Australia

[amateur]

Hello to any aussies out there. Just wanted to point out two things that I've found -

Cottee's diet jelly is sweetened with Splenda - well, the rasperry one is anyway, the others were less clear, but it looked like maybe they are repackaging and the rasperry ones are the new packets.

Nando's portuguese chicken chain - fantastic chicken and they have nutritional info cards in store - a quarter chicken with their peri-peri chilli sauce has only 1.2grams of carbs (working from memory here!). That's right, fast food chain that is Atkins friendly - as long as you avoid the chips and sides that is. It is so good.

Other than those two things, low carb products don't seem to cover as wide a range as the US. I have browsed through recipes here and in DANDR and so many of them require bakemix. At $50 (in US dollars!) just for postage, I don't think I'll be shipping that over through the Atkins site!

So, those are my tips and my grumble. I hope the sun is shining wherever you are...

amateur <trying to convince myself that I am going to the gym even though I really don't want to>

[Anonymous]

Hello from Sydney
Try this site in Australia for hard to find Low Carb products

https://www.passthetoast.com

Nandos Chicken is the best! I sometimes have a burger with the works from Hungry Jacks without the bun.
Looking forward to exchanging more info.
Bye for now
Misty

[robnikki]

Hello from BrisVegas,
I am just two weeks into this gig and its cool to see a couple aussies on the board here! (evn if I am a Yank living in Bris!) Great tip on the Nando's.... always loved them so thanks for the reminder!

Two Problems.

Labels. Book says that you subtract Fibre grams from total Carbs but not in the UK... they don't count fibre as a carb so you don't have to subtract it like in the states. But what about us? More UK or more US?

ICE CREAM!!! This is a serious problem....my wife got a whiz bang Ice cream maker for xmas and is whipping up all sorts.... Now I am about to just start pouring cream and splenda straight into that thing unless I can find a proper low carb recipe....help! Hope to hear from you guys again.

[hotdogmuse]

hi fellow aussies,have just been reading the notice board and have been wondering about the bake mix myself,look in the atkins book red white and blue cover on page 372 and it states that the bake mix is'made primarily from soy'so would soy flour be ok then?Since starting atkins some 2 mths ago Ihave discovered just how wheat intolerant i am,now i have no indigestion,that went after 3 days.Ijust love the feeling of being really healthy again after about 5yrs of on going gut problems. enjoy!!!!!

[Lif]

Yay! I've been racking my brain trying to think of a good place to eat out in New Zealand for ages. And we have Nando's here too!! I can't wait to go there and have a meal! Thanks for that.

[Twodogs]

Hi from melbourne,
A couple of things...GNC (General Nutrition Centres) sell Atkins products, and have a 12 month 'single distributor' agreement (apparently) with the Atkins Centre (although the Atkins Centre currently deny this...)

Its still waaay expensive though - the best way to get Atkins products to Aus, is to put a large order in - the freight is only $40 US REGARDLESS OF QUANTITY or amount of items.

There are also some Aus companies who make some good low carb stuff - Empower Foods (www.empowerfoods.com.au) have a good forum where you can pick up useful recipes (and learn about their products as well) - FibreX is my main breakfast these days - 2.2 Carbograms per serve!!!!

There is also Picture of Health (not sure of their URL though).

[voigtstr]

hello fellow aussies

Started induction yesterday. Today I bought sausages from coles, and now I'm thinking maybe I shouldnt have. Carbs per 100g is 4.2, sugars is less than 1g so the carb must be from the grain filler. The thing is that two sausages is about 150 g so I'm cutting into the carbs I should be getting from salad.

Has anyone else used sausages, and been ok during induction?

Cheers
the voigtstr

[Twodogs]

If you're buying from Coles, get the Chevaps rather than sausages - much lower in carbs and ok for induction.

[voigtstr]

If you're buying from Coles, get the Chevaps rather than sausages - much lower in carbs and ok for induction.

Thanks for that, I'll keep an eye out!
and in reference to your sig..

be nice to Moto Guzzi Riders





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[Twodogs]

176 is 80kgs in our language

[karina]

Low-Carb Bread

Hi Guys,

For anybody interested I've just found low carb bread for $4.95 a loaf at a health food store in the city (Sydney). It has 4.8grams of carb per slice and it is YUUUMMMOOOOOOO :icondance

[Twodogs]

In Melbourne, you can get "Country Life" bread which is about 10 carbograms per serve. (Good for those on maintenance)

[dovemck]

Just another Aussie weighing in.

I'm in Melbourne and also originally from the US, so I tend to lapse and speak in terms of pounds rather than kilos - but all things come with time.

I was on the induction diet for 10 days and lost 7 pounds before travelling up to Canberra for the weekend and catching the mother of all colds. The meds I'm on have carbs so I'm off the diet for the moment but will be back on when I can breathe again!

I put a full blown story in the introduction section, I won't repeat it here, but these are the stats!

5'8"

138 pounds when my husband was diagnosed with diabetes and WE went on the nutritionists recommended diet for him.

Four years later, I weigh 208 pounds. He's lost weight but works hard at the gym, I don't have a membership. That will have to wait until I get a job!

Goal - 145 pounds. Time frame? Who knows.

I'm off and dreaming of Nando's! Muhaha

[dovemck]

Herbies Smoked Paprika

I found the most awesome dish. I know how hard I work to create things that taste a bit different - more variety!

There's a mail order place here in Aus called OzeVillage and one of the shops is an herb and spice place called 'Herbie's'. This is the storefront url

http://www.ozevillage.com.au/herbies/store/

They sell 'smoked paprika' that is just outrageously good. This one is the product url https://<br /> http://www.ozevillag...product_id=246

what I do with it is this: Get an uncrumbed beef schnitzel, quick cook it in a skillet with butter and a drop of olive oil, sprinkle on a bit of the paprika (it goes a long way, don't need much for flavour) put a few spoonfuls of sour cream on top and turn it over a few times to make a sauce and voila, fantastic stuff. I HIGHLY recommend this.[/url]

[Sherrie_lc]

Hi from Adelaide

There is also Picture of Health (not sure of their URL though).

www.pictureofhealth.com.au

*edit* while I'm here I should probably mention that the above site is no more and is now called 'A Pinch of Health' http://www.apinchofhealth.com

New owner too, its run by a really great person *wink*

Hi Guys,

For anybody interested I've just found low carb bread for $4.95 a loaf at a health food store in the city (Sydney). It has 4.8grams of carb per slice and it is YUUUMMMOOOOOOO

That sound good Karina, what whas the brand?