In our home carrots and tomatoes are a staple. It is at every main meal either inside the food or as a side dish or salad. Th kids love it and I get my fair share. When I started on the low carb journey I discovered that the carb count (due to the high sugar levels) in carrots and tomatoes are quite high. I had to learn not to stack my plate with them, it felt like a big knock on my "great" food list to eat. I try not to eat more than half of cup of each a day.
Also cheese was a surprise to me. I love sweet milk cheese and use it as a back up when I feel hungry. Just a bit of something to snack on with cucumber or tomato. I noticed I would loose more on the days I cut back on cheese to about 1 match box size only.
Also pumpkin is a love I have. I had to cut it out almost totally or just keep it to the minimum.
These were the three "innocents" that turned out to be not so innocent when it comes to weight loss.
I had to learn to eat and snack on cucumber, lettuce leafs and celery sticks. Often I use lettuce leafs as a wrap for my chicken, cheese or protein extra. Today for lunch I got a piece of smoked salmon from a friend as a treat. I sliced it in slivers and wrapped it in lettuce with mayonnaise. What a treat!
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