Warning up front - this may come across as critical but it really isn't.
I'm trying to relate to how I was before diagnosis and how I made myself change.
Possibly the best thing you could do is to take a really hard look at your diet, and what you automatically want to eat.
Reading through your posts in this thread, you seem very attached to carbohydrates - which most people are as it is part of our traditional way of eating.
Your reaction to the food advice always comes back to what you should eat with your carbs:
"For instance the only veg I'll eat are Potatoes,Peas and Mushrooms."
Memo to self - drop the potatoes and try one new vegetable each week - you will eventually find another one you like
Even if you don't, mushrooms and peas without the potatoes work just fine.
"Hmmm that Atkins thingy looks interesting im going through it now and found a few questionable things eg
processed meat, eg sausage, burgers, ham, bacon, corned beef etc, but check for carb content on the label (eg no breadcrumbed ham, or honey roast ham);sausage and burger with maximum meat content and minimum carbohydrate; smoked and processed meats are okay but read the labels for nasty chemicals;
Does that mean that such as Bangers and mash are ok to eat?"
Ooops! where did the mash come from? I don't think that it was from the Atkins diet!
Bangers (more than 90% pork) are fine - go well with mushrooms and peas.
So no, not O.K.
"Burgers well id have thought they were a no no.Especially the ones at Mcd's which are usually dripping with fat."
Well, no, dripping with fat is good of you are going Low Carb High Fat.
At McDonalds the damage is done by the bun and the fries.
Also by the high sugar drinks and high carb shakes.
"Bacon i love a bacon butty on friday dinner.(cooked in the microwave and slapped between a tcake)"
Ooops! Tea cake? Why not have the bacon without the bread?
Could go well with sausages, mushrooms and peas
"Corned beef well yes i love that 2 usually on bread or a sub roll."
You can guess my response by now!
"Together with such as ham,pork,beef cooked meats.
On their own too small a meal,put em on bread more filling surely we are allowed some bread say 2 slices."
Now we are really at the central point of LCHF.
If you use carbohydrates to pack out your meal to make it "more filling" then you hit the whole problem of carbohydrates.
They provide bulk, but they are processed very quickly by your body and go straight through your blood stream into body fat.
This then makes you hungry again, so you want another "filling" meal with loads more carbohydrates.
So loads of glucose goes rushing into your blood, most of it goes into fat, and your body struggles to keep your blood glucose at a good level.
If you cut out the starchy carbohydrates and just eat proteins and fats and non-starchy vegetables then you should find meals much more satisfying and filling although you actually eat a lot less.
Then you should start to see the benefits - weight dropping and blood glucose numbers coming down.
So the message is - each time you look at a a meal, look for the starchy carbs and try to leave them out.
This will be very uncomfortable for you while you get your head around it.
I found it enormously difficult to give up carbs.
I love potatoes, especially mash and chips.
I love bread, pasta, all sorts of pies.
A chip butty with loads of brown sauce is heaven.
Cakes, biscuits, yum!
However once you accept that you have to change things and go through the addict's "cold turkey" (cold turkey...mmm...tasty) the cravings for carbs will leave you.
Many people manage very well by just cutting down the portion sizes of starchy carbs.
I found that I couldn't work like that - if there was bread in the house it just called to me all the time.
So - no bread in the house and no more cravings!
I know this is hard.
Hope this helps.
LGC
