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I don't think I'd get much joy there either. My GP is a carbs fundamentalist :eek:

Avocado Sevenfold, the nurse and I have already locked horns about LCHF every single time we met. This time we didn't approach the subject, somehow. She just glared at me, and I glared back, Cold War style. She told me the good news, but I didn't get a smile nor any encouragement - she was...

Awww, thank you so much for the kind words. I wouldn't have been able to do it without my three anti-diabetes weapons: A support group. YOU! My glucometer My log book Diabetes is a progressive condition, but I'm confident that, at whatever stage one is, the LCHF regime can aggressively help...

My first A1c was 5.9. Not too bad, I thought. However, the diabetes nurse warned me that it was artificially low because I was on Metformin for three weeks before taking the test. The nurse also took me off Metformin completely because she wanted to see my true "baseline" A1c without...

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How wonderful! Good luck :happy:

Hello! First of all, welcome to the low-carb world. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do. As for your question, I think a lot may depend on: Your sensitivity to carbs: the more sensitive you are to them, the more your body will notice them missing. How low you go, and how gradually you do...

Tee hee! The NHS should hire him :happy:

I sympathise. As far as I can remember, I've always had a complicated relationship with carbohydrates. Not a small problem growing up in Italy, carbs heaven. Then I moved abroad, but my problem came with me. I spent almost four decades trying to manage my weight with High Carbs Low Fat...

The (not very) funny thing is that my entire life I struggled to keep my weight in check with HCLF regimes, and a horrible struggle it was too. I was constantly hungry, and sometimes I couldn't sleep because of it. Dante's Inferno had nothing over my carbs cravings. Then I was diagnosed as...

I can appreciate that weight loss can be a huge motivator, I really do. However, in my personal experience weight loss doesn't seem to follow a linear process. I maintain a very detailed food and exercise log, and just by following my appetite I seem to be able to keep a constant caloric...

I do look forward to that. I've been diagnosed very recently, and yet I've already become weary of battling my carbs fundamentalists GP and diabetes nurse.

It's nice to agree! Actually, one of the reasons I'm enjoying this forum very much is because there seem to be so many nice people. Even when there's a disagreement, it remains civilised and respectful. I spend time in forums to learn from others, debate ideas, and create a support network...

I think you've just made my point, i.e. that eliminating sugar would be an easier first step towards lowering carbs. Unless you're suggesting that it's better to start with the most difficult task (such as eliminating starches)? :) The discussion wasn't really about what are the worst...

I would have had a stroke before noticing the date :dead:

This made me laugh :happy:

It makes sense. Psychologically speaking, I suspect it is much easier for people to give up on sugars than carbohydrates. We've known for a long time that high sugar consumption isn't healthy and most people have, at one point or other, tried to stay off sweets. They are familiar with the...

In the past I have tried low fat ketogenic regimes. In the interest of transparency, I should mention that weight loss seemed a bit faster, perhaps, but I was feeling on edge. Personally wouldn't consider them viable long term options. On LCLF I was feeling ok, but on LCHF I feel good. I can...

In order to lose weight one does require a negative calorific intake. Fat has higher calories but, unlike carbs, it does a much better job at satiating. That's the very reason that many people lose excessive weight with LCHF, because fat prevents them from overeating, as well as curbing...

When I was small, back in Italy, we had a handful of pigeons. One day I heard my mother talking about turning two into food, so I climbed up to their coop, stuffed them into a rucksack (easier said than done), then cycled with my little bike into the countryside. When I was far enough, I...