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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004CRAZY sweets/carbs cravings just before "that time of the month"?
Well, I've been avoiding this newsgroup and the Challenge because of one big reason lately...I am STALLED. Stalled stalled stalled. And mostly because of one thing... Crazy mad cravings starting exactly one day before "that time of the month". I can time exactly when it's due just by seeing when, out of nowhere, I get intense, BAD cravings for a brownie or some bread pudding. And they sell these really really great fresh brownies at my work... Ugh. So invariably I have one, and that puts my weight up about 2 pounds and stalls me out there for about a week. Then by the time I have my feet back under me and have lost the two pounds again, it's four weeks later and it all starts over again. I'm not really looking for advice since the only advice to give really is "butch up," which I'm already aware I should do. I could probably also do more by way of having lowcarb/lowsugar alternate snacks onhand for situations like this, but while they take the edge off the cravings are still pretty overpowering and the low carb stuff tastes paltry in comparison to my imagination. What I'm wondering is are there other women who experience this? Is it a hormone thing? It seems to have gotten worse the more weight I lose. Any techniques for managing it to help out with the up that I should be butching? ;) --Pook! ^_^ > I'm not really looking for advice since the only advice to give really > is "butch up," which I'm already aware I should do. I could probably [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Any techniques for managing it to help out with the up that I should > be butching? ;) Yeah, I usually get cravings. I tend to give in to them, but only in the sense that I'm still eating low-carb, but I might go up by 10-15 MORE carbs for a couple of days, and at a higher calorie level. The last few PMS times I've had have seen a subtle shift from craving sweets to craving salt. I don't feel NEARLY as out of control (i.e., guilty) with the salt issue. Overall, I figure it's not going to make a whole lot of difference as long as I don't overdo it, so I just go with the flow (so to speak).  SignatureSaffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 >What I'm wondering is are there other women who experience this? Is it >a hormone thing? I had a page that explained it all, but lost it. Something about the endrometruim (sp?) shedding and releasing glucose into your blood stream. You really do have to just 'butch it out' since feeding it will only cause the cravings to go on for longer. Personally, I find a Z-carb bar takes care of it. The other low-carb candy with malitol just give me more cravings, and god help the person who offers me a brownie when I have PMS! LOL LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/222/140 & hubby- 310/244/180 I went slightly bonkers with my chocolate craving last month, although it wasn't as bad as usual. Somewhere in the Atkins book he mentions stirring some cocoa into some mascarpone cheese, and that certainly helped. I also had a couple of chocolate-raspberry smoothies made with the much-maligned Atkins shake mix. It was chocolate, and it looked fairly "safe", which was all that mattered at the time. Do people ever go for the lower-sugar dark chocolate? I can't stand the stuff myself, but at TOM, chocolate is chocolate. Daria 166/148/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 Pook, It is most definitely a hormone thing and the hormone is probably progesterone. It pushes up your blood sugar and probably your insulin in a way that makes you unrelentingly hungry. Food won't help. You just have to know that it is a chemical and let it pass without feeding it. I learned this after menopause when I started supplementing with hormones. All of a sudden I could have "instant PMS" just by taking the "natural" progesterone. The only good thing about menopause is that you can thrown the damn pills in the trash. You, however, are stuck with it. <g> It does pass, but there is nothing you can do but wait it out. And when you feel like killing yourself (which used to happen to me like clockwork for a few hours every month at that time, too) you have to take a deep breath and say, "it's the hormones, stupid" and ignore anything you might feel until it passes. It always does. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > Well, I've been avoiding this newsgroup and the Challenge because of > one big reason lately...I am STALLED. Stalled stalled stalled. And [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > --Pook! ^_^ I feel your pain. It's hell, but reading threads like these help me keep the reasons for the cravings in my mind when I'm suffering the worst of them. Sometimes a big glass of water helps distract. Yesterday, I had my first peanut butter (I only ever liked the natural salted kind that you stir, like Smucker's makes) since beginning this WOE. I was afraid because I really LOVE PB and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control it-- but 2 tb on a large piece of celery made the cravings go away and was immensely satisfying. Distract, distract, distract. I DO miss chocolate intensely this time of the month, and it can be very hard. Piedlourde >I feel your pain. It's hell, but reading threads like these help me keep the >reasons for the cravings in my mind when I'm suffering the worst of them. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Piedlourde You might combine your love of peanut butter and your chocolate craving with some of Crafting Mom's Chocolate: Melt half a square (half an ounce) of unsweetened baking chocolate in the microwave, and mix in two tablespoons of peanut butter or almond butter. Chill to harden. (This make two servings.) It's not especially sweet, but it is very chocolatey. A small amount seems to satisfy the urge for chocolate without making you feel the need for more, more, more. The almond-butter version is even better with unsweetened shredded coconut mixed in. Em It's very yummy, and very much for the bitter chocolate lover. the nuts are just sweet enough to take the edge off. >>I feel your pain. It's hell, but reading threads like these help me keep >>the reasons for the cravings in my mind when I'm suffering the worst of [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Em <<pook wrote: I get intense, BAD cravings for a brownie or some bread pudding. And they sell these really really great fresh brownies at my work...>> this was posted in the webtv lo carb newsgroup. i made it yesterday. one spoonful of this stuff out of the fridge is equal to feeling like i ate a whole brownie or hershey bar! and i should know! i went up four sizes after i quit smoking by eating an entire box of little debbie brownies _everyday_ for months! BJ is on south beach, hence the reference to fat free half and half. i used cream. this recipe is very rich. it should quench your craving the good part is it has no sugar alchohols which create havoc in my system. ;-) try it repost ----------------snip Fudge "whatever" (rec) Group:alt.discuss.clubs.public.health.diet.low_carb_diet Date: Thu, Mar 11, 2004, 5:21am (CST-2) From: babajji@webtv.net (Barbara Jean) reading the 'peanut butter cookie' post reminded me I hadn't gotten around to posting this yet.... On the back of the Hershey's unsweetened cocoa box is a recipe for "Perfectly Chocolate Frosting". Just use powdered Splenda instead of sugar and...... 1 'stick' (1/2 C) Butter or margarine 2/3 C cocoa 3 C Splenda (I used 2-1/2 C) 1/3 C milk (I used FF 1/2 & 1/2) 1 tsp vanilla melt butter, stir in cocoa, alternately add splenda & milk, stir in vanilla You now have frosting for those cookies, or warm a bit in microwave and you have a fudge dip for those p'nut butter balls or those strawberries or whatever, or a great fudge topper for the ricotta cremes (easy to convince myself I'm having a hot fudge sundae) ~OR~ just enjoy a teaspoon of two straight from the fridge...tastes like fudge to me! it hardens up in the fridge, 30 secs in the micro make it sauce again. **When I was young we used to go 'skinny dipping'. Now I just 'chunky dunk'. witchy > Well, I've been avoiding this newsgroup and the Challenge because of > one big reason lately...I am STALLED. Stalled stalled stalled. And [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > --Pook! ^_^ Oh yes, I do. I crave anything with chocolate. Like brownies, candy bars, ice cream. Its mainly chocolate. Any other time of month, even before starting low carbing.. I do not crave chocolate, or even want it. What is up with that I always wondered? When I crave the chocolate..Before Atkins, and then ate it. I had loose bowels afterwards too. Try some magnesium. Here's a link to explain it somewhat: http://www.chocolateinfo.com/cf/cf_article_03.jsp >>Well, I've been avoiding this newsgroup and the Challenge because of >>one big reason lately...I am STALLED. Stalled stalled stalled. And [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > When I crave the chocolate..Before Atkins, and then ate it. I had > loose bowels afterwards too. > What I'm wondering is are there other women who experience this? Is it > a hormone thing? It seems to have gotten worse the more weight I lose. > Any techniques for managing it to help out with the up that I should > be butching? ;) > > --Pook! ^_^ I forgot to add also.. I found a low carb syrp, made by Atkins, and its chocolate flavored. Thought about trying it out with yogurt or something at that time of the month. I found it at a low carb store. Maybe that would help? It has zero carbs. Quit making excuses and butch up, you WFFID. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > Well, I've been avoiding this newsgroup and the Challenge because of > one big reason lately...I am STALLED. Stalled stalled stalled. And [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > --Pook! ^_^ >Subject: Re: CRAZY sweets/carbs cravings just before "that time of the >month"? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Quit making excuses and butch up, you WFFID. Since this is something you don't have to go through, and have NO experience with, you should really sit down and shut up here. (now waiting for the obligitory "well you're fat" post in return.) <yawn> LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/222/140 & hubby- 310/243/180 >>Subject: Re: CRAZY sweets/carbs cravings just before "that time of the >>month"? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Since this is something you don't have to go through, and have NO > experience with, you should really sit down and shut up here. Exactly, and might I add... Part of NOT being a wffid is recognizing when you do have cravings (regular part of cycle - precisely 4 consecutive days prior to, for me) and taking responsibility for them. CM People come up with the lamest excuses.... SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > >>Subject: Re: CRAZY sweets/carbs cravings just before "that time of the > >>month"? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CM > People come up with the lamest excuses.... You mean people shouldn't know themselves enough to recognize when they're going to crave most and do something about it? Taking responsibility for my personal cravings is actually the opposite of an excuse. CM Crafting Mom says, "I'm fat because of my time of the month. You just don't know how it is." SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > > People come up with the lamest excuses.... > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > CM > Crafting Mom says, "I'm fat because of my time of the month. You just > don't know how it is." Sorry pinhead, wrong again. Putting it in quotations doesn't mean that's what she said. That's called lying JC, it's what we try and teach our children not to do. I don't think you'll understand, but I want to avoid any confusion for people who might not know you are a snot nosed little troll. She said: >Part of NOT being a wffid is recognizing when you do have cravings >(regular part of cycle - precisely 4 consecutive days prior to, for >me) and taking responsibility for them. Key words ya dolt are cravings and responsibility. Jeez, you claim to be a teacher? No wonder education is in such a sorry state. How can you teach if you are such an ignorant a.s? Tom It's called summarization. HTH SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > > Crafting Mom says, "I'm fat because of my time of the month. You just > > don't know how it is." [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tom > It's called summarization. HTH Hahahahahah...You can call it banana pudding if you want, you're still wrong. BTW, quotations are normally used to denote a quotation, not a summarization. To use them in any other way suggests false accuracy. Of course you're teacher, so that wouldn't bother you I guess. Ya know JC, normally I ignore just ignore you and read the helpful stuff in this NG However, every now and then you stray from your typical childish spew and stray into the land of grown up intellect -- with typically disasterous results. That's when it starts to get fun. Thanks for playing, but I think I hear your mommy calling you. How long before you go back to childish name calling? Do try to hang in a little longer though, just for the practice if nothing else. Tom Been writing in English very long? SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > Ya know JC, normally I ignore just ignore you and read the helpful stuff in > this NG > It's called summarization. HTH Let me put it more plainly. I am not fat because of the time of the month. I got fat because previous to my change of way of eating, I ate too much food, full-stop. Craving or not, I ate ate ate. I am LESS FAT because I am taking measures to eat LESS food. Part of doing that is being able to resist cravings. Being able to predict when cravings will be at their worst and then, um, NOT cave in to the cravings, is a good thing. Here I am, basically saying the same thing you are and you don't seem to realize that. I am not a wffid, I know darn well I got fat from eating too much. I also am on your side completely on the "bread is not low carb" postings you make, etc etc.... CM Ok then. ;-) SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > > It's called summarization. HTH > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CM Yeah guys never get cravings, so they never have to butch up. In your delusional fat world, that is. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > >Subject: Re: CRAZY sweets/carbs cravings just before "that time of the > >month"? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Me- 265/222/140 > & hubby- 310/243/180 >Yeah guys never get cravings, so they never have to butch up. In your >delusional fat world, that is. Hormonal cravings beyond their control? (note- I said the cravings were beyond control, NOT the eating) No, guys don't get those. And should be thankful they don't. LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/222/140 & hubby- 310/243/180 Cravings beyond their control? Absolutely. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > >Yeah guys never get cravings, so they never have to butch up. In your > >delusional fat world, that is. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Me- 265/222/140 > & hubby- 310/243/180 Yes, I've experienced it. It's really interesting how a Snickers candy bar or a piece of cake can sit there, not even tempting me until that time. It is like..."eat me"... BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand the hormonal fluctuations... I think I'd make myself some (chocolate) LC ice cream...it's VERY filling and won't sabatoge with the sugar. Becky P. www.family.solidrockpl.org 199/145/5/135 Can you give me the recipe for chocolate low carb ice cream please. I have tried to make ice cream but it sticks to the side of my maker and then the paddles jam up. I would like to try another recipe so help would be appreciated. > Yes, I've experienced it. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > www.family.solidrockpl.org > 199/145/5/135 Chocolate ice cream is not low carb. SignatureMost of us probably aren't in danger of eating too little. :) Becky P. > Can you give me the recipe for chocolate low carb ice cream please. I have > tried to make ice cream but it sticks to the side of my maker and then the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > www.family.solidrockpl.org > > 199/145/5/135 > Chocolate ice cream is not low carb. What if you make it using cocoa or unsweetened baker's chocolate? <just discovered that frozen homemade whipped heavy cream... is tasty... wilson burbled across the ether: >> Chocolate ice cream is not low carb. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > <just discovered that frozen homemade whipped heavy cream... is > tasty...> Yes actually, real ice cream, made with splenda rather than sugar is lowcarb. It's not on the food nazi's list of approved foods though. Too bad for them. Signaturerevek www.geocities.com/tanirevek/LowCarb.html lowcarbing since June 2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please "When I was young we didn't have MTV; we had to take drugs and go to concerts." - Steven Pearl Maxine burbled across the ether: > Can you give me the recipe for chocolate low carb ice cream please. > I have tried to make ice cream but it sticks to the side of my maker > and then the paddles jam up. I would like to try another recipe so > help would be appreciated. Add a little vodka to the mix (2 teaspoons per cup of cream). Sugar has the property of keeping the icecream from freezing rock hard, and when you replace it with something else, you need to restore that property. Alcohol does this nicely. So does sugar alcohol (a name that has nothing to do with either sugar or alcohol), but that will definitely bring the food nazis down on your posterior. Signaturerevek www.geocities.com/tanirevek/LowCarb.html lowcarbing since June 2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please Give me ambivalence ... or give me something else. -- [unknown] > Maxine burbled across the ether: > > Can you give me the recipe for chocolate low carb ice cream please. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > nothing to do with either sugar or alcohol), but that will definitely > bring the food nazis down on your posterior. I picked up 3 keywords in that last paragraph that brought back VIVID memories: "alcohol", "freeze" and "posterior". Back in the 80s I was getting physical therapy for my low back and ice is always a big part of it (it's a big part for the rest of your life when you have back problems). I was still new to icing and didn't have any cold packs at the time, so I used ice cubes. I was complaining to the therapist about how hard the cubes were and she suggested that I try mixing water with some rubbing alcohol in a zip-loc because alcohol doesn't freeze solid like water, so it would be a cold slush instead -- it would also last longer. What she DIDN'T tell me was that alcohol freezes COLDER than water. She had already told me not to ice for more than 20 minutes at a time. Well I tried the alcohol suggestion and she was right -- it freezes to slush -- MUCH more comfortable. However, I was getting increasingly UNcomfortable because it was TOO cold. I tried to stay 20 minutes, but just couldn't stand it anymore and pulled it off after 17 minutes. I was icing in the area of my low-back/upper butt-cheek. It didn't feel right, though -- in fact, it felt downright WEIRD! It felt kind of waxy. Alarmed, I looked in the mirror -- it had raised a huge WHITE welt (normally the skin would be RED where it was iced)! As it thawed, it started to feel like I had been burned -- BIG time! I had FROSTBITE on my BUTT in JULY! For about a month my upper butt cheek looked like it had a relief map of Russa on it! SignatureSaffire 205/166/125 - 5'2.5" Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 If "Maxine" <jimmij@clara.co.uk> had a hammer, they might have built a post that went like this: >Can you give me the recipe for chocolate low carb ice cream please. I have >tried to make ice cream but it sticks to the side of my maker and then the >paddles jam up. I would like to try another recipe so help would be >appreciated. My "basic" ice cream maker recipie is: 2 cups Heavy Cream 1 low-carb cup milk substitute (soy/Hoods) 1 cup Splenda 2 eggs Then I adjust that with whatever other ingredients I'm using, which in the case of chocolate would be unsweetened cocoa powder and/or Sorbee sugar free chocolate syrup to taste and a tablespoon of vanilla extract. I find that I only get the freezing problem if I'm using mostly soy milk instead of mostly heavy cream, the cream doesn't freeze like that but the soy milk/Hoods milk will freeze rock hard to the side. Hoods more so than Soy. The ice cream I can make with my trusty ice cream maker is about 110% better than even the full-sugar stuff you can buy in the store without the weight gain :) --Pook! ^_^ > BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand > the hormonal fluctuations... Actually it's the women who have trouble understanding hormonal flucuations. Lucky women only get it once per month. Men are hormonal *all* of the time in waves. By the time a man stops being hormonal he's quite old. And hence the market for Viagra and Cialis. When we're hormonal we want sweets. Of a sort. The feminine sort. And we stay hormonal until we get those sweets. Candy is dandy, liquor is quicker, sex won't rot your teeth. Some men get the candy is dandy part; some don't. But the rest of the hormonal stuff, men get it far more than women. > > BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand > > the hormonal fluctuations... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Some men get the candy is dandy part; some don't. But the rest > of the hormonal stuff, men get it far more than women. what an a.shole. > > > BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand > > > the hormonal fluctuations... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > what an a.shole. So your valued notion that women are hormonal and men aren't is so sacred to you that you don't like the problems with it pointed out? Gotcha. > > > > BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand > > > > the hormonal fluctuations... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > sacred to you that you don't like the problems with it pointed out? > Gotcha. Maybe she was just hormonal. > > > > BTW, I don't suppose that men can begin to understand > > > > the hormonal fluctuations... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > sacred to you that you don't like the problems with it pointed out? > Gotcha. the only notion i expressed is that you're an a.shole. I think Jenny made a very good point in that the cravings go away eventually whether you do anything about them or not and regardless of what is causing them. You can try things that have worked for other folks, like making low-carb chocolate or DaVinci-flavored shakes or soft cheese or a bit of peanut butter to kill cravings. Any might help or might not help, cause what works for someone else might not work for you. But in the long run, whether you find something that kills cravings or not, these are the equations you have to choose between: cravings + eating garbage = no cravings + weight gain + feeling crappy cravings + eating on plan = no cravings + weight loss + feeling good Not having cravings is not a choice; and whether you give in to cravings or not, they will go away. The only bit you have control over is whether to eat garbage or not which causes a choice about the results. Also, if your choice involves eating carb-laden garbage, you're getting back on the blood sugar rollercoaster, therefore increasing cravings, and increasing how often you have to choose between "giving in" and "butching up". One of my primary reasons for not cheating is because I f.cking hate suffering through the cravings and therefore don't want to do anything to increase them. I can't do anything about hormonally-induced cravings, but I sure as heck can avoid insulin-induced cravings and not make the situation that much harder on myself. > Crazy mad cravings starting exactly one day before "that time of the > month". I can time exactly when it's due just by seeing when, out of > nowhere, I get intense, BAD cravings for a brownie or some bread > pudding. And they sell these really really great fresh brownies at my > work... For me, at that time of month, the little temptress is CHOCOLATE!!!! I don't crave other sweets - just chocolate. During other times when I was dieting (I wasn't low-carb at the time), I decided to solve this problem not by giving up chocolate, but by becoming a chocolate SNOB. I made a rule that I only eat the most expensive chocolate I could find. There is stuff locally that sells for about $40 a pound, and requires a trip out of my way, in order to get! It's also pretty concentrated, meaning one or two pieces would take the edge off the craving. My pocketbook and the trouble taken to get the stuff, limited my consumption. Now that I CAN'T eat sweets - very bad reaction, one *small* piece will *ruin my day* - I'm considering switching to pure baker's chocolate to get the "fix". wilson burbled across the ether: > For me, at that time of month, the little temptress is CHOCOLATE!!!! > > I don't crave other sweets - just chocolate. Try increasing your magnesium during this period. Really. Signaturerevek www.geocities.com/tanirevek/LowCarb.html lowcarbing since June 2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please "It's called 'quantum telepathy': I can read minds, but only if they're very, very small." > Try increasing your magnesium during this period. Really. I'll try that. Thank you! >Now that I CAN'T eat sweets - very bad reaction, one *small* piece >will *ruin my day* - I'm considering switching to pure baker's >chocolate to get the "fix". The unsweetened kind? That stuff is probably the most vile substance you could possibly put in your mouth. Eaugh! LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/222/140 & hubby- 310/242/180 > The unsweetened kind? That stuff is probably the most vile substance you could > possibly put in your mouth. Eaugh! Hey that might kill my interest in chocolate. Skinner would've thought so anyway. >> The unsweetened kind? That stuff is probably the most vile substance you >could >> possibly put in your mouth. Eaugh! > >Hey that might kill my interest in chocolate. Skinner would've thought so >anyway. Seriously, I scraped a little off with my fingernail and ate it out of curiosity. It tastes like bitter dirt. On the up side, I must have drank a gallon of water trying to get that taste out of my mouth! That teeney-tiny bit was HORRIBLE!! It doesn't resemble what we think of as chocolate (and I LIKE dark chocolate!) in any way, shape or form. Nasty, NASTY stuff! (until you mix it with something of course!) LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/222/140 & hubby- 310/242/180 > Seriously, I scraped a little off with my fingernail and ate it out of > curiosity. It tastes like bitter dirt. On the up side, I must have drank a > gallon of water trying to get that taste out of my mouth! That teeney-tiny > bit was HORRIBLE!! It doesn't resemble what we think of as chocolate (and > I LIKE dark chocolate!) in any way, shape or form. Nasty, NASTY stuff! > (until you mix it with something of course!) I like melting a small amount (1/2 ounce) and mixing it with nut butter (almond butter is nice). The sweetness of the almonds takes off the bitter edge, making it taste about the same "sweetness" of black coffee. I've not liked it with peanut butter, but my favorites have been macadamia butter (a rare and expensive find here, but nice sometimes), hazelnut butter, and almond butter. I most often use almond as it's the more widely available and asks me for less of my $$$. CM > LCing since 12/01/03- > Me- 265/222/140 > & hubby- 310/242/180 Crafting Mom burbled across the ether: > I like melting a small amount (1/2 ounce) and mixing it with nut > butter (almond butter is nice). The sweetness of the almonds [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I most often use almond as it's the more widely available and asks > me for less of my $$$. Have you tried making your own almond butter? A big bag of almonds ground up in your food processor is mucho cheaper, isn't it? Fresher too. Signaturerevek www.geocities.com/tanirevek/LowCarb.html lowcarbing since June 2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem." > Crafting Mom burbled across the ether: > > I like melting a small amount (1/2 ounce) and mixing it with nut [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ground up in your food processor is mucho cheaper, isn't it? Fresher > too. Can you do this with any kind of nuts? I think pistachio butter would be yummy. But not until maintenance for me. :o) SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. Luna burbled across the ether: > Can you do this with any kind of nuts? I think pistachio butter > would be yummy. But not until maintenance for me. :o) I don't see why not. All any nut butter is, is ground nuts and a little salt. *Maybe* a tiny bit of oil if the nut isn't oily enough to create a butter-- but we're talking a mucho small amount. A tablespoon or so, I think. Signaturerevek www.geocities.com/tanirevek/LowCarb.html lowcarbing since June 2002 5'2" 41 F 165+/too much/size seven petite please Why do you care what the scale says? It is an inantimate object that sits on the floor of your bathroom. Would you listen to anything else that sat on the floor of your bathroom? Lydia Ash > Crafting Mom burbled across the ether: >> I like melting a small amount (1/2 ounce) and mixing it with nut [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ground up in your food processor is mucho cheaper, isn't it? Fresher > too. I've done that before too... mostly I just eat the almonds themselves, though. I usually get a brand called "Nuts to you" nut butters, it contains just the nuts, no salt, no sugar, no anything else, and the almond butter is inexpensive enough that I don't worry about it. CM >> The unsweetened kind? That stuff is probably the most vile substance you could >> possibly put in your mouth. Eaugh! > > Hey that might kill my interest in chocolate. Skinner would've thought so anyway. Funny, I like unsweetened chocolate. Unfortunately, it causes me to gain 1/2 lb of weight for every ounce eaten, miraculously. Hence, I cannot eat much of it. i > Funny, I like unsweetened chocolate. Unfortunately, it causes me to > gain 1/2 lb of weight for every ounce eaten, miraculously. Hence, I > cannot eat much of it. > > i I like unsweetened chocolate, but I could never eat a whole ounce in one sitting. 1/2 of a square gives me the same chocolate hit that is in most commercial king sized chocolate bars, which I would never touch anyway ... (seriously, most of the commercial "chocolate" bars contain very little actual chocolate) so I don't crave as much. I mentioned how I like it with nut butter in another post, but I also enjoy it with coffee and cream. I have to be in the mood for it really bitter. CM |
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