ideas for low carb meals

jerkyslim · 12-31-2007, 06:42 AM

kinda getting bored with the same old stuff..... any ideas that might add some excitement to my diet!!!!!!

**JakeVendetta** · 12-31-2007, 06:53 AM

what things are you eating now?? What kind of carb restricting are you doing? Could try switching up what you spice your chicken with. Or even do a week of lean beef (boiled and rinsed), with some cooked onions and peppers. I know i've over done them in the past and have trouble eating them now but chicken salads are good.
not so much a meal but how about turkey pepporoni and fatfree string cheese??

**Thomas_Rivera** · 12-31-2007, 06:07 PM

Really depends on what type of low carb your doing, carb restriction or just low carb?

I go for the really spicy stuff on anything I eat generally. There are alot of hotsauces "liquid smokes" and variations of that which have no calories and add an incredible deal of flavor and depth to your meals.

Eventually your taste buds adjust to the food you eat.

42gunz · 12-31-2007, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jerkyslim

kinda getting bored with the same old stuff..... any ideas that might add some excitement to my diet!!!!!!

its the life you choose... gets boring but you just keep on keeping on.

its alot easier when you eat the same thing
there is only so many ways you can prepare chicken, and sometimes no matter how you prepare it......its still gonna taste like chicken

breezyn9 · 01-01-2008, 10:22 AM

like the rest of the guys said, low carb diets can be hard and you need to have a goal set because if your not aiming for something ull most likely struggle. but things that i would recommend would be use a variety of meats but try and make it white most of the time such as chicken and turkey to so you dont get used to one taste. keep yourself thoroughly hydrated because sometimes when you feel hungry it can be due to dehydration. unfortunately there is no special answer but it really depends on your low carb diet as some allow some form of carbs before 4.00pm which helps some people.

**Thomas_Rivera** · 01-02-2008, 01:49 AM

If you are going into a complete ketotonic diet, with a limit of less than 20 grams of carbs, or even close to 0 on some days you won't have these problems. On a complete ketogenic diet even with carb loading your physical hunger will decrease so much.

Theres also something to be said about sucking it up and not caring about the flavor of what you eat as long as you get in the nutrients.

I usually can't stand the taste of mayo, muenster cheese, any butter, but on low carb diets it doesn't bother me. I only put hotsauce on my food because I like the flavor, but aside from that I have no problem with bland food.

**JakeVendetta** · 01-02-2008, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas_Rivera

If you are going into a complete ketotonic diet, with a limit of less than 20 grams of carbs, or even close to 0 on some days you won't have these problems. On a complete ketogenic diet even with carb loading your physical hunger will decrease so much.

Theres also something to be said about sucking it up and not caring about the flavor of what you eat as long as you get in the nutrients.

I usually can't stand the taste of mayo, muenster cheese, any butter, but on low carb diets it doesn't bother me. I only put hotsauce on my food because I like the flavor, but aside from that I have no problem with bland food.

There we go, thats a perfect solution :-) haha.... be a man.

**Thomas_Rivera** · 01-02-2008, 02:15 AM

Thats what it's all about. And theres something more satisfying to me when someone asks "what do you eat" and I say "I rip open a can of tuna, eat it, then eat the can for iron" instead of "I smoke brisket for 10 hours then eat it with a light bernaise sauce with sprigs of parsely"