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Originally Posted by fishsandwich
That sounds unmanageable when one has to cope with a job/etc. Was it?
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No. Once you make the adjustment, it's okay. In fact it saves time over the lunch hour.
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I wouldn't live on it, I was just dreaming of all the amazing foods I could eat if I switched  Bacon! Fresh mozzarella (when I'm bad)! Salmon! Scallops! Filtered yoghurt!!!!
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Yeah, I like all of those too.
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I have a few more questions for you:
1. Natural peanut butter/nut butter -- OK?
2. What about soya milk? I imagine rice and oat milk would be a no because they're grains. And, indeed, I imagine coconut milk would be OK as coconut oil appears to be?
I tried googling these things but there is SO MUCH CRAP out there about this, I just got confused. Tell me if I'm annoying you. I'm trying to plan out a week of eating "low carb" to see if it's manageable for me, but I'm noticing most of my foods are going to be pitfalls.
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Nuts are limited on Atkins. I'm not sure about the other low carb diets. I believe nuts are not allowed during induction, but you can add them in at later stages. Personally I do eat nuts.
Not a
huge fan of peanuts, and their omega 6: omega 3 ratio is high. I do eat peanut butter sometimes, though. In fact I was thinking about making a recipe I found for ketogenic peanut butter cookies sometime this week. (Still trying to draw my attention away from the chocolate chip cookies!) My recollection is that it only has peanut butter, butter (?), and sugar (which I substitute an artificial sweetner for). [Ah! It's just hit me. It was someone on
this site who gave me that recipe. It was for gluten free, but I swapped out the sugar for AS when I made it.]
As for milk substitutes, I'd guess they're a no-no on most low carb, but it really depends on how low in carbs you really want to go. I'd just check the labels for sugars. Real milk isn't allowed on Atkins. Too much sugar. I just mix half cream, half water, if I need milk. But since I don't eat cereal anymore, I have little use for milk.
I don't mind talking about low carb. Keep in mind, I've been eating low carb for a long time and have adapted it to my preferences and prejudices. As you say, there's a lot of crap info out there, and everyone seems to have an opinion.
Most of what you currently eat will probably be a problem. I see discussions of low carb vegetarian or vegan diets occasionally. Honestly, if you're not willing to eat meat and eggs and things like that, it's not workable.