High Protein/Lo Carbers...Recipes and info

[PaPa]

I am having such a difficult time staying on the low carb diet....every time I turn around I break down and start back on carbs and feel worse for it. Have others struggled with this too and what do you do to keep yourself on track??

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by PaPa

I am having such a difficult time staying on the low carb diet....every time I turn around I break down and start back on carbs and feel worse for it. Have others struggled with this too and what do you do to keep yourself on track??

My post right below yours today talks about my missing bread and cereal.

Other than that, I look for low carb/high protein foods that I can eat and get filled up, so I am not hungry.

In a recent post, I posted about Halo Top ice cream. Delicious, high protein and low carb. I like to sprinkle some almonds on the chocolate ice cream and don't feel deprived at all. You have to let it soften before you eat it!

I always have Atkins frozen meals on hand. I love the beef merlot and crustless chicken pot pie. I add a tiny bit more broccoli to both. I also keep Atkins protein shakes on hand. They are delicious and fill me up if I am in a hurry. I just found them at WalMart for a 6-pack (they usually are only sold in 4-packs) for $5.98.

I love egg salad so always keep hard-boiled eggs on hand. I also always keep ham, Swiss cheese, cheddar and mozzarella cheese sticks. I do roll-ups or make omelettes. I always have canned tuna and make tuna salad (and egg salad) with Dukes Mayo. I love Best foods mayo. Dukes is just as good-maybe better. I got it on Amazon.

I just try to stay prepared. Having nothing to grab is really bad for me. Preparing from scratch is the very best way to do it but I just can't cook all of the time. I do low carb, keto-ish eating, the lazy woman's way. The thing I am not doing is being religious about counting net carbs each day. Some weeks I lose a pound, other weeks I don't. I don't gain any more so it is working my way, for me.

Jesse and other folks here have been doing low carb way longer than I and have a lot of great posts about foods and recipes. I can honestly say I never feel hungry on high protein/low carb. It has been hard to get used to the fact that it is ok to eat fats like coconut oils or even butter. I lived on low fat diets for years and always felt hungry.


Best of luck PaPa.

[Jesse]

Personally, I found that on a strictly Paleo eating plan I had the same struggles as you stated, PaPa. I decided that what works best for me right now, is a Paleo-Mediterranean eating plan. That said, in talking with and/or reading what about other's Paleo struggles I have noticed that a key denominator to success is in getting the correct ratio of healthy fats, purine proteins and low complex carbs into your body with every meal for your personal self. It may be that you need to increase the healthy fats and for the time being allow yourself a little higher limit on the carbs and then work downwards in time?

Many are not increasing the healthy fats to a high enough ratio to stay full. We have been taught for so long that fats are bad, I think it is difficult to get past that. Another factor is in keeping the fridge stocked with foods that you either have cooked ahead, or they prepare quickly. That was my biggest struggle. Lastly, there is the fact that the old sugar habit is a ***ch to break!

I wish you success with your challenges and hope that you will share them here so that we can all support one another as we learn.

Originally Posted by PaPa

I am having such a difficult time staying on the low carb diet....every time I turn around I break down and start back on carbs and feel worse for it. Have others struggled with this too and what do you do to keep yourself on track??

[Jesse]

Raw Brownie Bites -(Vegan, Paleo)
Makes about one dozen

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups raw walnut halves
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (alcohol free, if
you prefer)
1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 cup soft dates, pitted (about 10 Medjool
dates)
1 tablespoon water
Additional cocoa powder, for coating (optional)
(I prefer to roll mine in shredded coconut)

Directions:
In a large food processor fitted with an “S”
blade, grind the walnuts into a fine meal.
Add in the rest of the ingredients and
process again until a sticky, uniform dough
is formed. Scoop the batter by heaping
tablespoons onto a plate or baking sheet
lined with parchment paper, to prevent
sticking. Roll the balls between your
hands, and roll them in cocoa powder, if
desired.

Recipe by Detoxinista

[Sweet Bliss]

LoL, great minds think alike Jesse, I was just coming to your thread to ask if there was a way to make peanut butter cookies that were not filled with sugar and half way decent tasting.

Chocolate in my opinion is NOT Paleo, and peanut butter is totally not Paleo, lol.

My Son is jonesing for pb cookies that won't completely ruin his Paleo plan. Now I skip all that and eat Cajun boiled peanuts by the giant can. Yes, they are addictive.

I need to get online and search. Maybe PB and coconut?? yummy.

for you Jesse.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by PaPa

I am having such a difficult time staying on the low carb diet....every time I turn around I break down and start back on carbs and feel worse for it. Have others struggled with this too and what do you do to keep yourself on track??

For me i don't buy it at all, if its in the house, i can't help myself.

When i go out, i don't let them bring bread to me at all.

Thats all i got.

[Orema]

Originally Posted by PaPa

I am having such a difficult time staying on the low carb diet....every time I turn around I break down and start back on carbs and feel worse for it. Have others struggled with this too and what do you do to keep yourself on track??

Sometimes it like that for me too, PaPa. Today I'm returning 42 single-serving bags (yep, 42) of Famous Amos cookies to Costco. I thought (pretended) I could eat a bag a day. I can't, and like girl_dee wrote, the best way to stay on the wagon is not to have high carbs in the house.

I know better, but still did it. So, here I am starting all over again this weekend.

Just keep trying, PaPa. And remember it helps when high-carb foods aren't easy to access.

Good luck!

[*Anya*]

Since I have been missing cereal so much, I ordered Paleo Coconut flakes from Julian bakery on Amazon.

I got them today. They are just delicious! They have 7 net carbs, 7 grams of fiber, 2 grams of protein ( yes, low) and they are the only grain-free cold cereal available. They look like wheat flakes but are made from Coconut meat. I certainly won't be able to eat it every day but it is so nice to have another option.

I went back to work this past Monday and had a really hard time with breakfast.

What do readers of this thread do for a quick breakfast when you don't have much time?

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Since I have been missing cereal so much, I ordered Paleo Coconut flakes from Julian bakery on Amazon.

I got them today. They are just delicious! They have 7 net carbs, 7 grams of fiber, 2 grams of protein ( yes, low) and they are the only grain-free cold cereal available. They look like wheat flakes but are made from Coconut meat. I certainly won't be able to eat it every day but it is so nice to have another option.

I went back to work this past Monday and had a really hard time with breakfast.

What do readers of this thread do for a quick breakfast when you don't have much time?

I cook a whole pack of breakfast sausage or bacon and boil a dozen eggs on Sunday for the week.

If I don't have time to fix anything i have something already cooked.

[Orema]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

Since I have been missing cereal so much, I ordered Paleo Coconut flakes from Julian bakery on Amazon.

I got them today. They are just delicious! They have 7 net carbs, 7 grams of fiber, 2 grams of protein ( yes, low) and they are the only grain-free cold cereal available. They look like wheat flakes but are made from Coconut meat. I certainly won't be able to eat it every day but it is so nice to have another option.

I went back to work this past Monday and had a really hard time with breakfast.

What do readers of this thread do for a quick breakfast when you don't have much time?

For a quick breakfast when I don't have anything available and no time to cook ... I go to a fast food restaurant and get a side order of scrambled eggs and one or two side orders of sausage.

[Orema]

This is the first day of flushing carbs from my system. What works for me is to not focus on losing weight for the first few days and just work on getting the carbs out of my system. So I eat what I want, when I want, as long as it's low carb.

For breakfast I had a Denver omelet (ham, bell pepper, onion, eggs) slices of tomatoes and decaf.

I'll have a couple small salads today (lettuce, sprouts, very few tomatoes—if any, chopped cabbage, chopped kale, cucumbers), will snack on boiled eggs, will have some shelled edamames with sesame oil, and for dinner I'll probably have salmon in anchovy butter with cauliflower rice and maybe some steamed chard.

I'll make some kale chips this weekend and will snack on that, too.

My goal is to lose weight and the only way I successfully lose weight is to count calories. I'll start counting my calories once I get the carbs out of my system. It's easier for me to eat less than 1300 calories a day when I'm eating low-carb foods.

[Jesse]

While searching for a good Paleo flatbread recipe I came across this tasty looking little number: Thinking they would make a great "dip chip" or if spread a little thinner when making, they could be used as a crunchy bed for other foods.



http://purejoyplanet.com/recipes/flaky-mexican-crisps/

Also, on the topic of carbs, breads are a big weakness for me, partly because they are just so convenient, and partly because they taste so good. I am trying to find healthy replacements for them. So if you have an awesome recipe using any of the nut/seed meals that is Paleo friendly please share it here.

*Tip- I have found that mashed and seasoned rutabagas make an awesome replacement for mashed potatoes. I personally prefer them over the cauliflower replacement. (note: I have no intolerances to dairy so I do use a little evaporated milk and grass fed butter when I make them.) Rutabagas are Paleo and extremely nutritional. http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/nutr...agas-1801.html

[Jesse]

Here is a granola recipe that may work for those of you looking for a cereal replacement. I'd recommend refrigerating it if you live in a hot climate like I do.

Paleo Maple-Cinnamon Granola {Grain-Free; Gluten-Free; Nut-Free; Naturally-Sweetened}