Low Carb meals

[cyborg]

Hi guys ,
I'm after some suggestions please with regards to low carb meals as having a 6 months dirty bulk (rad eating anything and everything x2) I've decided the time has come to shift some of the developing gut .

After speaking to a friend he has suggested a keto diet which is basically 30gs of carbs per day , I know it'll be hard but I have seen the results first hand with my friend and to be honnest I'm looking forward to it !

I've introduced some swimming into my routine and aim to maintain this throughout the cut .

I have some rough ideas re the meals but the more the merrier , if anyone has any suggestions or advice please post below !

Thanks Rich

[grumbledoak]

Should have held off on the Emmental really.

[pilchardthecat]

My favourite is
2x 7oz fillet steak + huge green salad smothered in balsamic vinegar and olive oil

Proteiny-fatty-yumminess

[LordGrover]

I'm pretty low carb but 30g is very low. Is this for a short period to get you into ketosis quickly?

[LordGrover]

FWIW it's pretty simple (and healthful IMO) to restrict starchy carbs unless you have a specific requirement for them, e.g. cardio training more than 30 minutes per session.

[cyborg]

Thanks for the info guys appreciate it ,what website are you using looks helpful ?


This diet will only be short 4-6 weeks depending on the wight loss/mood swings etc

[AJS-]

Best way I've found is simply to leave out carbs. Anything you would normally eat with a load of rice, potatoes, pasta or bread just eat anyway. Once you get over the unfamiliar aspect of eating bolognese without spaghetti, or a burger without a bun it's quite nice. You taste a lot more of the flavour and get a lot less rubbish.

[LordGrover]

cyborg said:

Thanks for the info guys appreciate it ,what website are you using looks helpful ?

Looks like MFP.

[Hoofy]

grumbledoak said:

"Draw me like you draw one of your french girls."?

[mattikake]

Hoofy said:

grumbledoak said:

"Draw me like you draw one of your french girls."?

I like the way there's a knife and fork in the pic. Like you would bother even using your hands? Face-dive in. Face-dive in.

[mattikake]

No-one tried fish omelets yet?

Feck, I had a 4 egg omelet with a tesco mackerel in olive oil filler. Used the olive oil to cook it in. 40g protein, folates, 4g omega-3... My god it tasted gooood!

[DSharp]

Now you're talking...

Chicken pizza (beat a chicken breast out to a thin layer, then top with tomato puree, cheese, peppers, onions etc.) can also be done with turkey or beef mince depending on fats required)

High quality sausage omlette (buy 95%+ meat sausages), fry alongside some onions till all well cooked, loads of eggs, seansoning etc, and finish off under grill to brown top.

Chargrilled pork escalopes basted in soy sauce. Nice with a load of chargrilled veg (onions, peppers, courgettes, muchrooms etc)

My top 3

[Ikemi]

Scrambled egg and salmon is a good low calorie breakfast, lunch or dinner!

Alternatively, soup. No bread

[pilchardthecat]

Ikemi said:

Scrambled egg and salmon is a good low calorie breakfast, lunch or dinner!

Alternatively, soup. No bread

+1 on the scrambled egg & salmon (with double cream)

Or if you are feeling really hardcore - chuck some anchovies in it

[theshrew]

For my luch today ive had scrambeled eggs with a can of Tuna, Mayo and Green veg mixed in

[burwoodman]

the mayo makes it a zero i'm afraid lol

[oldbanger]

If you stick to green leafy veg, and salads, you can actually eat quite a lot before you'd hit a 30g limit.

To give you some idea, each of these, taken alone, would constitute 25-30g carbs or therabouts
500g boiled broccoli
700g raw red tomatoes
850g raw spinach
250g raw onions
500g red pepper
300g raw carrots
900g raw mushrooms

You can get lots of hidden carbs in cooking sauces and gravies however, which is something to look out for.

Lots of recipes here
http://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=2

There's also a handy food calculator for forum members under the My PLAN link.

Edited to add:I meant stick to green veg/salad with meat/fish/eggs by the way

Edited by oldbanger on Tuesday 2nd July 18:27

[Slink]

Aaron007 said:

OMG... You have done a great job. It is really appreciable to post here with us. I am totally agreee with that food which contain high carbs and fat init are not good for human health. We must eat balanced diet always.

.... thats a a bit of a strange way to use words tbh.

[markcoznottz]

burwoodman said:

the mayo makes it a zero i'm afraid lol

Mayo is almost carb free though?

[CatJ]

AJS- said:

Best way I've found is simply to leave out carbs. Anything you would normally eat with a load of rice, potatoes, pasta or bread just eat anyway. Once you get over the unfamiliar aspect of eating bolognese without spaghetti, or a burger without a bun it's quite nice. You taste a lot more of the flavour and get a lot less rubbish.

That's pretty much what I do.