A few weeks ago I started following the Atkins Program. I was doing well with it and felt fantastic but I had 1 problem – carb and fruit cravings. While I felt that the Atkins program works for some people, I also felt that obviously my body was telling me something because the carb cravings were so strong I could have eaten a piece of cardboard.
Then I remembered something.
Suzanne Somers.
Over 10 years ago I followed the Suzanne Somer’s Somercize Plan and was very successful with it. In fact, my mom, my sister and my karate instructor began following it as well after I did and experienced similar success. We lost weight, felt great and it really didn’t feel like a “diet” because it’s not. It’s a way of life!
The Somercize plan is basically this:
- Eliminate (added) sugar and other “funky foods” (caffeine, white flour, potatoes, nuts, and a few others)
- Eat fruit alone and on an empty stomach
- Eat carbs (fat/protein free) and veggies together
- Eat fats/proteins and veggies together
- Wait three hours to switch between carbs & fats
On “level 2″ once you reach your goal you can add some of the funky foods back in and experiment with mixing carbs & fats to see what works for you to maintain your weight.
Somercize gives me the freedom to still enjoy all the food groups, but still encourages me to eat healthier, and promotes weight loss. She has all the scientific diet information in her books, so if you are interested in WHY this works, I’m sure your local library has her books. In the last 10+ years Suzanne has put out 5 books about Somercizing, each one with new recipes and refining the plan and adding more up-to-date information.
One of the hardest things for me eating this way is pizza…or lack-there-of. I love pizza. It is probably my biggest weakness. Thanks to Suzanne, and her book, Suzanne Somers’ Fast and Easy: Lose Weight the Somersize Way with Quick, Delicious Meals for the Entire Family!, I can now enjoy pizza and still stay on the program!
The original recipe called for a cookie cutter and wasting some of the “crust” to make 4″ individual pizzas. I have modified it so there is no waste and you get a whole pan full of pizza. Also, the original recipe called for some salt in the crust but I didn’t like it so I took it out. You can obviously use whatever toppings you want.
No Carb Pizza
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*Finding a sauce that doesn’t contain added sugar is not easy, but I did find a “no sugar added” by Ragu that with a few added seasonings tastes fantastic on the pizza. You could always make your own too but I’m not THAT brave yet.
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This pizza really surprised me. It is so good we had it for dinner one day and then I made it again for lunch the very next day. You know what, I want it again today too!
The crust is not crisp like traditional pizza. Make sure you cook it til the top is golden brown and let it cool the full 10 minutes before adding the toppings and that will help. You still may end up with a fork, but good, soft pizza is better than no pizza!
If you like this recipe, check out my updated (still no/low carb) version here: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free Pizza Recipe
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Sounds good. Although it def. lower carb than tradional pizza, dairy products have carbs so this is not NO CARB. ;*)
I just made this and it was oh sooo good!! Topped it off with lots of veggies and my husband loved it!!! He didn’t even miss the bread! Def will do it again! Thanks
Thank you (and my Pinterest friends) for posting this recipe! My husband has been lo-carbing it for about a year, and his one downfall is always craving pizza. I started Atkins about 3 wks ago, and I will def. be making this recipe this week! And I’ll also use some of the tips from below (like cooking on a pizza stone and using the crust base for additional recipe ideas).
Eggs are fat and so is the cheese how about you try a really thin crust and some nice cheese and have a bit less pizza and enjoy a REAL pizza and skip the low carb bullshit that will eventually give you all gallstonea…
I’m sorry that you still believe in conventional wisdom but fat is actually good for you! Eggs, good! Fat, good! Why don’t YOU cut the bullshit and cut out grains! they’re the real problem today. Too many grains/carbs/sugars whatever, is bad for your body and is not how we are supposed to sustain ourselves.
First WOW it was delicious! My kids demanded MORE! Second its not a NO carb :( big sad face, BUT it is a really really good LOW carb pizza :D huge happy face! It has 7g of carbs per quarter. BUT its still amazing and can be eaten on a low carb diet! Can’t wait to try it again. OH and three if you like a crispy crust try using a baking stone instead of glass or aluminum, I used a Pamper Chef bar pan and it made it crispy! Thanks for the super yummy recipe!
Found ya on Pinterest! This sounds so unusual that I gotta try it!
I was really hoping this didn’t have eggs in it, it was almost perfect for my sister who has allergies to eggs and wheat (and tons of other things)
The hubs has an egg allergy too. :/ I’m stumped on how this could be substituted. :(
What about something from this website…. lots of great egg subs, hopefully you can find something that will work!
http://www.egglesscooking.com/egg-substitutes/
I was thinking the same thing Ruth. Also, I know this does not say this, but just because it hardly has any carbs, does not automatically make it healthy(which this was not claimed to be:) But think about your ingredients and toppings, what you are putting on there can be high in sodium, cholesterol and trans and saturated fats. All things that can out way the cost of consuming carbs. Just because something is low in carbs does not necessarily make it good for you. Just wanted to throw this out there:-)
Just so you know, this is not ZERO carbs. Cream cheese has some carbs, and all tomato sauce is going to have some carbs. Mozzarella cheese may or may not have any carbs. This would be what I would call Low Carb Pizza. Just sayin.
cheese has no carbs ruth. Full cream cheese also has no carbs look on the back of the boxes. Also, I found a pizza sauce with 2% carbs which is very little. It is true it doesn’t have carbs no meal really does but it might as well have no carbs. Try not to be a know it all it looks bad. As for this Pizza it was great!
sorry it DOES have carbs but very little,
Made this tonight for my boyfriend who is on the atkins diet..he absolutely loved it!!! this “crust” base opened my mind to many different new recipes I can make him..thanks a bunch!! We will be making this again..and very soon!