Lunch time - LCHF

I am loving my new way of eating, its rather easy now, tastes great and is so fresh and fulfilling. Some people don't understand how I can be eating fat and no carbs and loose weight and feel great, but its working. I have lost nearly 4kg and am nearly at my happy weight (I didn't even do this WOE to loose weight, just to feel better). I am nowhere near as hungry as I used to be, my skin is clear, my energy levels are high, even in this heat, I sleep well and I am not bloated anymore.
I am going to keep this up for quiet sometime and see how it goes and let myself have a treat every now and then.
I wanted to share with you what I have for lunch most days, salad, I love it and its so simple. I have also found I spend less time at the supermarket and saving money by buying things in bulk.

Ingredients:

• Kale
• Coriander
• Parsley
• Capsicum
• Onion 
• Goats cheese
• Avacado
• Cherry tomatos
• Roasted chicken with skin on, cooked in coconut oil

Dressing:

• Lime Juice
• Corriander
• Salt
• Fish Sauce
• Chilli
• Garlic
• Ginger 

The Taste proving rather difficult

Over New Years I ventured down to the taste with a group of friends. I was extremely excited to try some new food and ciders, after doing a lap of the venue I soon started to loose that excitement. I couldn't find anything that had gluten free listed against it. To ease the hunt I went and got myself a chilli ginger beer which was very tasty, I soon gave up and went to a place called Mint, it was the only one with gluten free listed on their menu. I had 2 rice paper rolls which were pretty average and defiantly not low carb. I pushed on and just spent my money on trying new ciders, I got to a point though were I thought I really do need to eat something and something decent otherwise I will be one very hungry girl later. I bee-lined to the Curry place and asked if their Chicken Tikka Misala was gluten free and yes it was, yay! I got a big plate of chicken that tasted great and got me through the night. I was so disappointed though with that lack of allergy friendly food on offer, I don't need much but I wish more places had something and if they did, that they listed it on their menus. No way was I walking to each store and asking if they had something gluten free, how annoying.
Anyways word of warning to coeliacs who want to go to the taste this year, just keep in mind finding gluten free isn't that easy!

Cauli rice and beef stir fry - LCHF

I like to keep my food fast, easy and simple and I have found with my new way of eating LCHF that it really is easy and simple (maybe not fast though and meal prep needs to be considered).
Here is something I whipped up one night for dinner, cauli rice with a beef, broccoli and asparagus stir fry using these fantastic sauces I found that are low carb, all natural and taste great. I topped it off with a big dollop of goats yoghurt and coriander! YUM!

Christmas celebrations

Hope everyone had a very merry christmas and a happy new year and I am sure we all ate and drank ourselves silly. (I know I did, on the drinking side of things)
I wanted to share my christmas celebrations with you and what I ate during this time, keeping in mind I am trying my hardest to stick to a low carb high/healthy (LCHF) fats way of eating.

One xmas eve I went to my grandparents with all my cousins, Grandma attempted gluten free mince pies, they were ok but very crunchy and chewy, the filling was the best though. My cousin and I made LCHF crackers to take, made from nuts, seeds and eggs to accompany a dip I made from goats yoghurt, whole egg mayo and a dip mix. The crackers (image below) were very tasty and moorish but were sort of soggy. For dinner we had cold meats and salads then followed up by a store bought pudding (which wasn't too bad at all) and rum and raison ice-cream. Lets just say Grandma LOVES her rum, it was very toxic ice-cream but oh so good!
Ok so I failed on my way of eating xmas eve as I had a fair bit of sugar and the pudding.

Christmas day was better though, brekkie was bacon, eggs and mushrooms, also some fresh fruit with some really thick cream. Lunch I went on a picnic down at the beach which was fantastic, we had cheeses, dips, cracker, twiggy sticks, pate, roses chocolates and more. Then in the evening we had more nibbles of cheese, carrot, dips etc. and dinner was a light BBQ of hamburgers and salad, but it wouldn't be xmas though without Dad's creme brûlée.
So all in all I think I did ok on the biggest food day of the year, I ended up with a very bloated and sore tummy that night/next day but hey it was totally worth it!

It comes to show there is so much gluten free food out there, that on a day like xmas no one goes hungry!

Inspirations at home - follow up

Last month I posted that I was having an inspirations at home party, it was a great night with some great taste testing. I got given some samples to make up some food/treats for everyone. The products they have are fantastic and soooo yummy, I ended up with 5 tubs of goodness and cant wait to try them all out. (So far I have only had the Meze dip mix and the hot chocolate)
If you want to get anything head too: http://www.yourinspirationathome.com.au/ (all gluten free apart from 2 products and all natural)

First meal out on LCHF

I was a bit nervous eating out for the first time on my new eating plan (LCHF) but to my surprise it wasn't that bad. We went to Star Bar for our UrbanFX end of year break up, Star Bar is my favourite at the moment as they have so many gluten free options (chicken schnitzels and pizza!) and great food.
I found some San Choy Bow and steamed greens with butter. Went down a treat (I used to HATE butter).
Fingers crossed I can keep up this eating plan as it takes a lot of preparation for lunches, snacks and shopping.

Low Carb, High Fat - new eating plan

Recently I went to a dietician at the Diabetes health Centre Launceston as I am still suffering from stomach pains, bloating, cramps, gas and much more. My mother recommended I go as it seems to be the way a lot of people are going with their diets.
At first I didn't like the idea at all of eating high fat and low carb, I was very sceptical about it all. Reason being, I am so used to having 2 fruit, 3 veg, some protein and some carbs. This is how a lot of people eat and its hard to change your ideas on food intake. But I decided to give this a go and see if it could really help me feel better all over.

In short I have cut out all carbs (fruit, rice, starches, gluten free wheat alternatives, processed foods, sugar in any form) and am now sticking to all natural sources of fats such as coconut/olive oils, meat and meat fat, eggs, cheese and milk (goats for me), nuts and more, along with veggies. We need to look at as the way our ancestors used to eat, everything from the land and fruit only when it was in season (so as a treat). Back then there were a lot less issues with diabetes, obesity, food allergies, bowl/stomach issues and probably a lot more.

I have been given so many tips and joined a few Facebook pages so its been very overwhelming and an overload of information. I must admit though I am feeling better already and its only been 1 week. I have lost about 2kg in fluid as you lose a lot of un-needed fluid first up. I am still really hungry as I am used to snacking a fair bit, so will need to find some different options and up my fat a bit I reckon.

I will try and keep my blog updated on how I am going with this new eating plan (not calling it a diet as I am not really doing it to loose weight, thats just a bonus if I do!) Some people may not agree with this eating plan and that ok, I just want to give it a go and see what happens!