Mon, Aug-03-20, 13:05
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,329
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Plan: vLC/GF,CF,SF
Stats: 197/136/150
BF:
Progress: 130%
Location: Alberta
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I've found substitutions for what I consider a comfort food to be good for an occasional treat - things that recreate the texture and flavour without the carbs and not ultra-sweet. They are quite decadent by normal "dieting" standards but hit the spot. If I get a desire for crispy & salty, rather than diving into a family-size serving of chips or crisps, I salt & air-fry some chicken backs & legs with the skin on, eat and enjoy the skin, and save the meat for later meals and bones for bone broth. Or if I have a desire for thick & creamy, I'll buy a package of full fat cream cheeze, soften it & stir in real vanilla and a few drops of liquid stevia. Instead of pumpkin pie, I buy a can of 100% pumpkin puree, mix it up with cinnamon & other favourite pie spices, divide it into single servings of <10g carbs each, and put all but one in the freezer. Then I warm one serving in the microwave with a pat of butter and savor it. Putting my favourite full-fat blue cheeze or caesar dressing on my salad also feels decadent compared to years of low-cal, low-fat, low-flavour dieting before I found LCHF. Or making faux fettuccini Alfredo with steamed strips of cabbage for the fettuccini and Alfredo ingredients in carb-controlled amounts. All of my "treats" fall within my optimum carbs level (<30g/day and <10g/meal). These may not appeal to you, but try thinking up "legal" carb-level versions of the kinds of things you consider comfort foods. I stick to real foods, with zero to minimal processing and nothing bread-like. Because I allow myself these "treats" and could eat them every day, it puts me in the mindset of not being deprived by my WOE. I rarely actually want them now that I can have them, probably because my meals are full of protein & fat, so I'm not hungry, and feeling really good most of the time means I rarely need comfort foods. And because they are so filling and satisfying, one serving is all I want. As a former binge-eater of junkfoods & grains, this is the most incredible part of making LCHF my WOE.
Last edited by deirdra : Mon, Aug-03-20 at 13:13.
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