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I was exactly the same as @Vonny. Once you break the cycle, you just don't crave it anymore. The biggest drawback to not eating bread was as a carrier for so many foods.... ie sandwiches and on toast and to soak up a dippy egg.
There was a period of craving and then a period of the inconvenience and figuring out a new way to eat food which didn't need that bread to support the food it carried and then there was an element of guilt that I was eating all the good stuff and none of the stuff that is there to bulk it out.... It felt like opening a sandwich, eating the meat and leaving the bread on my plate.
Now it just feels right. My body likes this way of eating and I enjoy my food and I am liberated from that constant craving, which I didn't even realise I had until I no longer have it. That gnawing need for food 2 hours after you just had some, when you already had a decent meal. I now go from breakfast until dinner with just a chunk of cheese or a handful of nuts and I don't feel hungry. Even if I eat late on an evening I am not ravenous like I was when I ate bread and pasta.... always looking for where the next food would come from and picking at things or eating chocolate bars or biscuits or sweets.

It is great to be in control and it not be difficult to sustain this way of eating.
 
Good luck with your renewed efforts to tweak your menu @Darren85 - hope some of the hints and suggestions from members give you some useful pointers.

Let us know how you get on with the cauli rice! 🙂
 
I suspect that a lot of people go into 'KETO' with a set of rules they looked up and they don't really comprehend the reasoning behind it.
I have recommended getting Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution book - I use the 2003 edition and following the process in the reverse order, slowly reducing and exchanging week by week to find out just how much carb you can cope with, adding in a glucose meter for extra guidance. It is not a set of strict rules but a process of discovery about your own situation.
If you understand that breaking down the energy stores in your liver which have become over full will involve a loss of water as well, and that might very well lead to loss of electrolytes then you might think that taking a multivitamin and mineral tablet a few times a week, putting a small pinch of salt in your morning coffee or having a mug of Bovril could all be beneficial, so you pick out one or more to try rather than go by 'the rules of KETO' as getting your metabolism back in order is just great.
 
I read some guidance notes on transitioning to low carb or keto-type way of eating and they suggested that going cold turkey is too great a step for most folks so doing it piecemeal is better. To that end they suggested cut 25% of the carbs out of your diet initially and then a week later cut 50% of the remaining carbs and do that again and again until you're at the level you were aiming for.

On a personal note my diet used to be incredibly carb heavy (porridge, wholemeal bread at breakfast, sandwich or pasta or something like a bibimbap for lunch followed by roast with all the trimmings or pizza for dinner. Followed by some kind of pud for afters. Plus snacks.) and now it's much reduced so I'm not anywhere near as strict as some others here.
I will slowly reduce carbs further as I know it's better for me but frankly the reduction I've made so far is so much better than it was before that's a heck of a start. And the weight has tumbled down as I've done that.

Erm, there was a point to this post but I've been distracted by the cat halfway through and completely lost my train of thought!
 
I’ve moved your low carb posts to a new thread here

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My Low Carb Plan!

Ok so I've done lots and lots of reading and today I start my low carb plan ! Day 1 BG:14.6 Breakfast Milbona Greek yoghurt, 3 walnuts, 20g raspberries & 20g blueberries. 1tsp linseed / 1 tsp chia seeds. I'm rocking and rolling ! Cooked chicken for dinner with squash cooked under it and...
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As i think others will be really interested to follow your experiences 🙂
 
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