Favourite thing about LCHF?

rowan

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It's gotta be the cream, for me. With butter a close second.

I struggle to find anything that isn't improved by the addition of one of them.
I've even started drinking tea with a tiny dash of cream (a fraction of the amount of milk I would use). And to my surprise, I now prefer it!

I couldn't have cream with tea, I even hate whole milk with tea, has to be semi or skimmed but at least I get the lactofree now, so not many carbs. but you're right, cream used to be a rare treat for special occasions only!
 

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For me I think it would have to be the mayonnaise I cant say it is without guilt though as I still watch the calories when it comes to Mayo as I could happily eat it all day :D.
I think that I now have a tastier diet than before, I have even now got to the point that I look at bread and think....Why?......
I am 8 stone lighter than when I was diagnosed (and immediately started LCHF).
 
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rowan

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I thought I'd miss bread more than anything else, but although I'd like to be able to eat it I can manage perfectly well without it. Really surprised me!
 

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For me I think it would have to be the mayonnaise I cant say it is without guilt though as I still watch the calories when it comes to Mayo as I could happily eat it all day :D.
I think that I now have a tastier diet than before, I have even now got to the point that I look at bread and think....Why?......
I am 8 stone lighter than when I was diagnosed (and immediately started LCHF).

8 stone!! Wow that's amazing!


Cheese is the best thing for me, may have seen me mention in other posts... I'm a cheese addict!
 

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Another vote for mayo here - BLT Omelette with Chipotle Mayo - oh yeah :cool:
 

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not standing at the open fridge, 2 hours after I've just eaten..the carbs starving feeling sucks
 
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Pasha

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Freedom from hunger attacks and easily maintaining a lower body weight. [ over 40 kg less !!!]
 
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jack412

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For me I think it would have to be the mayonnaise I cant say it is without guilt though as I still watch the calories when it comes to Mayo as I could happily eat it all day :D.
I think that I now have a tastier diet than before, I have even now got to the point that I look at bread and think....Why?......
I am 8 stone lighter than when I was diagnosed (and immediately started LCHF).
:):):)I think 8st is a winner..as far as I have seen in the last 12 mths here :):):)
 
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Ian DP

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Fried breakfast (eggs bacon mushrooms).
Loads of mayonnaise on salads..... Salads now much, much nicer than before.
Double cream. Maybe bought one pot a year before diagnosis, now buy a pot every other day.
No hunger feeling and need of snacks between meals.
Less wee visits to the bathroom (this is because my BG levels are lower - because I low carb)
Less visits to the dentist. My gums were bad (often bleeding) before diagnosis. Now thank to LCHF no bleeding, healthy gums. Dentist says this is because I no longer have sugar, I think it is more to do with low BG levels..... Either way it is down to LCHF diet.
 
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Arab Horse

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As the first sentence says "If we take lower BG, weight loss and other health benefits as a given," as I'm sure we're all happy about that.
But I was wondering about the added benefits, the more light hearted reasons, like the cream, butter, fried bread etc?

As I have never been overweight, I always kept an eye on my weight and was on my feet all day so I got plenty of (gentle) exercise so I could eat those anyway + donuts, cake, pizza, potatoes, chips (how I miss chips!) and anything I wanted in moderation so I really can't think of a light hearted reason but please feel free to try more suggestions as you might find one for me! I would love to have one.
 

zand

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As I have never been overweight, I always kept an eye on my weight and was on my feet all day so I got plenty of (gentle) exercise so I could eat those anyway + donuts, cake, pizza, potatoes, chips (how I miss chips!) and anything I wanted in moderation so I really can't think of a light hearted reason but please feel free to try more suggestions as you might find one for me! I would love to have one.

As I have been overweight for many years, desperately trying to lose weight, I rarely ate those things anyway, so I don't really miss them too much. :)
 

LucySW

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Cheese and butter and cream and macadamia nuts and BACON AND EGGS !!!
 

LucySW

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And meat fat. I had a real ribeye last week, and I ate the fat (used to think YUK) and it was SO DELICIOUS
 
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rowan

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And meat fat. I had a real ribeye last week, and I ate the fat (used to think YUK) and it was SO DELICIOUS

:yuck: I wish I could, but I drive myself mad at times cutting every tiny scrap of fat and/or skin off before I eat any meat, poultry or fish.
 

Julie702

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Great excuse to go straight for the steak in pub or restaurant, and at home adding a Stilton and cream sauce with no guilt. Mushrooms sautéed in butter...

I keep my local stores in business with my cream habit :)
 
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