Liking the double cream in coffee tip. I'll definitely give that a go. Not sure I can cope with butter in my coffee, but I'll try (almost) anything at least once.
Can anyone suggest any decent UK Keto/Low carb recipe sites that don't rely on hours of cooking and 'faffing' around. Time is of the essence when it comes to food prep, and portability for lunches is key.
Also, how long does it normally take to stop craving bread? Watching my kids eat buttery toast and Ham & Tomato sandwiches (a particular weakness of mine) is driving me to near insanity!!
Should I just put the kids up for sale on eBay for the sake of my health?
Yeah it’s hard when people around you can eat what they want and for some reason keep trying to persuade you to do the same. I get being polite but some people just seem to keep doing a Mrs Doyle (Father Ted)
I don’t target as low carb as some but I went for 20:40:40 ratio for carb
rotein:fat which currently for my weight is about 91g carb. I do measure and weigh but don’t count the milk in coffee so probably underestimating my carbs somewhat
I also do minimum 30 mins exercise on the exercise bike and walk if I can. I also do try to count my calories and keep to 500 below what the calorie calculators think I should have. I know many on here would say not to count calories but I do. I also stopped most fruit, bread, pasta, rice etc... so carbs massively lower than usual.
since May I have lost nearly 30kg (my weight is currently not dropping but it is also Christmas and I’ve dropped off the wagon a little) so something of the above is working (plus hba1c now 38 from 78 and dropped all drugs except 2000mg metformin and have dr appointment a week Monday to discuss if that can be dropped)
I also do have cheat days, probably once a week to be honest.
As for stopping craving. Honestly I still do since May. Perhaps for some of us we never lose the urge, and as I said, I have cheat days but am substantially down as a whole. I personally cannot live my life never having, but it is a struggle and I am aware the cravings are worse when I cheat but as someone else said, I’d rather have my eyesight... hence I am so far managing to restrain
good luck!