Anyone have any luck lately getting coconut oil online? I have an order pending with my usual sorce, but due to that article recently published, they are not shipping until August!! My friend has an order due in "soon", the best shipping date they would give. I only have about 2 days worth left. HELP!

I got mine from organickingdom.com

I ordered by mail, and it took no longer than other places I've ordered from, in fact, they sent by Fed-Ex rather than UPS for the same rate.

Well I did finally find some coconut oil at the local health food place. But I have been really lax in getting it in everyday. I can't just eat it straight *shivers*. So far I've cooked with it once, and used it in hot tea... but this isn't hot tea weather. I don't do hot cereal, so any suggestions for ingesting it that I can stomach on a daily basis??

I thought about mixing it with some splenda if I don't come up with something else... maybe some splenda and cocoa? LOL, make a kind of chocolate paste... I think I will try that, but still I am open to suggestions.

Your "chocolate paste" idea isn't too far off.. I've done it I melt it, add the pre-melted kind of cocoa (that comes in little pouches), some Diabetisweet, then the "tricky part"... while whisking, I add cold heavy cream. The cold makes it set up in a hurry. I've even added some shredded unsweetened coconut. It's like fudge.

Okay!! I really WAS bored that day, and in need of chocolate.

I've used it when I make low-carb bread, in place of the cooking oil.

I tried the salad dressing idea like the article said, but wasn't too happy. When it hits the cold lettuce, it "sets up" and separates from the dressing. Greasy lettuce...

I'm in the experimental stages of using it in mousse... I whip heavy cream with sweetener, flavored extract, then drizzle the liquified oil in slowly when the cream is nearly whipped. I haven't gotten the amounts and/or timing right yet though.

I'm anxious to see what other people are doing with it!

I do take it straight off a spoon, but prefer using it in various ways. Cooking my eggs (scrambled so it gets mixed in), "buttering" my low-carb bagel, on veggies. I have mixed it with unsweetened coconut and munched as a snack, mixed with cream cheese and spenda to make the cheese cake thing. Have to agree about the salad, not good.

Hi, my name is Kathy and I am fairly new to this forum. I am very interested in any info you can send me on coconut oil and amino acid. Right now I am taking Levozyl and cytomel after having my thyroid removed due to thyroid cancer. Since this happened 15 months ago the Dr. has changed my meds so many times and can not seem to get it right. Either I feel good during the day and have a lot of energy but can't sleep at night or they reduce my meds and I sleep good at night but have a difficult time during the day. All I want to do is sleep. So I am very interested in any thing that can help me feel better. I have been on the induction phase since Easter. (went off it for one week when my dad passed away 3 weeks ago). I have lost weight but it seems to come off very slow. I wonder if it is due to low metabolism. If you could send me the info I would greatly appreciate it.
Kathyl

There's some reading at coconut-info.com, I learned about it in an article in Woman's World magazine.

Admittedly, my results haven't been spectacular, but I've not been a "good girl" regarding diet lately, either...(my journal helped point out that I was "sneaking" quite a bit of extra's on myself)

I'm currently trying to gather more info NOT put out by those selling it!

Last Spring I lost 56 lbs in 3 months. The year before I lost 34. I always seem to gain it back during the Winter, my nickname should be Yo-Yo! In February I was right back up to 200 lbs. and really mad at myself for putting it back on, Again. I decided that I'm going to "choose life" and get healthy and not just concentrate on loosing weight. I'm border Thyroid (my Mother had a goiter and major thyroid issues). Now, I'm having trouble getting it off again and thought this might have something to do with it. I am very interested in everyone's comments on how it helps Hypothyroid and raises the body temp. I also read in First magazine, according to Vanderbilt University here in TN, about Coconut oil and it stats that Coconut oil speeds calorie burning by 50% by going directly to the liver. It is so biologically stable that it doesn't form Trans fats so it is great for baking and frying. So I tried cooking with it last night. I took 2 to 3 tbs of it and heated in a frying pan on med-high heat. Put a boneless-skinless chicken breast half in;cut out in bite size pieces. After about 5 to 10 mins. of cooking (white all the way through) I put about 2 cups of chopped cabbage and half med. chopped onion and stir fryed. The smell was a little unbareable. I seasoned it with some Cajun spices and it was so freaking good! Almost like cheating with Chinese food without all the MSG! I found out that it cooks faster and hotter with Coconut oil than veg or corn oil does and is very good for stir frying and tastes great. Well, I didn't loose any weight this morning (so it's not some magical cure for fat) but I didn't gain any either like I thought after eating all that oil last night and I know I will have to continue to eat healthy like this for it to work-plus exersize and drink water. I also read that a glass of tomatoe juice daily boosts energy and speeds slimming because it is loaded with essential enzymes. And can you believe it, Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital research says that the fatty acid in avocados, olives, nuts and sees (flax, pumpkin, & sunflower) boost metabolism and speed weight loss and those who ate the high fatty goodies were an average of 11 lbs lighter than those who shuned fat all together? What about that? ok-so how is everyone doing with the Coconut oil? Any good food ideas? Any ideas on how to keep it off? I started the end of May on low carbs and have lost 18 lbs-I don't want to put it back on ever. I still have almost 40 to go.

The chicken and cabbage sounds good, can't wait to try. I have been out of coconut oil for a week and miss it! Fed Ex is due here in a few days with a new supply!

I was wondering about the tomato juice though. 1 cup a day would be 10 grams of carbs. I know there are lots of nutrients in tomato products, but 10 grams a day for a glass of juice? I think that would slow me down big time.

Oh no Cindielyn, it doesn't slow you down at all!! As a matter of fact, it is flushing my system out big time. Besides, 10 carbs is not really a big deal-the tomato juice boost energy and that right there burns it right back off. Well, I was really skeptical about all the high fat; coconut oil, sunflower seeds, tomato juice... however, since I started doing this a week ago I have lost 5 lbs. It's not water weight either, I did that already at the beginning of my new start, the end of May. I have a lot of energy and actually want to drink water! Sometimes you get bored with water because it really doesn't have that quenching feeling you know. Well, my metabolism is working hard. I get kind of hot like I've been working out and kind of thirsty so I get a tall glass of cold water and it tastes so good. Also, they are right on when they talk about eating the nuts and seeds (sunflower). It really is helping me not to crave snacks so much after work or when I watch TV. I don't get just the seeds, I eat the whole ones in the shell so it crunches (which is very satisfying for snackers) when I crack it open it gives me something to do with my hands while I watch TV and keeps me from downing a bag of chips. I also end up drinking a lot of water at the same time (you can get unsalted whole sunflower seeds if you worry about the sodium). Also, I have read that cherries are great for you as well. They are a natural stress reliever and sweet so they keep you away from the cookies. Another TV snacking trick is frozen blackberries. I get fresh blackberries and divide them up into freezer baggies (about a cup each) with a half packet of sweetner and freeze them. When you get a craving or after a work out, grab a bag and enjoy. I think I'm really getting the hang of it. Dieting and getting healthy is not as bad as I used to make it. I used to starve myself and eat like 1 can of tuna and 1 can of veggies a day, but it would always come back when I stopped. Now I eat regular meals and snacks and I'm losing weight and feeling comfortable again. At the end of May I was wearing tight size 16s and very fatigued, moody, and never wanted to go any where. I now wear 14s comfortably and even put on a pair of 12 stretch jeans Saturday night and went out without feeling ashamed of myself and the way I think I look. I'm singin' now ~

Here is my FAVORITE way to get coconut oil into my diet:

1 - 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 - 2 tablespoons coconut oil (liquified)
splenda to taste...
blend well
SLOWLY! Drizzle in heavy cream... stirring all the while.
The cold cream will cause the chocolate to seaze up so you have to add it little by little and stir WELL.
when you get the consistency of cooked pudding... you're done.
it tastes like real good chocolate pudding...

I grew up in Sweden, and they make a Christmas confection they call "ice-chocolate" by melting coconut fat and dark chocolate together and pouring it into little candy papers (you know, like the ones you line muffin tins with, only smaller) It tastes wonderful! So I don't know how you would substitute something low-carb for a dark chocolate bar? Probably cocoa powder, butter and Splenda? I don't have any coconut fat (oil) but am definitely getting some after reading this thread, as I am hypo thyroid.
So glad to have found this site!
persimmon

persimmon:
"So I don't know how you would substitute something low-carb for a dark chocolate bar"


Oh that's easy!!
Pure De-Lite Dark Chocolate bar is excellent and low carb!!!

ftk627 Coconut Oil My wife puts the Coconut Oil in Dr. Atkins Shakes works great.

I still haven't seen any drastic improvements, but maybe I'm expecting too much. I really overdid it to start with, but am now including a reasonable amount in my diet. I have to really watch OTHER fats, though, as I was really gaining after starting it, and I figured it might be the extra calories..