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my food : I try to have for every 20gr of protein - 10 gr of fat and no more than 10 gr net carbs.

problem with limiting fat to 5gr is that most calories comes from proteins and carbs.  Body is trained to convert proteins into blood sugar. But not fat... Too much protein will also cause insulin spike.. (google food insulin index) Too much insulin = fat storage, hunger, etc.. 

i.e. calories: 900

• 90 gr of proteins: 360 cal
• 50 cal carbs= 200 cal
• left over: 460 cal= 50 gr of fat... = 5 meals 10 gr of fat each.

Coconut flour has a lot of fiber.. so you use much less and need to add more eggs and more baking powder. 

I am a good cook and I am adventurous cook.. now I have a basic how the batter needs to look like - taste like - so I just put things together with no recipes.  most of the time the stuff is good if not great...sometimes it is  floot , but even if it is a floop - it is eatable..

there are so many websites FB sites for low carbs -high fat cooking that adapting some recipes to what I need is not that difficult. 

Even if I weren't allergic - most of the protein bars are IMO glorified candy bars.. even before I discovered I had allergies...I never could eat just one (i.e. Power Crunch bars) and they made me more hungry...

my simple muffing recipe: 

• 1 cup almond butter (NSA  = no sugar added)
• 3 eggs + 1/4 cup almond milk 
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 1/2 tsp baking powder, pinch of salt , stevia (1TBS liquid) 
• flavoring (I am allergic to vanilla so I use orange)

in blender mix eggs with milk, and sweetener, it should double in volume. Add that to well blended almond butter.  mix well.. add shredded coconut  mixed with baking powder.  If too thin add bit more milk. It should be consistency of thick - fluffy - pancake batter.  that can be used to make waffles,  bake as muffins or muffin tops ..

when I want to do more "fancy" I may add some chopped nuts or some berries - like cranberries or blueberries.. 

I typically make 3-4 times that volume make 4-6 dozens and freeze ... one batch 4-6 dozens takes me 2 hrs total to make bake and clean after... 

I typically follow low carbs - high fats, moderate proteins (80-90 gr a day) diet. 

I have some food allergies so I had to eliminate a whole food groups (dairy, soy, plus most grains)

I eat eggs, meat, fish, and non starchy veggies... plus nuts.. specially the high fats nuts... Coconut is one of my staple: coconut oil, milk, flour, shredded etc. I use stevia as my main sweetener.  I cook a lot and bake a lot NSA/no grain/no starch products like cakes, cookies and muffins.  Due to allergies to soy, whey - I can't use any commercially available protein snacks (even jerky - have soy sauce and too much sugar) so I learned to make my own snacks.  They are better and I can chose organic ingredients.

going off carbs can be difficult... it is what we call "white knuckle time"  it can last 3-5 days decarbing...after that typically the cravings go away.  

the easiest one to follow is Atkins type induction diet...  

the problem is that one meal full of carbs can ring back the bad carbs cravings the next day...

good luck..

Good morning botts:

It has been 2 months since I logged food here.  I was doing a challenge at my health club, Nutrisystem, Mayo clinic diet.....

I really get the most support here.  I weigh the same as I did in October (212).  I am down 16 lbs. since Oct. 2014.  I am changing insurance companies in January and am seriously considering a revision.  To be honest I am scared to have any more surgery.  I am sort of a medical mistake and I don't trust doctors anymore.  I really would love to be able to lose weight on my own.  Wish me luck!!!  Tri

My eating plan today (I am sure this will be edited tonight):

B: Jimmy Dean delight

S: grapefruit and Greek yogurt

L: side salad with fat free dressing, beef stew

S: pineapple cheesecake (ff/sf) and veggie soup

D: beef stew

S: baked apple, veggie soup, Nutrasystem cookies

Exercise will be cleaning and decorating for Christmas for 3 hours.  Perhaps swimming this afternoon.

I use a private group on OH, here.. but they are by invitation only....old friends... 

plus i use another private group on FB that is more fro keto style (LCHF) lifestyle...

if you want more traffic here - try starting daily posts.. if nothing else - you will put down on a page what you doing ... 

when I was working on my 15 lbs regain it helped me to have that - as accountability ... some people responded - some not... 

but I see many views.. 

before holidays - you probably get more views than followers - but I bet after holidays - that place - may be full of new faces .. or old ones...

be a leader here.. why not??? 

Hey there... Looks like this is rather dead group.. Many people looking, but not many posting... I tried to post but had a very litle feedback... I am maintaining and deal with "it will be nice to lose 10 lbs..." or 15.. But still feel comfortable with my size.. (not weight) 

Because or low attendance here - I am now more involved with other groups /forums.. But I stop here once every few days or so.. 

Good luck... 

Keep pluging along.. 

Hala