Good foods
Below are the foods which you should be eating in order to lose weight on the PoundforPound
diet.
Eggs – all types: fried, poached, boiled etc.
No daily or weekly limit.
Don’t forget omelettes.
Cheeses - all types are fine
All
Meat including
- Beef (juicy steaks are allowed!)
- Bacon / Gammon (bacon and eggs are an ideal breakfast)
- Pork
- Lamb
- Chicken
- Duck
- Turkey
- Sausages (check food label for these though in case they are packed with breadcrumbs)
- Cooked meat such as ham, chorizo etc
- click
here to see list of meats ranked by carbs
All
Fish and
Seafood - including luxuries such as Lobster, Scallops,
Salmon.
Avoid breadcrumb coated fish and meats.
Normal bread is NOT allowed, however Hi Lo brand bread available from
Sainsburys is allowed and is great for sandwiches. Recently introduced, Hovis Lower Carb Seriously Seed Loaf is allowed.
Also Livlife bread is good. You can buy it online at
http://www.livlifefoods.co.uk/. It
works at about £1 a day for one person including delivery so worth it if you
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Green leaf salad - (lettuce, rocket, baby spinach, endive)
Salad dressing (
Newman's Own Italian Dressing
is a good one) or Olive oil and vinegar
mix
Vegetables including:
Asparagus
Aubergine (eggplant)
Avocado - highly recommended - up to half a fruit with a salad
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Celery
Cucumber
Courgettes
Green Beans
Mushrooms
Radishes
Samphire
Peas (small amount, eg 3 tablespoons)
Tomato (half or one medium per meal)
click
here to see list of vegetables ranked by carbs
Small amount of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries with any type
of cream below.
Cream, crème fraiche, whipping cream, single cream, double cream, clotted
cream. Not squirty cream though. Perhaps a tablespoon of
milled flax seed
on top
for extra nutrition.
Butter -ditch margarine and use butter instead
Chick peas, lentils or cannellini beans (small amount only)
Some
alcohol e.g. dry white wine,
gin
,
vodka
is allowed
Splenda
(sweetener) - small sprinkling allowed
Snacks – salted almonds, macadamia nuts, pork scratchings, peperami
Sugar free peanut butter
or
almond nut butter
Olive oil - use for cooking and salads. A very healthy oil.
Flaxseed (also known as Linseed).
Very healthy stuff. Extremely low in carbs, but high in nutritious fats and minerals.
Also a good source of fibre. Contains Omega 3 oils which are good for you.
We have milled flax seed as pictured. It's tasty and a tablespoon can be sprinkled
on top or mixed in with many foods.
Tastes great and a pack lasts a long time.
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A change in diet may cause constipation in some people. If this is the case, we
recommend taking
Psyllium Husk Powder
which can be found online and in health food
stores.
If you want to lose weight, then you
must not exceed 35 Net Carbs per day.
See
How to work out Net
Carbs of a food item.