Low Carb bore - anyone else getting told to shut up?

[snowy_barks]

First of all I would like to thank everyone on here I have found the information and support really useful.

Since being Diagnosed T2 2 months ago, I have experimented with a low carb diet.
I don't measure anything exactly, I just have cut out the usual suspects altogether.
I no longer drink beer, eat any type of bread, pasta, rice or potatoes.

My weight loss has been excellent, it just seems to be dropping off. I never feel hungry and exercise moderately hard. It has made such a change to my life I wish I had done it sooner. I feel full of energy and sleep better. My snoring has stopped, (this is not due to the weight loss as I have always snored like a pig, even when a lot slimmer than now) and my shoulder that I have dislocated dozens of times and has undergone surgery no longer aches!

I have read as much I can on the subject and have become almost obsessive. Understanding the basics of insulin and how it causes you to get fat was a real eye opener.

I now hold the controversial belief that a low carb diet is the most healthy choice for the majority of people. It is amazing the amount of people I speak to that have symptoms of glucose/carb intolerance. I have just been discussing the GI of foods and how bad jacket potatoes are for effecting blood sugar. He then described to me that he had one the other day for lunch and could hardly keep his eyes open in the afternoon. Just one of many!

The problem is I will constantly talk about it, at work and at home. My colleagues tell me to stop going on about it and the Mrs is sick of listening to me.
Anyone else out there been accused of being a low carb bore?

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[borofergie]

Anyone else out there been accused of being a low carb bore?

Yes snowy, all the time.

I'm a year in, and I still struggle to think or talk about anything else. Was recently away in Holland for a week with my team. By the end, I'm sure every single one of them could have given a decent explanation of how insulin regulates fat storage. (Non of them actually told me to shut up, but that's because I probably would have fired them :wink: ). I'm kinda lucky that my boss is a Paleo guy, so we can be weirdos together.

I agree 100% about the snoring too. Mine has disappears completely at <30g a day. I'm not sure how much of my general sense of health and wellbeing is associated with the carbs, and how much is just that I sleep all night, every night, for the first time in years. Even if they cured my diabetes tomorrow, I'd still stick with the diet for that reason alone.

If you haven't already, add this guy to your low-carb reading list:
http://rdfeinman.wordpress.com/

Good work fella!

Stephen

 

[Glados]

Haha! I recently posted about being a diabetes bore... Which I am. I flippin' wish my low carb ways stopped MY snoring though! My poor boyfriend is sick of the hideous noise I make, even from DOWNSTAIRS (he often just dozes on the sofa, because he can't face coming to bed!).

 

[librarising]

I now hold the controversial belief that a low carb diet is the most healthy choice for the majority of people.

The problem is I will constantly talk about it, at work and at home.

I'd have to agree that I hold the same belief. But it's like most things in life. You may broach the subject with anyone you meet, but it's important to follow their lead. If they show no interest, just leave it. No one likes a know it all.
Far better to let your improvements speak for themselves. Unfortunately many don't overly concern themselves with their health unless they get a wake-up call. Wasn't that true for your T2 diagnosis ? So don't expect others to be different, simply because you're passionate.

I've always been health conscious, but wouldn't have known about low carbing and its benefits without my diagnosis 4 months ago.
See first and only conversations about your passion as sowing a seed.
"I really need to lose some weight - didn't Snowy say he was on some sort of diet ? Involved carbohydrates or something. Must ask him what that was. Seemed to work for him !"

And don't be a one-trick pony. Have other topics of conversation.

I can understand your passion, but in any conversation between two people, it's not all about you.

I'm sure you can find a happy balance

Geoff

 

[SweetHeart]

My mother tells me to shush all the time. I think low-carbing absolutely terrifies her, it goes against everything she (or I for that matter) were ever taught about nutrition. She cannot see why we feel the need to do it, my father doesn't low-carb and he's T2.

I should say that she doesn't think they low carb, but in some ways they do - they only ever use butter and olive oil, they eat mainly chicken and fish, and loads of veggies, they don't touch sweets, biscuits or cakes unless for a very special treat. They don't eat between meals and drink alcohol seldomly.

Mum says she cannot get her head around low carbing, so she just tells me to shush when I mention it now Everyone else we know, apart from an American couple, all think we're very odd indeed.

Julia

 

[Defren]

Everyone I know now knows about low carbs, and I tut whenever people tell me they had something for dinner with carbs. People no longer mention food to me :roll: It seems people can't or wont accept what high levels of carbs can do. My daughters now sneak into the kitchen even just to get some toast, and my youngest asked her big sister to put spaghetti hoops on the weekly shopping list :think: Maybe I need to lighten up a little - on second thoughts if I can prevent them becoming diabetic, maybe I should come down heavier. :lol: