Day 7 of Stuart's Low Carb Diet

Day 7 of Stuart's Low Carb Diet

Day 7 started without the cooked breakfast this time as I had a large protein shake. Again the powder is mixed with water rather than milk. A pint of this shake is 2.8g of net carbs and does make you feel full. These protein shakes are typically used by weight lifters but can be inserted into a low carb regime. You can pick these whey protein shakes up from Holland and Barrett at the moment for £14.99 each rather than the usual £24.99.

I then had at Atkins bar during the morning (2.9g) and a beef salad for lunch with just a small amount of chilli sauce this time compared to Monday. I also had 2 chicken legs at lunchtime and a small pot of nuts and raisins so carbs would be in the nuts so lets say 3g.

I was in London during the afternoon and I ended up at a pub in the Minories but I was good and had 2 glasses of red wine rather than go for the fantastic range of beers that were on offer. (maybe on another day I will give one or two of these a go)

Then for an evening meal I had 2 poached eggs and 2 grilled sausages so about 7g of net carbs here as well.

One thing I have mentioned to date is supplements. I have just taken delivery of an order from Holland and Barrett so yesterday I also had 1 capful of Acai Superfruit Juice, 1 Flaxseed Oil capsule, 1 Centrum Multivitamin and 1 Hot-Rox Extreme which is a pill which increases your metabolism. Hot Rox is made from a raspberry derivative and if you are shopping at Holland And Barrett you could but the Fat Metaboliser which is made from capsicums which may yield similar results.

Ok - the all important part then. I have been on the Lower Carb diet for 7 days and I have gradually reduced the carbs during the week and then introduced some supplements on the last day and my result so far is a loss of 4 pounds. My thoughts at the start were that I will be happy with 2 to 3 pounds a week so that is not a bad start.