Low carb diet

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Cornishman123_ said:

I want to try the low carb diet but not sure where to start and what to take to work if I cut out bread for my pack lunch. Any suggestions will be most welcome

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I take shredded raw cabbage and chicken strips for lunch. Been doing this for years and not got bored with it yet. Haven't eaten a slice of bread in 4 years as I can't keep my BS under control with bread. There are other bread alternatives such as protein bread (Lidl do protein rolls).

Where you from in Cornwall. I'm from St Austell.?

I have a small salad of ham or chicken (with mayo) which I eat with a fork from a plastic container and I don't get bored with it either, followed by a Greek yoghurt with a few berries stirred in. If its very cold (I'm in farming and work outside) I sometimes take a flask of home made veg soup - but I'm not so keen on that because, although it tastes great, it tends to give me loose bowels which is not a good idea for an outside worker.
There are lots of good ideas at the top of the page here, I found them a huge help when I first started LCHF.

My typical lunches are:

cucumber, olives and cheese
raw pepper, small amount of hummus
wraps made with large green salad leaves
various salads with avocado or cheese or nuts etc
crustless quiche
home made soup (have access to microwave)
cauliflower rice ( I have home made but Tesco sell a pouch which is good for having in desk in case of emergency)
very occasionally a lidl protein roll

leftovers can be great for lunch if you have a microwave
cauliflower mash
cauliflower cheese
homemade chilli and cauliflower rice
curry and cauli rice (assuming your colleagues don't mind!)

For lunch I will often empty a can of Tuna into a plastic container, chuck on a spoonful of mayo and some chopped celery.

When I want it, I mix it together and consume.

P.S. Not mixing it earlier is important as the moisture in the celery will make the whole thing watery.

You could make a quiche the day before.....add cheese, bacon or anything you like to it. Nice bit of crunchy salad to go with it. If you find lighter meals are not filling enough you could add a low carb bread or roll ( like Lidl High Protein rolls) to bulk it up...or even half a roll as they are very filling. Not everyone likes them but if they suit you it is an option to fill you up a little more

I work at home, so packing my lunch isn't an issue, but many of my lunches consist of what I call deconstructed butties. In that whatever I might have stuck between bread slices, I just eat with my fingers or a fork, without the bread - and probably a bit more of it too. Cottage cheese, coleslaw, pate, cheese, sliced meats, tuna fish, olives, tomatoes, salad etc. My husband (non-diabetic) likes doing this too and we have a lot of airtight pots he just puts things in and puts in his insulated butty box for work.

Depending on how many carbs you want to ditch, you sometimes just need that crunch, so I add either a few crackers that have lower carbs (most supermarkets have some biscuits for cheese that are under 3g carbs each - often cheesy or seeded ones), cheesy oatcakes (a bit more substantial than crackers) or a broken up popadom - they replace crisps for me - each one is 3g carbs. Just stick some nice butter on your biscuits and it'll feel like a proper lunch with many less carbs. You could eat 4 buttered cheesy oatcakes for the carbs of one slice of normal bread.