How Do You Do Lc?

[BarbaraG]

May I ask your height and weight? Also your age and exercise capabilities, as you seem to be eating hardly enough to keep body and soul together. I agree you can manage perfectly well without potatoes, rice, bread or pasta, but you do need some carbohydrate in your diet as well as plenty of protein. You don't mention milk/dairy/eggs, so how much calcium are you getting (have you had a dexa scan?)
If your body isn't nourished it can go into 'starvation mode' and make you quite ill.

Who was that question aimed at? If it was me - I am certainly eating enough to keep body and soul together. Yes, I eat dairy, and eggs, meat, fish, nuts etc. Loads of vegetables and salad, a small amount of fruit, use coconut oil or butter for frying and slather my salads in extra virgin olive oil. I'm 5' 7", 19 stone (down from over 20 6 weeks ago), aged 52, can walk several miles, though not quickly.

Since six weeks ago I have mostly cut out sugar, potatoes and grains.

 

[BarbaraG]

Hi and welcome!

My LC method is fairly resistant to anything mathematical. Does my head in. Counting calories was a resounding disaster for over 30 years, and I am left with a few deep seated dislikes for that kind of thinking.

That's exactly how I feel.

 

[bulkbiker]

You might find now that you've lost a good chunk of weight that something which spiked your BG at the start would not now. OTOH, if you're enjoying what you're eating, no need to change?

not what I have found so far... tried some lowish carb ice cream (not oppo) Waitrose own brand just over 9g of carbs and went up to high sevens from my usual 5's the rest went in the bin..

 

[BarbaraG]

Decision making from a position of knowledge.