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Don't think I can do this anymore.

Somewhere on this site someone posted a list of what we can eat which I have found helpful but of course it has to vary according to which diet you follow. I think some may disagree with the fruits. You might find it helpful.
Beef Roast Beef Steaks Corned Beef Ground Beef Poultry Chicken pieces, thighs, legs, wing, breast, Duck Goose Pheasant Turkey: whole, breast, leg portions, or ground, Pork Bacon Ground Pork Ham Italian Sausage, Bratwurst sausages (lidl) great taste & normal sausage substitute. Pork Chops Pork Roasts Pork Steaks Pork Tenderloin Sausages- high meat content, Tinned Pork & Ham
Fish Canned Salmon Crab Flounder Herring Salmon Sardines Scallops Shellfish, Shrimp Sole Trout Tuna Fish
Spices And Condiments Chili Powder Garlic Powder Garlic Salt Horseradish Onion Powder, Paprika Parmesan Cheese Salt & Pepper
Salad Dressings Salsa Soy Sauce Vinegar Worcestershire Sauce, Yellow and Brown Mustard, Low Carb Syrups and Sweetener

Non-Starchy Vegetables:- Alfalfa sprouts (great on salads) Artichoke Asparagus Avocado Bean Sprouts Bell Peppers (green, red, yellow, orange) Bok Choy Broccoli Brussel Sprouts Cabbage (Any) Cauliflower Celery Celeriac Chickpeas Cucumbers Fresh Spinach, Flax seed (add to salads & things) Flower sprouts Garlic Green Onions Hot Peppers Leeks Lentils Lettuce, Mushrooms Okra Radish Peas Yellow Onions Red Onions, Squash Tomatoes/paste & Sun dried Zucchini, Fruit (most is ok, but best in small portions.) root veg with orange tinge - carrots, sweet potato, swede better than white veg - watch portion size.

Fats / Oils Bernaise Sauce Hollandaise Sauce Mayonnaise Olive Oil Peanut Oil Sesame Oil cooking spray Coconut oil

Dairy and Non Dairy Milk full fat. Coconut milk Cheeses (hard) Butter/Ghee Cream Cheese Eggs, Heavy Whipping Cream Heavy Cream Sour Cream Yogurt Greek yogurt, plain, full fat.
Snacks and Other Goodies Olives (black) Peanut butter Pork Scratchings Dark Chocolate 70% or more Cocoa (Good when cooking),

Ryvita. (A good replacement for bread.), lidl's Rivercote sesame crispbreads, ( lower carbs than Ryvita) Tuc crackers,
Nuts (that you like.) Seeds, Chia seed (This thread shows the benefits of this magick like seed.
Flax seed - similar to chia. Cornflour (great for thickening & making yorkkie puds etc) Almond flour Coconut flour Cinnamon Oatmeal Soya flour Breads livlife, Burgen linseed & soya - shop around prices vary from like £1.59 coop to £1 asda. And of course LIDL HIGTH PROTEIN ROLLS Low Carb Tortillas, The higher the fiber & lower the carbs the better.
Try to avoid wheat based products as much as possible, including cereals,

Drinks Bottled Water (Drink 2-3 ltrs/day Coffee (decaf) unless you can tolerate normal, Tea (decaf) unless you can tolerate normal
 
A good and comprehensive list, but why 'bottled water', isn't the stuff from the tap OK, it is perfectly fine here and cheaper too. And there's virtually zero carbs in coffee. Not sure about hard cheeses, I think soft may be lower carb, but may be wrong.

Dave
 
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A good and comprehensive list, but why 'bottled water', isn't the stuff from the tap OK,
It's not where I live so drink bottled water only. If the tap water here was ok I would be perfectly happy to drink it don't see the problem with coffee either.
 
I agree Resurgam I have a brunch everyday has I eat around 11 am side salad everything on it omelette full to bursting ,mushrooms cheese peppers 3 slices bacon cut up fill up on no carb foods you like,steaks gammon chicken fish add herbs and butter salads or lots of different veg. You can get lots of frozen veg if you don't fancy preparing it yourself,has long has I'm not feeling hungry without carbs i haven an issue with all the choices you can have.Try looking at online sites for ideas,Aldi do loads of foods with flavourings already done for you tonight it's Aldi gammon with 3 pepper butter tonight they do piri piri chicken lots of different things to add to flavour what can sometimes be boring food.Hope this has given you a little inspiration to try different things and keep doing the diet. Get on line and chat to people here when your a little down and get ideas from them when your stuck,I so wish you well and good luck keep your pecker up life too short! K
 
A good and comprehensive list, but why 'bottled water', isn't the stuff from the tap OK, it is perfectly fine here and cheaper too. And there's virtually zero carbs in coffee. Not sure about hard cheeses, I think soft may be lower carb, but may be wrong.

Dave
I never took any notice of that as I always drank the water from the sink nearest the cold water inlet. After my experience with water from a hotel a week ago I am going to jump on the "watch were your water comes from and take my own" with me. If it was my list I would also make a different choice of oils. Although I have probably messed (personalised) with the list I hope it is true to the intent of the person who originally posted. It is pure cut and paste sorry to say.

It has made my life so much easier that it is wonderful. Firstly it is something I can refer to and secondly as a way of shopping with hubby who is a wonderful, intelligent, erudite man with good vocabulary but since his stroke rather.......hmm difficult to reason with at times. Before my diagnosis I was short-tempered and snappy. Of course I am perfect again now.
 
What a fantastic list would I be able to print this off.
That is how it came into my possession. Highlight the bit you want to copy with your cursor. Press ctrl and c together. click into the destination wordprocesing document placing your cursor firmly onto the document . Press ctrl and v together. Wait a few minutes and hey presto you have your own copy to alter and print as you wish. I am sure someoe cleverer than me will be able to translate my method into the proper jargonspeak and suggest another way of doing it. This way works for me anyway.
 
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You could try testing different portions of potatoes and rice and find out what size portions you can eat, it may only be a spoonfull of basmatti rice or one or two small roast or baby new boiled potatoes but small portions are better than none.

I lost weight and controlled my diabetes without cutting out any foods other than white bread and pasta, I did make substitutions for other foods like I can only eat basmattoi rice which is much kinder to bg levels than other kinds of rice and small portions of whole grain or Burgen bread.

You do need to test, test and test again to find out exactly what you can and cant eat, its no good just listening to what other members can and cant eat you have to find out what is right for you, we are all different.
 
@paganlass. Don't give up as others have already said there are plenty of nice things for us to eat that keep our BS low. I love food I love to cook I am constantly looking for new healthy ideas either online or in books. I have just bout Tom Kerridge's latest book Dopamine Diet he's a celebrity chief if you havnt heard of him he was 30 stone did his research did a low carb diet lost 12 stone and did this book full of simple recipes he ate to achieve his weight lose and healthier life style. I have done 3 of the recipes and there all easy and really nice and my BS were low. It's worth buying.

Good luck
 
@paganlass. Don't give up as others have already said there are plenty of nice things for us to eat that keep our BS low. I love food I love to cook I am constantly looking for new healthy ideas either online or in books. I have just bout Tom Kerridge's latest book Dopamine Diet he's a celebrity chief if you havnt heard of him he was 30 stone did his research did a low carb diet lost 12 stone and did this book full of simple recipes he ate to achieve his weight lose and healthier life style. I have done 3 of the recipes and there all easy and really nice and my BS were low. It's worth buying.

Good luck
Thanks for info on Tom Kerridges book where can I get a copy,I also love cooking and trying new healthy recipes! K
 
aaargh I just peeked. I saw rustic apple tart. I have 14 apple trees and no idea how many boxes of apples still in store. May I look at the recipe? Darn the rhubarb is just coming into season (timperley early not maincrop) It is a veg. I can stew it. right.... but now I have peeked I recall the best barby recipe ever -sticky barb pudding. A sort of sponge over the fruit (depends on baking powder for the raise so I guess almond flour does not work) topped with a brown sugar cornflour mix. pour boiling water over the top. Sigh, happy memories but what big hips.
And remember if using apples - use tart ones (you can always sweeten with Stevia). Apparently the liver needs tart sharp things to work well - which includes lemons and limes (and lemon has the added bonus of lowering the GI of any food its used with - which I never knew before!)
 
Hey, this is now a "I can do it!!!" post!!!

Brilliant help, even for us oldies... thanks!!
 
Thank you voodoorising will get a copy. K
 
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