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Where do I go from here?

cmor16 said:
I was really excited to get weighed this morning
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Does this mean that you were weighed on different scales to those you usually use?
If so please ignore the results.
Also 0.1kg is a short wee in terms of weight loss !
 
No same scales :-( The ones I won't be going on again till I feel like a greyhound!!
 
cmor16 said:
No same scales :-( The ones I won't be going on again till I feel like a greyhound!!
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Feeling like a greyhound is going to be wonderful!!! I was a podgy child and teenager and young woman. Now I am probably scrawny rather than slim, but I don't care. It's years now since I stopped being over-weight, but it still thrills me every single day.
 
Alexandra100 said:
Feeling like a greyhound is going to be wonderful!!! I was a podgy child and teenager and young woman. Now I am probably scrawny rather than slim, but I don't care. It's years now since I stopped being over-weight, but it still thrills me every single day.
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I think it may quite some time before I'm like a greyhound Alexandra! I was a chubby kid too and have always battled with my weight, even when I was 8stone 5. If only I knew then what I know now :-( The so-called healthy low fat diet has a lot to answer for.
 
cmor16 said:
I think it may quite some time before I'm like a greyhound Alexandra!
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I assure you, I didn't slim down overnight either. But each time I got a little bit thinner it was a new thrill. Nowadays, with a low carb and highish protein & fat diet I am just not tempted to over-eat or eat too often.
 
I am in the same boat, since my prediabetes diagnosis around 8 weeks ago, I have eliminated all wheat (as I also found out I am wheat & lactose intolerant at around the same time), reduced carbs down to a couple of new potatoes every other day, stopped all sugar and have Gained weight! In desperation, I started slim fast for breakfast and lunch 4 days ago and after 4 days, nearly 2lb weight gain! I had a bit of a melt down this morning (as a couple of my postings should demonstrate) and afterwards realised that I am trying to do too much, trying to eliminate carbs and sugar at the same time, wheat and lactose AND worry about my BS,, It occurred to me that I am not diabetic, I am insulin resistant and there's a difference and that no matter how much it hurts me to walk, I am going to HAVE to get out to the shops and shop for fresh food... I am living on salads atm with fresh fish or chicken, having lost weight in the past on slimming world, I should be shedding the weight with what I have been eating NOT putting it on! My daily calorie intake is around 8-900 and according to the net, I should be aiming for 1200 calories a day, maybe I am not eating enough? Its a minefield.... anyway, I went to the shop and bought avocado, olives, feta cheese and full fat mayonaise (for the first time in as long as I can remember) also full fat yoghurt... I have no fat in my diet, no butter since I stopped eating bread and for years either fat free or virtually fat free foods being a remnant from my slimming world days... so, I am going to re-read Michael Mosley's 8 week blood sugar diet and try to follow the suggested diet in that book to see how I fare doing that... I realise I need to stop worrying about my BS levels as these should go down when I lose weight... its just so hard... made harder by the ignorance of the NHS staff... one question though, I read on here somewhere that taking metformin sometimes helps to reduce weight in cases of insulin resistance... anyone else found this? According to NHS online, I need to lose 8 stone....
 
Peridot67 said:
My daily calorie intake is around 8-900 and according to the net, I should be aiming for 1200 calories a day, maybe I am not eating enough? Its a minefield.... anyway, I went to the shop and bought avocado, olives, feta cheese and full fat mayonaise (for the first time in as long as I can remember) also full fat yoghurt... I have no fat in my diet, no butter since I stopped eating bread and for years either fat free or virtually fat free foods being a remnant from my slimming world days... so, I am going to re-read Michael Mosley's 8 week blood sugar diet and try to follow the suggested diet in that book to see how I fare doing that... I realise I need to stop worrying about my BS levels as these should go down when I lose weight... its just so hard... made harder by the ignorance of the NHS staff... one question though, I read on here somewhere that taking metformin sometimes helps to reduce weight in cases of insulin resistance... anyone else found this? According to NHS online, I need to lose 8 stone....
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For me - that low calorie fat free diet is exactly what would stop all weightloss - your body thinks that there is a famine and so is hanging onto every ounce of itself.You need to eat both protein and fat - they are essential for life and health.
Try eating meat with fat, fish with fat, or shellfish, eggs - moderate amounts of cheese, full fat yogurts - and low carb salads and veges piled high - you do need to be concerned about your BG levels and should eat so they do not rise more than 2 whole numbers over a meal. I have heard that losing weight is the key - said by a totally baffled diabetes 'educator' who was looking at my Hba1c drop of 91 to 47 in 80 days and my weightloss of a couple of Kg.
Once I got my Hba1c down to normal I lost weight easily - and volume too - my waist is much smaller than it was, my feet are smaller too, my skin feels soft and supple, I have more energy - I am about 3 stone down from my heaviest, something I realized as I walked around the supermarket and my clothes started to slide South.
I did take Metformin four five miserable weeks - I cannot recommend it just in case you get the side effects - what the advantages are I can't tell you, I never saw any.
I know what you mean about ignorant NHS people - I was 'overweight' when I had a 24 inch waist and muscles from my working as a roadie - I could carry a speaker cabinet in each hand, so was put on a diet with lots of carbs and little fat for every meal. When I put on weight I was accused of cheating and lying, and the calories were reduced and reduced - to no effect, I just moved less and less.
 
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