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How to get fats without protein?!

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Sunshine_Kisses

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Hey all, I've managed to get my carb count down to about 50g per day, which is *finally* seeing a loss in weight and even blood sugar readings through out the day - yay!

In all my experimenting I realised that I was probably having too much protein before, which were causing spike (I think most of you LC's might have already known this, I was slow to catch on ;-) )
Just in case, like me, you didn't know about this, I've posted about it here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=40878

Anyhoo, now that I understand that if I need a little snack, protein is not necessarily the best snack option to go for if I'm meeting my daily protein amounts through my main meals, what I'm now a little stumped with is what *can* I snack on, that isn't high protein but is high fat?? I know things like coconut oil aren't high protein, but I'm not sure how many teaspoons straight of the spoon I can handle :mrgreen:

I was having teaspoons of nut butters (tahini, almond etc) but they're high protein?!

Any good ideas of things to have as high fat snacks for when I'm feeling like I'm too hungry to wait till my next meal...? :D
 
Nuts! They're my daily snack.

How about full fat coleslaw.? I'd say cheese, but I know it spikes you. Tuna and mayo perhaps? Smoked salmon slices? Boiled egg?

I only find larger portions of protein cause a delayed spike. A few slices of meat or fish won't affect my levels. But I had a large mixed kebab last night, minus the pitta and payed for it when I woke with a 10 this morning. First high morning reading all year!

I gave myself a delayed insulin dose to cover the protein, but it obviously wasn't enough. I'm old enough to know better too. Oh well, lesson learned!
 
Something with cream? Macadamia nuts are the classic low carb snack. Otherwise get an Atkins diet book, they have loads of useful info. You don't have to follow the diet if you don't want to; although it wouldn't hurt.
Hana
 
Mmmm.... Mayonnaise and cream... I am *so* craving fats!! Is that a good thing?! :-D

I have been having nuts but was worried they might be too high in protein, on top of my protein based meals... So good to hear you find it's only a more 'sturdy' dose of protein that spikes you Sam as most of my protein meals are based around eggs or fish... So I'll stick with the nuts, and go shopping for cream tomoz as not tested myself with that yet - thanks guys :-)


Diagnosed Type 2, 22nd Feb 2013
Hba1c 7.5
Three month trial of managing through diet & exercise - low-ish carb, pescatarian and attempting to become a runner ;-)
 
Avocado,sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds are all staple snacks here alongside higher protein ones like natural yogurt,eggs, nut butters and cheese
 
It depends how much you eat but seeds are all relatively high in protein. That's one reason that seeds can be an important part of a vegetarian diet.
This site says that a 32.5 g portion of pumpkin seeds contains 21.5% of the dietary reference value for protein.
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tnam ... ce&dbid=82
Sunflower seeds have 20 g/100g protein
pumpkin seeds have 28.8g/100g
http://www.howmuchprotein.com/foods/steak/
Sesame seeds have 13.5% protein
http://www.highproteinfoods.net/nuts-seeds/1037
for comparison
Steak has 21g/100 protein

If you really want to have fats without any protein then you have to think about fats and oils.
I don't have that desire but I do have vinaigrette made with olive oil and vinegar on my salads and sometimes use olive oil and garlic to dress other veggies.
 
Phoenix, I think you're right - on days I've hit my protein level I'm starting to realise the best thing for me to stave hunger is a teaspoon of flax or coconut oil - might not be the yummiest snack but my blood sugars approve! ;-)
 
Coconut! Lots and lots of coconut. Dried coconut, coconut cream, coconut milk, coconut oil. Couldn't survive without it! When I first started low carbing, I think I slightly OD'd on double cream and dessicated coconut mixed together with a tsp of splenda, then, I ran out of double cream and started using thick coconut milk mixed with dried coconut and haven't looked back. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it....
Apart from coconut, I always make sure I have plenty of avocados- I have a friend who likes to roast them, although i have yet to try..... annnnnd I often make up an olive oil/wholegrain mustard/ vinaigrette dressing and use liberally on my salads!

But seriously, coconuts is where it's at! Especially with the summer coming up :)
 
Lisa, that's so funny - I've been eating loads of double cream and desiccated coconut!! Slightly worried about the volume of dairy I'm having though - so coconut milk might be perfect! Is it just tinned coconut milk you use?
 
I use real home made vinaigrette using vinegar, olive oil and dried herbs and coarse mustard (the type with mustard seeds in it) for dressing the salads I take to work. Make up a batch of it and keep it at work in the fridge.

I also add full fat real mayonnaise into the vinaigrette to make a more creamy dressing and sometimes finely grated parmesan cheese.

This gets my fat content up compared to my protein intake.

Having cheese omelettes done with a knob of real butter or Ghee for breakfast also helps along with using double cream in my coffee.

A good sized knob of butter with my baked sweet potato or mashed celeriac boosts the intake as well.
 
You could just have a small wine glass (sherry glass?) of a nice flavoured extra virgin olive oil.

I know some 'health nuts' in the US drink loads of it.

Keep meaning to try it but somehow it seems wrong - which just goes to show that prejudice can hold you back from things that might be good for you.

Cheers

LGC
 
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