There's no law that I know of that T2s have to eat salad. I don't know how low carb you are eating, but tomatoes, carrots and onions are on Dr Bernstein's NO list for those of us wanting to keep to his suggested 30g carbs daily. What's wrong with cooked vegetables? (Apart of course from the sad fact that they do have to be cooked, hard work especially in a caravan. I do sometimes find myself eating raw sauerkraut or celery with cold chicken for breakfast just because I don't have to cook them.)
Never thought to look at the sugar content of Balsamic, it is vinegar after all. Just looked at the bottle I have and it is 18% sugar! That is just vinegar not a dressing. The only ingredients are wine vinegar and grape must, so the sugar is not added as such. I wonder if other brands are the same.If you like balsamic, make sure you use the vinegar rather than the dressing, which is often full of sugar
Low carb is not an all or nothing thing, better to have a level of carbs you can stick to, rather trying to go too low and giving up. I have a slice of Burgen Soya and Linseed bread with my egg and bacon breakfast, I have a homemade low carb roll with my lunch, which is admittedly usually salad with cheese, ham, tinned fish etc. For dinner apart from the protein and low carb veg I also have something like butternut squash, swede, lentils, peas, beans, carrots, pasta made from lentils etc.I too have grown to detest salad. My hubby and I got into doing the diet doctor Keto diet but today we have decided to stop it. The amount of salad and veg is totally boring. Can’t stand the sight of either at the moment. There is only so much meat one can eat too. This with salad or veg all day every day just leaves us cold. I have actually stopped eating altogether a lot of the time. Just living on water and nibbles of things. No carbs eaten yet for weeks but am drooling at the thought of a slice of whole meal toast and marmite......
Feeling a bit lost as I thought we had chosen a good path but Keto or this extreme low carb just makes us depressed so am looking for more ways to help ourselves lose weight and control Hubbys T2.
I keep a loaf of LivLife bread in the freezer and rich out a couple of slices if I need bread and marmite. It’s the safest place to keep it, it’s only 3.6g carbs a slice, and only takes 5-10 minutes for a slice to defrost at room temp.
I agree with the principle of this. There are lots of strategies that can make a little seem a lot. I always eat my 10cal jelly & cream with a teaspoon, and I count out 5 Hotel Chocolat 100% cocoa drops and really enjoy each one, eked out over the day. There must be other ideas people could share. Perhaps someone should start a thread. On a different topic, my daughter gets through tiresome tasks by allowing herself 10 minutes per hour with her library book. It's the same technique.
I fear they are, or worse. I came across a warning on a diabetes website somewhere. I just checked one of Tesco's balsamic vinegars and it contains 24g carbs per 100g, with 3.6g carbs in each tablespoon!!! Luckily it is currently out of stock!
Have you considered toasting MDF?
Have you tried Burgen Soya and Linseed bread? It toasts nicely straight from the freezer and certainly has a crunchy texture.
Does he really? he is very close to this site so I find that quite surprising.. although he did spend a bit too much time talking about exercise at the PHC conference.After the last few weeks I have grown to hate veg, salad and eggs!. Am having a major rethink after reading Dr Cavans Book today. He advises to avoid all low carb diets! Am reading on.....
. Am having a major rethink after reading Dr Cavans Book today. He advises to avoid all low carb diets! Am reading on.....