Nancy Howat
I cook a lot of Indian food - a lentil dahl is pretty my my default option when it comes to my pulses (I make an enormous pan of the stuff and fre...
Re: Starting on monday
I'm not sure what the main farming methods are in Germany, but it would be worth checking it out as EU animal welfare/farming regulations are quite a bit tighter than in the USA. In the UK, our b...
Re: Vegetables Make Me Vomit...
I would probably go for the "slowly" approach, maybe not try to go full on SCD vegetables right away and maybe start experimenting with 1 or 2 different veg at a time. What is it you di...
Re: 6 months then gain weight???
Are you sure you scales are OK - mine do some strange things if the batteries need changing or sometimes even if I move them to a different spot in the bathroom! Also - sometimes it can just be a...
Double cream is the British equivalent of "heavy cream" and is what you should be looking for (there is also an "extra thick double...
I used to be OK taking a week or so off the diet and coming back to it - I've been following the SCD since the end of May 2012 and have lost ~40lb...
Re: Recent study on bacon
I don't eat a lot of processed meat - I was getting a bit concerned about 30g ham a day in my morning omelet which I an now swapping out with alternatives. If you ever have a read of John Briffa'...
Re: This kinda freaked me out this morning
Wow - you haven't just lost lbs - you seem to have lost years as well
Re: Here we go again...
Good luck restarting with the SCD - it can seem like an enormous way you have to go, but you have done it before so you know that you can do it again! Just think how good you will feel when the in...
Re: Gained weight
It may be the chickpeas - in the book Tim warns about them being a bit of a domino food and prone to portion abuse. Lentils can be a good call when you get to the shops - you can buy some really ...
I'm not sure how accurate that site will be for the nutritional information for paneer as it will be based on the ingredients used to make it and ...
Re: Calling all vegetarians - need help
Have you tried experimenting with paneer? As it is a form of cottage cheese I would have thought it might be worth trying. Some people stall with too much cottage cheese so maybe go easy on it to...
Almost without exception I am at my heaviest 2 days after my cheat day - it doesn't matter how carefully I follow the SCD on a Monday (day after c...
Arrowroot is supposed to be OK - I bought some last week and am intending to try it. I also bought some pea protein - initially to try and make m...
Re: Recipe question?
1. The recipe looks fine as is 2. Let me know your secret to getting your girls to eat brussels sprouts LOL On the whole I eat the same things as the rest of the family I just work out the accom...
Re: Hypoglycemia?
I don't have low blood sugar, but I would have thought that as one of the reasons TF suggests the beans/lentils in this diet is to avoid spikes and the subsequent lows in blood sugar this would be...
The whey that I was using was the optimum nutrition gold standard whey so it wasn't bad stuff. 2 hours later I was starving though. I did wonder...
Protein shakes and water - didn't seem to help
I've been following the SCD for about 8 months now and have lost about 40 lb so generally I'm a pretty happy bunny Up until now I've had a bit of an epic fail on the 30g protein within 30 mins of...
Well I'm 41 and I have 2 kids. I have been following the SCD since the end of May last year and have lost a total of 31 lb (I kind of lost some g...
I'm going to put a cat amongst the pigeons now and say that there is some evidence that chana dal is actually ok versus normal chickpeas. Appare...
Chai is really nice - it is tea with spices like cinnamon, cardamon, ginger and cloves added - Twinnings do a good one and so do Dragonfly Teas (a...
I've managed to switch to taking it black with lemon and a teeny tiny bit of stevia (except on cheat days when I go back to the milk and no sugar)...
Thanks Deborah - I've messaged you on Facebook
Re: Buddy System -- Let's do this, together.
This sounds like a great idea - I'd quite like a 4HB buddy as well! I've been SCD since the end of last May, so about 7 months so far, and I've lost about 36lb or so. I'm 41 years old, 5 foot 6 i...
I struggle a bit with beans straight out of the can and they can upset my stomach a bit - I usually use lentils and cook a big vat of dahl and fre...
Re: Day 10 on SCD
I had a look at your meals from the blog - I love that blouse BTW, you must have a less messy baby than mine were though LOL. My first thought is that I couldn't see any beans or pulses so I thou...
I don't think you need to actually have the disease to be prevented from donating - I believe if you have travelled to the UK and parts of Europe ...
I wondered if it was a typo for CJD
Re: On average, how long does it take everyone to lose the cheat day weight gain
My cheat day is a Sunday and I find I don't actually reach my maximum post cheat day weight until Tuesday. I have usually lost it all again by Thursday. I've never skipped a cheat day before so...
This is the one I have in the cupboard http://www.wholeearthfoods.com/products/1 I had a small experimental spoonful of it while I was cooking a ...
I've not tried the peanut butter trick although I do have some in the cupboard - I'll have to check it is in date first though.... I'll give it a ...
Post cheat day carb cravings
I've been following the SCD now for about 6 months and have now lost about 35lb and loads of inches, so it is working for me. One thing I am finding though is although I generally no longer have ...
I think I'm probably fine with the rapeseed oil - I live in the UK so the oil that I buy isn't affected by the GMO issue that seems to plague you ...
I've been using ghee for the first time for the past couple of weeks as my local supermarket had some in for Diwali - it certainly improves the fl...
I almost have almost invariably put on about 1lb when I weight myself the day after cheat day - the second day after cheat day I also seem to have...
Re: Zero Progress
A couple of things made me wonder.....Is the 100g of lentils with your breakfast the dry weight or the cooked weight? If it is the dry weight, it seems like an awful lot of lentils. The other th...
I'm thinking now whenever I get those evil cravings I'm going to be imagining a monkey sitting on my shoulder licking a lollipop maybe I'll be ab...
Re: In the next year, a permanent goodbye to Plus Sizes!
That is such a great feeling - you are doing so well I bought my last 3 tops from the normal size selection and they looked great. The one thing I hate is the variation between shops on what si...
Re: OHH NO ... PMS CRAVINGS ... NO NO NO NO !
I admire your restraint - I totally gave in to it yesterday, it was such a bad work day, and the PMS hormones were killing me Still, it is the first time I have done something like that since I ...
Re: Week 72 results - GOAL REACHED!! YEAH BABY! YEAH!! BOOM!
Woo Hoo - I shall join you in your inspiring happy dance You have done so well sticking with it.
Re: Finally got on a scale - lost 30 pounds
Wow, that is absolutely tremendous! Keep it up, you are really doing well
Re: 1 week+2 days : 3.3 pounds lost ... :)
That is great - it is such a good feeling when those scales start to move downwards!
I must admit that I weight myself daily - I find it keeps me motivated. I do the tape measure thing once a week when I get up on the morning of m...
An achievement
I have just bought 3 new tops in the size down from what I have been wearing (UK 18 rather than my normal 20) - and they are all comfortably roomy. Wonder how long before I can go down a size in ...
You are an inspiration! I have been following the diet for a little over 3 months and the weight is coming off for me too - I started at 233 lb a...