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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1034359" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>There are some fundamental issues you have to address here.</p><p></p><p>You say eating habits die hard. Of course they are! Particularly if we are comfort eating, or eating foodstuffs we may have some form of dependency of. By dependency I mean in an addiction sort of way. For example, someone once explained to me, when I was suffering from an unidentified food intolerance, that it can be useful to tackle or favourite foods head on, because sometimes that we feel they are favourites is about addressing a dependence on them, like addiction. And often we can become intolerant of those foods because we eat so much of them. For me, I had terrible symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, but tested negatively for it. It transpired I was no longer able to eat oranges or tomatoes - 2 foods I loved at the time. Having given them up for some time, I could eat them again without suffering the same symptoms. I had sort of become allergic to them.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, what makes you feel that these food issues, will be any easier to deal with when you are already diagnosed as suffering from a condition that may have been "encouraged" by eating them in the first place? That really is a <strong>big</strong> question for you to address. Right now you can take a structured approach to it. After a diagnosis, you could be shepherded down the medication route very quickly, and surely we all want to avoid meds where we can?</p><p></p><p>Personally, at the moment, I think you just don't want to give up the carbs. It's not a snipe or any form of insult to you, it's very common and quite natural. Who would want to give up potatoes, rice or whatever, unless they had a great reason to do it?</p><p></p><p>And finally, if you are adding back calories to your eating regime from exercise, you may be just stalling your weight loss every time you do it. Who knows exactly how accurate your nutritional gizmo is, or indeed how accurate your calorie counting and portion control is. Again, no insult, just that you are introducing variables you needn't. As I say, I never, ever add calories for those expended when exercising.</p><p></p><p>When I was diagnosed, I wanted to sort out my blood sugars. I didn't set out to lose weight, but did admit a bit of trimming up would be nice. What actually happened was that by trimming up on carbs, any excess weight I was carrying just fell off. </p><p></p><p>I accept I am extremely fortunate to be very well and fit, and have a body that seems to work fairly well, once I had taken the strain of the higher glucose levels out of the equation. Clearly not everyone is that lucky.</p><p></p><p>But, what I am reading at the moment is you tinkering around the edges of your objective.</p><p></p><p>Please don't be offended by this post, I am replying frankly and honestly to what you have written and my interpretation of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 1034359, member: 88961"] There are some fundamental issues you have to address here. You say eating habits die hard. Of course they are! Particularly if we are comfort eating, or eating foodstuffs we may have some form of dependency of. By dependency I mean in an addiction sort of way. For example, someone once explained to me, when I was suffering from an unidentified food intolerance, that it can be useful to tackle or favourite foods head on, because sometimes that we feel they are favourites is about addressing a dependence on them, like addiction. And often we can become intolerant of those foods because we eat so much of them. For me, I had terrible symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, but tested negatively for it. It transpired I was no longer able to eat oranges or tomatoes - 2 foods I loved at the time. Having given them up for some time, I could eat them again without suffering the same symptoms. I had sort of become allergic to them. Secondly, what makes you feel that these food issues, will be any easier to deal with when you are already diagnosed as suffering from a condition that may have been "encouraged" by eating them in the first place? That really is a [B]big[/B] question for you to address. Right now you can take a structured approach to it. After a diagnosis, you could be shepherded down the medication route very quickly, and surely we all want to avoid meds where we can? Personally, at the moment, I think you just don't want to give up the carbs. It's not a snipe or any form of insult to you, it's very common and quite natural. Who would want to give up potatoes, rice or whatever, unless they had a great reason to do it? And finally, if you are adding back calories to your eating regime from exercise, you may be just stalling your weight loss every time you do it. Who knows exactly how accurate your nutritional gizmo is, or indeed how accurate your calorie counting and portion control is. Again, no insult, just that you are introducing variables you needn't. As I say, I never, ever add calories for those expended when exercising. When I was diagnosed, I wanted to sort out my blood sugars. I didn't set out to lose weight, but did admit a bit of trimming up would be nice. What actually happened was that by trimming up on carbs, any excess weight I was carrying just fell off. I accept I am extremely fortunate to be very well and fit, and have a body that seems to work fairly well, once I had taken the strain of the higher glucose levels out of the equation. Clearly not everyone is that lucky. But, what I am reading at the moment is you tinkering around the edges of your objective. Please don't be offended by this post, I am replying frankly and honestly to what you have written and my interpretation of it. [/QUOTE]
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