ickihun
Master
No weight loss yet. I tried 130g carb suggested by the dietician but just left me with carb cravings.
Need to restart a decent lchf diet again but my finance's cannot support it right now. Holiday period and 2 young kids.
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Why am I not losing weight or improving bg?
- Thread starter debbiedoodles
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Need to restart a decent lchf diet again but my finance's cannot support it right now. Holiday period and 2 young kids.
debbiedoodles
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Yes I will keep carbs down , gosh she looks great. It will be me!!!!!! I am going to stay under 20-30g carbs and will try longer fasts and less vino!Yeah Kevin has had such great success hasn't he? Also check out this link -- she's had amazing success:
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/type-2-life.81469/page-449#post-1208288
Hang in there! Whatever you do don't eat too many carbs on a restricted calorie diet, that's the only thing that puts you into "starvation mode". If the doc allows you could try a 36 hour fast or something.. don't know if your meds allow for this. I've heard it helps reset the metabolism if your's is slowed down. The LCHF and intermittent fasting you've been doing should of done that.. assuming you aren't eating too many sweets or whatever. Let me know how you're doing okay? Look forward to you having great success as well
Jennifer
ickihun
Master
I'm annoyed with myself for tweaking my original lchf diet.
I need to mimic my first attempt.
Mind u I'm off my food and the heat is making me bad tempered. Most likely my blood pressure.
No tolerance for nonsense today, even from myself. lol
I need to mimic my first attempt.
Mind u I'm off my food and the heat is making me bad tempered. Most likely my blood pressure.
No tolerance for nonsense today, even from myself. lol
debbiedoodles
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@ickihun
Have a look in Iceland they have some great frozen veg, peppers, onions, mixed veg, cauli florets and fish deals. I got 3 bags of haddock fillets for £10 and if you make an omelette and bulk it with peppers, onions, cheese, mushrooms, spinach or courgette it does for 3 days for lunch and skip breakfast as per IF. It is expensive though if you use the nut flours. Good luck, you're doing great x
ickihun
Master
That's what my original lchf consisted of, very little fat in comparison to suggested.
But bored with omelettes now and iceland veg. Boo hoo!
I've done stir-fries to boredom too.
I've eaten some many different foods my palette gets bored easily.
debbiedoodles
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My problem is the opposite, I keep baking scones, peanut cookies, muffins etc and have with cream. Going to cut those out and go back to alternating egg and bacon one day with berries, chia and yoghurt the next for first meal. Then alternate veg and salad for second meal with some protein and a nice sauce, like steak Diane,etc and if need a sweet fix I've got strawberry ice cream made with xylitol and flax crackers with cheese or peanut butter if I need a snack.
As you know, get a diet you can stick with for life. Once you get your weight you want and blood sugars under control, make sure to maintain it with low enough carbs. Only add 10g of carbs back in at a time after you reach goal weight and blood sugars. You'll just need to fine tune how many carbs you need to eat at a later date. A good book that's cheap: The New Atkins for a New You.. like $9 here in the states (7 quid). Do you have that one? There is info in it that I didnt' see in the Gary Taubes' Why We Get Fat Book nor The Obesity Code. Do you have the Obesity Code? Another good book I am liking: The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Living.. by the same doctors that helped write The New Atkins for a New You (along wtih Eric Westman). I also just picked up "The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet" by Mosley.. an awesome author in your country
Just reading as many books as I can.. good books. We can beat this! Hang in there and stay hydrated and check your blood pressure each day and sugars! --Jennifer
debbiedoodles
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As you know, get a diet you can stick with for life. Once you get your weight you want and blood sugars under control, make sure to maintain it with low enough carbs. Only add 10g of carbs back in at a time after you reach goal weight and blood sugars. You'll just need to fine tune how many carbs you need to eat at a later date. A good book that's cheap: The New Atkins for a New You.. like $9 here in the states (7 quid). Do you have that one? There is info in it that I didnt' see in the Gary Taubes' Why We Get Fat Book nor The Obesity Code. Do you have the Obesity Code? Another good book I am liking: The Art & Science of Low Carbohydrate Living.. by the same doctors that helped write The New Atkins for a New You (along wtih Eric Westman). I also just picked up "The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet" by Mosley.. an awesome author in your country
I've got obesity code and watched some of YouTube lectures. But yes it's a lot to learn but we can do this! X
Kristin251
Expert
The Rosedale diet and primal body primal mind are two of my favorites. The Bernstein solution as well
debbiedoodles
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debbiedoodles
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I have been looking at Bernstein last 2 days, according to him I'm doing all sorts wrong Peanut butter, certain veg, xylitol, nuts and I'm only part way through! Oh well, I am intending getting stricter with myself so I will keep reading enjoy what's in my fridge/freezer then take on board what he says! I want this weight off and I want my results to improve more than they have. On with the good fight!
I have Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I have gotten tons of useful info from it. I think that he is fanatical is great, but I think he's a bit over-fanatic at times. A bit of tomato, onion or nuts in moderation is okay. But just make sure they are small portions. If you limit them each day, they don't amount to much carbs, yeah?
debbiedoodles
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Yes I've been reading the solution too and I agree, I mean for goodness sake 'one cherry tomato' what's that all about? I think I can stretch to 3/4 without worrying lol. He does have some good advice on supplements though. Also he says conflicting things about sweeteners, he says xylitol should be avoided but aspartame ok?? That's the opposite of what I thought was ok. Confused now!!
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debbiedoodles
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I haven't got to the recipes yet - still working my way through the science!
fumanchu
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Debbie I didn't read the science lol I just tried the diet and a lot of the recipes and it worked so we stuck to it. Hubby been doing fine without meds since 2009 on it so it abviously worked. But now hubby's BS is going up so we need to try a different way of eating
debbiedoodles
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Hi Jen
No I haven't got that, will try to get a copy from the library first before buying. I have the old Atkins but I found it very restrictive and don't believe you can eat meat in large portions as he described. I guess this is updated. I've just been doing my own thing but keeping generally low carb whilst reading and learning what I can. I'm seeing DN on Tue for a chat about next phase. Think I'm in ketosis as water even tastes sweet, need to get keto sticks to check. It's prob temporary as I ate only very little yesterday but did 3 hours of exercise claiming a big hill in the heat! I like my wine but will need to be careful if in ketosis. I'm considering cutting out alcohol but I know I will miss it lol. What do you think about xylitol Jennifer? I have been using it to sweeten things like home made ice cream. Not sure if you are supposed to cut out sweeteners altogether initially, but then read it has no effect on blood sugar so don't see why it can't be included really?
Debbie
