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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2205207" data-attributes="member: 150927">[USER=518195]@VikkiB81[/USER], I really feel for you - good on you for coming in here and talking about how you are feeling, and how hard it is - so many of us have gone through the same thing, and if you look I am sure you will find other folks going through what they call the 'low carb flu', or keto flu if you are going really low carb right now and posting. And about cooking - I really hear you on that one!And I really feel for you about the chips - it is very hard turning those down when they look and smell so good and our friends and family are eating them. At least know - you are not alone. And for you - with diabetes, the health consequences, alas, for eating chips and crisps and so on are very real, as they may not be for your family. I deal with it by taking four or five crispy ones off my partner's plate - which would be about a half gram of carbs each? The real chips are about a gram of carbs each I believe, which is why eating them is so dynamite, and potatoes as a starchy veg gives the 'big boom. You eat 20 - and there is 20 grams of carbs there. The light for the flame if you like, is the vege oils they cook them in - sigh - yes, I hear you on that one too. Low carbing really does work for weight loss, and you have a good attitude about the no-processed food thing. Maybe joining a programme might work better for you? Atkins? (I found the material on Atkins very helpful when I started out, for the carb content of food, and they have just got really good at organising it all over the decades.)  The diet doctor - great graphics and recipes. Or just get very involved in this forum in weight loss threads? Getting as much support as you can is probably really good. I was talking to my sister in law just last weekend, as every now and again she does a brave thing and talks to me about her wanting to lose weight. I always say the same thing, and last weekend she even sent me out of the room (it was her house) to go do something, as she really didn't want to hear what I had to say. And what was that? "It's about the food - you have to be like me" (egads!) "and pay attention to everything that you are eating. I am really sorry to say this. But you can't escape it." She was actually making pancakes at the time (and no - not almond flour, no sugar added ones - the ones you can make out of a packet that I used to love back in the day too). I didn't like being sent out of the room, but hey! I understand that you have to change so thoroughly what you are eating is a b***er of a thing to hear. (We had afternoon tea together that day at a cafe and she had gorgeous iced coffee - the kind with sugar - and with a lovely chocolate fish on top! I had a keto caramel bar, so I was surprised and happy they had it to offer.) (Well - you get what I am saying.)As for the cooking. Routines are good I think, and think 'bulk' for the standard stuff, like low carb sauces, and fathead pizza bases and the like. And before you know it you will have you regular 'go to' foods and it will all be easier. I love baking, and baked goods, so baking low carb and keto buns and cakes and so on has been part of my low-carbing life as long as I have been doing it (about 5 years now). Don't expect anyone else to share your low-carb baked goods though! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. The only one any 'ordinary' folks likes is the fathead pizzas - if they are tolerant to dairy, as they are mostly cheese (yummy!)  Also make your kitchen as user-friendly as you can, and have music or youtube or something to make it more fun?And as for the low-carb flu - yes, keep up your salt and fluids, and you will get through this transition period. I'm sorry it feels so awful. I hadn't fasted for a very long time, and tried it again the other day, and I got the headaches and felt queasy and stuff, and was reminded that I had been eating too many carbs for me to be going through a transition period - again. And it is a pain in the derriere to have to go experience anything painful. But you have two very good reasons to keep going - your health, and your wedding! Three stones/20kg is no small number. But can you do it? Yes! </blockquote>

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