dress size 16 | Now: 170, dress size 14 | Goal: dress size 10 |
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Olive oil is one of the best oils you can eat, by all means consume as much
of it as possible. BRBR Also, sesame oil is delish in stir fry. |
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How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and
bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter, fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick? Try this: fry one onion with good amount of olive oil, add chicken breast, fry until cooked, then add good amount of chopped cabbage, do for a while and finish with e.g. curry and salt. I think things like this will well fit into your requirements. Mirek |
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"wilson" wrote in message
om... How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter, fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick? Olive oil seems to be just fine Just be sure to get quality oil (virgin, unheated...). It also fry pretty well, though you have to like the taste... As posted in this thread, sesame oil also tastes great. There are plenty of other oils to pick from for variety : walnut, colza, wheatgerm... Just don't cut totally things like butter and cheese, because there are stuff there that you won't find in olive oil (calcium, vitamins). You can also eat plain old olives. You can also try to experiment with high fat meat, where the fat is "embedded" (marbled) into the meat rather than in chunks attached to it. Fat fish might also be a very healthy option (salmon, mackerel, fat tuna...), some people don't mind fish fat as much as meat fat. Eggs of course. Whole milk (though you will get carbs with it), soya milk (though some carbs in the deal). I was going to suggest nuts (walnuts, peanuts, cashew...), but it seems they also come with quite a lot of carbs You can also try sugarless chocolate. Lindt sells some 99% cocoa stuff, which I would expect to be rather low carb. You also have "diet" chocolate with sweeteners, though that stuff feels like heresy to me. |
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Xray658 wrote: Olive oil is one of the best oils you can eat, by all means consume as much of it as possible. BRBR Also, sesame oil is delish in stir fry. But you don't use very much. Chuck Demas -- Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all, Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well, Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it. | \___/ | http://world.std.com/~cpd |
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I was going to suggest nuts (walnuts, peanuts, cashew...), but it seems they
also come with quite a lot of carbs Mostly fiber carbs though. I eat a handfull of almonds or macadamia nuts almost every day. The macadamias have a lot of fat too, Atkins loved them. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 5'7" 265/212/140 & hubby- 6' 310/230/180 |
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But you don't use very much. BRBR
I don't? |
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Ignoramus16997 wrote:
:: In article , wilson :: wrote: ::: Hi folks - ::: ::: Fairly new to low-carb. ::: ::: Here's the deal, before going low-carb I had been an on/off ::: vegetarian and generally already ate a low-fat diet. When I wasn't ::: veggie, I always liked the leaner meats. I hated a lot of foods in ::: which I could taste the fat. ::: ::: I've never gone out of my way to eat highly fatty foods... now that ::: I've been l/c for a month I am finding that the novelty of eating ::: lots of fatty foods, is burning itself out. ::: ::: I'm already burned out on heavy cream and chicken skin. Forget pork ::: rinds, the idea sounds gross to me. I like cheese, but I'm even ::: eating less of that. ::: ::: But, I know that I need the fats to keep my blood sugar stable - ::: when I do low-fat AND low-carb, I'll just constantly have the ::: shakes. The thing is, I don't like a lot of these foods. I was ::: adding peanut butter and avocados to my diet, but if that's all the ::: fats in my diet I'll get sick of those too. :: :: consider other nuts. :: ::: How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese ::: and bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of ::: butter, fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed ::: me out. Can I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the ::: trick? :: :: surely! and nuts, and fatty fish if you like it. Olive oil, avocados, nuts, and fatty fish. All of that! I would say avoid peanuts, though. |
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"wilson" wrote in message om... Hi folks - Fairly new to low-carb. Here's the deal, before going low-carb I had been an on/off vegetarian and generally already ate a low-fat diet. When I wasn't veggie, I always liked the leaner meats. I hated a lot of foods in which I could taste the fat. I've never gone out of my way to eat highly fatty foods... now that I've been l/c for a month I am finding that the novelty of eating lots of fatty foods, is burning itself out. I'm already burned out on heavy cream and chicken skin. Forget pork rinds, the idea sounds gross to me. I like cheese, but I'm even eating less of that. But, I know that I need the fats to keep my blood sugar stable - when I do low-fat AND low-carb, I'll just constantly have the shakes. The thing is, I don't like a lot of these foods. I was adding peanut butter and avocados to my diet, but if that's all the fats in my diet I'll get sick of those too. How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter, fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick? I'm looking forward at some point to adding lentils and brown rice back into my diet for variety, but for the most part I just don't miss other carby foods. I am finding I exercise lots more just because I want to, because I have way way way too much energy!! I don't know if it's dropping the carbs that's helped me lose the weight, or just that my sugars are stable so I have lots and lots of energy to burn off the flab with, but hey it's a good thing and I'm going to keep doing it. I've already lost one dress size. I would like to keep going and hopefully by July 31 my wedding gown will need major alterations ___wilson___ do-it-yourself style l/c since March 2, 2004 January: 180 lbs, dress size 16 Now: 170, dress size 14 Goal: dress size 10 olive oil. Nuts like macadamia, brazil or almonds. Snack on them. Add them to salads. Sid... |
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