So what is going right.

Everything ? yes it is all now going the right way. I am working hard at keeping this lifestyle going and it is getting easier all the time. It was fairly difficult in the beginning just because old habits die hard. I can only compare it to when I gave up smoking 12 years ago I kept reaching for the cigarette even though I knew that I should not have it. It was the same when shopping for food it was easy to look at sauces or pastas, packaged and processed foods because it seemed the easier option.

You have to choose your foods very slowly. I don't mean in slow motion or freeze frame I mean think carefully about what you are looking at and take your time selecting it. Choose your fresh vegetables with care and interest. I had never eaten avocado in my life or courgettes or aubergines now I love them. I enjoy choosing the items I want to buy, where I can I choose organic the taste is so much better and is always worth the extra. I try not to use supermarkets for my vegetables, small independent shops/stalls are much better. I try not to buy pre-bagged items I like to touch and feel what I am buying. Always try and incorporate specials, we have had some great asparagus and blueberries on specials lately.

I now choose all my fish myself, I look and ask questions of the fishmonger and select the items I want and if you need to ask the fishmonger for preparation and cooking tips, they are very helpful.

I found that when starting on this lifestyle of eating it was very helpful to start shopping for a recipe, it meant that I knew what items to shop for and what I was finally going to eat as a meal.

Friends often ask how difficult are the low-carb recipes,and I say they are as hard as the effort you put in to them. As an example breakfast can be omelette (my favourite) with bacon and mushrooms or it could be lo-carb waffles (I love these) or it could be berries and cheese, it could also be the ratatouille left over from last night.

You see we are now breaking the mould here, why not have berries and cheese (a small amount) for breakfast. Berries are a super food although like everything you have to have moderation, take avocado a super super food with so many good benefits but again only in moderation. You could have slices of last nights beef or chicken, you see I am saying that you can step out from the "norm" and eat how you feel like eating and not put food types into set times of the day.

I am not forgetting desert here either we have had some great low-carb courgette cake that tastes awesome and as good as some of the best carrot cake I have eaten. And I cannot forget the chocolate mousse which is the best. Oh and did I mention the chocolate mousse ?