Another option, and I never thought I'd see myself write this, is tinned fish. Tesco own brand sardines in brine are just 40p. You could have a few of them in stock for emergencies. Similarly you could have some beef jerky or pork scratchings. Need to be careful with the jerky, as a lot of the brands have a fair amount of added sugar - biltong is best, I find.
Please don;t beat yourself up about difficulties with planning and organising, because there are two factors that make it harder for you than most people - chronic pain and being on Diazepam. I have chronic pain and also anxiety, and I take meds for both that affect me this way too. But it's better than the alternative. So please go easy on yourself my friend. You are doing the best you can with what you have. xx
Hi Geoffers, yes I do keep tinned fish in most of the time but it's what to have with it that gets me. I'm only used to having it on toast in the past or with salad which is one of the things I keep running out of. Pork scratchings .. mmm I have bought them but I fear for my fillingsBeef jerky - o/h mentioned that once and we tried it but not for me thanks .. lol.
Appreciate all the suggestions though xx
Please don;t beat yourself up about ... You are doing the best you can with what you have. xx
Often for my lunch, particularly if I'm busy, I just drain a small time of sardines, in oil and eat them on their own.. The fish, for me, is the filling bit. The salad just adds texture.
I buy my sardines in Lidl, and from memory, they're under 40p a tin, so very nourishing for the cash. I don't buy massive amounts in Lidl, but do have their 1kg buckets of Greek yoghurt, the sardines, and I always look at their veg, and pick up what's appropriate that I like. The yoghurt I bought yesterday has a sell by date of mid October on it, so I don't even have to go too often.
I'm getting bored on lchf. I need a few inspirational dinners. I'm eating the same things. Bacon, eggs, cheese, nuts and pork scratchings. Different meats (gammon, pork and chicken). I've added broccoli and cauliflower with the peas or very occasional sweetcorn.
I'm too no cook never mind chef. Baking a cake or making cheese scones no problem. But what should I inspire to make now?
I've put together a basic bulletproof coffee and quite happy but now I'm being told to watch for too much cream so I guess I should just have one a day?
Fatty liver has gone thanks to lchf so it does work but to date still no weight loss even though my calories are in keeping with 1650 per day. Hypothyroidism has a lot to answer for. Well I assume but thyroid levels are checked every 3 months at mo and on thyroxine so not low.
I need to lose 8 stone and it isn't budging. Surely my body carnt think I'm starving. I am not. Fat helps me stave off hunger no problem.
I've seen my shape change but not a less dress size yet. Just bigger tummy it seems.
Can anyone suggest where I could be going wrong and any inspiration would be thankful welcome.
And I always think that 9 times out of 10, in the guise of giving you helpful advice, people tell you what works for them. It's good to hear what other people do and how they do and don't cope, but in the long run, you have to work out what suits you (and is a bit better than what we're doing at present). Sometimes the things suggested do work, but at other times, I think we work out completely different things which do work for us.
I was at one of the X-PERT course sessions this morning, and talking with someone else there, we said we knew what we ought to be doing, but the big stumbling block was sorting out what changes we're actually capable of making! If there's one of these X-PERT courses available in your area (and I think they're meant to be all over the country), you could get a place on it. For me, it's not what they're teaching us that's helping, it's the face-to-face contact with other people struggling with the same things.
I'm getting bored on lchf. I need a few inspirational dinners.
Often for my lunch, particularly if I'm busy, I just drain a small time of sardines, in oil and eat them on their own.. The fish, for me, is the filling bit. The salad just adds texture.
I buy my sardines in Lidl, and from memory, they're under 40p a tin, so very nourishing for the cash. I don't buy massive amounts in Lidl, but do have their 1kg buckets of Greek yoghurt, the sardines, and I always look at their veg, and pick up what's appropriate that I like. The yoghurt I bought yesterday has a sell by date of mid October on it, so I don't even have to go too often.
I don't know if it is the same with the Lidl Greek yogurt but I bought a 1kg tub of their Turkish yogurt and it had a long sell by date but when I opened it the next day and then noticed it said that once opened to consume it within 2 days Even though there are two of us having it we would never eat 1kg in that short time so I must admit we did it eat for a couple of more days after that but still did not finish it up. So back to making my own with the EasiYo system.
I'm the same... I always assume we can go 2-3 days past the use by date with dairy products anyway. They put the shortest date possible on it, probably to sell more product.I must be weird - or have a cast iron stomach. I keep eating yoghurt for days and never look at the use-by date. I only throw it out if it has mould on it or doesn't taste the way I expect it to. I'm still here, so eating past use-by date can't be that ghastly for me.
Yup.
Yogurt that has turned is immediately identifiable. Until then, it is all good.
Mind you, the easi yo yog is fantastic stuff, and has a use by date of 2 weeks. That is because you make it yourself so there isn't all that wasted time in the store and on lorries.
They say with easi yo that the live bacteria are still going strong at that 2 week point too. so you could probably eat if later. but we have never had a pot last that long.
You may find that the EasiYo system to make your own yogurt would be more cost effective in the long run for you as it makes a 1kg of live yogurt that you can go on eating for up to 2 weeks The packs of the unsweetened Greek yogurt can cost anything from 2.50 to 3.00 each depending where you buy it then you just need the EasiYo maker which is just a large vacuum flask really you add the powder to cold water in the pot that comes with it shake it until it is dissolved and put it in the flask that you have filled with boiling water for about 8 hours and then in the fridge to set for two hours and it's ready to eat for up to 2 weeks You can get the EasiYo pot which is quite inexpensive and the yogurt powder to make it in Holland and Barrett but it may be cheaper online.Yes, that was my point. I struggle to get through the 500g ones as I tend to often just have a little poured on a sugar-free jelly and I don't have it every day. I know it works out expensive but I get the small pots even though they're 50p each.
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