Thank you for all your replies, really helpful to know that I'm not the only one who gets fed up with this kind of 'education'.
I'm off on the first session of the Healthy Living group tomorrow - more of the same, I imagine. A diabetic friend told me they give away quite a lot of resources...
I laughed. I get very steamed up about simplistic and ignorant remarks from people who are meant to be advising me, but I don't care what Paul Hollywood thinks! I was more upset about the diabetic couple on Eat Well For Less who were harangued by the presenters and made to feel guilty about...
This is my experience as well. My gradual weight gain is quite clearly related to illnesses that have affected my mobility - such as recurrent cellulitis, and arthritis. Yet these - like almost every other illness you care to mention - are part of the great 'losing weight will help' category of...
I've just been to the first session of that, or something very similar, which was a 1:1 with someone. Then there are 8 weekly group sessions, some monthly sessions, and I have to be weighed and my waist measured at the start and end of the course. I was astonished to find when I looked through...
I'm sure this is true. In my case, there was no help at all coming from anywhere else other than a load of information printed off the internet by our practice nurse, so I had to look for support and information myself. It took 6 months to get onto the DESMOND course.
'Denial' is a fair...
There was absolutely no information about reducing any kind of carbohydrate specifically in the one I attended. I don't think I blinked and missed it. There was more time spent on fats than on carbohydrates.
As far as I can see, DESMOND is some kind of franchise operation that the NHS in...
I've already exceeded Desmond's target of a reduction in HB1ac of 1, but the figures the GP sent them were my starting figures from May. So I suppose that will be a 'success' for Desmond, then, if I refuse to follow their dietary advice and stick to what works. Shocking.
Yes, I did wonder if our lunches might be critiqued - but they weren't. I found it very funny that along with the plastic food there had apparently been a tube of real fruit pastilles, but these had mysteriously disappeared ;)
Good to know I'm not on my own!
When the male presenter (I say 'presenter' because it really was like Blue Peter) started off, he asked us
"Now then, what does DESMOND stand for?" and then prompted us to guess. All I can remember is 'diabetic something something mumble newly diagnosed'. I...
Apologies for posting a rant, but I just need to get it off my chest.
DESMOND - grrrrrrrrr
Went to a full day DESMOND course last week, which was all about getting us onto a traditional weight loss diet, with hardly any mention of lowering carbohydrate intake at all, apart from one exercise...
Almost as soon as I started on keto, my family were noticing that I was moving better and thinking faster. I've also had really bad IBS symptoms for about a year, and they cleared up. So there are definitely advantages for me, regardless of blood sugar. I felt a decrease in the measurement would...
But am delighted that my recent Hba1c reading has gone down from 48 to 43 after following a Keto diet since my prediabetes diagnosis in May. I have also lost 3 kilos.
When my new GP told me, I said 'That's great!' and he said in a very dour manner 'You're still prediabetic, don't get...
Would you be disgusted with anyone else who said they'd slipped into bad habits? I bet you wouldn't.
I was only diagnosed a few weeks ago, and I can already see what a challenge it is to stick to the right eating habits every single day. I more or less gave up on holiday with the family, just...
Having yo-yo dieted my way up to obesity over the last 40 years, I realised dieting was never going to work for me, and I've spent the last couple of years getting used to listening to my hunger, rather than following a diet. So I was more than ready to face the Eat More Cheese Challenge!
Surely that's a really complex issue to untangle with regard to diabetics, who may also have high cholesterol and be on various medications? And isn't weight loss good for heart health? *Sigh*
Yes, I saw this method in a keto recipe and it is delicious. I even bought some gruyere to put in with the cheddar, but I guess it will work with whatever cheese you enjoy. And as a bonus, it's so much easier than faffing about with making a flour and butter roux then gradually adding milk.
I'm suffering from various chronic conditions, including fatigue and arthritis. Sometimes I'm in a lot of pain. Within a week of starting LCHF, my husband, my son, and a friend all told me I was moving faster and seemed a lot brighter.