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<blockquote data-quote="AtkinsMo" data-source="post: 1896122" data-attributes="member: 104933"><p>The thing that strikes me is that your most urgent priority is to sort out your work / life balance. If you are in charge of your own diary, you need to build in some space to look after yourself. </p><p></p><p>Build in proper breaks (maybe only half an hour) to eat your food slowly and deliberately.</p><p></p><p>If I was you I would:</p><p></p><p>Continue with your huge breakfast, dump the toast</p><p></p><p>Buy yourself a little 12 volt fridge to go in the boot of your car.</p><p></p><p>Keep in it salad, avocados, selection of protein (ham, cold chicken, hard boiled eggs, smoked mackerel, tinned salmon, tuna, something different every day, cheese, nuts, mayonnaise or home made salad dressing) Kos lettuce makes an excellent ‘wrap’ to put your fillings in. Remember to incorporate fat (mayonnaise, olive oil, butter, a ‘laughing cow’ cheese triangle).</p><p></p><p>At pre-planned times, stop, make your meal, eat it, and have a drink out of your flask. Have a second flask filled with stock (oxo will do, with boiling water) and drink this throughout the day. Abandon the advice to have carbs with every meal, that is the cause of your problem.</p><p></p><p>It’s quick and easy to eat an avocado, just slice it in half, remove the stone, eat with a spoon.</p><p></p><p>You may ‘lose’ 2 lessons a day, but you need to focus on the long term not the short term.</p><p></p><p>The reason why you ‘drop’ and feel low may well be salt deprivation on low carb, not low blood glucose. You may well find that by dropping the carbs your hunger reduces. The oxo will deal with the salt.</p><p></p><p>If you are on any medication that lowers Blood Glucose, this is not good advice - if you are on any medication other than metformin you need to buy a monitor and check blood glucose regularly, but if you are on blood glucose lowering medication, as a driving instructor surely you should be prescribed a meter. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, all the best. I echo other thoughts, trust the people living with this and totally in control of their blood glucose, not the so called medical experts who are telling you out of date advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AtkinsMo, post: 1896122, member: 104933"] The thing that strikes me is that your most urgent priority is to sort out your work / life balance. If you are in charge of your own diary, you need to build in some space to look after yourself. Build in proper breaks (maybe only half an hour) to eat your food slowly and deliberately. If I was you I would: Continue with your huge breakfast, dump the toast Buy yourself a little 12 volt fridge to go in the boot of your car. Keep in it salad, avocados, selection of protein (ham, cold chicken, hard boiled eggs, smoked mackerel, tinned salmon, tuna, something different every day, cheese, nuts, mayonnaise or home made salad dressing) Kos lettuce makes an excellent ‘wrap’ to put your fillings in. Remember to incorporate fat (mayonnaise, olive oil, butter, a ‘laughing cow’ cheese triangle). At pre-planned times, stop, make your meal, eat it, and have a drink out of your flask. Have a second flask filled with stock (oxo will do, with boiling water) and drink this throughout the day. Abandon the advice to have carbs with every meal, that is the cause of your problem. It’s quick and easy to eat an avocado, just slice it in half, remove the stone, eat with a spoon. You may ‘lose’ 2 lessons a day, but you need to focus on the long term not the short term. The reason why you ‘drop’ and feel low may well be salt deprivation on low carb, not low blood glucose. You may well find that by dropping the carbs your hunger reduces. The oxo will deal with the salt. If you are on any medication that lowers Blood Glucose, this is not good advice - if you are on any medication other than metformin you need to buy a monitor and check blood glucose regularly, but if you are on blood glucose lowering medication, as a driving instructor surely you should be prescribed a meter. Good luck, all the best. I echo other thoughts, trust the people living with this and totally in control of their blood glucose, not the so called medical experts who are telling you out of date advice. [/QUOTE]
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