My Low- Carb Weight Loss Plan. First things first. I am not a licensed dietitian. I am not a weight loss expert. I am not telling you that if you eat the food listed below that you will lose weight. ![]() I am simply sharing with you what I have been eating in the last four months that has led to my losing 3. SQUEEEEE!!!)My 'secret? There's no secret. I simply do these four things: Limit my carb intake. I follow the Atkins . This is what makes it possible for me to enjoy all the soups and chili below! Eat breakfast and don't skip meals. Drink lots and lots and lots of water. ![]() Stay active. My intention is to continue eating this way until I reach my goal weight and then slowly start introducing more carbs back into my diet. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to eating many though because, I’ll tell you, I can’t believe how fantastic I feel when I limit my carb intake. Even after eating a huge meal, I don’t feel sluggish or weighed down. I always have energy and I never have cravings. Note that all text IN BLUE is a link to a recipe or other source. BREAKFAST. I never used to eat breakfast – at all – but when I hit a weight loss wall a few weeks ago (barely lost 5 pounds over a 6- week period after having lost 2. I decided to try to “reset” my metabolism by eating breakfast as soon as I woke up every morning and not skip any meals. If you follow my Facebook page then you would have seen this post where I shared how I lost 1. Can you believe that?! So, I’m a bona fide believer in eating breakfast now! I hope this section doesn’t disappoint but I do not – repeat: DO NOT – have enough time in the mornings to cook anything special. I already get up at 5. ![]() AM. I either pack my lunch with leftovers from supper or eat out, choosing some of the following. Recipes: Note: Eating beans and legumes that are higher in carbs but also super high in fiber and protein has worked great for me but it might not work for you. And while celery has plenty of weight loss benefits that make it an effective diet food, that doesn. ![]() But Let Me Be Frank. The sexy, flat stomach of pre-menopause days is gone, but, hey, I’ve got a waist and I can button my skirts and pants. What more could a girl ask! Here is the list of most popular and effective home remedies for weight loss. Try these remedies with strong desire to make your body slim and fit. These juice recipes will help you lose 7lbs in 7 days. While these juices will help you lose weight fast, they still provide the nutrients the body needs to. Find patient medical information for CELERY on WebMD including its uses, effectiveness, side effects and safety, interactions, user ratings and products that have it. Congrats on the weight loss! My wife and I are following a low carb, high protein diet as part of her pre-surgery (yep, THAT surgery) doctor supervised weight loss. High Water Content. Eating celery will help you meet your fluid needs because it is 95 percent water by weight. Water is an essential part of any healthy diet, and it. Try things out and see what works for you and what doesn't. Cauliflower Shrimp Fried . Remove bacon from pan with a slotted spoon then add shrimp to skillet to cook in the bacon drippings. Season with pepper then saut. ![]() Remove shrimp from pan with a slotted spoon. Add cauliflower, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and soy sauce to pan and continue saut. ![]() Season with black pepper and additional soy sauce to taste. Add cooked bacon and shrimp to skillet and mix everything well. If Husband and the kids are having pork chops and mashed potatoes, I have pork chops and whatever yummy vegetables I have on the ready. It makes everything easier so you don’t feel like you have to cook two entirely separate meals. My favorites are: Restaurant Choices: Chicken Wings with Celery and Ranch or Bleu Cheese Dressing. Yes, I’m serious! I’m doing the low- carb thing so as long as I get a dry rub or wing sauce that isn’t sweet, I’m good to go. Pork Egg Foo Young from your favorite Chinese Restaurant. Just don’t get the rice and also skip (or skimp on) the gravy. I usually get green beans, broccoli, black- eyed peas, pinto beans, cabbage, collard greens, sliced tomatoes or zucchini. Most any Burger at Red Robbin wrapped in lettuce (instead of in a bun)Red Robin (and lots of other places too) will wrap any burger in lettuce instead of putting it in a bun. Order steamed broccoli instead of fries – the broccoli is . Note to self: figure out how to make this. Fast Food and Quick Service: Blackened Blue Zalad with Lite Ranch Dressing at Zaxby’s. Just ask them to leave off the Texas Toast. They’ll look at you funny but if you’re like me, you can’t stare down a buttery, perfectly crispy hunk of bread without losing your religion and shoving the whole thing in your face. Chicken Finger Plate from Zaxby’s. Ask for a side salad instead of fries, celery sticks instead of coleslaw and ask them to hold the Texas toast. Roasted Chicken Bites Combo from Bojangles. Order green beans and pintos instead of fries and a biscuit! It's hard to say no to a Bojangles biscuit but if I can do it, so can you : )Cobb Salad with Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing from Chick- fil- AThis is, hands- down, my favorite fast food salad of all! Roast Turkey & Swiss Wrap Combo from Arby's. The carbs on this are a little higher than the other choices but you can only eat so many salads, right?? I order this WITHOUT the spicy brown honey mustard because it's terribly, syrupy sweet. I don't know the carb count on the mustard but it's got to be pretty high so ordering it without reduces the carb count. I also rip off as much of the wrap as I can and still manage to hold the thing together (which is usually quite a bit). Order with a side salad instead of fries. Double Chicken Chopped Salad from Subway. Just say . The cool thing is every Taco Bell I've gotten this from seems to add extra everything else to make up for the missing rice. Score!! BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad from Wendy’s I always ask for this without the sweet barbeque glaze drizzle because a) I don’t like it – I think it makes the salad super sweet and overpowers all the other flavors but also because b) it knocks off 1. TIP FOR BEER DRINKERSI had a hard time switching from my favorite dark beers to the low carb varieties (like, really hard) but I got used to it eventually. I got a GREAT TIP from my friend Stuart who said to add a chunk of fresh ginger to the beer (if you have your beer in a glass you can just keep using the same knob of ginger for a while). This totally transforms the beer into something worth drinking! It reminds me of, well, ginger beer! Thanks, Stu! NOTE FOR THE CARB POLICEIf these recipes and selections don't fit your definition of . I think the number is 8. WORKSFORME. 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