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It likely the program will have good advice on exercise etc that unlike diet I expect most of us will agree with. However, I could not have controlled by Type2 without cutting out most carbs, so for me it has to be a cheese omelette for breakfast these days...
 
I glanced at the original post and for a moment I thought rolypolypudding was the name of the NHS program. That didn't seem very PC.
 
 
 
I'm afraid I haven't yet managed to sort out my eating as yet. If I could find some decent meal recipes that were fairly easy to cook, I might be more motivated to try the low carb approach because everyone seems really positive about how it has helped them. The diabetes prevention course has demotivated me even further so I've stopped attending, it was just making my problems worse.
 
Mr_Pot said:
I glanced at the original post and for a moment I thought rolypolypudding was the name of the NHS program. That didn't seem very PC.
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I'm trying to reply individually to all the people who have been kind enough to respond to me with suggestions to say thanks, but am now having problems navigating this site.
So please consider yourselves thanked. When I am in a better frame of mind - which I hope will be soon, now I've dropped that depressing course - I will try them out. Here's hoping I can refrain from eating puddings, cakes and chocs for long enough to get some results.
Divine chocolate.......if it was a fair world, one would be able to eat unlimited quantities of it and have no ill-effects. Mother Nature did a **** job when it came to designing the human body.
 
Mr_Pot said:
I glanced at the original post and for a moment I thought rolypolypudding was the name of the NHS program. That didn't seem very PC.
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Lol! Actually, nearly half the members of the group I was in are very slim and don't need to lose weight. So rolypolypudding would indeed have been an inappropriate name for the course.
 
I don't make low carb recipes as such. I try to eat the same as the rest of the family but leave out or substitute the starchy stuff. So if we have a roast I don't have potatoes but load up with veg. If we have sausages and mash, I have swede mash instead. I don't have deserts, cakes etc and I have a cooked breakfast. No real need to look for special low carb meals, at least not when you are starting out.
 

I do the same as Mr Pot; I eat normally and simply leave out the carby stuff. I eat a lot more fats than I used to, in the form of butter, cream, full fat milk, cheese, avocado, coconut oil, and nuts, none of which I ate before, except a little cheese very occasionally. They have been easy to incorporate into daily life, and have helped to compensate for the low carb. I don't miss potatoes in the slightest, nor bread, though I do have a Lidl roll about once every couple of weeks.

I haven't read back through all the previous posts, but .... have you tried / looked at the low carb programme that is run by this website? It's pretty good, and the foods are simple, straightforward. Anyway, you can always vary and adjust anything anytime to suit yourself (and any family that may be involved). May be worth a look just to give yourselve a few ideas or a kick-start : Low Carb Program https://www.diabetes.co.uk/lowcarb/

There's also some good ideas at: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/60-seconds

all the best
 
 
There are only 2 people in our household, husband and I. Cooking mainly falls to my lot as he works full time, long hours and I am semi-retired and only work part time. The problem is I loathe cooking. To me it is a tedious chore with no love put into it. I won't do anything that involves standing over a cooker for any length of time, anything too fiddly or that involves a long list of ingredients. So I tend to stick to stuff that I know like shepherds pie or bolognese sauce which I can sling together and throw it all in a pan to cook. Even that puts me in a bad mood. My husband won't eat swede or sweet potato, nor will he eat brown rice which I know are amongst the better carbs to eat. And I'm blowed if I'm going to cook separate meals for us both. We have wasted endless amounts of food because I'm such a poor cook and have no interest in learning. I also won't try new recipes I've seen online if there is a particularly dreadful photograph which makes it look like something you wouldn't give a pig to eat.
If I could afford it I would hire a cook or eat out every night. Ideally I would like to find ready meals that aren't too high carb as my preferred eating habits are snacks and ready meals. Anything that can go in a microwave is popular with me.
I think I'm a hopeless case. Nothing seems to motivate me to cook. Everything I have seen on websites and threads seems to involve cooking from scratch so I might as well give up and accept that my life expectancy is going to be reduced.
 

Have a look here

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb
 
Hello rpp. Diabetes really is the pits, isn't it? And believe me, many will feel your pain.
I was diagnosed in june this year and thought that I would just go blind, lose all my toes and then drop dead years too early.
Still quite scary now, but this site has helped such a lot.

Regards ready meals. Sainsbury have started to do some. A few m and s meals also qualify but you have to read the backs of the packets.
You can still have Bolognese just no pasta. Instead use ready made spiral veg from asda, tesco etc. Most of it goes in the microwave. The same with most curry sauces ( read the jar and get ones with low carbs) and have cauliflower rice instead.
It is not easy at first. I am new to this and know how hard it is at the start.
But a few days ( yes, days) into low carb eating and most of the physical cravings for carby foods will disappear. I didn't believe that either, but its true. I would still like to eat them, but I no longer feel that I will pass out if I dont have some chocolate.

Read everything. Then go and read some more. I love this site and am a fan of bulkbiker, whose posts first took me to the world of dr fung. It can be done, rpp.
I am going on a desmond course in november. I think its much like the one you have just not finished, only worse!
 
The colour of the rice doesn't make it safe to eat, and sweet potato contains more carb than the ordinary ones, so they aren't better at all.
I have done low carb for decades - I just made the food I could eat, times four, and added some carbs to the meals for the other three.It was never a case of making different meals.
 

Hi
Sorry I didn't reply before now, I'm really bad at checking my messages - also had to be treated for Vitamin B12 deficiency and depression so the last 6 mths have been pretty grim.
I have started to read the articles and comments on the website, also I have got a recipe book of low carb recipes which my husband is helping me with. I'm due to retire from work this year too which is making me feel more cheerful as I will have more time to spend on diabetes research and meal preparation.
I've tried cauliflour mashed with butter beans as a substitute for mashed potato, but haven't had the cauliflour rice so I will try that next.
 
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