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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / August 2010Low-Cart Stores in San Diego, CA?
Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA I used to shop at "Stringbeanz Low Carb Foods" but they no longer exist. And "health food" or "natural food" stores are NOT low-carb stores. In fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! > Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > relationships with people we love and respect. > Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! Even years ago at the height of low carb popularity I never saw a store dedicated to low carb. There were more specially prepared diet foods that were sold as low carb either in supermarkets or health food stores. Most of them, however, you are better off without. You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. For beverages there are plenty of diet sodas, diet iced teas, diet lemonade, etc. A few of the special LC prepared foods were actually good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. >> Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> fact, looking at the Nutrition Labels at natural food stores, they >> carry foods that are just as high in carbs as regular supermarkets. >Even years ago at the height of low carb popularity I never saw a >store dedicated to low carb. There were more specially prepared diet [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among >those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. Back at the height of the lowcarb popularity there were a few stores dedicated to lowcarb-only in this area. One opened up a branch only a mile from my house. But I rarely shopped there, I got almost every lowcarb thing I needed from a standard supermarket. Oh, I tried a few things from the lowcarb store - but it really didn't become a large part of my lowcarb WOE. The name was CASTUS (or "Castus Low Carb Superstores"). But the store near me went out of business pretty quickly as the popularity of lowcarb faded. Opened Nov. 2003, out of business a year or so later. I never checked to see if the other branches survived or not. Doing a websearch, I saw a Dec. '03 article mention that they were opening 20 branches in southern CA and were the fastest growing lowcarb chain in the nation (planning on 5000 outlets eventually). A different article mentions a store here: Castus Low CARB Superstore 2420 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA But the odds are really, really small that it's still there. Looking at the old www.castus.net website I don't see any mention of retail stores at all. But by all means, check in your phone book.... > >> Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA > >> [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > at the old www.castus.net website I don't see any mention of retail > stores at all. But by all means, check in your phone book.... Thanks for the "Castus Low Carb Superstores" tip. They ARE in California, but looks like only in Northern California as of now. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! > > Still looking for a low-carb food store in San Diego, CA > > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > good and useful are still available in some supermarkets. Among > those are LC bread & butter pickles, ketchup, and Hood LC milk. True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. I do get no-sugar drinks and the like at supermarkets. The problem is the limited variety of low carb products. *For me*, as a diabetic, low carb is a must. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! > True. IF you like to cook. I don't. There are plenty of low carb options at nearly any fast food place. > Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite > Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. > > I do get no-sugar drinks and the like at supermarkets. The problem is > the limited variety of low carb products. There was a low carb store near me for a while. They carried mostly what I consider treat items not core food items. If they had carried something like TV dinners maybe they would have lasted longer. > *For me*, as a diabetic, low carb is a must. If it's about liking to cook that's a mental issue not an availability issue. Start with affirmations and gradually fix your head. And eat lots of the veggies raw. > > True. IF you like to cook. I don't. > > There are plenty of low carb options at nearly any fast food place. Could be where you live, but when I can find the nutrition information these places are supposed to have, their offerings are not really low carb. Anything above 20g *total* is NOT low carb. Also, where I live, the word "plenty" does not apply. Offering just salad and no-sugar drinks is not "plenty" of offerings. > > Stringbeanz was a dedicated low carb market. Carried frozen EatRite > > Meals and much more than a normal supermarket carried. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > issue. Start with affirmations and gradually fix your head. And eat > lots of the veggies raw. You are assuming I don't already. Heard of "The Soup Plantation?" Since I found the location 5min away, I eat lunch there 2 or 3 times a week. Another point I did not mention before, I do get low carb foods via the WEB. I just would like a local, walk-in, low carb market like Stringbeanz was. The low carb foods I buy are all 10g or less per serving. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! Didn't the Technomages disappear before the Shadow War broke out and they still haven't decided to return to general civilization? Since the series Crusade was canncelled there's no plot line available for that to ever happen. Babylon 5 rules. <*> >> > True. IF you like to cook. I don't. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > these places are supposed to have, their offerings are not really low > carb. Anything above 20g *total* is NOT low carb. Pick the right toppings, ditch the bun and the fries. Any burger place has low carb available once you think in those terms. The option is not restricted to Hardees where it's on the menu. > Also, where I live, the word "plenty" does not apply. Offering just > salad and no-sugar drinks is not "plenty" of offerings. Subway has had "Any six inch sub as a salad, $1" on their menus for well over a decade at this point. That might make them the first fast food chain to offer an explicitly low carb option on their core menu and it is still there to this day. There's also Boston Market and any other rotisserie chicken place as long as you select the sides correctly and ditch the bread. >> If it's about liking to cook that's a mental issue not an availability >> issue. Start with affirmations and gradually fix your head. And eat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Since I found the location 5min away, I eat lunch there 2 or 3 times a > week. Souplantation is the west coast marketing name of a chain that uses the name Sweet Tomatoes as their east coast marketing name. The place is superior for good quality food that can be tuned for low carbers. Very hightly recommended. If you go there often you're already on the right path. > Another point I did not mention before, I do get low carb foods via > the WEB. I just would like a local, walk-in, low carb market like > Stringbeanz was. The low carb foods I buy are all 10g or less per > serving. Do they offer low carb TV dinners? Packaged meals that are low carb would be nice. For most low carb products I have no problem getting them at the regualr grocery store, but they are meat and veggies and such that your cooking restriction interferes with. > Didn't the Technomages disappear before the Shadow War broke out and > they still haven't decided to return to general civilization? Since the [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > them at the regualr grocery store, but they are meat and veggies and > such that your cooking restriction interferes with. Don't forget the melamine in the dog food. The resources are the same for products that go into human food. It's easy to make good food when it is fresh. Think, cooking 3 - 4 meals at a time and freezing the planned-overs.  Signature- Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/07/201072816515308172.html > Didn't the Technomages disappear before the Shadow War broke out and > they still haven't decided to return to general civilization? Since the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > has low carb available once you think in those terms. The option is > not restricted to Hardees where it's on the menu. "In 'n Out" burgers, "protean" stile (no bun, lattice wrapped), OUTSTANDING. I eat there sometimes. > > Also, where I live, the word "plenty" does not apply. Offering just > > salad and no-sugar drinks is not "plenty" of offerings. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > them at the regualr grocery store, but they are meat and veggies and > such that your cooking restriction interferes with. "EatRite" meals, low-carb offerings. This is one product line I used to get at Stringbeanz. Can order online now. http://www.buyeatritenow.com/ The reason I'm still looking for a local walk-in low carb market is buying online is only cost effective in high quantities, then add shipping cost. If I had a local store, I could buy at lower cost even with sales tax. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! > "EatRite" meals, low-carb offerings. This is one product line I used > to get at Stringbeanz. Can order online now. > http://www.buyeatritenow.com/ Low carb pizza crusts? Drat, not wheat free. Bookmarked, thanx > > You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, > > fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Then be prepared to eat fillers and the cheapest of food ingredients, rather than the healthiest and best tasting. Signature- Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude http://english.aljazeera.net/video/middleeast/2010/07/201072816515308172.html > In article <kcll565srade2odr1gid2q2epedbdng...@4ax.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > True. IF you like to cook. I don't. Surveys show most people don't like their job either, but they still get up every morning and go do it. Even about 8 years ago, at the height of the low carb popularity, the LC products available were never what the core of a healthy LC diet should be, unless you think living on shakes, bars and LC cake is the way to go. What exactly do you think you need that is so hard to either cook or find ready to eat in a regular supermarket? Doesn't your supermarket have hard cheese? salami? ham? canned tuna? eggs? ready bagged salad? pickles? whole rotisserie cooked chicken? Many supermarkets have whole sections of prepared food, items like london broil, grilled shrimp, broiled fish, grilled vegetables. There were a few products that I really liked, like Atkins cereal. But you won't find them in any store because they no longer exist. The remaining ones, like Hood LC Milk, Breyers LC ice cream, Heinz Ketchup are available here in NJ in select supermarkets. And they only should make up maybe 5% of your diet anyway. > Then be prepared to eat fillers and the cheapest of food ingredients, > rather than the healthiest and best tasting. > -- > - Billy > "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the > merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maudehttp://english.aljazeera.net/video/mid dleeast/2010/07/201072816515308... > > > You can find the low carb staple foods in any supermarket. Meat, > > > fish, LC vegetables, cheese. Those should cover 95% of what you eat. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Then be prepared to eat fillers and the cheapest of food ingredients, > rather than the healthiest and best tasting. Not necessarily. See: http://www.julianbakery.com/low-carb-bread.php This 1g Net-Carp/Slice bread is excellent and made with top ingredients. It is low in carbs because it uses multi-grain UNPROCESSED flour. It is processed flour (in most breads) that increases the carbs. Just look at the Nutrition Labels on most breads and compare to the "Julian Bakery Smart Carb" bread. There are many low-carb foods that do use good ingredients. They are just high in fiber, low on sugars, and some use meat substitutes like many veggie burger like products. They also tend to have a lot of veggies. I would just like a local, walk-in, low carb market like "Stringbeanz" was. I do get low-carb foods via the WEB. -- ==== Tecknomage ==== Be mindful that happiness isn't based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people we love and respect. Remember that while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! |
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