Hi Adrienne! Don't give up. This diet may or may not work for you, depending on how many vegetables you don't like, but I think there are a lot of options left to try first. Before I go any further, you may be on the brink of getting used to this. I went through the same 'gag at the site of meat and eggs' scenario as you, and I've heard so many others do the same. Soon after than, something clicked for me and it became routine.
First, maybe you can try vegetables you don't really like, but in new ways. my sister hates cauliflower, but she actually liked them when I pureed them with butter, sour cream and bacon, and baked it with cheddar cheese on top. I guess the easiest thing to do here is tell me what vegetables you do like, or what you think you might be able to tolerate if cooked differently. Then we can give you some ideas. Also, you can find those veggies and look for some low carb ideas yourself. Look here, on the recipe threads, also there is a low carb cookbook (still a work in progress) on the main 3FC page you can look at. Also, pick a veggie and type in that name and 'low carb' into Google, and you may come up with some good ideas. Here is the 3FC cookbook:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/cookbook/lowcarb/
And here are the message board recipes:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/foru...?s=&forumid=83
Do you like salads? You really need to eat loads of it. You definitely need fiber!
Other meat ideas - chicken salad and tuna salad. I mix it up and put it on caesar salads for lunch. Have you been making fish? Wonderful for good fats - peel and eat shrimp, crab legs, shrimp scampi... You can make chicken a million ways. Try different toppings, like sour cream and black olives, or guacamole, or bacon, mushrooms and monterey jack, or whip up some low carb bbq sauce and smear it on. Roasted chicken from the grocery store. One of my things I like is deli roast beef, smeared with a horseradish mustard, topped with colby cheese and rolled up.
Another goodie for me is fajitas, no tortillas.
Eggs- go beyond traditional eggs. Try egg salad. I like it in romaine hearts. (any sturdy lettuce leaf will do) Gives me some crunch, and it is more filling than you'd think. Try making it with 3 egg whites and two yolks, it really stretches it. Also, crustless quiche. You can make pizza quiche. The basic quiche recipe should be in the recipe archives here, and put some pizza sauce on top, your favorite topping and cheese. Yum!
Have you tried smoothies? They have saved my diet. I don't know where I would be without my protein powder and cottage cheese. They really make good smoothies, and I add fiber to them to get in my daily requirement. We have lots of recipes for those too! For snacks, try nuts. They can help ward off hunger pains.
Try and not eat tooooo many bars. They might stall your weight loss. Some people can eat them just fine, but others have a problem with weight loss when they do.
You really might be getting ready to cross that threshold, so hang in a while longer! The key here is look for variety. There are so many plain weird recipes that I came across that I thought I wouldn't like, but I did! You will eventually find some more variety that you didn't think of before.
Now, with that said, SugarBusters is an excellent program and we have a great SugarBuster forum here. I couldn't do it because I am so carb sensitive. I couldn't lose on it. However, I plan on using it for maintenance when I am done losing weight.
The easiest thing for you is to do it with your husband, in my opinion, so if you want to try and stick with this, we'll be here for you! Participate all you need/want. I do better when I am being active on the boards.
Feel free to ask any questions, and welcome to 3FC!
new to "low-carb" and discouraged...
