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On course for a good day today I managed to pick up my favourite ready made lunch - Cauldron Foods Falafels at 5.8g carb/falafel. I find them super filling, so much easier to resist snacking through the afternoon. I also checked out the carb content of McVities Cheddars ,as I remember someone posted saying they didn't spike them too much - only 1.8g carb/biscuit, so if craving a biscuit I'll have one of those. So far, I'm not hungry, and have resisted snacking.
I'm on course to eat under 100g carb today. The rest of the falafel will form part of my dinner, just need to work out what I can have with it that's low in carbs (not sure if it would go, maybe an omelette?) . Or maybe a veggie stir fry. Not counting whatever I add to my dinner, my carb intake will stand at 77.8g once the remaining falafel are eaten First day since starting I'm on course to eat close to my carb allowance.
Actually, what I could do is have half a tin of soup (the ones in the house are all under 15g carbs/half tin, and one of them is only about 11g), then have the falafel after, leaving me definitely under 90g carbs. I've got some mini cheeses to snack on if I need to, but I'd rather eat half my dinner a little bit later on and be less likely to snack.
I picked up Alpro Simply Plain yogurt so I've also go that as a dessert/snack option, or possibly a breakfast option once I decide what to put on it!
My next step will be to learn to make falafels myself, and make them a bit lower carb, and also lower carb soup.
I'm on course to eat under 100g carb today. The rest of the falafel will form part of my dinner, just need to work out what I can have with it that's low in carbs (not sure if it would go, maybe an omelette?) . Or maybe a veggie stir fry. Not counting whatever I add to my dinner, my carb intake will stand at 77.8g once the remaining falafel are eaten First day since starting I'm on course to eat close to my carb allowance.
Actually, what I could do is have half a tin of soup (the ones in the house are all under 15g carbs/half tin, and one of them is only about 11g), then have the falafel after, leaving me definitely under 90g carbs. I've got some mini cheeses to snack on if I need to, but I'd rather eat half my dinner a little bit later on and be less likely to snack.
I picked up Alpro Simply Plain yogurt so I've also go that as a dessert/snack option, or possibly a breakfast option once I decide what to put on it!
My next step will be to learn to make falafels myself, and make them a bit lower carb, and also lower carb soup.