The Banting/LCHF Thread

Kosmik said:
Easter must go away now. Can't help but snack on the odd marshmallow egg or two a day. 10g carbs each.

*edit* and yes I know it's passed but you try tell that to kids who were given a checkers packet fill of goodies and a wife who buys the boxes of 48 eggs because they're now R38 :(
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good news they will come back next year too.
:)
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
Have had to cut avo's out lately. Can only eat the haas ones and last I saw they were R78 for 4 at WW :wtf:
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Eish... I LOVE *heart* avocados but for some reason they make me sick... Anyway, I am kind of concerned about some of the stuff I read here... people add 'banting' prefix to things they know they shouldn't eat - things which in a true banting diet are prohibited. A lot of you know my story about how I used to be humongous (137kg) and now I am (86.5kg) thanks to this specific diet in its purest form and I still do. Unless you're just having fun, but if you truly want to lose weight and see results quickly, you have to ditch the unnatural food passed on as banting friendly... Please. Just some Friday free advice.
 
zululami said:
Eish... I LOVE *heart* avocados but for some reason they make me sick... Anyway, I am kind of concerned about some of the stuff I read here... people add 'banting' prefix to things they know they shouldn't eat - things which in a true banting diet are prohibited. A lot of you know my story about how I used to be humongous (137kg) and now I am (86.5kg) thanks to this specific diet in its purest form and I still do. Unless you're just having fun, but if you truly want to lose weight and see results quickly, you have to ditch the unnatural food passed on as banting friendly... Please. Just some Friday free advice.
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I agree with you.

It's like, add bacon to a donut and suddenly it is banting friendly.

Or make donuts with honey and almond flour instead of sugar and flour and suddenly they are banting approved.

Even if you use "banting" ingredients to make things like muffins and pancakes, I have a feeling you will end up eating more calories than you actually need.
 
Ancalagon said:
I agree with you.

It's like, add bacon to a donut and suddenly it is banting friendly.

Or make donuts with honey and almond flour instead of sugar and flour and suddenly they are banting approved.

Even if you use "banting" ingredients to make things like muffins and pancakes, I have a feeling you will end up eating more calories than you actually need.
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Banting doesn't require calorie counting
 
OMB said:
Banting doesn't require calorie counting
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It isn't as simple as saying it doesn't.

You can still get fat if you eat too much banting food, it just isn't as easy as if you eat carbohydrate rich foods. Remember almond flour and coconut flour still have carbs in them.

It isn't like banting gives you the ability to eat to excess on banting muffins and still be thin. Yes, you will be leaner than someone who eats to excess on normal muffins, but my point is, you are still eating more than you need.
 
Ancalagon said:
It isn't as simple as saying it doesn't.

You can still get fat if you eat too much banting food, it just isn't as easy as if you eat carbohydrate rich foods. Remember almond flour and coconut flour still have carbs in them.

It isn't like banting gives you the ability to eat to excess on banting muffins and still be thin. Yes, you will be leaner than someone who eats to excess on normal muffins, but my point is, you are still eating more than you need.
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well which is it, the calories or the carbs? on pure LCHF you don't need to count calories
 
zululami said:
<>... people add 'banting' prefix to things they know they shouldn't eat - things which in a true banting diet are prohibited. <>
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People also add 'banting' prefix to things they now sell at tripple the price than what they should be selling at :mad:

We had the same problem with the price of batteries, inverters & solar during the hectic loadshedding periods
 
OMB said:
well which is it, the calories or the carbs? on pure LCHF you don't need to count calories
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Counting calories is the only time I see consistent weight loss. Otherwise I just stay the same weight.
 
So not sure if this is the right place to ask but here goes.

Anybody know if one can buy the Wimpy Tomato Relish from them or somewhere else? (I'll be asking our local Wimpy tomorrow anyway when we pass there)

Or even something very similar.

I love that stuff. And it is only 4 calories per serving. Will be perfect with my cottage cheese and tuna lunches at work.
 
APoc184 said:
So not sure if this is the right place to ask but here goes.

Anybody know if one can buy the Wimpy Tomato Relish from them or somewhere else? (I'll be asking our local Wimpy tomorrow anyway when we pass there)

Or even something very similar.

I love that stuff. And it is only 4 calories per serving. Will be perfect with my cottage cheese and tuna lunches at work.
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I've been searching for that stuff for years.... nada
If you find, please share :love:

Made some bulletproof coffee this morning for this first time in yonks... damnit, I swear this tastes better than the cappuccino I had from starbucks this week
 
Its gherkin onion and tomato sauce iirc. Make your own.

The volume you consume is so small it does not matter much how many carbs it contains.

Back on LCHF after payday. Gained too much. 6kg up since i went off diet 2 months ago.
 
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Bought some rusks from WW... R80 for 9...and they are small... not ouma's..!

But I suppose when you take into account the price of almond flour... its probably not to bad..
 
Basil959 said:
Bought some rusks from WW... R80 for 9...and they are small... not ouma's..!

But I suppose when you take into account the price of almond flour... its probably not to bad..
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Looked at it yesterday. Just not willing to pay that much for rusks.
 
Not sure if this has been covered here somewhere, but how does stock cubes rate in the lchf world? Low enough in carbs to not worry about it or is it to be avoided?
 
They shouldn't be a problem, they're something like 1g of carbs per block, and a single block goes a long way
 
Nibbly bits in Somerset West and Stellenbosch makes the rusks for WW and sells it in their factory shops for R42 per pack of 12
 
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