Hope everyone is well. Have been away for a week, partly because I was down in Devon on holiday (and nipping off to watch Maidstone United win 3-1 at Truro City). I have been trying to attack weight this week by eating below calories after staying stuck at 13st 10lbs for 2 weeks. So I have existed on smallish meals and plenty of water/fizzy (no sugar) water. Cheese/tomato/mushroom omlettes have featured a few times along with cream cheese with salad, sausages, bacon, stir fried chicken, salmon and veg a few coffees and teas and mugs of warm milk with turmeric, coriander and cinnamon in. The low point was sitting in car park with a coffee while everyone else ate McDonalds on the way back from Devon, especially as I was doing a 600cals or less fasting day (on that today as well). However, the high point has been weigh in day today where I have shaved off another 3lbs to go down to 13st 7lbs. I have now cut my weight by 1st 10lbs since being told about my blood/sugar levels. I am so glad I found the Newcastle study and this forum.
Today's menu will be:
B: Coffee
L: Fizzy water
D: Small chicken roast dinner (no spuds, stuffing or Yorkshires)
S: Raspberries followed by warm milk with cinnamon, turmeric and coriander in it.
Shout out to Dickensfan a couple of posts up. I know what you mean about being sluggish and feeling rubbish from the word go in the mornings. I felt like that for 2 or 3 years before I started dieting and doing LCHF. I don't feel like that now so stick at it. Not sure where you are in the cycle of things but weight reduction can start to make a real difference to how you feel although be a little careful how quickly you do it because I played football yesterday having eaten very little and suddenly found I dropped in energy and had to eat a banana quick! I have found that some days doing 5 or 6 meals at 300 cals has been a great way to under-eat without noticing at all. Obviously that would be 4 or 5 meals for you (the bane of being female I'm afraid)
Hi @Dickensfan!
It's certainly true that there can be a genetic link to diabetes (my father and paternal grandmother both had it) and, as I said, you know best what works for you, so I wish you every success in however you decide to handle it.
On the 27th I am due to see the dietician, I recall when my practice nurse said I'd see the dietician, I'd have a while to wait, this was in February and there you go first available appointment is 27th April. I am somewhat peeved at what has been described as our marvellous NHS there's nothing marvellous about it, if you lived in a country where you paid for it, you would be seen very quickly by any department, and furthermore, you would receive your treatment, diagnosis, surgery etc., for whatever your ailment happens to be also very quickly, instead of waiting months here. I think the NHS at times is embarrassing to the UK, albeit well intentioned when the population was much smaller than it is now - however, I digress. My diabetes is not 'untreated' Debra as I'm sure you too are aware. I am very aware of the consequences should I not be receiving treatment, and I also have someone disabled whose very existence day to day depends on me being around.It's certainly true that there can be a genetic link to diabetes (my father and paternal grandmother both had it) and, as I said, you know best what works for you, so I wish you every success in however you decide to handle it.
I would encourage you to continue to test from time to time though, if only to keep an eye on the bigger picture, because - as I'm sure you're aware - the long-term complications of untreated diabetes can be deeply distressing, and I wouldn't want to wish that on anybody!
Good luck, hon!
Nope!
Still have 3 more in the fridge. May have to experiment with taking out the chocolate before cooking.
How much of the spices do you put in your milk?
