[QUOTE=Nancy LC]I never seem to overindulge on the lemon egg custard I make. It is sweet, creamy, lemony... marvelous stuff. But I don't go nuts.

do you have recipes?? I love lemon anything!

Yeah, lets see I think I posted it here before. You might also want to look at the index here: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=217797

Here's the recipe with sous vide instructions but if you don't have the equipment then you use a double boiler and slowly heat the custard in it, stirring/whisking constantly until it gets to about 160'. It'll be pretty thick, definitely coating a spoon but it won't be solid. You need to make sure you don't heat it too quickly or it'll curdle the eggs. It usually took about 5-10 minutes to get it up to temperature.

I have been following Jimmy Moore and am pretty interested in his eggfest and besides having a big fatty steak for my Easter dinner have been doing an eggfest with some others since last Monday....besides that have been very low carb with meat/eggs only since 2/1/10 and loving it, lost all my weight since then....not quite sure how long i will continue eggs only or when I will add meat back in, maybe at the end of this second week...seems like my weight loss was better when the meat was there, we will see how this week goes....Stacy

but, rightnow, if you couldn't care less, then why would you bother?

Yes, that is the hell of it, isn't it. If I have some emotional 'want' I know that my bio/neurochemistry are still trying to feed on sweet. If I don't have that want, I know that eating the sweet taste will not derail me. But of course, if I don't have that want, there is not a lot of impetus for making it at all.

I might do it solely because do like the taste of it, and it's variety. It's simply that it is not any big deal to me. For example I could make an LC cheesecake, eat a single bite, shrug, and put the rest away for later. It's a weird space. I've just learned that my body is pretty clear about what's up with it if I bother listening.

Aw man! That sounds about right for me, too. For sex as well as food.

Taken from JMs menu journal 4/8/10:

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NOTE: It's the end of Week 4 of my eggfest which is winding down coming to an end in a couple more days. I'd like to share just a few of the major changes in my mindset and actions that have happened in me from then until now and my hope that these changes will continue to take hold. 4 weeks ago, I was severely addicted to the taste of "sweet" consuming artificial sweeteners. Today, I have NO desire for consuming anything artificially sweetened. 4 weeks ago, I felt like I had to have "low-carb" treats to feel satisfied. Today, I have NO desire for consuming anything other than real, whole foods. 4 weeks ago, I was frustrated with my inability to shed the pounds even eating low-carb. Today, I have confidence that I'm putting my body in the best possible position for weight loss. 4 weeks ago, I looked at food for the pleasure that it would provide to me. Today, I see food as merely fuel for my body and find enjoyment in the things of life. 4 weeks ago, I was disappointed that I'd allowed myself to approach 300 pounds again. Today, I'm sure I'll be back down to my original goal weight of 230 or lower by the end of 2010. The results of my "eggfest" after 28 days were pretty much what I expected them to be. After weighing in at 289 pounds on March 12, 2010, I lost 14.2 pounds in week one, 6.4 pounds in week two, 3.8 pounds in week three and ANOTHER 2.2 POUNDS for a total of 26.6 pounds shed in just four weeks! As I move to add in some new fresh, real, whole foods to my diet beginning Saturday night, I will be moving slowly with this. The last thing I want to do is unravel all the changes I've been making by introducing too much, too fast.

Taken from JMs menu journal 4/9/10



Taken from JMs menu journal 4/10/10



This is what I'd say to Jimmy right now:
Jimmy you're on the right track. Keep moving forward with the insights and knowledge you have gained (pardon the pun) in the past 30 days. Do not repeat the insanity of thinking you can EVER go back to the way you ate before (i.e., LC with large amounts of SF soda and daily intake of frankenfoods).

Progress not perfection.

Lisa

Taken from JMs menu blog dated 4/25/10:



So far JM has lost 27 pounds and eliminated his cravings. I can def give him a big WOOOOO HOOOOO!

But I'm going to be a bit of a party pooper here (yeah, there's always one )

I was really hyped for him until I got to that last sentence. I want to say to JM, did it ever occur to you it's not because of the "eggfest" but because you are eating clean???? Jeesh. (I need a smile smacking it's head)


...or am I just being snarky this morning because it's monday and should be happy for his sucess no matter how it came about. (OK, I'll vote being snarky )

Progress not perfection.

Lisa

Well know knows what it actually is? I do think Jimmy probably did experience some carb creep which could not have been good for him, and he was eating lots of stuff like Dreamfields Pasta. And I agree the diet sodas could not have been good for him!

I do agree his diet needed cleaning up! But was it this? Was it that? He might still have done well with a less clean diet. If he eliminated the Dreamfields but kept the diet soda? Eliminated the diet soda but kept the Dreamfields?

That's why this stuff makes one crazy. I've lost 10 pounds since getting back from the Low Carb cruise even without eating as "clean" as Jimmy. I still have some artificial sweetener hear and there. I don't think, no matter how clean I ate, I could even have lost 27 pounds in such a short time, so gotta hand it to Jimmy there. When he gets it right the pounds do seem to drop off, and he has lost more than half of what he had regained. Good for him!

Snarky or not Lisa....IMO, you hit it on the head.

And as far as I'm concerned Debbie, Dreamfields pasta is way worse that any diet soda in the world.....dropping that alone would account for weight loss. Its still a highly processed semolina flour from wheat....bad stuff even if it is coated with a starch blocker that may or may not work.

I did use it(Dreamfields) to keep myself on plan as I lost my weight, a 2 oz portion once a month is what got me through. But I've somehow managed to eliminate from my diet totally since being in maintenance.
Changing the way we eat permanently doesn't happen overnight...I'm still changing. Its an on going process.

I agree! I ain't never gonna eat that stuff. I recently signed up for Jimmy's blog's 5th anniversary give-away contest.

I saw that one of the "prizes" being offered was Dreamfields pasta! Eeek, in my entry form I said I'd rather win nothing than that - but if I did win it I suppose I could find a food bank to donate it to since I would never eat it.

I've never been a fan of pasta so have not felt the need to try to have any to stay on plan. Not to mention that wheat/gluten does not sit well with me. But we all have to find what works for us - so it if helps then I guess it's good it's there, but Jimmy was having it way more than once a month, more like once or twice a week.

He was actually eating pasta every day.Dreamfields lol....stuff scares me and I eat bread,tortillas etc.

I commented to Jimmy on his forums to keep with the two diet sodas per day since he lost most of the weight drinking them.Being off them is good for health and I am glad he got rid of them but I just hope he will not revert back to blaming diet sodas for his weight gain.

He is eating meat and eggs or basically VLC.He will never admit that this could be why the weight dropped off.Nor will he admit that counting calories could be why.Question remains is what will the final verdict be on his weightloss.

I want to point out to him that it is because (for him anyway) that he's eating ZC. And several people in the comments of his menu blog have tried to do the same thing. But he will dance around that, counting partial grams of carbs in eggs and cheese, anything rather than admit what Charles told him 2 years ago.

You know it IS possible for reactions to change to things after awhile on low-carb. I started to be sensitive to cow dairy after about 3 years eating tons of the stuff and gained loads of weight - most probably due to that. I had been losing eating the stuff before. Something changed for me. Maybe his reactions to diet soda changed as well? I was the same, always saying 'but I've been eating cow cheese all along and it's never made me gain before'. People's reactions can change over time.

Yeah, I had a friend who lost 170 pounds on low carb. It took her several years and many long stalls - and each time she seemed to have to cut out more foods to be able to start losing. For her first 100+ pounds she kept losing steadily eating anything LC that she wanted, but eventually she had to cut out most nuts, most veggies, most meats, eggs, dairy. Towards the end she was basically eating only chicken, walnuts and a couple different green veggies to maintain her weight. If she added *anything else* in she started to gain again.