I agree but main reason for this woe is blood glucose and yours have been great. I’m sure we’ll get there but I’m not sure it’s good to ignore genuine hunger - I know it’s hard to work out the difference between emotional hunger but I had previous times including some stressful days - like the month I did back in October / November where I just didn’t feel hungry but I had a lot of fat that my body was using think this stage is much harder.......it’s a marathon and can balance it with short sprints and then get your breath back! That’s my thinking anyway.@shelley262 its such a difficult balancing act isn’t it?
Also struggling with shifting remaining weight and trying to balance that with not getting hungry/getting complacent. This is much harder than losing the bulk of the weight in the first place.
Pleased your up and about again take careHavent had much last couple of days. Some sausage and egg yesterday and an omelette today. Hubby just made some spag bol which I had without the spag.
Up and about this afty so back to work tomorrow. Hope I dont do my usual trick of making up for lost calories
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I agree but main reason for this woe is blood glucose and yours have been great. I’m sure we’ll get there but I’m not sure it’s good to ignore genuine hunger - I know it’s hard to work out the difference between emotional hunger but I had previous times including some stressful days - like the month I did back in October / November where I just didn’t feel hungry but I had a lot of fat that my body was using think this stage is much harder.......it’s a marathon and can balance it with short sprints and then get your breath back! That’s my thinking anyway.
Can’t imagine you would ever go back to your old woe - just remember all those huge achievements you’ve made and continue to make - and you have not been overeating just eating in an unplanned way but it’s been low carb so you’ve stuck to your woe and this will carry on producing good health and bgs. I’m sure you’re building muscle and you need food to build muscle. Good muscle mass will help you control your bgs, your new amazing shape and your long term health. Althletes are statistically overweight because muscle is heavy.Sounds about right. I also figure that you can’t be perfect all the time so have been allowing myself some days “off” this week and so long as the extras consumed are low carb, I don’t think too much damage can be done and hopefully those days stop me going back to old ways.
Do you toast the Lidl rolls to produce crackers?Fasting level was still 7 after a 40 minute brisk walk
Breakfast was 2 x hard boiled eggs, slice of ham and a splodge of salad cream. I was going to have 3 cherry toms but they were a bit soft and not very nice.
Lunch was creamy butternut squash soup, Lidl roll 'crackers' with cottage cheese.
A few pecans and half bar 85% dark choc. Also had a couple of mouthfuls of oppo icecream (working at home today and have really been craving sweet things)
Dinner will be roast veg and basa fillets.
a, 2 bags of Iceland steamed broccoli, kale and seaweed rice.
Do you toast the Lidl rolls to produce crackers?
Brilliant I slice mine into 6 vertically and toast them or fry in butter or in oven with garlic butter but not tried baking them and using as crackers - sounds easier than seed crackers. Thank you for your wonderful ideas - very inventive.I slice the rolls horizontally as thinly as possible using a sharp bread knife - usually get about 5 pieces. These are nice as toasts to have with soup. I normally do about 6 rolls at a time. I then bake them in the oven until crisp. They keep for ages in a tub.
I also slice them vertically as thinly as possible (and then bake them) to make crackers to have with cheese or pate.
I slice the rolls horizontally as thinly as possible using a sharp bread knife - usually get about 5 pieces. These are nice as toasts to have with soup. I normally do about 6 rolls at a time. I then bake them in the oven until crisp. They keep for ages in a tub.
I also slice them vertically as thinly as possible (and then bake them) to make crackers to have with cheese or pate.
Brilliant I slice mine into 6 vertically and toast them or fry in butter or in oven with garlic butter but not tried baking them and using as crackers - sounds easier than seed crackers. Thank you for your wonderful ideas - very inventive.
Thanks very much for your support and words of advice @ziggy_w pleased you have tested this out for me and it confirms what I was starting to think myself - starvation works well for a short period and then weight loss grounds to a halt not a nice place to be either being hungry! My ketones have been very high into 4 to 6s so this would make sense. Know need to aim for lower ketones. Plus bg has been up a bit so eating more smartly should help this. Just crossing fingers I don’t put on while adjusting....Hello all.
Had some really busy days at work lately -- so many to remember and to keep up with. As a result, I don't really remember anymore what I had to eat on Wednesday.
So, here my menu for Thursday ...
Breakfast: Two cups of double decaffeinated espresso with cream and xylitol. A rather large portion caramelized pecans (caramel made with erythritol and double cream).
Lunch: Nothing. Also forgot to bring a snack to work.
Dinner: Tried the Explore Cuisine Mungo Beans and Edamame fettucine for the first time yesterday. Thanks for the suggestion, @shelley262. I had 50g plus a tablespoon of pesto Genovese (5.5g of carbs per 100g). Measured my blood sugar 1 hour after dinner and it had hardly moved (5.1 mmol before and 5.2 mmol after). So, definitely a keeper. Was still hungry after this, so had a merguez sausage, another largish portion of caramelized pecans and half a glass of wine.
@shelley262 and @Goonergal -- congrats on your control.
About three to four months ago, I ate very little and exercised intensively (about 1 hour a day burning approximately 800 calories), but didn't lose any weight at all. I believe I pushed my body into starvation metabolism (also, ketones were really high and my blood had started turning acidic). After I reduced my exercise a bit and started eating a bit more, I started losing body fat again.
I found the same with that Explore Cuisine - BG barely moved.Hello all.
Had some really busy days at work lately -- so many to remember and to keep up with. As a result, I don't really remember anymore what I had to eat on Wednesday.
So, here my menu for Thursday ...
Breakfast: Two cups of double decaffeinated espresso with cream and xylitol. A rather large portion caramelized pecans (caramel made with erythritol and double cream).
Lunch: Nothing. Also forgot to bring a snack to work.
Dinner: Tried the Explore Cuisine Mungo Beans and Edamame fettucine for the first time yesterday. Thanks for the suggestion, @shelley262. I had 50g plus a tablespoon of pesto Genovese (5.5g of carbs per 100g). Measured my blood sugar 1 hour after dinner and it had hardly moved (5.1 mmol before and 5.2 mmol after). So, definitely a keeper. Was still hungry after this, so had a merguez sausage, another largish portion of caramelized pecans and half a glass of wine.
@shelley262 and @Goonergal -- congrats on your control.
About three to four months ago, I ate very little and exercised intensively (about 1 hour a day burning approximately 800 calories), but didn't lose any weight at all. I believe I pushed my body into starvation metabolism (also, ketones were really high and my blood had started turning acidic). After I reduced my exercise a bit and started eating a bit more, I started losing body fat again.
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