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My journal of following the LCE plan.
Low Carb Eating Includes Desserts
Posted 02-02-2009 at 10:30 AM by katlupe
I love to cook! My husband loves it that I love to cook too. He is a good sport for trying my new recipes and if they don't turn out, he'll eat them anyway. If it comes out terrible and I say I am throwing it out......he won't let me and he eats the whole thing anyway.
Now I just made the New York Ricotta Cheesecake that I found on the Stella Style website. The only thing was that I used Stevia as the sweetener so I did not put much in. I only bought the packets at my store as that was all they had available. I plan on ordering the liquid from Netrition. Until then though I had to use what I had and was not going to use it all on one cheesecake. So I only put 2 packets of Stevia in and it called for 1 1/4 cups of artifical sweetener! I knew it would not be sweet.The cheesecake came out perfect! My first one ever, I might add.
I put frozen, unsweetened strawberries on our slices and sprinkled one packet of Stevia over the top. Came out very good that way. It was not sweet enough for my husband. He loved the cheesecake though, and put my homemade blackberry jam (that I made during the summer from our wild blackberries) on top of his. Turned out so good that he ended up eating the whole cake himself (not at one time of course!). I will work on it some more as I would like to try it with the liquid Stevia.
My favorite dessert though has to be the frozen strawberries with a dash of heavy cream and one packet of Stevia on top. I love that the best and that is going to be my main dessert whenever I get the urge for a sweet.
I wanted to stick with the induction plan longer, but I have developed gout in my toes. I read in Living Low-Carb by Fran McCullough that if you raise your carbs slightly, so it is five percent of your low carb plan, that you should still be able to stay in ketosis and avoid the gout. I have also found that taking extra vitamin C will help alot and that is what I have been doing. Flax seed oil and stinging nettle help combat it also. I regularly drink stinging nettle infusions anyway for my hot flashes. It has lessened quite a bit and hardly bothers me. Course, I also gave up the beef and mushrooms. I can live with that.
For the most part, I am doing well on the foods I can eat and love them. I do not feel deprived. I have already lost more weight on this low carb plan than on any other diet I ever tried in my whole life. On another forum I belong to, they have a weight loss board and the people on the low fat, low calorie plans inevitably post how they can hardly stand it and want to eat what others are eating. I don't try to change their diet plans, but I do post on what I can eat, how great I feel and how fast I've lost weight......maybe it will sink in if they read about it enough.
katlupe
Now I just made the New York Ricotta Cheesecake that I found on the Stella Style website. The only thing was that I used Stevia as the sweetener so I did not put much in. I only bought the packets at my store as that was all they had available. I plan on ordering the liquid from Netrition. Until then though I had to use what I had and was not going to use it all on one cheesecake. So I only put 2 packets of Stevia in and it called for 1 1/4 cups of artifical sweetener! I knew it would not be sweet.The cheesecake came out perfect! My first one ever, I might add.
I put frozen, unsweetened strawberries on our slices and sprinkled one packet of Stevia over the top. Came out very good that way. It was not sweet enough for my husband. He loved the cheesecake though, and put my homemade blackberry jam (that I made during the summer from our wild blackberries) on top of his. Turned out so good that he ended up eating the whole cake himself (not at one time of course!). I will work on it some more as I would like to try it with the liquid Stevia.My favorite dessert though has to be the frozen strawberries with a dash of heavy cream and one packet of Stevia on top. I love that the best and that is going to be my main dessert whenever I get the urge for a sweet.
I wanted to stick with the induction plan longer, but I have developed gout in my toes. I read in Living Low-Carb by Fran McCullough that if you raise your carbs slightly, so it is five percent of your low carb plan, that you should still be able to stay in ketosis and avoid the gout. I have also found that taking extra vitamin C will help alot and that is what I have been doing. Flax seed oil and stinging nettle help combat it also. I regularly drink stinging nettle infusions anyway for my hot flashes. It has lessened quite a bit and hardly bothers me. Course, I also gave up the beef and mushrooms. I can live with that.
For the most part, I am doing well on the foods I can eat and love them. I do not feel deprived. I have already lost more weight on this low carb plan than on any other diet I ever tried in my whole life. On another forum I belong to, they have a weight loss board and the people on the low fat, low calorie plans inevitably post how they can hardly stand it and want to eat what others are eating. I don't try to change their diet plans, but I do post on what I can eat, how great I feel and how fast I've lost weight......maybe it will sink in if they read about it enough.
katlupe
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Hello katlupe, I enjoyed your blog and became very interested in you statement about stinging nettle infusions for hot flashes. I suffer with hot flashes, and cant use hrt because I had breast cancer. What is stinging nettle infusions?Posted 02-02-2009 at 08:11 PM by bamiris
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Stinging Nettle is a real friend to a woman in menopause. I love her! Infusions are made by brewing a large amount of dried herb for a long time. Infusions extract more nutrients than a tincture and more medicinal qualities than tea. I use about 1/4-1/2 cup dried stinging nettle and put it in a quart size canning jar. Fill it with boiling water and let it sit overnight. Then I strain it in the morning and drink it through out the day. You can sweeten it if you choose, I like the taste like it is. Fresh! You can make any infusions the same way using other herbs. Make sure you either harvest them fresh (before the flowers bud) or buy them from a reputable seller.
Hot flashes can be relieved by using Evening Primrose Oil also. I use both, plus oatstraw and red clover infusions. Not all the infusions at the same time! Or the same day........for awhile I use one and then another.
katlupePosted 02-03-2009 at 10:12 AM by katlupe -
I don't know if it's hereditary (my mother died at 46, before menopause), or the fact that I'd been doing low carb for awhile when I was in perimenopause, but I never suffered from hot flashes or night sweats, and I am a person who has always been hot natured. Since doing low carb, losing 80 lbs, and being post menopausal, I actually can get colder than others! It's a first for me! Now my boss is going through perimenopause and has hot flashes all the time, and eats sugar and starch, lots of it. So I suffer through having the office cold like a meat locker!
I'm all for using herbs if they help, and I'm glad you were able to find something that is beneficial to you. You might find that as you progress with low carb, that you'll have even better results.
You might be interested in reading Dr. Larry McCleary's book, the Brain Trust Program
The Brain Trust Program by Dr. Larry McCleary
because he mentions in the book that ketones are the best fuel for the brain, and that providing ketones for the brain helps with menopausal symptoms. It's a really good book.
Posted 02-05-2009 at 12:37 PM by QueenMama
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