Low Carb meal Ideas

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I'm on a low carb diet now, trying to shift the stone I put on over Christmas and new year :mad:

I'm going down the low carb route and trying to stick at around 100g per day.

I'm struggling for dinner ideas, have got plenty of meat but would normally have potatoes or pasta etc with that.

What low carb alternatives do you lvely lot tend to have instead?

Thanks!
 
Mushrooms are a great idea actually! Love them!

How many grams of carbs should i be looking at for a day? Is 100 a good amount?
 
It's easy to get stuck into a train of thought and not experiment, I've been re reading all my good food magazines. There's a surprising amount if naturally low carb dishes. Googling low carb recipes however is a waste of time.

I did mushrooms in port.
Fry a diced up onion & carrot,
Fry 800g of sliced mushrooms till brown.
Couple cloves diced garlic.
Pour in 1/2cup port. And reduce till it just glazed the mushrooms.
Bit of dried thyme.
Put in a oven dish, sprinkle with cheese and in oven for 15mins or untill cheese is gold

Serves 4,
Should be around 380 calories, 11g carb per serving.


Stews especially braised beef short rib on mashed swede.

Look at root veg, it's surprising how "low" the old root veg is.

I'll make a longer post later when I'm not on phone.

I do not go for this using coconut flour or veg spaghetti rubbish.


Roast cauliflower is awesome. Also if you have a massive evil craving, it's good with a blue cheese sauce.

Don't forget salads (interesting ones) like roast pork belly on a fennel salad.
Also seafood is great. Scallops on purées. Shellfish bisques.

Creamed kale is another favorite.

Also simple recipes like seared tuna, grilled asparagus and hollandase sauce.
 
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To be honest, I wouldn't worry about them too much...

Just make sure the ones you do have are low GI and don't make your insulin go crazy.

Are you going to be exercising in this new regime?
 
Yeh I'm doing Insanity 3 days a week for the time being. plus a 15 minute walk home from work which i estimate at around 100 kcals.
 
Yeh I'm doing Insanity 3 days a week for the time being. plus a 15 minute walk home from work which i estimate at around 100 kcals.

Unless your walk home is up the side of a mountain it'll be more like 40 calories - not that it matters!
 
Roughly speaking and it still relies on calorie deffecency.

0-50g ketosis and rapid weight loss, I wouldnt recommend this. You will stink.
50- 75g weight loss
75-100g Some weight loss
100-150g weight maintence.

I aim for 75g, a good balance.
 
Also, do carbs from fruit and veg count towards daily carb intake? Eg, carrots are showing at like 20g per 100g and an apple is 30g carbs alone.
 
Roughly speaking and it still relies on calorie deffecency.

0-50g ketosis and rapid weight loss, I wouldnt recommend this. You will stink.
50- 75g weight loss
75-100g Some weight loss
100-150g weight maintence.

I aim for 75g, a good balance.

Thanks Glaucus :)
 
100g is not too low to be impossible, but still low enough to be aware of what you eat.

Just have your fish/poultry/meat main course with LOTS of veg - I would say at least 2 very big handfuls of veg. They'll fill you up and are cheap. That plus a decent amount of meat/fish/poultry should be more than enough.

Throughout the day you can still eat some carbs, but obviously I understand you want to minimise them.

How about this:

Omelette for breakfast w/ peppers, onions, bacon, mushrooms and some cheese.

or

Poached eggs on mackerel


Snacks:

Nuts/seeds (go for unsalted/unroasted) - where KD suggested they are high in carbs I don't know, per 100g they are typically less than 10g of carbs.

Avocados

Houmus

Cottage cheese / quark

Lunch:

Food doctor pitta (about 25g of carbs)
w/ chicken/ham/meat/salad/tomatoes/whatever you want/tuna/mayo

Or

Large mixed salad (green/red/spinach), with lardons, shredded chicken, couple of hard boiled eggs, toasted pine kernels, avocados, olive oil, balsamic, salt and pepper.

Dinner:

Meat/fish/poultry + a few hundred grammes of veg (broccoli, carrots, green beans, spinach etc...)

That alone will be well under 100g - heck it's probably just about 50g.

Personally I like sweet potato (100g less than 20g) and cous cous (100g around 20g of carbs) to add a little bulk to some foods. You could add that and still be under 100g.

The key is to avoid High GI foods to keep your insulin levels in check, even more importantly it's avoiding refined/processed foods - they'll **** around with your hormones even less. :)
 
Roughly speaking and it still relies on calorie deffecency.

0-50g ketosis and rapid weight loss, I wouldnt recommend this. You will stink.
50- 75g weight loss
75-100g Some weight loss
100-150g weight maintence.

I aim for 75g, a good balance.

Not entirely correct. You can still eat 300g of carbs and lose weight. It depends on the amount of activity you do. However, if you want to promote fat to be used instead then yes the low carb route is worth a shot.

However, what's even better, is to eat a well rounded diet, and do some high intensity training to hit the lactate point.

The key is to ultimately cut out the rubbish processed carbs and eat good quality foods.
 
Thanks all, really appreciated.

Perhaps if I post my diet below it will help.

Breakfast - Golden syrup micro oats
Snack - Alpen light bar
Lunch - Large salad with carrot, onion and bernard matthews turkey ham
Snack - golden delicious apple
Dinner - Lean meat and veg

Any critique is greatly appreciated.
 
Nuts/seeds (go for unsalted/unroasted) - where KD suggested they are high in carbs I don't know, per 100g they are typically less than 10g of carbs.

Most are pretty good, I think Cashews tend to be about 18g per 100g though. It's not a massive hit. It's just something to watch if you really care. To be honest, based on what you've given, I'm pretty sure you'd be able to have a bag of cashews and still be under 100g total.

kd
 
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