Hi all Low carbers in the UK

[honeydune]

I am in DORSET .. YAY ! Just thought I would drop everyone a line here :wave:

[Elizellen]

Welcome, to our little corner of the board, honey :wave:

It is good to see another Dorset member!! I live in Bournemouth

[honeydune]

Welcome, to our little corner of the board, honey :wave:

It is good to see another Dorset member!! I live in Bournemouth


Mee Too !!! Yay lol - I have looked at your before and after pics and re looked - YOU ARE an INSPERATION ! - You have done it well done - You loook AMAZING!

How much did you lose a week roughly ? I am hoping to do 5lbs and up my exercise - What do you think....

Nice to meet you :wave:

[Lose100UK]

Hello Honey I am in Hastings in Sussex and weigh about 15 lb more than you. Hopefully we can be forum buddies.

Helena

[PretyPaula]

im in nottingham guys! hi! :wave:

[missginger]

Hi everyone I'm in Kent x

[b0llywud]

yello ! i'm from peterborough!

[nailfairy]

Im from lincolnshire just up the road from p,boro. I went on atkins 3 years ago and lost 2 stone in about 6 weeks, slowly put it back on again so having another go.
Ist week down and ive lost 8lb.
I weigh in at 170 and would like to get down to 150.

[b0llywud]

nailfairy, well done on ur first week. 8lbs is a great start! this is my first time on atkins - (after years of misguided terror that it was a 'bad' diet to follow!) i've been doing it for 3 1/2 mths and lost 25lbs - want to get down to about 147 or a size 12 whichever comes first! lol. good luck and keep posting!

[nailfairy]

Im in a size 14 at the mo, and think i would like to aim for a 10, my main problem areas are my legs, my top half is quite small. So i think i need to excercise quite heavily in conjunction with me. Good start made last night though, kids had me rollerskating for 2 hours solid, sweated buckets, but felt great afterwards!

[honeydune]

Hi ya all it is great to see you all - Wow ! . I have left my hotmail address on my contact me part here if any of you fancy a chat .

[Jacs]

Hello everyone,

Im from Devon!

[carlh_uk]

Bristol here *waves

[UKlass]

Hi carlh - I'm originally from Bristol - now in Canada. Whereabouts in Bristol are you?

[carlh_uk]

Im currently in brentry, but i have lived in various parts of bristol over the years. Where abouts did you live?

I wanna go to canada!

[Lian]

Hi I am originally from peterborough now also live in canada,
was back in uk in 2006 for 1 year, was in exmouth devon....

[tanglewood]

Hello eveyone - I'm Ange and I'm in not so sunny Cornwall. Anyone else from Cornwall here?

I'm off to Bali for 2 months on Sunday tho and am desperate to keep up my low carb plan but I don't know how easy that will be due to having no control on how my food is cooked - eeek!

happy l.carbing

Ange x

[nicnoc]

Hi
I'm from North Devon. Low Carbing since Oct 03, on maintenance since May 04. Don't really know anyone else round here that is 'seriously' low carbing. This is for life, not just for after Christmas

[Mai23]

Hi everyone. I'm in London... first time low-carbing so it's great to find this forum!

[sfenwick1]

Hi all

I live in Gloucester. I did the Atkins diet before christmas and lost half a stone in a week, i was well chuffed!! anyway, that all soon went back on over the festive season due to too much booze ans roast potatoes!
Well, i'm starting the Atkins again on Monday, i hope i can stick with it this time.
Does anyone else have any problems with measuring the salad and veg in cups? I prefer to weigh my food as i don't feel i'm getting acurate amounts. Any ideas on how to deal with that as i don't want to go over my 20g of carbs by not measuring properly.

Great to see other Brits for support.

Sarah

[UKlass]

Hi Carl - I grew up in the Kingswood/Hanham area. Have a friend over there who lived in Brentry - Okebourne Road, next to the pub!!

Hi Tanglewood - Been to Cornwall - did some hiking on the South Coast Path a few years ago - lovely coastline!!

Good meet all Brits on both sides of the 'Pond'. Happy low carbing.

[Elizellen]

Does anyone else have any problems with measuring the salad and veg in cups? I prefer to weigh my food as i don't feel i'm getting acurate amounts. Any ideas on how to deal with that as i don't want to go over my 20g of carbs by not measuring properly.

Great to see other Brits for support.

Sarah:cheer: I agree it is great to see so many new Brit members posting here :cheer:

As for the 'cup' thing, here is a link to the USDA database
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
which lists most foods with its nutrients but also shows how much one cup of each weighs in grams.

[UKlass]

Hi all Brits! How's everyone's weight loss going this week, so far.
I'm off to a good start - let's all keep in touch, although I know we all have busy lives.
Another couple of inches of snow this a.m., after we lost it all last week. Ah well, it is still January!

[scousie]

Hi everyone - there seems to be a distinct lack of northerners on here! Nice to meet you all - hope you're all doing well!

[munchy86]

*waves from hampshire*

Munchy xx

[scousie]

Hi Munchy! Think you joined the forum around the same time as me - tried to pm you to see if you wanted to buddy up but I haven't posted enough yet to send any!

[NigellaXpr]

Hello everyone, another newbie here. I work in London & live in Berks. Really like this site.

[munchy86]

Hey scousie!

I only just noticed that you could PM on here lol!

We could set up a buddy thread in the countdowns n buddies forum if u want?

Hi nigellaXpr too, this is the best LC forum I've found and it took me ages to find one I liked. I love the journal thing.

take it easy
Munchy xx

[scousie]

Sounds good Munchy - will look into that. You're doing really well!

I was wondering what people have found to help them stay on the straight and narrow? There's a pizza recipe on here thats fab and has really helped me - its so easy and quick to make but feels like I've had a treat.

[bolton68]

hello every1, i didnt even realisethere was a uk forum. doing atkins for 2nd time. lost 4st 5yrs ago. so here i go again, but im finding it much harder as i only have 1st to lose. im glad i found this forum.

[missginger]

Hey, another newbie here. (Well, 2nd time newbie, I had a failed attempt a few months ago!) I'm from Kent and I've got a fair bit of weight to lose so I hope I can make it work out this time!

[Elizellen]

Hi!!

Good to 'meet' you :wave:

[Angel40]

Hi everyone. :wave: I'm up in the north yorkshire dales, a little place called Bedale. I'm new to this forum and atkins. Lost 7ibs in first week of induction. Very pleased with that. Don't have too much to lose but would like to do it before summer gets here.

Angel :angel:

[Elizellen]

:cheer: Great loss in one week, Angel :cheer:
Keep up the good work!

[AngieA33]

Hiya!

I'm from Scotland and started low carb eating at the end of january.

I want to try the meat and eggs thing but not sure if its any good. I've been retaining water whenever I eat salt and wondered if this would help.

Has anyone else tried it?

Angie

[gman2050uk]

hi all im in Aldershot nice to meet you all

[Elizellen]

Hi Gman :wave: Welcome to the forum.

How are you doing?

[gman2050uk]

Hi Elizellen im fine thank you, hows urself?

[Elizellen]

Plodding along!

I havent lost any measureable weight in ages but am still getting smaller.

[gman2050uk]

well I see you have lost a hell of alot already well done and only 20 to go thats great keep it up

[Eme]

hi everyone,nice to see ukers are doing well.
except me,i failed awfully and back to try again. :(
gman you don't happen to keep tropical fish do you :) ?

[gman2050uk]

tropical fish eme am i missing something lol. dont worry eme it will work this time coz you have us to keep you on track theres some great recipes on here enough to keep you busy i will keep my eye on you eme lol

[Eme]

hi gman,
lol the only reason i asked about the fish is because there
is someone online with that name,who keeps tropical fish. :lol:
been really good today,and had nothing that was off limits. :)
not drank as much water as i should have,but i'm trying.

[bella24]

How did i not notice this bit before?

Im from london, lost 3 stone on the atkins 4 years ago, need to lose them again plus another ( thats almost gone now)
weight is wobbling but i find the journal bit on here really helpful, along with all the recipies and success stories!

Anyway hi every one!
bella
x

[Eme]

hay there. :wave:
i love to read other peoples too,keep me on the straight and narrow. !!

[gman2050uk]

welcome bella thats the same story with me but this time im gonna stay on it which i think will be ok as there are so many nice recipes on here will have the odd day where i go out for a treat but not often but thats when I have lost the weight first lol.

sorry eme no tropical fish here

[Eme]

no worries, :)
i love to read through the recipeis too,while eating chicken legs. :agree:
i made some bap things one time from eggs whiped up
with some other stuff,mannnnnnnnnnn they were heaven
with cream and cinamon on top. :thup:

[gman2050uk]

Eme have you tried the egg crepes yet they are delicious stuffed with ricotta cheese mixed with splender and Cinnamon mmmmmm god im hungry now lol what else have you tried I have dont the curry with cauliflower rice which was very nice also the cauliflower pizza is fantastic I have pics of the dishes I cooked will have to put them up and show you

[Eme]

great idea. a picture dinner thread. :lol:
have not tried the crepes yet,i shall have a look,and get the
stuff when i go shopping.,thanks. :)

[Elizellen]

great idea. a picture dinner thread. :lol: Yes - I love food porn :lol:

[gman2050uk]

right here is your 1st bit of food porn lol

this is the cauliflower pizza very yummy recipe here http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=366192&highlight=pizza
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1208/image059oj7.th.jpg (http://img230.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image059oj7.jpg)

and this is the chicken curry with cauliflower rice also yummy recipe here http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=380106
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7527/image060ay0.th.jpg (http://img135.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image060ay0.jpg)

[Eme]

OMG they look like the most yummiest thing ever,
i bet they tasted fantastic. !!!!!1

[gman2050uk]

yes they were very yummy now im gonna go make another pizza lol

[gman2050uk]

hey all just thought I would check in as its so quiet in here how you all getting on hope your all still sticking to it drop a line im getting lonely lol

[nicnoc]

Hey gman. I am still here. I check out this forum a few times each week and post my weight in the a maintenance thread.
Always nice to know there are others in this country that understand low carb. In the real world I know of no-one that follows this WOE, and I've been lowcarbing for 5 years..
Gonna try your cauliPizza at the weekend. :yum:

[gman2050uk]

hey nicnoc I know what you mean everyone I know thats has tried it dont even last a week lol. 5 years wow thats something good for you you enjoying ever have the odd day where you break it lol so 5 years you must have some good recipes to share lol care to share. oh and the pizza im sure you will enjoy its yummy.

[karen61419]

Hi Everyone, I'm from Northern Ireland but currently living in Germany. I have about 15 lbs to lose and am back on the Atkins after popping on and off for years. On Day 3 and I've lost 3lbs so far. Fingers crossed I'll keep it up this time. Its terrible to say, but the only thing I really miss on the Atkins is red wine!!!! Theres nothing like getting the kids settled for the night and sitting down to x factor (sad I know, but I have no social life) and a nice big glass of red!! A mug of coffee with cream just doesnt cut it!!! Anyway, good luck everyone x

[minival]

Hi everyone, glad to be back on here!
I had no idea there were so many people here in Uk, I am near Cambridge/Huntingdon, its good to know there are some fellow low carbers out there!
Minival (but not so mini at the moment!)

[Kay2008]

Hello everyone,

I am sure I posted in this thread a good few months back, but I cannot find a reply from me... so I must have been imagining it, or I have completely missed my post lol.

I am from East Anglia.

How did i not notice this bit before?

Im from london, lost 3 stone on the atkins 4 years ago, need to lose them again plus another ( thats almost gone now)
weight is wobbling but i find the journal bit on here really helpful, along with all the recipies and success stories!

Anyway hi every one!
bella
x
Wow, that sounds just like me! I lost 3 stone, then gained back 4 lol (well to be exact, about 3 stone 9lbs).

[doogieb]

Hey guys,

Just restarted this week (after a circa 4 year holiday :() so thought it was time to come back on here :)

*waves*

[SlimJackie]

Hi all

I'm in Oxfordshire and still doing low carb since January 2000. I occasionally go off lc for a day (make that 2, it's usually a Saturday and I find it impossible to restart the diet on a Sunday!) but always have to pay a heavy price ...

Jackie