While it is important to watch the number of carbohydrates you eat on a low carb diet, there will be times when you’ve gone over the limit or you need a food that satisfies but doesn’t have any, or next to no, carbs.
Our bodies need carbohydrates in order to function and remain healthy. However, in our standard western diet, we often eat well over the recommended 30% of the overall percentage of carbohydrates for the calories we consume each day. And it’s easy to do that. Carbohydrates are in almost everything from the slice of bread with lunch, to the apple, banana, ice cream and slice of cake for dessert.
If what you are eating has been processed in anyway, the likelihood is that there are an abundance of carbs in the food.
So, what foods can you snack on or pick up at the end of the day when you know you blew it at lunch?
Most meats and a number of different fish fit the bill.
Flounder
Salmon
Halibut
Tuna
Trout
Cod
Sardines
Chicken
Duck
Turkey
Clams
Crab
Shrimp
Lobster
Bacon
Beef
Ham
Lamb
Pork
Veal
Venison
If you are looking for a quick pick me up then eggs are for you. You can eat them almost anyway you’d like:
Omelets
Fried
Poached
Deviled
Scrambled
Hard-boiled
Soft-boiled
Reach in the fridge and grab out some cheese:
Blue Cheese
Chedder
Feta
Gouda
Mozzarella
Parmesan
Swiss
Or Vegetables:
Celery
Cucumber
Endive
Escarole
Jicama
Mushrooms
Peppers
Radishes
Alfalfa sprouts
Want something to drink?
Clear broth
Club soda
Coffee -regular or decaf
Diet Soda (check the carb count)
Herb Tea
Water
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