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Favourite thing about LCHF?

rowan

rowan

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If we take lower BG, weight loss and other health benefits as a given, what's your favourite thing about lchf? Mine is having double cream in coffee and cocoa, butter instead of low far spread and Hellman's Real Mayo on anything I like - all without feeling guilty! :D
 
The fact I can go in any of my favourite greasy spoon cafes and have an all day breakfast ... with fried bread
 
rowan said:
Ooh lovely! Not tried the fried bread yet, I'm waiting for my lower levels to stabilize before I start experimenting, but I really hope it works for me too!
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Yeah I didn't dare till I had a reasonable length of control under my belt.
 
Nothing really as I didn't have a weight problem so nothing was forbidden then, most things forbidden now. I never drank fizzy drinks, didn't have sugar in my (strong, black) coffee but I liked pizza, potatoes, had multiseed bread (toast) with ginger marmalade occasionally and ate fairly normally. I now have a huge list of things I can't eat; fruit is one of the things I miss most.
 
Arab Horse said:
Nothing really as I didn't have a weight problem so nothing was forbidden then, most things forbidden now. I never drank fizzy drinks, didn't have sugar in my (strong, black) coffee but I liked pizza, potatoes, had multiseed bread (toast) with ginger marmalade occasionally and ate fairly normally. I now have a huge list of things I can't eat; fruit is one of the things I miss most.
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Yes, but what's your favourite thing about lchf?
 
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?
 
Going to the caff and having the best part of a full fried breakfast instead of crunching a salad while being referred to as Peter Rabbit.
 
DeejayR said:
Going to the caff and having the best part of a full fried breakfast instead of crunching a salad while being referred to as Peter Rabbit.
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I think this is a major plus (not that I've ever been called Peter Rabbit!), I've not had a single salad in the 2 months I've been low carbing! I only like salad with a big jacket spud or crusty bread :(

When you say 'the best part', I take it you miss out the baked beans, but what about their sausages? I've always had a 'thing' about sausages with their fat and gristle and preferred veggie ones till I discovered the 97% meat ones.
 
rowan said:
I think this is a major plus (not that I've ever been called Peter Rabbit!), I've not had a single salad in the 2 months I've been low carbing! I only like salad with a big jacket spud or crusty bread :(

When you say 'the best part', I take it you miss out the baked beans, but what about their sausages? I've always had a 'thing' about sausages with their fat and gristle and preferred veggie ones till I discovered the 97% meat ones.
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I plum for the tomatoes in place of the beans .... see what I did there?
 
rowan said:
I think this is a major plus (not that I've ever been called Peter Rabbit!), I've not had a single salad in the 2 months I've been low carbing! I only like salad with a big jacket spud or crusty bread :(

When you say 'the best part', I take it you miss out the baked beans, but what about their sausages? I've always had a 'thing' about sausages with their fat and gristle and preferred veggie ones till I discovered the 97% meat ones.
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No sausages, beans, hash browns, chips, fried bread, toast or marmalade. Instead I get the usual 2 eggs and dollop of tinned tomatoes but extra bacon and mushrooms.Their sausages are revolting anyway. I buy the Black Farmer ones.
Our local butcher makes sausages whyle-u-watch and they are gristle-free but they still spike me. He must add a spice/cereal mix
 
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!
 
DeejayR said:
No sausages, beans, hash browns, chips, fried bread, toast or marmalade. Instead I get the usual 2 eggs and dollop of tinned tomatoes but extra bacon and mushrooms.Their sausages are revolting anyway. I buy the Black Farmer ones.
Our local butcher makes sausages whyle-u-watch and they are gristle-free but they still spike me. He must add a spice/cereal mix
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I've discovered I can have 1 Birds Eye potato waffle, 13g carb, fried with my fry up, and I'm fine with it, makes all the difference having that little bit of fried spud :)
I buy the Debbie And Andrew Harrogate 97% Sausages, not tried Black Farmer yet.
 
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