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<blockquote data-quote="STARRYNIGHTS" data-source="post: 1725299" data-attributes="member: 470282"><p>Thanks Aloe Svea!</p><p></p><p>Funnily enough, I got it down by going 80% cards/ 10% fat / 10% protein following Dr Neal Barnard's / Dr McDougall's suggestions.</p><p></p><p>So whole foods, plant based no added fats or oils.</p><p>Ofcourse I have mostly avoided bad cqrbohydrates like cakes, biscuits, sweets white bread etc for the most part, although for the fist month and a half I was having half a white naan bread (100 grams) with my Kale lentil soup for lunch each day, plus a white cinnamon raison bagel for breakfast, but that was still a good change from what I was having before, then I re-adjusted and swapped the bagel for breakfast (no marg) for Porridge with oat milk and a dash of maple syrup, had my large bowl of kale lentil soup for lunch most days, and if I do have some naan, I choose a wholemeal one (which is not nearly as yummy! :/ ) and for dinner most nights it was 5 baked potatoes,2 baked sweet potatoes, no oil, with garlic and chilli grinder on top plus a large salad with mix raw veg and mixed courgette, aubergine and asparagus chargrilled no oil on top, with 4 green olives sliced and 1/4 avocado and 1 tsp chia seed. If i didn't have potatoes and salad for dinner, which was my favorite, it would be Rice and veg, white rice for the first half and I changed to brown rice the last 6 weeks as I tried to make things healthier.</p><p>For a snack watching a movie etc, I made air popped popcorn and used a squirt or two of the fry light butter flavoured spray tossed in to flavour it, with a pinch of salt which was still very low fat at 0.1 grams a spray.</p><p>I had one whoopsie where I scoffed 6 chocolate digestives in a row one day when I was stressed and upset, but after that asked my husband to hide all the biscuits as I realised I wasn't trust worthy under pressure!</p><p>I got a (!) on my serum ALT bloodtest on the liver panel before I changed my eating, and it cam in at 35, 33 being the upper limit, and on the next test it was 23, so that moved in the right direction too!</p><p></p><p>I tracked it all in cronometer too to make sure I stuck to the 80/10/10 principle.</p><p>Mum was really interested that it had worked, as she always freaks out about potatoes etc, but that is where a large amount of my calories came from!</p><p>She has pre-diabetes too and carefully measures her blood sugars etc, but hasn't been able to shake it, so i think she is watching with interest as it is so different to what she has been trying.</p><p></p><p>I was really quite surprised after the test results that the maxium advise i got from the doctors was the receptionist ssaying to me "No more cakes, biscuits and unhealthy sweets and we'll test again in a year!"</p><p></p><p>There is no one to ask all the questions to, like, if I get rid of pre diabetes, does that mean I am normal, with a functioning pancreas again? Am I still insulin resistant, or has that disappeared now, and all that.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the tip on the waistline.</p><p>I will measure that...</p><p>I have been skinny most of my life, but as I mentioned am just coming down in weight again after baby no 5 and am currently a sz 12 on top instead of my usual 8, and I carry my fat around my middle, not my hips, which ofcourse is the dastardly apple shape.</p><p>When slim, I have a good waist, but when i put on weight, it fills out there first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STARRYNIGHTS, post: 1725299, member: 470282"] Thanks Aloe Svea! Funnily enough, I got it down by going 80% cards/ 10% fat / 10% protein following Dr Neal Barnard's / Dr McDougall's suggestions. So whole foods, plant based no added fats or oils. Ofcourse I have mostly avoided bad cqrbohydrates like cakes, biscuits, sweets white bread etc for the most part, although for the fist month and a half I was having half a white naan bread (100 grams) with my Kale lentil soup for lunch each day, plus a white cinnamon raison bagel for breakfast, but that was still a good change from what I was having before, then I re-adjusted and swapped the bagel for breakfast (no marg) for Porridge with oat milk and a dash of maple syrup, had my large bowl of kale lentil soup for lunch most days, and if I do have some naan, I choose a wholemeal one (which is not nearly as yummy! :/ ) and for dinner most nights it was 5 baked potatoes,2 baked sweet potatoes, no oil, with garlic and chilli grinder on top plus a large salad with mix raw veg and mixed courgette, aubergine and asparagus chargrilled no oil on top, with 4 green olives sliced and 1/4 avocado and 1 tsp chia seed. If i didn't have potatoes and salad for dinner, which was my favorite, it would be Rice and veg, white rice for the first half and I changed to brown rice the last 6 weeks as I tried to make things healthier. For a snack watching a movie etc, I made air popped popcorn and used a squirt or two of the fry light butter flavoured spray tossed in to flavour it, with a pinch of salt which was still very low fat at 0.1 grams a spray. I had one whoopsie where I scoffed 6 chocolate digestives in a row one day when I was stressed and upset, but after that asked my husband to hide all the biscuits as I realised I wasn't trust worthy under pressure! I got a (!) on my serum ALT bloodtest on the liver panel before I changed my eating, and it cam in at 35, 33 being the upper limit, and on the next test it was 23, so that moved in the right direction too! I tracked it all in cronometer too to make sure I stuck to the 80/10/10 principle. Mum was really interested that it had worked, as she always freaks out about potatoes etc, but that is where a large amount of my calories came from! She has pre-diabetes too and carefully measures her blood sugars etc, but hasn't been able to shake it, so i think she is watching with interest as it is so different to what she has been trying. I was really quite surprised after the test results that the maxium advise i got from the doctors was the receptionist ssaying to me "No more cakes, biscuits and unhealthy sweets and we'll test again in a year!" There is no one to ask all the questions to, like, if I get rid of pre diabetes, does that mean I am normal, with a functioning pancreas again? Am I still insulin resistant, or has that disappeared now, and all that. Thanks for the tip on the waistline. I will measure that... I have been skinny most of my life, but as I mentioned am just coming down in weight again after baby no 5 and am currently a sz 12 on top instead of my usual 8, and I carry my fat around my middle, not my hips, which ofcourse is the dastardly apple shape. When slim, I have a good waist, but when i put on weight, it fills out there first. [/QUOTE]
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