TXSnowman's Journal, 04 July 2014

Very interesting journal. My hat is off to you for sticking to the LCHF regimine, sounds like it's doing well for you. Now, care to share a recipe for that ice cream? Enjoy the day!  

OK JMB, here you go: Low Carb Vanilla Ice Cream- 1 cup of half & half 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 tsp of pure vanilla extract 2 tsp of liquid stevia Pour all ingredients into a blender and blend well. Pour from blender into your ice cream maker and run until mixture is chilled and thickened (15 - 30 min). Serve immediately or harden further in the freezer. Makes about two cups. I like to add strawberries or blackberries to the mix either in the blender or in the ice cream maker. 

Low Carb Chocolate Ice Cream: 1 cup Granulated Splenda (or other sugar substitute) 3 large eggs 1 cup premium cocoa powder 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream pinch of salt Combine Splenda, eggs, cocoa powder and almond milk in blender and blend until smooth. Pour into microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for one minute; stir; microwave for 30 seconds; stir; microwave for 30 more seconds; stir. If the mixture hasn't thickened slightly, repeat for 30 seconds for one last time. (if you get a few lumps, stir vigorously or strain.) Whisk in the heavy cream and salt. Chill in the refrigerator overnight. Add to ice cream maker and follow instructions (probably 20 - 30 min is fine). You can add some chopped dark chocolate or walnuts to punch it up a little.  

Wow! 

Listening to all of you I feel like a Deer in a vehicles headlights. All i'm doing is counting calories and monitoring my blood sugars. I guess as time goes by I'll follow a diet plan and start to measure all ingredients. To date I've been looking up how many calories are in a slice of whole bread (etc) :)  

Altagent, I started out by just using calorie restriction to lose weight....and it worked. I lost a lot of weight (many times). Then I just put it back on. This time, I decided to keep it off, so I started doing some serious reading about the biochemical reactions to food in our bodies. What you find is, to me, fascinating. First, let me say that I'm not a doctor or nutritionist. I haven't been trained in these fields and I'm just relating the research done by scientists and doctors that have studied this field extensively. If you want to lose weight, stop feeling hungry, balance your hormones, reduce triglycerides and increase High-density lipoproteins (good cholesterol), give up the grains and starches. Severely limit bread, tortillas, pasta, potatoes, corn, bananas, sweet peas, yams, rice, stuffing, etc. Stick to a high protein diet. Since you need to count calories, until you reach your goal weight, I recommend the lower fat cuts of beef and pork (just for the lower calorie counts), skinless chicken and turkey breast, salmon, tuna. Eat dark green leafy vegetables (spinach, kale, bok choy, romaine, etc.) every day. Eat cruciferous veggies (think broccoli) several times per week. Cheese, Eggs and bacon are OK, but you might want to consider egg beaters and fat-free cheese until you reach your goal weight (again for the calories). Drink unsweetened almond milk (30 calories per cup) instead of fat-free cow's milk. Diet sodas, coffee (watch the cream), tea with artificial sweetener. Also, get active. Walk as much as you can and increase it as you get leaner. When you get comfortably smaller, add other exercises that appeal to you. If you don't like them, you won't do them, so choose activities you like. If you do this, I'm sure that you will see the pounds start to fall off. After my wife saw the success I had, she gave up the bread and cut her calories a little. No exercise program. She dropped 30 pounds in 3 months. Vacations and a major accident derailed her for a bit, but she didn't put any weight back on and now she's back to losing again. So I know that these results are repeatable. If you want to see some of the research, let me know, and I'll direct you to some great websites and some on-line videos that will explain the science that makes this work. Good luck in reaching your goals. I wish you nothing but the best. 

Good post, I did a lot of research before starting out and am reviewing my plan monthly. You sound like a long lost kindred spirit.  

Thanks ForJandM. I love learning and the more I learn, the better my decisions will be. As you probably found, the hardest thing is "un-learning" the bad information that we've been brainwashed with for pretty much our whole lives.