Thanks to both of you for your replies. I have done keto before and managed to lose 2 stone and my bg was really good. Unfortunately I had an illness that required steroids for 6 months so I regained all the weight lost and more! Since then I have really struggled to stick to low carb. I'm feeling desperate and worried about my bg levels which are high. I find keto really restrictive and I'm not in the right headspace to be strong enough to do it. My thinking was at least if I can get to a regular weight it can't hurt but in the meantime my sugars are not controlled because of the food I'm eating despite it being low calorie. You make a great point that there are many things type 2s. I wish I could stick to keto as it was good for my sugars, I find the prep hard. I don't like many veg. I have problems with prepping food due to arthritis in my hands. Apologies for the long reply. I'm at my wits end.
Keto doesn't mean you absolutely
have to eat veg... Did you follow a meal plan that didn't suit you, maybe? Eggs with sausages/bacon would be low carb, and filling. Scrambled eggs with cheese, maybe some grilled tomato to go with it...? If you have a hard time cutting up meat, just go for the minced stuff; sausages, burgers, easy to cut through. Meats, fish, poultry, are all low carb, as are eggs, most full fat dairy... You should be able to make it as filling and convenient as you want to, and need it to be. There are low carb crackers, you could put cheese, cold cuts and butter on there, or skip the usually overpriced cracker and make a cheese roll-up, which is basically no work at all. (Butter the cheese, put ham or whatever on, roll up, and bite. Done!). Have some boiled eggs on stand-by in your fridge, should you ever feel peckish. Cauliflower rice with ground beef and cheese, whatever spices/herbs you like, makes for a filling meal. I'm not very good with food prep myself, and had some difficulty with cutlery for a while there (rheumatism and fatigue), so yeah... Sometimes we just have to adjust things to suit our own capabilities and needs.
Dunno if that helps at all, but...
Work-arounds are more than allowed. I remember when I first started out, and I got those cook books with ingredients I couldn't even pronounce (though I can wrap my tongue around erythritol now, I don't actually use it anymore), let alone source them. Long, long lists of impossible ingredients and insane prep times? Not in my ADHD kitchen! I get too distracted, too confused, too discombobulated... Half the time I just throw in some meat from the freezer, maybe salmon too, potentially cauliflower or broccoli with cheese, or spinach. (And I'll have some spuds in the airfryer for my husband). I don't make it any more complicated than I can handle, because I don't need the panic and stress that comes with it. And I preferably skip one meal, so that's even less prep.
I'll deviate when I feel up to it, which is maybe once a week, -maybe some gyros or something- but most meals are just.... Routine.
Lately I have seen a lot of microwaveable Keto meals advertised on Instagram, which are pricy but might suit your needs as well. No idea what, if any, brands are available where you are though. Lemme google...
https://ketokitchenlytham.co.uk/meal-plans/the-frozen-one Something like that, maybe?
Just something to consider, maybe. You be good to yourself eh!
Jo
