Jamrox
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Thanks for that Deb xWell done for getting help. Proud of you xxxx
Hugs @zandHi, I thought it was time I posted again. The last couple of months have been a bit 'up and down' for me. I've had 5 counselling sessions so far. The first 4 were excellent but the most recent one was quite upsetting.
Anyhow I have found renewed motivation again, largely thanks to some wonderful recipes and food ideas that were put on a thread here. So yesterday I started back with LCHF 'properly'. I didn't exactly fall off the wagon as such, it was just that counselling took priority for a while. Now I'm back with the eating plan and regular exercise. I haven't weighed yet, but when I do I'll let you know whether there has been any progress or not.
I have also been re-inspired by the following video:-
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/an-interesting-low-carb-video.67446/
Have a look and leave your thoughts if you wish
Thanks everyone for helping me get this far
Thanks, Sanguine. Why is it that we always behave as though we expect to live forever?Good luck Gudrun - the main thing is that you have got back on the wagon.
Like you, Zand, I had to dig deep to find my motivation again and logged on to resume my HFLC way of eating. I started in April, made good progress and then (for reasons I still haven't figured out) abandoned it and went back to eating just as I did before. Slowly my weight went back up to the same as it was before I started, and my morning bs levels increased as well - until I was exactly where I was before I started in April.
So, now, I will go back to HFLC and try to lose at least some of my excess weight. I just checked and my BMI is 44.5 - way too much.
Like you, Zand, I had to dig deep to find my motivation again and logged on to resume my HFLC way of eating. I started in April, made good progress and then (for reasons I still haven't figured out) abandoned it and went back to eating just as I did before. Slowly my weight went back up to the same as it was before I started, and my morning bs levels increased as well - until I was exactly where I was before I started in April.
So, now, I will go back to HFLC and try to lose at least some of my excess weight. I just checked and my BMI is 44.5 - way too much.
Hugs to you all! I am plateauing. I put 3lbs on during my birthday and I am now fluctuating between 12st 6-7. Am hoping it will soon start again. Getting a bit fed up but having had this happen before so am just trying to "weight" it out! Sorry about the pun but I couldn't resist!I've done more or less the same thing Gudrun, and I've just started to put weight back on with the result my knees are less happy and my walking is more laboured - that's with only putting a couple of pounds on to my poor old osteoarthritic knees.
Zand, thank you sooo much for posting the video. It was very interesting and motivational. Since I tried low carbing I always felt I couldn't do the high fat bit. That I would definitely put on weight. Years of being told to avoid fat had me scared. I am going to get back on the wagon, but I'm going to try not worrying about low fat this time. I know you don't go for high fat yourself, and neither did I, but I am prepared to give it a go and see if that helps me stay on the wagon. I'd really like to see the dial on the scales somewhere in the 15 st areas before Christmas!
@RosieLKH you are right, I have had some problems with low carbing in the past and the high fat element didn't always seem to work for me. Like you though, I'm planning on giving it another go. I think I know where I went wrong, so I'm starting to do LCHF again 'properly'. It's been on the cards for sometime, but I needed to sort out mental/emotional issues first. I thought I would be doing this in a few months time, but I have been spurred on by various comments on this forum, so I have decided to start again now. It's so good to hear that you are trying the same thing. I reintroduced butter, cream, lard into my diet some years ago, I don't think I was having enough of them though. So here goes! I would love to be 15 stones by Christmas too! Are you getting back to your own thread too?
I wasn't going to declare this publicly until you posted on here today, so I had better stick with it now.