I really want to get back on Atkins. I had great success losing last few kg of baby weight in summer and felt fantastic while doing so. But have fallen off the wagon and have gained a kilo when really needed to lose another one to fit jeans! Haven't gone completely crazy and started eating slices of bread but still having trouble getting started again and here are my excuses reasons:
Cost- spend a fortune on the basic groceries anyway. Prob because try and buy everything organic. Make some concessions eg getting free range chickens from Lidl. But I'm eating carbs to try and fill up without doubling the meat bill. I'm still bf so get hungry and I'm worried about adding to huge grocery bill. Any tips or great ideas to save money on protein?
Toddler- husband is generally supportive, toddler not so much. Loves carbs and loves posting bits of food into my mouth. Also when he won't finish something so hard to not take a nibble! Do our children need to eat a lot of starches? He has protein at every meal but usually give him carbs alongside and for snacks too. Do people get their whole family on paleo etc? I'd be worried about depriving him.
Snacks- struggle to find good snacks. Once I've eaten daily allowance of nuts and seeds then what? Can't tolerate much fresh dairy at all. Butter ok. Cream/yoghurt/cheese not really. Looking on Atkins forums often find things that involve dairy and a microwave and artificial sweeteners all which I try to avoid.
I don't mind xylitol or maybe polyols but don't want things like aspartame acesulfame k.
I don't want to eat processed meats. Even organic bacon from supermarket has nitrates!
Lack of good snacks means I get hungry and reach for carbs in desperation. It also means that when I've stuck to low carb all day I haven't eaten enough calories despite trying to eat plenty of fat (ie 50% cals from fat). I'm 5.7 and still bf quite a bit and find too low cals slows my metabolism.
I've tried plain calorie control but it's not working. My BMI is 20.7 and my weight gets stubborn around this size. I know I don't need to lose loads but it's around my tummy and I want to low carb for my PCOS too.
Is organic, whole foods low carbing too much of an ask? Or do some of you do it successfully?
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My low carb obstacles- cost, toddler, snacks. Ideas?
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Onsera3 · 01/04/2014 11:58
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