I do eat those things, notsomuch fish (apart from tinned tuna), but what can i replace bread and spuds with? A cheese sandwich without bread is just buttered cheese, and that's not a meal IMO!
What can I eat?
Yeah, been there, done that, done the shopping, cooked and then said to myself, is that it! I've never ate like this? My family, my doctor, my friends, what will they say?
What will I eat?
Ok, meat!
Protein as in eggs,
Lots and lots of vegetables, I have never ate spinach, but now it's in every salad I have!
Low carb homemade soups, curry, stews, make a lot and freeze, which we save you money!
Dairy, full fat, cheeses, yoghurt cream.
Small pieces of fruit, preferably berries, Apple, pears.
There is so much to eat!
I just had bacon and egg and tomatoes.
Dinner is a piece of gammon from a joint. With a bit of salad.
Chicken for my evening meal again from a roasted bird.
And supper, is yoghurt, a few strawberries and a couple pieces of 85% dark chocolate to let in the New Year!
Travelling tomorrow and meat from roasts will keep me going till I get back.
Doing a small joint of roast pork for my New Year's dinner, with Apple sauce and veg!
Sorted, all low carb and keeps me healthy!
This is not going to happen overnight, your own personal choices, come heavily into your thinking, you do need to discover how to get control, so you can feel better, that will take a bit of time, but it's well worth it, the feeling of energy and losing weight is brilliant.
It is now nearly three and a half years since my diagnosis. I've gone through what you are going through. It's not nice, the dread and fear doesn't stop straight away. The so called experts are few and far, I was lucky to find my endocrinologist, we are rare and unique in all our own way!
Please, you need to keep fighting for a diagnosis, it took me years to get mine.
It is worth it! The consequences are not worth thinking about!
Learn about the condition and how we treat it. It is mainly dietary.
The things you eat and believe are healthy for you are not!
The basic foodstuff that we are supposed to depend on, is like a poison to us!
I am weird, my GP and my endocrinologist agreed with him, but us weirdos have got to grips with this condition, I've lost five stone plus, I am fitter and healthier than I have been for decades. I work very hard, I have great energy, I don't have the symptoms no more, it is always there, there is no cure, there is however a way to control it and live a normal (ish) life. I'm 61, in full time employment, coach football at kids level, look after my disabled wife and I do all the chores, shopping, and I wouldn't change anything!
If I didn't have the control, everything, would go to the dogs!
Try and be positive and take it easy, this is for the rest of your life, your future health!
Best wishes.