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06-13-2013, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 190
S/C/G: 218/190.4/155
Height: 5'7"
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What are your "go to" foods?
I've lost 23 pounds since February limiting carbs. I'm not super low carb, just shooting for around 100 g of carbs a day or so, and that seems to do the trick. I'm getting into a bit of a rut, so wanted to get some ideas from some other low carbers out there to see what your go to foods - for either meals or snacks - are so I can mix it up a bit.
Some of my staples over the last few months:
- mashed cauliflower with cream cheese and/or butter
- cottage cheese
- carrots and hummus (homemade or store-bought)
- nut butters right off the spoon
- raw almonds and sunflower seeds (I keep them in my desk drawer)
- cold lentil salad with lots of veggies
- beans with salsa and avocado
- omelette with whatever veggies are on hand
- egg salad either on its own or over greens
- greek yogurt with berries and flax seed, chia seed and cacao nibs
- apple slices and nut butter
- grilled or baked salmon
- canned tuna
A pretty good list, and tasty stuff, but I'd like to branch out. Ideas?
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06-13-2013, 06:08 PM
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Starting over sucks.
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 2,245
S/C/G: 485/445/250
Height: 6'1
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salmon fillets
aged cheddar cheese sticks
almonds
portabello mushrooms (as replacements for buns)
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06-14-2013, 04:48 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 336
S/C/G: 167/re-start:153/ticker/125
Height: 5'4
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Hard boiled eggs
Egg scrambles
Salami
String cheese
Tortilla-less taco: ground beef or chorizo, lettuce, salsa, cheese, sour cream avocado
Pickles
Cucumber salad: Sliced cucumbers and red onion with dressing (sour cream, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper)
buffalo chicken thighs: Chicken cooked in buffalo sauce with celery and ranch/blue cheese dressing on the side
Mashed cauliflower OR mashed turnips with butter/sour cream etc.
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06-18-2013, 01:13 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: MD, USA
Posts: 118
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for snacks:
cheese sticks
turkey bacon
nuts
for a quick mini pizza:
a low carb tortilla topped with a simple marinara sauce (no added sugar), mozerella cheese, and turkey peperoni (and sometimes onion, green peppers).
for an easy dessert:
ricotta cheese with splenda and either almond extract or natural peanut butter
I really want to do that cucumber salad!
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06-21-2013, 08:07 AM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 35
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I love:
cheddar cheese
beef jerky
all nuts
apples - - I know not super low carb but I just love them!
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07-05-2013, 12:01 AM
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CouponDiva Extroardinaire
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada
Posts: 605
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Feta cheese
Almonds
Chia pudding
Big train low carb vanilla frappuccino
Bacon
Spinach dip with celery
Hummus with vegetables
Eta: I am also loving Liberty 5carb yogurt with a bit of vanilla and a drop of liquid Splenda
Last edited by Natalia; 07-05-2013 at 12:03 AM.
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08-19-2013, 03:18 AM
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#7
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3
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This is my second time around, and from what I remember I always kept Beef Sausage (the kind you get on a party tray) in my locker at work, or in my car during the winter, for random cravings.
I love metRX protein bars, the carb conscious ones are full of hidden sugar, but the regular ones with advertised 1-2g sugar are acceptable.
Bacon wrapped chicken with homemade Alfredo and spaghetti squash.
Tuna, lots of tuna. can be made many different ways, and the ONLY fish I can stand.
I also made sugar free chocolate peanut butter pudding pie, with coconut crust, for the times I absolutely had to have something sweet.
Experiment! If you are any good at cooking, start throwing together different combinations and see which you like!
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08-19-2013, 06:52 PM
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Unstoppable Force
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 878
S/C/G: 225/ticker/137
Height: 5'6"
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I've been eating wheat-free low-carb since January and basically my diet is "normal" except I have almost entirely eliminated pasta/bread/rice/potatoes etc. and I calorie count to control my portions. It really makes my weekly food planning simple - whatever I want but not the carby stuff. And I've discovered some great substitutes for the things I've eliminated - mashed cauliflower, cauliflower "rice", z'oodles (zucchini noodles), etc.
Last edited by Novus; 08-19-2013 at 06:53 PM.
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09-20-2013, 01:36 PM
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#9
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 20
S/C/G: 242/sig/170
Height: 5'6
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I like to mix foods a lot. I'll put fruit such as sliced apples or peaches or cucumbers mixed in to my cottage cheese. I eat a lot of soup (now that it's getting cold outside) and lettuce wraps.
If I'm feeling a little hungry I'll have a slice or two of turkey.
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09-22-2013, 09:29 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 139
S/C/G: 150/130/125
Height: 5'4" 42 years old
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*roasted salted almonds
*boiled eggs
*hummus
*water with fresh lemon juice
*berries
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11-20-2013, 03:40 PM
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IR/PCOS/Pre-Diabetic
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 1,797
S/C/G: 310/*ticker*/150
Height: 5'4"
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nuts
nut butters
pepperoni and cream cheese
liverwurst
pickled herring
cheese
hard cooked eggs
cottage cheese
cream (especially nice in diet A&W root beer)
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11-21-2013, 02:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Paris, France
Posts: 757
S/C/G: 235 / 189 / 165
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This thread is a good idea - one thing that helps me is focusing on the low-carb foods I really enjoy.
Staples of my diet :
- avocado
- salad w homemade blue cheese dressing (I love it on crunchy iceberg but I try to eat organic and organic iceberg is hard to find)
- eggs
- bacon
- raw grass-fed butter
- cream (grass fed small producer) - but I'm trying to moderate my consumption a bit it's very high calorie
- cream cheese - same, trying to cut back consumption
- cheese - I live in France and one of the great treats here is cheese! (Again, trying to limit consumption)
- steak
I'd like to revisit this thread with a list of the main dishes I make all the time - will try to remember to do that.
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11-21-2013, 07:43 PM
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#13
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 55
S/C/G: 215/170/144
Height: 5'10"
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Bacon
Chia Seed pudding made with unsweetened vanilla almond milk and 2 tbsp frozen blueberries
Salami
Hard cheeses (Gruyere, Dubliner, Emmentaler)
Eggs, especially fritattas
Bel gioioso fresh mozzarella
avocado
raw almonds
green and black 85% dark chocolate
macadamia nuts
Last edited by rocksplash; 11-21-2013 at 07:43 PM.
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11-26-2013, 05:00 PM
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#14
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: CT
Posts: 2
S/C/G: 235/235/195
Height: 5'6
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My Favorites are Cottage Cheese with chive,uncooked broccolli,salad or cantaloupe
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