Good morning everyone

[Quilter449]

The gales have passed on and I have rescued my wheelie bins from the street.

I took part in an NHS piece of research. Had to have blood taken, and measurements were done of height, weight, etc.:

Good news: their scales weighed a pound less than mine, even with my clothes on.

Not so good news: I appear to have shrunk. I was claiming 5’ but apparently falsely!

I am keeping to LCHF. For me that means eating protein twice a day, which stops me feeling hungry. Weight loss happens very very slowly, and when I eat or how much water I drink don’t seem to make any difference.

Breakfast: good coffee with 2 teaspoons cream

Lunch: cold chicken with mixed salad with olive oil and vinegar.

Evening meal: smoked mackerel and veg. Greek yoghurt and seeds.

Snack: spoonful of crunchy peanut butter.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Hi Quilter449, same as for the weigh in. If you go to the Daily Diary and reply to the host, Progressoverperfect with the content you've posted here, you'll be in on the chat

[amykp Visitor]

That sounds like a really good LCHF diet!

Here's my my tip (if you are a chocaholic) add a spoon of unsweetened cocoa powder to your coffee. It turns it into a mocha.

I guess I'm more generous with the cream than you, and I also add monkfruit no calorie sweetener. You can add a tablespoon a mct oil as well, which helps with weight loss (and tastes like nothing.)

[Quilter449 Restart Nov 2024 in reply to amykp]

Hello amyloid, sorry for the late reply. Thank you for the advice about mct oil - I did wonder about it. And where do you buy monk fruit? Yes, I would say I’m a chocoholic but it’s danger territory for me, like crack cocaine! However, I have been helped by the fact that the major chocolate manufacturers have changed their recipe in recent years so it’s sweeter and less chocolatey. I could still get hooked but it wouldn’t be a pleasure.

[amykp Visitor in reply to Quilter449]

Monk fruit sweetener is generally available wherever non-caloric sweeteners are sold, I think, but I'm sure you can get it on amazon. I like splenda too.

Unsweetened cocoa powder is pretty much a free food on any diet (it has a few carbs, but I challenge anyone to eat enough to make it matter--it's quite strong!) Adding a spoon to your coffee shouldn't make much of a difference, except in taste. I think you could have as much as you wanted. In fact, it's filled with antioxidants and good for you. Getting "hooked" would be fine!

[Quilter449 Restart Nov 2024 in reply to amykp]

Thank you for this. I will experiment.