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Richard260Restart May 2023
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Hi , I’ve just begun not eating bread .

lost 7.5 lb in my first week which I guess is water coming out of my body .

I don’t needs loads of Carbs but sports people do I know but I’m only a bus driver so I don’t need energy .

Anyone else tried cutting down on carbs ? Like pasta and rice . ( used courgette instead of pasta sheets in my lasagna yesterday)

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N-o-r-d-i profile image
N-o-r-d-iMaintainer64kg

Hello, welcome back Richard260, lovely to see you. The plate looks delicious :) There's a lot to be said about cutting down carbs, especially the highly processed ones. I personally was convinced after reading Dr. Jason Fung's 'Obesity Code'. It seems that we don't need carbs that much, we can get what's required from proteins and dietary fat. Also, low carb is not 'no carb', so we will get some of carbs anyway :)

I try to cut them down, although I am not following 'low carb' as such.

If you look around in our Daily Diaries, you will see what people are eating. healthunlocked.com/weight-l... some of our people are definitely following low carb approach.

Have a look at our other Pinned Posts as well, as a reminder what you can find on here: healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

Hope to see you participating! :)

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Richard260Restart May 2023 in reply to N-o-r-d-i

thank you , will do x

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Alexandra4Visitor

Try Dr Micheal Mosley ‘s 800 calories a day, easy, lovely recipes.

I lost 6 kilos in 3 weeks.

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N-o-r-d-iMaintainer64kg in reply to Alexandra4

Hello Alexandra4, lovely to see you and thank you for sharing information. Are you still on a weight loss journey yourself or have you reached your goals and are maintaining now? Would be nice to hear from you :)

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Richard260Restart May 2023 in reply to Alexandra4

oh I will , sounds like a plan .

Hi Richard260. I have found that reducing carbs works best for me, I eat far less of them nowadays although I haven't gone low carb. That meal in your photo looks delicious and beautifully presented. Best wishes.

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Richard260Restart May 2023

Thanky you

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Edge1234Visitor

Hi Richard260,

That meal looks super delicious, have you a recipe?

Congratulations on losing so much in your first week - keep on track and when you’re feeling a bit discouraged (we all do at various points) remember how good you felt about your weight loss today.

Best of luck 🤞

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Chunky6Restart May 2023

wow Richard that’s a great loss! I’ve just started to do the same for nearly 2 weeks and not lost anything! I also did the courgette lasagne and it was so nice I’m doing again this week. I will persevere as your results are so good.

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TheTabbyCatAdministrator10 kg in reply to Chunky6

Welcome back Chunky6, thanks for your support. Just incase you can't remember your way around, this is the link to the pinned posts, where you will be able to see everything that's available. I suggest that you read our Daily Diary, there's lots of different meal plans to try out.

healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

Quite a few of our members follow a low carb plan. Vegetables an be amazingly versatile and take the place of pasta for example. If you have a look at "topics" you'll find several recipes using veggies as the base. Cauliflower mash is just 1 example, with a little imagination nothing is impossible.

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Richard260Restart May 2023 in reply to Chunky6

Glad you love the lasagne Chunky . I’m definitely going to do it again .

Just had a lovely bacon & cheese omelette for breakfast. It’s great not eating bread and pasta .

Breakfast . Bread free zone
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ErylVisitor

No, I've not eaten bread for 3-4 years and keep my carb intake low (no processed carbs) as a club cyclist I've never found it a problem to do a long ride without carbs. I regularly cover 50+ miles on a Sunday morning on little more than a cup of coffee. If it ends up being a longer ride I may have a baked potato at a cafe but at least I know that most of those carbs will probably be swallowed up in repleneshing glycogen stores.

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Richard260Restart May 2023 in reply to Eryl

I don’t have a bike . I just walk . Love skipping bread .

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Billie-Jane

well done 😊 that looks very tasty 😋

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morelessAdministrator7 stone in reply to Billie-Jane

Welcome back, Billie-Jane :)

If you're still on a weight loss journey yourself and as a reminder, all of the information you need about the forum can be found in Pinned Posts healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

Wishing you all the best :)

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