can anyone help

cher3150 · January 4, 2007

Hi everyone

Hope you all had a fab new year!!!

Ok I have PCOS and I'm a veggie ( well kind of just don't like meat) anyway i have been told to go on a low carb diet/way of eatting, as it is meant to help with the PCOS, i am also on metformin 1500mg a day, I have had PCOS for a long time, i think i was 19 when i was 1st told, but no one understood it much then, but 15 years later I'm told to eat low carb, i'll try anything once!! But the thing is i dont understand this 'carb' thing most books say eat lots of meat but i can't, things like eat egg's but i understood eggs are high in fat? so as you can see i'm a little confused,

PLEASE PLEASE help me

cher3150 · January 6, 2007

What no one can help me :think

faybie · January 6, 2007

hmmm. Difficult dilemma. Being a meat eater, it is hard for me to come up with ideas for Protein. Nuts, Beans and tofu maybe, however that seems it would get boring after a week or so. I wonder if a vegetarian site might be more help.

I myself just recently realized that eggs were so high in fat. I didn't really know this, I guess I should have but I just found out that a single egg has 27 grams of fat. Eeek!

Good luck, sorry I couldn't be more help.

P.S. I guess there is also Protein shakes and supplements.

Nathalie · January 6, 2007

Hi cher (and hi again faybie!) -

I am not much of a meat eater either, so he're is how I get my Protein.

Egg whites contain the Protein, not so much the yolks. The egg yolks are filled with fat, and if I'm not mistaken, the whites are fat free. Eat the whites. You can also use Egg Beaters, which don't have fat and have lots of protein. That's actually what I do because I don't like the goopy egg white innards.

While I don't eat beef, pork, lamb, etc., I don't mind salmon, turkey and chicken, so that is what I eat to get my protein. I buy the Amish (no steroids, hormones, injected) boneless, skinless chicken breast and usually grill it on my George Foreman grill. I buy the canned Swanson chicken. I also use the pre-packaged Chicken of the Sea Salmon (boneless, skinless). I think 3oz of each has about 15g protein.

I'm still on the soft food stage, so I'm making what I call "Whips." I take the chicken or salmon and mix it with cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, yogurt (all FF of course) and add various seasonings. I can change the entire texture of the meal by adding cream cheese (especially good with the salmon). I've used Greek seasoning, Italian seasoning, hot sauce, BBQ Sauce, lemon pepper to flavor the whip. Each one of the whips has about 25g protein.

I'm also drinking Isopure zero carb drinks. They are fruit flavored, not the milky protein shakes. 40g protein each and only 160 calories.

You can also go to your surgeon's office and have them order Bariatrix products for you. You can't order them yourself, but a MD can order them. Each one has 70 - 100c and 15g protein. My surgeon had me on those for my pre-op and post-op diet, and I still use them as necessary. (I'm on self-imposed liquids this weekend, matter of fact. 5 drinks = 75g protein.)

GNC is having a sale of Muscle Milk - 34g protein per drink. I only drink them on days I work out because it's got 360 calories. I also got some other high Protein Drinks, but I haven't tried them so I don't know how they will taste. Oh, I also bought some Stallone Protein pudding, too. We'll see how that goes. I don't care for pudding, so I don't know why I bought it. Oh yeah, 20g protein! :rolleyes:

There are also some IGN (?) protein bullets. The new ones are 3oz and have 42g protein. ReneBean mentioned them earlier, and if you're interested I can dig up a link for you. I've not tried those either, but plan to.

Those are all of my secrets. Hope they helped! Sorry it took so long to reply, I just saw this thread.

Good Luck!

Nathalie