Miss Macaw
Full Member
I’ve been a lurker on the boards for a while and thought I’d ‘give something back’. These are all my personal low-carb favourites that helped me shed 22lbs last year. In the light of everyone’s amazing losses in this community I realise it’s not much but it’s made a huge difference to how I feel and look.
Stuff I like:
‘Two Chicks’ egg whites in a carton – from Waitrose/Fresh and Wild. I was having omelettes every morning for breaky and was a bit worried about all the cholesterol (yes, I know it’s not supposed to matter, but still) so I started using this. A tsp of Dijon mustard whisked in peps up the taste no end!
Alpro Lite soya milk (chilled) – from Tesco – unsweetened and something tiny like 0.2 carbs per 100ml. Slightly vanilla-flavoured so no good for savoury recipes! I have to say I loved this stuff but recently, weirdly, have completely gone off the taste. Has anyone else had this with food?
Go Lower nut bars. Yum.
M&S Greek Salad tubs (currently 2 for £3!). They look tiny but they’re SO tasty and fill you up for hours. I lost the majority of my weight by having one of these for lunch – amazingly, they’d keep me going till supper.
M&S sugar-free butterscotch. Utterly divine! And self-limiting because if you eat too many you get the RUNS!
I live in London so have all manner of poncy food shops on my doorstep, but I think these things are available all over the UK (apart from the egg whites, perhaps).
And it’s just my personal opinion but here’s the stuff I DIDN’T like:
Sero bars. Eeuw. (posted about these earlier today).
Dietimeal puddings from Avidlite – very synthetic taste and far too much sweetener, weird foamy texture.
Also tried Dietimeal porridge sachets – they were OK but very sweet and took some getting used to.
Anyone else have any favourites to share?
Off to watch the inauguration now!
Stuff I like:
‘Two Chicks’ egg whites in a carton – from Waitrose/Fresh and Wild. I was having omelettes every morning for breaky and was a bit worried about all the cholesterol (yes, I know it’s not supposed to matter, but still) so I started using this. A tsp of Dijon mustard whisked in peps up the taste no end!
Alpro Lite soya milk (chilled) – from Tesco – unsweetened and something tiny like 0.2 carbs per 100ml. Slightly vanilla-flavoured so no good for savoury recipes! I have to say I loved this stuff but recently, weirdly, have completely gone off the taste. Has anyone else had this with food?
Go Lower nut bars. Yum.
M&S Greek Salad tubs (currently 2 for £3!). They look tiny but they’re SO tasty and fill you up for hours. I lost the majority of my weight by having one of these for lunch – amazingly, they’d keep me going till supper.
M&S sugar-free butterscotch. Utterly divine! And self-limiting because if you eat too many you get the RUNS!
I live in London so have all manner of poncy food shops on my doorstep, but I think these things are available all over the UK (apart from the egg whites, perhaps).
And it’s just my personal opinion but here’s the stuff I DIDN’T like:
Sero bars. Eeuw. (posted about these earlier today).
Dietimeal puddings from Avidlite – very synthetic taste and far too much sweetener, weird foamy texture.
Also tried Dietimeal porridge sachets – they were OK but very sweet and took some getting used to.
Anyone else have any favourites to share?
Off to watch the inauguration now!
