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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
I hesitate to post, because I am desperate for practical ideas, help and support, but scared I’ll get “pull your socks up”. If I could, if I had the energy to do so then I would have done. I am struggling.
I’ve moved house (rentals) twice this year, due to unforeseen circumstances - nothing excessively wrong, just circumstances. I’ve had some success with keto and almost carnivore - clear head, energy, life. But this last 2 months, and especially the last 2 weeks food has fallen apart. I have also been diagnosed with an autoimmune liver disease, which has also affected my pancreas - even more reason to be eating well. I’m also prediabetic.
There is so much work to be done on the new house. I’ve got so little energy - a known symptom of the liver disease. The energy is so low that heating up food is difficult, let alone preparing food. And the screams for simple carbohydrates are overwhelming. I also now live opposite a shop. I’ve put on half stone in 2 weeks. Yesterday I managed to eat cold pork and cold beef for breakfast, but ran out of energy mid morning and had no energy left to say no to going across and buying crisps and ice cream.
I’m trying to rest, to get some energy to be able to say no. I know that when i do have energy, it is easier to see, believe and respond to the truth that simple carbs are doing me harm and not helping.
I’ve got nitrate-free low carb sausages - easy to eat once cooked, but very little energy to cook them, same with pork and steak. I’m trying to work out how to climb out of this pit. One option could be get some better quality ready meals from Sainsbury’s or similar - not low carb, but might manage to cook and eat them, but would use up a lot of energy to get there.
It is frustrating, I know that my energy is best when I’ve got into ketosis, but then I do too much and the cravings for energy from simple carbs get stronger than my limited energy. It’s been quite a few months since it was as difficult as it is at the moment. If I was rich I’d employ a cook-housekeeper to deliver meals on a tray!
It is difficult to describe just how little energy I have and how difficult it is to find the energy to prepare food. Truly, getting a dish out, putting cooked food in it and then heating it up in the microwave is difficult at the moment. I was crying due to lack of energy when trying to wash up a single dish on Friday. Lack of energy has been the battle for many years. Low carb improves the energy eventually but requires energy to get back on track - catch 22. But the alternative - buy, open, eat simple carbs from a packet - is making me more ill.
I’m going to try to put the nitrite-free low carb sausages in the the oven in disposable tin foil trays, and see if I’ve got the energy to eat them. I’ve got steak and pork that have to be cooked or thrown today. So I will try to do an oven cook, with disposable tin foil trays. At least they will be cooked, and I might have the energy left to eat them, and rest enough to want to eat more of them later.
I’m struggling.
I’ve moved house (rentals) twice this year, due to unforeseen circumstances - nothing excessively wrong, just circumstances. I’ve had some success with keto and almost carnivore - clear head, energy, life. But this last 2 months, and especially the last 2 weeks food has fallen apart. I have also been diagnosed with an autoimmune liver disease, which has also affected my pancreas - even more reason to be eating well. I’m also prediabetic.
There is so much work to be done on the new house. I’ve got so little energy - a known symptom of the liver disease. The energy is so low that heating up food is difficult, let alone preparing food. And the screams for simple carbohydrates are overwhelming. I also now live opposite a shop. I’ve put on half stone in 2 weeks. Yesterday I managed to eat cold pork and cold beef for breakfast, but ran out of energy mid morning and had no energy left to say no to going across and buying crisps and ice cream.
I’m trying to rest, to get some energy to be able to say no. I know that when i do have energy, it is easier to see, believe and respond to the truth that simple carbs are doing me harm and not helping.
I’ve got nitrate-free low carb sausages - easy to eat once cooked, but very little energy to cook them, same with pork and steak. I’m trying to work out how to climb out of this pit. One option could be get some better quality ready meals from Sainsbury’s or similar - not low carb, but might manage to cook and eat them, but would use up a lot of energy to get there.
It is frustrating, I know that my energy is best when I’ve got into ketosis, but then I do too much and the cravings for energy from simple carbs get stronger than my limited energy. It’s been quite a few months since it was as difficult as it is at the moment. If I was rich I’d employ a cook-housekeeper to deliver meals on a tray!
It is difficult to describe just how little energy I have and how difficult it is to find the energy to prepare food. Truly, getting a dish out, putting cooked food in it and then heating it up in the microwave is difficult at the moment. I was crying due to lack of energy when trying to wash up a single dish on Friday. Lack of energy has been the battle for many years. Low carb improves the energy eventually but requires energy to get back on track - catch 22. But the alternative - buy, open, eat simple carbs from a packet - is making me more ill.
I’m going to try to put the nitrite-free low carb sausages in the the oven in disposable tin foil trays, and see if I’ve got the energy to eat them. I’ve got steak and pork that have to be cooked or thrown today. So I will try to do an oven cook, with disposable tin foil trays. At least they will be cooked, and I might have the energy left to eat them, and rest enough to want to eat more of them later.
I’m struggling.