As ‘hot girl summer’ is almost upon us, we are super excited to announce that Love Yourself, a brand new low-carb fresh meal delivery service is expanding across the UK. You can now order an entire week’s worth of delicious calorie-controlled meals straight to your door in Liverpool.
Why Low Carb Diets Are So Popular
If you want to shift those extra pounds that you’ve slowly put on over lockdown, you might have heard of a low-carb diet. While there is no official definition of a low-carb diet generally the concept involves cutting down on the number of carbohydrates you eat, to less than around 100g a day. But, we must stress that a low-carb diet does not mean cutting out ALL carbs from your meal plan. As this is going to leave you with serious hanger! (the anger triggered by hunger)
With Love Yourself calorie-controlled meals, the major carbohydrates that most of us consume on a daily basis such as bread, pasta, rice, to name a few, are excluded and instead replaced with fresh, vitamin-rich fruit and vegetables along with some whole grains to keep your energy levels consistent throughout the day. To make up for the lower amount of carbs, high-protein foods and healthy fat sources are added too.
Benefits of a Low-Carb Diet
Benefits of a Low-Carb DietLow-carb diets tend to work in favour of people who are prediabetic or diabetic. Cutting carbs has been found to lower blood sugar and insulin levels significantly. In one study, diabetics who began a low-carb diet were able to reduce their insulin dosage by 50% almost immediately. In another case, low-carb diets have seen to even reverse type-2 diabetes. If you are a diabetic and are considering switching to a low-carb diet, please talk to your doctor before making these changes.
Cutting carbs out of your diet may also be one of the most effective ways to lose weight.
Here’s the science: your body uses carbohydrates as its main energy source and during digestion, carbs are broken down into glucose and released into your bloodstream. If the glucose is not burnt up, it is eventually stored as fat. When eating low-carb, the body turns stored fat into energy, which leads to weight loss.
Low-Carb with LoveYourself Meals
Just like any diet, low-carb diets have their pros and con. However, the important thing is trying to understand if a low-carb diet is the right diet for you.
The new Low-Carb meal plan is available at LoveYourself.co.uk who prepares fresh food each day with the finest ingredients. With no additives, preservatives, or processed foods, each meal plan is available in numerous calorie options. All food is prepared by a gourmet Chef and Nutritionist to ensure each meal is balanced and tasty.
Every meal is scannable via the MyFitness app to help you keep track of calories and macro-nutrients. Meal plans start from just £15 per day from LoveYourself.co.uk
Our Low-Carb Veggie Love Yourself Meal Plan
Last week we teamed up with Love Yourself who sent us a full day of calorie-controlled fresh meals for two. Since we cut out meat and fish a couple of months ago, we were excited to try the 100% vegetarian option that Love Yourself carefully designed to be delicious, fresh, and filling. The plan includes breakfast, a morning snack, a fresh lunch, an afternoon snack, an evening meal, and evening a cheesecake for dessert.
For meals that need to be heated up, all you need to do is pop them into the microwave for a couple of minutes. Everything else is ready to enjoy, which is super convenient since we’re always so busy during the week, and never usually have the time to cook.
Having someone else design a fresh meal that is calorie-controlled and low-carb makes keeping ‘on plan’ effortless. Plus, not once did we feel the need to reach for a snack or something else to eat. Head Chef, Michal Snela who has worked in Michelin Restaurants alongside Marcus Wareing uses his flavour and culinary expertise to design each meal. Filling, fresh and packed full of flavour, we were really impressed with Love Yourself!
They even have dairy-free, gluten-free, halal, and juice-only meal plans to choose from online. When you order a 2 day or 1-week meal plan, your food will be delivered daily to make sure it’s as fresh as possible. If you’re using the MyFitness app, you can also scan each meal to keep track of the calories and macro-nutrients you’re eating.