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LCHForever

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Hi all.
I started off on the 8 week blood sugar diet and did really well with it. However not doing so well now that I've finished it. Finding the lack of structure on non fast days hard. Guess I'm so conditioned to following a programme after years on WW,SW etc.
Thinking of doing a mix of fast days on 800 cals with the diet doctor plan on non fast days. Anyone do this or how do you structure your eating?.
Thank you.
 
My aim is to have a way of eating which ensures I can go on that way for as long as I have got.
I want normal blood glucose and Hba1c so I started off at my Atkins weightloss level of 50 gm of carbs a day - which gave me normal test levels, but I wasn't losing weight so now I am below 40 gm per day, and though the weightloss is a tiny amount each week I think I am happy enough and seeing improvements in my fitness so I'll just wait it out.
What your aims?
 
I'm still continuing my moderate lchf way of eating, I see no reason to stop this as in another couple of month I will be completely off Metformin.

I have got my hba1c down to the 34 mark the last three tests, so it seems pointless to waste all the effort to stop doing it.
 
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Thanks Resurgram. I got my fasting glucose to normal after just under 7 weeks. My HBa1c was 54 and I got it down to 45, 42 is normal. I really fell off the wagon this month after a chest infection with a round of steroids. My next bloods are in two weeks and am panicking which only makes me want to eat more. I have a lot of weight to loose also. I wanted to really show my endo now I feel like I've messed up.
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For me personally, other than sticking to under 60g carb a day (I’m usually under 50 but won’t beat myself up if just over) I don’t like to stick to a rigid diet plan.
I do try not to snack so on days I’m hungry I have big meals. But on the flip side if I’m not hungry I quite happily skip a meal. I don’t believe in eating for the sake of it to get in my 3 meals a day so to speak. So I’m flexible based on each day and how I’m feeling/how busy I am/ etc
The most important thing though is to work out what’s going to work for you long term. This is a lifetime we are going to be tackling and so it needs to be something you’re comfortable and confident with
 
To be honest, @LCHForever - I've never quite got the 5:2 diet sort of way of eating. I much prefer to have a way of eating that doesn't matter what day it is. That way I think I have fewer decisions to make.

I eat to a lower carb diet, and I don't find I'm bored by it, and I certainly have a huge amount of variety.

I'm certainly not saying your preference for 5:2 is a bad idea. How could I? I'm not living it, but what is it about that lifestyle that you find attractive, and is it something you think you could stick with for the long term?
 
No programme! I've eaten an LCHF diet (max 50g carbs a day but don't actually count) for over five years. I don't eat a set number of meals or necessarily at set times, but usually have a main evening meal. Otherwise I generally eat if and when I'm hungry, and this occasionally includes some "erratic" fasting! I keep to something I know I can do long term and this suits me fine.

But it really does depend on what you're happiest doing, so if you like structure, maybe make yourself a weekly menu?

Robbity
 
I do some extended fasting, some OMAD (LCHF), some LCHF with alternate days fasting, and unfortunately some lapsing.

I have a lot of weight to lose and have only been doing low carb/intermittent fasting for a few months. In that time I have found that I'm consistently losing weight, albeit a bit slowly at times, and by mixing up the method I don't get bored and will hopefully minimise the chances of bad/old habits getting re-established.
 
I signed up for the lowcarbprogram last year, and still log in at least once a day to enter my food, etc. The basic programme is 12 weeks, plus some extra videos after but there is also a dedicated forum with support staff, a full recipe section and a dashboard to enter results.
 
Just new to the whole thing. I found this way of eating through the 8 week blood sugar diet as I'm sure lots of people have. You have a structured programme for the eight weeks and then it's a bit up in the air. I'm just trying to find what has worked/works for other people.
 
LCHForever said:
Just new to the whole thing. I found this way of eating through the 8 week blood sugar diet as I'm sure lots of people have. You have a structured programme for the eight weeks and then it's a bit up in the air. I'm just trying to find what has worked/works for other people.
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No worries, I was just asking, so that if there was a particular issue, members could be focused on that when responding. :)
 
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