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<blockquote data-quote="cold ethyl" data-source="post: 661964" data-attributes="member: 107467"><p>you are right.</p><p></p><p>I worry about upping the carbs to lose weight as in my experience it was eating them that was so addictive in the past and led me to piling the weight on. As a a diabetic the healthcare professionals won't be able to see past your weight, but it isn't the be all and end all- you can improve your BS levels and still be fat and I think that improving your levels has to be the first priority. It's easy for me to say, but I'd try reducing your calories before I started on upping the carbs. I seem to recall that you make a lot of fat bombs and low carb cakes etc which are ok as an occasional treat but not if you have weight to lose, I think the LCHF diet is no different from any other diet in my own experience, and weight loss only comes from watching the calories and upping the exercise, which is tricky for you at the minute( btw what about aqua aerobics - can you manage to swim?). I've not gone mad on the fat , and have tried to portion control the likes of cheese, nuts and oils as they are so calorific. If we had a normal appetite, we probably would be ok with eat freely to appetite advice given with the diet, but then if we were operating normally , we wouldn't be fat or diabetic ;-) I also take Metformin- it hasn't done much for my BS levels really but has taken edge off my appetite so maybe it is worth asking about that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cold ethyl, post: 661964, member: 107467"] you are right. I worry about upping the carbs to lose weight as in my experience it was eating them that was so addictive in the past and led me to piling the weight on. As a a diabetic the healthcare professionals won't be able to see past your weight, but it isn't the be all and end all- you can improve your BS levels and still be fat and I think that improving your levels has to be the first priority. It's easy for me to say, but I'd try reducing your calories before I started on upping the carbs. I seem to recall that you make a lot of fat bombs and low carb cakes etc which are ok as an occasional treat but not if you have weight to lose, I think the LCHF diet is no different from any other diet in my own experience, and weight loss only comes from watching the calories and upping the exercise, which is tricky for you at the minute( btw what about aqua aerobics - can you manage to swim?). I've not gone mad on the fat , and have tried to portion control the likes of cheese, nuts and oils as they are so calorific. If we had a normal appetite, we probably would be ok with eat freely to appetite advice given with the diet, but then if we were operating normally , we wouldn't be fat or diabetic ;-) I also take Metformin- it hasn't done much for my BS levels really but has taken edge off my appetite so maybe it is worth asking about that? [/QUOTE]
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