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I don't know myself anymore!

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skal

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Regardless of the title, this is kind of positive issue ...

I only returned to low carbing about 3 weeks ago, expecting horrendous carb withdrawal and cravings. This all happened before while low carbing. This time everything is different! I admit that I dreamt of carbs (crisps actually) for 2 nights and drooled over people's sandwiches...

But that was it! I have had two relapses in the form of a row of milk chocolate and last weekend's alcohol fuelled weekend away but no trouble getting back on track again. That has always been my biggest problem and it has taken days (if at all) before I got myself sorted again. Now I have no problems at all. This is so not me, and as a 40 year old I thought I knew myself but obviously not! I just hope it continues and I keep at it like this!
 
your doing so well maybe its ur body choosing to do it for you not ur head lol i low carb since xmas and love it suits me and ive never craved anything and if i do i make the low carb version out there in google land there are recipies for everything ,, keep it up and good luck x
 

Well done and long may it continue for you, onwards and upwards Take good care.
 
I'm just enjoying the ease of this and the fact I am feeling so much better!

The people here are amazing with support and ideas making it all so much easier.
 
Well you knew it worked from before! I had my education course today. Finally someone explained the rationale behind carbs vs LCHF. I explained that they send me into double figures so they said make the portion smaller! They were very sweet but I'm still not convinced so low carb it is! they couldn't believe how much weight I'd lost. I came home briefly to get a drink then had a hypo! got into size 16 dress today. I have previously been wearing it in an 18 so quite chuffed!
 
Yeah I know it works but I have always really struggled with cravings and such and never managed to get on track after a lapse.
Now it's just water under the bridge, almost as if I have been brainwashed or hypnotized or something....

Wonders of self discovery, eh...?
 
Go Skal!
 
You're doing great Skal.

I fell off the wagon yesterday and paid for it this morning in terms of how I was feeling and raised BS. I've had low carbs all day and walked the dog, so feeling much better now.
 
You are a model xxx
 
Kat100 said:
You are a model xxx
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I love you! Just eaten piece of Mars bar cake! Wish I hadn't! About to do bs. 5.9. Not bad. Am sure it will rise though! Serves me right!
 
Scandichic said:
I love you! Just eaten piece of Mars bar cake! Wish I hadn't! About to do bs. 5.9. Not bad. Am sure it will rise though! Serves me right!
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And I love you to It is so great when you start going into smaller size clothes .....great news ....
In a few months that size 16 will be a 14 ....there is no going back now ....
It's the cat walk for you X
 
Kat100 said:
And I love you to It is so great when you start going into smaller size clothes .....great news ....
In a few months that size 16 will be a 14 ....there is no going back now ....
It's the cat walk for you X
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Look out Kate Moss, that's what I say
 
RosieLKH said:
You're doing great Skal.

I fell off the wagon yesterday and paid for it this morning in terms of how I was feeling and raised BS. I've had low carbs all day and walked the dog, so feeling much better now.
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I know, it is astonishing what a difference even a short time low carbing can do! That alone is worth remembering if a strong craving hits as I well remember how awful I felt before I restarted my regime. My sinful weekend with chips and a cream tea gave me no bad feelings but they were only a start of a slippery slope, if I was feeling like I used to. Now, I'm right back to the regime and no worries!
 
I don't know if it is the same for you, but I don't follow LCHF because I want to, or because I know it is good for me - I do it because it's the only way of eating where I feel half (or three quarters) human.

The older I have got, and the closer to diabetes I got, the more relief LCHF gave me. Now I am a full blown type 2 I feel so bloomin awful on a high to medium carb diet, that I don't stray much.

Ok, so I eat a treat or two a day, but I stay below the critical mass that makes me feel bad, and with the help of my trusty meters, I'm working out how the numbers fit into the picture. It is such a relief to get a good nights sleep, to have just one widdle in the night, to feel alert all day, to be free of knee ache, stiff hands and to wanting to crawl into bed at 8 every evening.

So it's actually getting easier because my body wants to feel well - and returning to LCHF health gets easier every time I falter.
 

Maybe that is true!! I certainly don't miss the heartburn...
 
I'm not LCHF because I can't tolerate HF for other reasons, so eat lots of fish, chicken and some cheese, but cutting right down on carbs has made such a difference, aside from losing over 3 stones which makes me feel better, I feel I have more confident and am taking an interest in life again. Looking back I think I resembled a slug! Had no energy for anything, including mental energy. Don't know what carbs do to us but we don't know any difference until we lower them right down. I'm making plans for the future now whereas before I didn't think - or care - if I had much of one! In a way, although I would prefer not to have diabetes, by being diagnosed it has turned my life around for the better, if that makes sense!!
 
Isn't it funny how carbs are supposed to be an energy source but in fact they make us feel so tired?!


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Diagnosed prediabetic Easter 2014. Just left to get on with it, no guidance or help from GP. Every day I'm learning something new.
 


It doesn't make much sense, does it? Before I was diagnosed, each time I ate white bread or a muffin I would be asleep within about 40 minutes - now I know why - even if I don't fully understand it!!
 
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