I think that once you can make the leap into low carbing being a way of life it will be easier. Maybe change from thinking you are not getting treats to "I am choosing to care for my body" rather than seeing the dietary changes as restrictions?
There are thousands of tasty low carb recipes. I think of a low carb dessert as a treat.
I have been low carbing for may years because of the improved long term prospects.
To quote the old saying "If you give up wine, women and song you could live for another 18 years. Can I just give up singing and settle for six?", That more or less sums up my position at the moment. Think also bucket list.
Logic says that if there is a strategy that involves personal sacrifice for long term gain (such as sensible eating, weight reduction and exercise) then that is something that should be embraced.
If you know you only have 6 months to live then you might consider what you would really, really enjoy doing over that 6 months.
That could include spending money instead of saving, indulging in pleasures such as travel, fast cars, and other things such as exotic food and drink that would bankrupt you fairly swiftly. Not a good idea if you know you may live to be 90 with the last 10 years as a drooling infant, and have to plan for that, but if you know you are going, then get going!!
I eat LCHF because it is sensible and I can also find enough foods in that category that I enjoy.
It is a sensible decision IMHO.
However it doesn't mean that I have totally forgotten all the foods that I have enjoyed for the previous 50 years and more which are now not sensible for someone planning on long term health as a T2 diabetic.
I suspect most people have at least one food which they reluctantly gave up because of diabetes and of which they still have fond memories.
My major sacrifices are potatoes in all forms, and bread in most forms.
I used to make a wholemeal 5 seed loaf in our bread maker which was to die for.
Until I found that was literal.
A chip buttie (home cooked chips in olive oil in the deep fat fryer) in home made bread with salted butter and brown sauce was a taste sensation.
Also to die for.
So this is my philosophical problem.
I haven't been told that I am about to die, just that the risk has gone up by a significant amount.
Do I abjure all fleshly pleasures, or sin a bit?
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