Breakfast. In the style of...me.

epcotisbest · January 2016

Leftover pulled pork, scrambled eggs topped with a Kraft singles slice then doused with Tiger Sauce.
Very low carb and high flavor way to start the day. Low carb is helping with the weight loss and sugar numbers.

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bhedges1987 · January 2016

I lost 40 lbs on my low carb high fat diet in 4 months. Everyone of my blood tests back back tons better too. Tryglicerides dropped over 400 points.

YukonRon · January 2016

I am starting healthy eating after the super bowl, right on up to the Carolina Butt Blast.

theyolksonyou · January 2016

I like your style!

epcotisbest · January 2016

bhedges1987 said:

I lost 40 lbs on my low carb high fat diet in 4 months. Everyone of my blood tests back back tons better too. Tryglicerides dropped over 400 points.

Thanks for the encouragement. Sounds like you had some good success doing what I am trying. My numbers are way outta whack. 324 sugar, 10.5 A1C, 653 triglycerides, 250 cholesterol. Gotta make some real changes.

jabam · January 2016

bhedges1987 said:

I lost 40 lbs on my low carb high fat diet in 4 months. Everyone of my blood tests back back tons better too. Tryglicerides dropped over 400 points.

Can we get a quick run down on that diet? Doc says I gotta lose 40 if I want to
grow old. @epcotisbest not trying to hijack your post!

Thatgrimguy · January 2016

Looks good.. I need to kick my bread and sugar habit something fierce. I'm going to end up with Diabetes like my father if I don't make some changes. Looks like you are doing it!!! And doing it RIGHT!

Biggreenpharmacist · January 2016

YukonRon said:

I am starting healthy eating after the super bowl, right on up to the Carolina Butt Blast.

Me too. And its getting here WAY faster than I would like.

55Kevy · January 2016

I have been LCHF-ing for over 3 years now. I've had a number of stalls (am in one now) but have lost over 110 lbs. I am VERY carb sensitive - if I go over 50 gm/day for more than 2 or 3 days I start to put weight back on.

BTW that breakfast looks great - I have eggs and some sort of breakfast meat every day.

fishlessman · January 2016

55Kevy said:

I have been LCHF-ing for over 3 years now. I've had a number of stalls (am in one now) but have lost over 110 lbs. I am VERY carb sensitive - if I go over 50 gm/day for more than 2 or 3 days I start to put weight back on.

BTW that breakfast looks great - I have eggs and some sort of breakfast meat every day.

same here, 50 carbs a day and im gaining even if the calorie charts say im losing weight.

epcotisbest · January 2016

jabam said:

bhedges1987 said:

I lost 40 lbs on my low carb high fat diet in 4 months. Everyone of my blood tests back back tons better too. Tryglicerides dropped over 400 points.

Can we get a quick run down on that diet? Doc says I gotta lose 40 if I want to
grow old. @epcotisbest not trying to hijack your post!

Our local thrift store had several Atkins, South Beach and other low carb diet and cookbooks that I picked up for about $1 each. Lots of ideas and info in each one. I am trying to cut out carbs but still eat good carbs like fresh veggies. Looks like no more bread, cake, biscuits, potatoes, pasta etc...and I even have to cut way back on fresh fruit because of the amount of natural sugars that my body can't handle. Good luck to you.

epcotisbest · January 2016

Thatgrimguy said:

Looks good.. I need to kick my bread and sugar habit something fierce. I'm going to end up with Diabetes like my father if I don't make some changes. Looks like you are doing it!!! And doing it RIGHT!

epcotisbest · January 2016

Thatgrimguy said:

Looks good.. I need to kick my bread and sugar habit something fierce. I'm going to end up with Diabetes like my father if I don't make some changes. Looks like you are doing it!!! And doing it RIGHT!

I won't lie, giving up bread is tough, but you can do it. Hardest thing for me was probably soft drinks as I had developed quite a Coke and Mtn. Dew habit. Also hard to give up potato chips, ketchup, sweet BBQ sauce and tater tots. Now, I don't really miss them much and am about used to diet drinks but I do worry about the artificial sweeteners.

fishlessman · January 2016

for the chips buy those thin sliced pepperonis and fry them up til crisp

epcotisbest · January 2016

fishlessman said:

for the chips buy those thin sliced pepperonis and fry them up til crisp

Now that is a good idea, and a new one I have not heard of. Will buy some next grocery trip. Thanks for the suggestion. Pork rinds are already getting old.

jabam · January 2016

Giving up the bread an tortillas is going to be the hard part for me! Thanks for the info @epcotisbest

fishlessman · January 2016

epcotisbest said:

fishlessman said:

for the chips buy those thin sliced pepperonis and fry them up til crisp

Now that is a good idea, and a new one I have not heard of. Will buy some next grocery trip. Thanks for the suggestion. Pork rinds are already getting old.

theres some weird things that go on with this diet, once i got up in my sleep and fried some toast in butter and went back to bed, no memory of it except the dirty pan

if you do decide to eat a piece of bread, lather it with extra butter, make it a treat once a month, the extra fat from the butter helps against those bread carbs and how your body processes it

bhedges1987 · January 2016

Yeah... the mexican food is hard for me!

My doctor told me " You couldn't get cholesterol as high as yours even if you ate bacon every day for the rest of your life, you need to eat whole grains"....

Instead I started eating tons of bacon, cheese, sausage, ribs, brisket, pulled pork, fish, peanut butter...... and low and behold.... I lost 40 pounds and cholesterol and trygliceriedes dropped DRAMATICALLY.

Breakdown: Eat everything you want that doesn't have sugar or bread.

My typical day is:

Wake up - Deli, cheese, peanut butter

If I'm hungry, i make a chicken breast with guacamole and some red peppers

dinner- I go to a mexican restaurant and order nachos and cheese with NO chips.

In between that I will make like a veggie shake... unsweetened coconut milk- spinach, and some strawberries (best fruit with hardly any sugar) this is so I keep getting my veggies.

100% dark chocolate mixed with a few semi sweet chocolate chips

whip cream

But honestly... I go through a jar of peanut butter every week, a pound of cheese every week, tons and tons and tons of bbq with either light sauce, or no sauce. I'll go grab some sausage from a local BBQ shop and go next door and get some cheese dip from a mexican restaurant, and dip the sausage in it

Moral of the story..... That old food pyramid information is WAY WAY WAY incorrect, and new studies are proving it all the time.

Once you are on it about a month or two, I start doing cheat days on the weekend and go get my mexican and dessert fix.

** edit.... I grill a lot of burgers to, and top with bacon, cheese, and NO bread. I then dip it in guacamole.

bhedges1987 · January 2016

epcotisbest · January 2016

bhedges1987 said:

Yeah... the mexican food is hard for me!

My doctor told me " You couldn't get cholesterol as high as yours even if you ate bacon every day for the rest of your life, you need to eat whole grains"....

Instead I started eating tons of bacon, cheese, sausage, ribs, brisket, pulled pork, fish, peanut butter...... and low and behold.... I lost 40 pounds and cholesterol and trygliceriedes dropped DRAMATICALLY.

Breakdown: Eat everything you want that doesn't have sugar or bread.

My typical day is:

Wake up - Deli, cheese, peanut butter

If I'm hungry, i make a chicken breast with guacamole and some red peppers

dinner- I go to a mexican restaurant and order nachos and cheese with NO chips.

In between that I will make like a veggie shake... unsweetened coconut milk- spinach, and some strawberries (best fruit with hardly any sugar) this is so I keep getting my veggies.

100% dark chocolate mixed with a few semi sweet chocolate chips

whip cream

But honestly... I go through a jar of peanut butter every week, a pound of cheese every week, tons and tons and tons of bbq with either light sauce, or no sauce. I'll go grab some sausage from a local BBQ shop and go next door and get some cheese dip from a mexican restaurant, and dip the sausage in it

Moral of the story..... That old food pyramid information is WAY WAY WAY incorrect, and new studies are proving it all the time.

Once you are on it about a month or two, I start doing cheat days on the weekend and go get my mexican and dessert fix.

** edit.... I grill a lot of burgers to, and top with bacon, cheese, and NO bread. I then dip it in guacamole.

Thanks. Hearing how others like you have succeeded with the low carb high protein effort is encouraging. Way to go.

55Kevy · January 2016

I really didn't have a hard time giving up potatoes or wheat products. Rice was a little harder. And life is much better since I discovered low carb tortillas - 9 gm net carbs. It's what I'll use when I attempt a pizza on the egg.

Cashfan · January 2016

Keep up the good work fellas!!!

I need some inspiration. I need to drop a lot of weight, but have no drive to do so. The egg doesn't seem to help, to much good food coming off of it. haha

I have a long canoe/camping trip in the spring time that will be really rough if I don't drop a few pounds and get my lungs healthy.

I just like meat, potatoes, cheese, bread, bread, and more bread way too much. And that usually leads to naps afterwards....

epcotisbest · January 2016

55Kevy said:

I really didn't have a hard time giving up potatoes or wheat products. Rice was a little harder. And life is much better since I discovered low carb tortillas - 9 gm net carbs. It's what I'll use when I attempt a pizza on the egg.

Yeah, I love rice, especially jambalaya, Asian, even plain ole white rice topped with gravy. Those low carb tortillas are tasty.

epcotisbest · January 2016

Cashfan said:

Keep up the good work fellas!!!

I need some inspiration. I need to drop a lot of weight, but have no drive to do so. The egg doesn't seem to help, to much good food coming off of it. haha

I have a long canoe/camping trip in the spring time that will be really rough if I don't drop a few pounds and get my lungs healthy.

I just like meat, potatoes, cheese, bread, bread, and more bread way too much. And that usually leads to naps afterwards....

The thing that is helping me the most with the low carb eating is not being hungry. You can do it without hunger, you just have to eat differently. I have tried deprivation dieting and constant hunger and cravings does not work for me. Yes you have to give up lots of good stuff, but you can still eat lots of good stuff too. I'm going to stick with this until my next doctor appointment in mid-April then see how much weight I lose and how my blood work numbers have changed.

epcotisbest · January 2016

55Kevy said:

I have been LCHF-ing for over 3 years now. I've had a number of stalls (am in one now) but have lost over 110 lbs. I am VERY carb sensitive - if I go over 50 gm/day for more than 2 or 3 days I start to put weight back on.

BTW that breakfast looks great - I have eggs and some sort of breakfast meat every day.

Eggs and some sort of meat for me just about every day as well. Today...eggs, spam, spam, spam, eggs and spam.

Dredger · January 2016

We just went through this when hubby was diagnosed with type II diabetes. We found a few things that helped. One was Ezekiel bread, which is made with sprouted wheat. The body digests that differently than regular wheat. Don't know why, but it works. The other tough one for him was giving up Cokes. We got a Soda Stream machine that makes soda, but we just make plain carbonated water and add the juice of 1/2 a lime or lemon to each container. Very refreshing and tasty. We have actually discovered that we prefer brown rice over white rice. Go figure. When he changed his diet, he lost over 20 pounds the first month. Fast forward to now and his levels are normal again. We still watch what he eats carefully. You can do this guys and gals! Kick those carbs.

epcotisbest · January 2016

Dredger said:

We just went through this when hubby was diagnosed with type II diabetes. We found a few things that helped. One was Ezekiel bread, which is made with sprouted wheat. The body digests that differently than regular wheat. Don't know why, but it works. The other tough one for him was giving up Cokes. We got a Soda Stream machine that makes soda, but we just make plain carbonated water and add the juice of 1/2 a lime or lemon to each container. Very refreshing and tasty. We have actually discovered that we prefer brown rice over white rice. Go figure. When he changed his diet, he lost over 20 pounds the first month. Fast forward to now and his levels are normal again. We still watch what he eats carefully. You can do this guys and gals! Kick those carbs.

I have looked at one of those soda stream machines simply to try to cut back on diet sodas. Carbonated water with lime or lemon may be just the thing I need to kick out the diet drinks with all the artificial sweeteners.
Thanks for the tip on the Ezekiel bread, I have not heard of that one.

epcotisbest · January 2016

Dredger · January 2016

@epcotisbest we got the Soda Stream at Walmart. They will refill the gas canister there. We bought additional containers and make the soda once a week. It really is good and better for you than artificial sweeteners. The Ezekiel bread is in the frozen food section at the grocery store and they have many different flavors. I bought some sprouted wheat flour and I'm going to try making pasta in my pasta machine to see how it turns out. He can eat regular pasta now, but in moderation, but I still want to see how the sprouted flour works out. I'll report back when I try it. That egg, cheese, and Spam dish looks mighty fine.

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