Hey folks - i was just going through my low carb food cabinet, and realized that there are certain foods that make my low carb diet possible, and that im not certain i could low carb without.
Id like to share those 5 items with you, and see what your top 5 are - this is not intended to advertise for any company, i wouuld just like to get a feel for what you feel is critical to your diet

Heres mine, lets here yours

1. La Tortilla factory wraps - only 3g's of carbs per wrap, finally sandwiches! Tuna, steak strips, its all possible now

2. Flax=o=meal hot cereals = finaly, oatmeal style breakfast with just 1 g of carbs

3. Cheeters crackers - 1g per slice, these crackers are finally what i have been looking for, something dry, crunchy, and oh yes, tasty! the cinnamon flavor is great

4. Sugar Free Jelly belly jelly beans! hehe, i have a huge sweet tooth, and every now and then ill have 5-10 jelly beans, it really keeps me goin, and only 1-3 effective per 20 pieces

5. Eas myoplex low carb bars - the only low carb bars i have found that taste really good - the only bar that dosent have that tell-tale thick inside thats the same in all low carb bars,, its actually soft, and very tasty,, my favorites are the blueberry and apple cinnamon - only 3g per bar (by the way, they normally cost $2 a bar, wal mart is selling a 6 pack for $5.85 - great deal!)

Well thats mine, so please contribute yours! maybe it will help us all find new stuff to keep us goin

thanks!
yossi

Thanks for the suggestions,I just started today low carbing,was wondering what kind of beverages you can drink.Any more ideas would be appreciated too.

I have a real sweet tooth, so here it is.
1-Ross chocolate Bars-Dark-only 1carb
2-Low Carb Chefs "Plain Good" Crackers- 6 crackers only 1 carb - I take these to resturants and puts lots of butter on them. They serve as my bread and are wonderful tasting.
3-Judy's sugar Free Caramels - any flavor - there all good
4- Irean's white bread - taste like the real thing
5- Pleasantville Cookie Companys Cookie Mix - I make my own almond cookies and freeze them. I eat one a day at 3 carbs.

I drink Fruit H20 - they have many flavors and zero carbs. You can get it at CVS stores, Sams CLub and I think Walmart

was reading all your tips and was wondering if anyone out there had any items that could be found in the uk to help....especailly with the sweet tooth

Flossie,
Check out the following sites: www.carblife.com, www.lowcarbmegastore.com, http://www.sugarlite.co.uk/ aal based in the Uk.
good luck,
Kati

mandelayba/neighbor:

I'm in NC as well. Chapel Hill to be exact. Came here from NY 3 years ago, been low carbing since October 2002. Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello!

Kim

P.S. Where do you buy those items that you say you always have on hand? I'd certainly like to get some of those. Whole Foods Stores/Wellspring by chance?

• 1. Water (from the tap usually)
  2. Chicken breasts
  3. Cottage cheese
  4. Sirloin (roast or steak, I'm easy!)
  5. Sweet potatoes

And of course my supplements! (Cal/Mag, Potassium, Multi-vitamin, B Complex, Vit E&C, psyllium and glutamine)

If I had an unlimited supply of all these I could survive on a desserted island forever!

Nat

We have a low carb store in Cary and there is also one in Raleigh. It's call Dlites. They have the best low carb ice cream. Only one carb per oz. They also sell everything else there. I do buy my Ross Chocolate bars at CVS.

Nat:

How many carbs are in sweet potatoes?

Kim

I love the Ross Dark Chocolates and the Carbolite peanut butter cups frozen BUT they stall my weightloss (all the hidden carbs) so I look forward to them during maintenance.

My 5 fav foods would be:

shrimp salad (w/ lots of mayo and celery)
raw red pepper w/ cream cheese and salt
pepperoni chips
macadamian nuts and pecans
cocoa fluff (1 oz cream cheese, 1 oz heavy cream, tsp cocoa, 1 splenda)

Does anyone know where to buy brown sugar twin? I don't have my carb book with me so I can't tell you how many carbs there are in a sweet potatoe.

'Bout 24g per 1/2 cup.

There's a carb counter on this site under "Low Carb Tools" and there's a very extensive thread on this forum on buying Canadian Brown Sugar Twin (and regular Canadian sugar twin) online - just put Brown Sugar Twin into the search tool with my username and you'll pull it up.

Nat

I bought my Brown Sugar Twin from my local No Frills Supermarket so it is probably available in most grocery stores as they dont carry anything exotic at No Frills.

Akiwican

P.S. My vote goes for the whole, natural foods as my favourite low carb foods

yep, Les, but that's for us Canucks. In the USA Sugar Twin is not made with cyclamates (it's made with saccharine I believe) and it can't be cooked / baked with. To get the Canadian version you either have to take a trip across the border or do a little online shopping. (Or know someone here willing to ship it over!)

Nat