its okay to treat ur self once in a while though specially on ur birthday!

if you succeed please do share the recipe :D and happy (early?) birthday! 🍰

Sure. :3
Thank you.
My recipe will include coconut, so if you don't like that, that may throw you off.

Butternut squash cupcakes?

I used to make diet soda cupcakes! just pour a can of whatever flavor you want (cream is good for vanilla, 7-up for lemon etc) into a mix and bake like normal. :D

Too many carbs in regular cake batter. Calories too.

Diets totally suck. How much have you lost?

I didn't start this diet that long ago, but I've lost 19 lbs.
Hopefully heading towards barbaric surgery, since I've always been very overweight, and it affects my health in many negative ways. I've already begun the path to that.

cutting out corn syrup alone is a huge major step right there. really hard to do.
but yeah... you do have to do things as if your life depends on it.

Me.... i want to slim down to my college weight, and firm up like a sphynx cat. Thing is..... i want that body... MORE than a donut or pizza. mentally fighting it multiple times a day.

Low calorie, low carb, as little sugar or fat as possible and you got yourself a great diet to lose weight with. Along with working out, you should have that with no issue.

They sell splenda just for baking purposes. You use the same amount as you would sugar I guess.

I'm partial to Stevia. I can't handle too much spenda or other non-natural sugar substitutes.

sheeeez i know... it's hard to slim down and eat fat free when everyone's offering burgers and pizzas every day ><

Pizza is one of my favorite foods, as well as tacos. Tacos are fine in moderation, but pizza is one hell of a calorie and carb hog.
You can make low calorie, low carb pizza with flatout flatbreads for a crust, and then your favorite toppings and some low fat mozzarella cheese. Nothing like from the pizza shops... but.. it helps kill the craving.

banana, yogurt, rice and peas/beans for dinner. that's what i like.
i drink mostly Oolong tea, instead of any soda. it uses very little sugar. or plain tap water.

lately i brush my teeth to kill any appetite.

real trouble though.... that's all nice, but as for a hard physical regimen, i can't get much in because i can't leave the house for long. unless for work... without my roommate and mom getting into some altercation or spat... -_-

Bananas and rice are super high in carbs. Peas and beans are ok, just again, watch your carb intake. Try to keep it as low as possible. Yogurt is also somewhat high in carbs.
Try to look for low carb yogurt. (anywhere from 4-6 g carb.)
Also low sugar, as yogurt can also be high in sugar.

Eat high protein. Meats like chicken, turkey, or sea food. Soy products like Tofu if you aren't into meat. Eggs, various cheeses (watch the fat content.)
That should help. Try to cut bread as much as possible. Eat potatoes sparingly. Twice a week is fine.
Flatout flat breads are decent, and low (for bread) in carbs. Try the honey wheat.

 yelleena recently posted a recipe and example of a cauliflower-crust pizza. Looks pretty 'legit', and definitely yummy! Perhaps it would help in satisfying those occasional pizza cravings:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25171712/

If you want to try the "modernist" route, you could create cupcakes using a soda siphon to place a foamed batter in a paper cup and microwave it to create a sponge cake. One recipe and technique here uses sugar, but you ought to be able to substitute splenda or other sugarless sweeteners designed for replacement on a gram by gram basis. And wuff imagines that the wheat flour could be substituted with other non-grain flours to reduce carbs, though some experimenting would likely be needed.

Here's a link to one technique and recipe: http://www.molecularrecipes.com/foa.....nge-cake-miso/

Best of luck!!

Edit: There's also a low carb, gluten free cake recipe here. But it does use sugar. Replace that with spenda and use sugarless chocolate chips, and you might have a solution: https://lowcarbyum.com/best-low-car.....e-cake-recipe/

Hmmm.. I'll have to look into that.
Although... That example picture on the website kind of looks like cigarette ashes. XD
Thanks. :)

LOL Yes, that isn't the most photogenic plating wuff has seen!

Here's a prettier one, complete with birthday candle! Along with a similar but non-"ashy" recipe. (this one is vanilla)
https://www.chefsteps.com/activitie.....en-minute-cake

Remember to get lots of protein It's important that you don't skim on it. Protein is as important as vitamins, so is fat.

not as important as the Taco and cigarette butts group

wat

Yep. I know. I eat more protein than anything else. That's what this diet calls for.

But in all... it's a great step, i like seeing people taking steps like this... this one guy in the neighborhood every day i see him walking with dumbells in a hoodie.

you could share some before-after pics too.
we care about you, and kinda want you around for a long time.

I wish you success and health!

BOOM!

https://www.ruled.me/keto-chocolate-cake-mug/

Can confirm, excellent recipe.

you're eating a wad of butter

I've been low carb/keto for four years. o_o Lost a hundred pounds.

anyone can do that by closing one's mouth and running around a lot ;|

if you don't live in a shitty neighborhood of people gawking at your running shorts that is....

Kindly mind your own business since you've no idea what you're talking about! You've no idea my health, circumstances, nor what else I tried before going to keto, and it's incredibly rude to be an armchair dietician.

please don't assume wicked intentions without giving your full profile and history.

Paleo cupcakes !!!! Once you find the right recipe, you have got yourself a dense, very pleasant baked good <3 (chocolate chunks and sweet spice like cinnamon make it even better!!!)

https://www.kimscravings.com/flourl.....late-cupcakes/ !!!!! :D (i've made these myself !)

For the sugar bit, stevia is pretty awesome, but if you dislike it, regular splenda or even a small amount of maple syrup or honey goes a long way !!! Happy b-day !!!!

Ah - one more link for ya' - I've made these many times and oohhh man, so good. http://betterwithcake.com/desserts/.....aleo-friendly/

Monk fruit sweetener has been the best natural no cal sweeter I've used. It can be used in baking too. The low carb might be the trickier part but I'm sure it can be done. I'm curious to know what you end up doing and how it tastes!

A bit late to the game I know, but check out this recipe for Keto chocolate cake:

https://youtu.be/r0fTNWaZp2U

I lost nearly 50lb this year doing keto, and made this about once a week to satisfy sugar cravings. It uses Stevia instead of other artificial sweeteners, and takes about 3 minutes to make.

Dunno about cake, but for cookies, the Bob's Red Mill gluten free all-purpose stuff makes some damn good ones. We got some to make gluten-free Russian tea cookies for a friend who has gluten troubles, and those cookies all got scarfed first by everyone.

I've recently been diagnosed as diabetic, and I can't use Nutrasweet or Stevia (of all things). They don't seem to carry any sort of sugar-free cake or cake mix anywhere that doesn't use one of those two sweeteners, so I'd also love to hear from anyone who knows a way to make a tasty cake without sugar or the other two things that try to kill me.

I never even thought about looking up paleo recipes - they'd have to be without sugar or artificial sweeteners, wouldn't they? Since, as I understand it, the idea is to emulate what our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago, that would certainly leave out processed sugar or artificial sweeteners. Bet lots of them involve stevia in the recipe, but recipes can be adjusted.

I just wish there were a good, not-prohibitively-expensive pre-made cake or cake mix - does anyone know of any? I mean, I can bake a cake, but I'm still lazy. ; )

But, ya know, DarkIceWolf. You could always give in to your animal side a bit and make a cake... out of meat. Mwa ha ha! "Ice" it with bacon strips or something terrible like that.

And happy birthday!

:P I'm on a low carb, low calorie diet, so that stuff wouldn't work for me. It's not just the sugar I'm avoiding.
Have you tried Swerve or Splenda sugar substitutes? They're very sweet, and great for baking, and neither affected my grandmother, who was a very bad diabetic.

There are no pre-made cake batters that I know of, that would help you out in that aspect.

This might be a good one to try. - http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe.....version-217973