Fraddycat
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I've been really interested to watch the program and to read all your comments. I have been truly inspired by them and by the incredible thread posted by Defren about the Newcastle Diet, and the benefits she has gained from it, its clear that eating less is really important. But I had a real epiphany this morning which may explain why my very low carb diet is not resulting in weight loss right now ... its ok to be hungry ....
So for years before I was diagnosed I was on and off Slimming World where you could eat as much as you like of X or Y, Before I was diagnosed but when I clearly had uncontrolled diabetes, I would shake and feel really terrible if I got hungry, and would gorge on jelly snakes or jelly babies and then when I was first diagnosed I was suckered into the 'carbs with every meal' mantra so would have highs and lows and again feel rotten when I got hungry.
Now that I am eating very few carbs, certainly no processed food just carbs from fruit, veg, nuts and dairy, I have realised that being hungry is not going to hurt or make me feel lousy. So my new policy is to feel really hungry before I eat, not just eat for the sake of it, or because its a particular time of day. Maybe I am not yet brave enough to fast 2 days a week but I can certainly regenerate a brain cell or two between breakfast and lunch.
So for years before I was diagnosed I was on and off Slimming World where you could eat as much as you like of X or Y, Before I was diagnosed but when I clearly had uncontrolled diabetes, I would shake and feel really terrible if I got hungry, and would gorge on jelly snakes or jelly babies and then when I was first diagnosed I was suckered into the 'carbs with every meal' mantra so would have highs and lows and again feel rotten when I got hungry.
Now that I am eating very few carbs, certainly no processed food just carbs from fruit, veg, nuts and dairy, I have realised that being hungry is not going to hurt or make me feel lousy. So my new policy is to feel really hungry before I eat, not just eat for the sake of it, or because its a particular time of day. Maybe I am not yet brave enough to fast 2 days a week but I can certainly regenerate a brain cell or two between breakfast and lunch.