Same here with the love carbs thing. I called my previous diet the Elvis Presley, I only ever ate foods I liked. So Burgers, Chips, Pizza eat out or takeaways, all washed down with flagons of ale. So to be honest the writing was on the wall for me as well
Ah... Great. Do you eat peppers, eggplant or potato?No, I understood....I was just saying that I love tomatoes and eat lots of them so will look at cutting them out and seeing if I see an improvement in my Arthritis, thanks.
It might have been something in another food you gave up to go LC like grains. They are notorious as well as dairy to cause inflammation. Glad yours is gone!I didn't know that about tomatoes. I eat tons of them, and have them every day for lunch, and also many of my evening meals. I had arthritis in my knee. All symptoms totally gone since going low carb/high fat. Sadly it hasn't done anything to repair the damaged cartilage in my other knee!
It might have been something in another food you gave up to go LC like grains. They are notorious as well as dairy to cause inflammation. Glad yours is gone!
Ah... Great. Do you eat peppers, eggplant or potato?
As far as portion control, going low carb higher fat surely minimizes hunger. You have to make sure you have some fat with all meals though, fat satisfies. Maybe you should try chunking up avocado on a salad. I like making chicken, turkey or egg salad with mayo and some onion and putting chunks of avocado on then putting it on a piece of romaine lettuce.
I also smash it with sea salt and garlic powder and a few chopped onions and eat it with celery. Very very satisfying
It'll be interesting to see if tomatoes are the culprit.Occasionally peppers, not too many and rarely potatoes so no problem limiting those.
Jeff - I 'was' exactly the same as you which is why I am now where I am - and still sooooooo bloody angry with myself for allowing it to happen!Same here with the love carbs thing. I called my previous diet the Elvis Presley, I only ever ate foods I liked. So Burgers, Chips, Pizza eat out or takeaways, all washed down with flagons of ale. So to be honest the writing was on the wall for me as well
Jeff - I 'was' exactly the same as you which is why I am now where I am - and still sooooooo bloody angry with myself for allowing it to happen!
P.S. Before I get the flak, l know there are many out there where they are not to blame for the lifestyle they had.
Jeff - I think I may well have probably done the same - if I'm honest with myself! I went for a 'well man assessment' and expected to be told 'you need to lose a bit of weight and your BP is a bit high' - again, yeah, yeah, yeah!!!!! Nothing, but nothing prepared me for what I was told!Yeah Heretic1, I sometimes wish I had made some different life choices, but I was too wrapped up in it all, and even if someone pulled me to one side a year before and told me it would happen I would have probably laughed at them and ordered another Beer.
Once you get everything into place it's crazy how you find life is actually more fun with a bit of moderation.
For instance I never wake up on a Sunday at 11am nursing a hangover.
I'm up most days by 6:30 am. Breakfast and out doing something by 8am.
Shelly,
See what I mean .... Tomatoes good ..... Tomatoes bad, and this is only the beginning.
Again what is best for YOU is what you need to work out, and it is you that has to live your life with this - whatever path you choose!
Jeff, there is a part of me that likes the 'new me' - albeit not the reason why I've had to do it. I'm in far better shape physically (if not mentally or emotionally) than I have been for years, and loving being more active, cycling, running, walking, Spinning, etc . It is however frustrating. Sooo many people tell me I now look sooo well and fit and healthy etc - when actually I have never been as 'Ill' in my entire life! I now have a wardrobe that no longer fits me - and clothes literally hang off me, but sadly can't really afford to replace much at the minute. I hate being 'harnessed' to the new revised diet completely and that this is for life! and sooooo missing (on occasion) my 'old life' and ways. I'm sure before too long I will possibly pay my old life just a brief visit - though I know 5-6 Stella's would now floor me. I had a couple of beers over a week ago (my first alcohol for 3 months), and felt quite p******d - and I could drink most under the table previously! I guess I'm also a cheap date now - lol!Well done for telling you brother. Both my parents have type 2 diagnosed at 60+.
So you would have thought I would of known better, but when your in your late 20's you couldn't careless.
5 to 6 cans of Stella would be about right for me, but JD and Coke as a spirit. With a couple of cannabis cigarettes, delivered to your door Pizza/Indian, bags of crisps, and half a large bar of chocolate.
That would be a regular Saturday night. From about the age of 25 till 40.
Not to mention at least one evening every week out in London Socialising with friends and colleagues in my work. That would be a good 5 to 6 pint evening and a Burger king/McDonalds on the way home.
Yeah our life choices literally mirrored one another, and now we're both on here
I enjoyed it while it lasted. Now at 44, and with a much clearer mind, like you, I wish I could have seen the light sooner.
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