A bunch of us in this household are trying to lose some weight. When I had surgery about 18 months ago, I lost 30 pounds, but I have gained most of it back, especially over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. So we’ve been trying to eat according to a plan that limits our carbohydrate intake.
As it turns out, I like carbs. I am terribly fond of sweet and starchy foods which (who knew?) are both high-carb. So my habit of eating ice cream every night had to go.
It looked so promising — “Triple Chocolate” — what could go wrong with a flavor like that?
It has been several months now, and I’m stuck at about the 8-pound mark. I can’t seem to drop below my pre-Thanksgiving weight without (gasp!) going hungry for extended periods of time or exercising (or both). Every time I start to lose some weight, I sabotage myself and gain it all back. It is very discouraging.
So you can imagine my delight when I found this low-carb ice cream at the store. I love the main-stream and the ‘light’ flavors of Dreyers ice cream, and I really miss my evening dessert — this seemed a perfect answer to my dilemma.
Sadly, it doesn’t taste very good. It really isn’t much like ‘real’ ice cream. It tastes about the way you’d expect it to taste, when you read those fateful words: “No sugar added”. No sweet, creamy goodness — just a half-hearted mockery of what ice cream could have been.
So we doctored it up a little with some Nestle Nesquik. A good dusting of Nesquik covers over a multitude of culinary sins.
Just a spoonful of Quik makes the medicine go down …
And since (as you can clearly discern from the label) the Nesquik now has 25% less sugar, we’re even better off! With these kind of dieting strategies, we’re practically guaranteed to lose weight fast!
I’ll keep you posted.
Project 365, Day 97
Tim
The ice cream wasn’t THAT bad! Keep plugging away! We can lose the weight!
Hang in there, you all can do it! I’ve been eating low carb since Halloween and am just over 40 pounds lost now. Eating plenty of fat, vegetables and protein has been key for me. Try to avoid sugary stuff if you can; doing so will really help to suppress your appetite.
I tried so many dairy free ice creams that I finally kicked the habit cold turkey. Arielle, however, keeps making up new concoctions to try and swears they taste “just like ice cream.” I think I’ve decided to just splurge and have the real thing every 6 – 8 weeks or so. We’ll see. I feel your pain.
Ok, so I’m back for another comment real quickly- My husband is very lightly doing low carb and every now and again he wants something sweet. He used the not-so-good low carb ice cream, added a packet of Diet Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix and some milk, stirred it all up and had a milk shake. I took a tiny sip and it was really good. I don’t really have a sweet tooth but I would have gladly had one of those!
Just another option for your arsenal, and no sugar added on the chocolate mix instead of the one you are using.