Maitland said:
gezzathorpe said:
Maitland said:
You weren't sounding harsh at all, you were entirely correct. I should start immediately but I need to work up to it and get my head around to where I want to go again and what I need to achieve. As I said I went hell for leather after diagnosis which in retrospect was the wrong way to go about it but at least I have learnt from that mistake.
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Hi, this is my personal view which may run counter to that of others' to an extent, so it's obviously up to you to choose. If your weight is 'stable' rather than increasing, then I suggest that you reduce portions a bit (eating more times during the day helps if you are a one meal a day person). It's the same principle as 'low-carbing', just less drastic and, at the end of it, you are already onto new habits without having to come off a diet or starting to increase carbs etc. Don't forget that all food has goodness which your body needs.
If this works for you, you should notice an improvement in your bGs before weight loss. Patience and will power are needed as your weight won't drop off rapidly, and I don't think there is any point in jumping on the bathroom scales every day! You will very likely hit weight-loss plateaux which can last up to a few weeks, but you should continue to notice other changes, e.g. body shape etc. and, one day, you should hear the magic words 'have you lost some weight?' I got that from people I had never met but who saw me wandering past every day! At some point you will stop losing weight altogether, at which point you can decide if you want to lose more. When I proudly visited my GP having reached my 'ideal' weight she pinched my stomach and said I could do with getting rid of another 1/2 stone!! If you want the occasional Indian or Chinese, then I suggest you just do it... you've got to 'live' as well.
Around 6 years ago, I was 18.5 stones. I reduced my alcohol (which was heavy) and started eating five times a day instead of once a day, which is breakfast, lunch & dinner and a sensible snack during the morning and afternoon if I felt hungry, which got me through to the next meal. I found, and still do, that eating early in the evening rather than later helps but that's not always possible to achieve.
Snacks were, and still are, a piece of fruit maybe with a piece of cheese if it was impractical to eat anything else, in spite of what some people might say about fruit, or peanut butter on toast etc. No **** from the vending machines though! I reduced my weight to 13.5 stones in 8 months and held it for nearly 3 years simply by carrying on that way... no further effort required. I then made the mistake of drinking again, which gradually put me back up to 16 stones. I am now off the alcohol again (sensible amounts are, I'm sure fine) and down to 14 stones in about 4 months and average bG 5.9.
Hope this helps a bit in some way.
