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My BG levels now are no lower now than when I'm following Atkins to the letter. I think it's done me good to have a complete change of focus (shaken my metabolism up a bit!) and it has certainly helped my mental attitude. It's focused my attention again, which was necessary just now.
As for a target weight - I'm 17 stone now, and have a target weight of 11.5 stone. There is absolutely no way that I could follow a Slimfast diet for 5.5 stones of weight loss :shock: :shock: If I tried, I'm sure I would be dead half-way through or I'd have killed someone else :lol: .
It may be just me, but this way of losing weight/controlling BG is NO WAY a permanent lifestyle choice, and anyone who thinks it is needs to have a long hard look at it and themselves. I've tried every possible means of weight loss over the last 50 years, and I know from experience that my body is perfectly capable of gaining weight on 1000 cals per day. If I stayed on the 800cals diet for too long, my body would shift into 'starvation' mode and store every calorie I gave it!
Atkins (that is, a low carbohydrate life style) suits me. It doesn't do any harm to give my metabolism a short sharp shock occasionally, but for me, it's not a lifestyle solution. Low carb is.
Right now, if you put a roast chicken in front of me, I'd do a good impression of Charles Laughton as Henry VII - rip it to pieces! The next 3 weeks are not going to be easy - and I have total admiratoin for those of you who are sticking to it for longer.
One thing - my gut (or belly - pick your own word) is definitely getting smaller, at a faster rate than on any other diet. That should just about keep me going. :lol: However, the end result of that will be wrinkly old-age skin folds :roll: :shock: even if there's only me looking, I don't need that!
Marina, I would recommend giving it a go if stuck. But it's not long term - and if you come off it aftr success, and then go back on to a 'non-diabetic' way of eating - well, every ounce and probably a bit more, will go straight back on.
I wouldn't be surprised, though, if it becomes a regular part of my post-Christmas de-tox. 4 weeks to get re-focused and then back to strict low-carb.
There's nothing wrong with it - but it's not a lifestyle.
Viv 8)
As for a target weight - I'm 17 stone now, and have a target weight of 11.5 stone. There is absolutely no way that I could follow a Slimfast diet for 5.5 stones of weight loss :shock: :shock: If I tried, I'm sure I would be dead half-way through or I'd have killed someone else :lol: .
It may be just me, but this way of losing weight/controlling BG is NO WAY a permanent lifestyle choice, and anyone who thinks it is needs to have a long hard look at it and themselves. I've tried every possible means of weight loss over the last 50 years, and I know from experience that my body is perfectly capable of gaining weight on 1000 cals per day. If I stayed on the 800cals diet for too long, my body would shift into 'starvation' mode and store every calorie I gave it!
Atkins (that is, a low carbohydrate life style) suits me. It doesn't do any harm to give my metabolism a short sharp shock occasionally, but for me, it's not a lifestyle solution. Low carb is.
Right now, if you put a roast chicken in front of me, I'd do a good impression of Charles Laughton as Henry VII - rip it to pieces! The next 3 weeks are not going to be easy - and I have total admiratoin for those of you who are sticking to it for longer.
One thing - my gut (or belly - pick your own word) is definitely getting smaller, at a faster rate than on any other diet. That should just about keep me going. :lol: However, the end result of that will be wrinkly old-age skin folds :roll: :shock: even if there's only me looking, I don't need that!
Marina, I would recommend giving it a go if stuck. But it's not long term - and if you come off it aftr success, and then go back on to a 'non-diabetic' way of eating - well, every ounce and probably a bit more, will go straight back on.
I wouldn't be surprised, though, if it becomes a regular part of my post-Christmas de-tox. 4 weeks to get re-focused and then back to strict low-carb.
There's nothing wrong with it - but it's not a lifestyle.
Viv 8)