Hello everyone, was educated, a little while ago now, about intermittent fasting.
There are numerous ways to accomplish this and one of the ways suggested was not to snack between meals but just to have the three each day. As the period of Lent is upon us, that was the challenge for myself to not snack between meals and to drink a tall glass of water with each meal. So far not too bad, but that’s the challenge. When Lent has finished and Easter has arrived it may be that a habit has formed.
Hi Biomet
Wishing you the best with your goals - glad to hear it's going well so far, and hope it all goes well throughout your challenge. Cheering you on. 
Zest
Hello Biomet I wish you well with your challenge for lent, you will get lots of support as we will encourage you to reach your goals, HU have a forum for fasting please see: healthunlocked.com/fasting-...
So do let us know how you get on,
Jerry 😊
Thank you Jerry for your message and for the information so kindly given.
Good luck with your challenge. I’m sure once you get into it snacking will be a thing of the past.
I read it’s also good for diabetes
Hello Happy3, I’m sure that I didn’t know that. Are you diabetic? Maybe IF could be good for you but ...... do the research first.
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Hello Biomet 👋In January I started choosing healthier snacks like nuts 🥜 and blueberries. I also began IF and decided to cut out breakfast 🍳 as I never felt hungry anyway in the morning. The snacks helped bridge the gap until lunch but then I altered my food to LCHF and found that I didn’t need the snacks anymore. I was amazed but really pleased that those small changes took effect so quickly. Good luck 🍀with your changes too 👍
Hi Sheperdess, nuts and blueberries? I’ve been trying to get my dear Hubby to buy some nuts for ages, to no avail. He does buy blueberries, so maybe there is some hope.
I hope you do manage to persuade him to buy some nuts too😊I have macadamias, salted peanuts, Brazil’s, walnuts. I use an egg cup to measure out a small portion 😋Yum
Brazil’s and Walnuts are my favs and there is a large shop not too far away from us that sells these two nuts in bags for £1. Here’s hoping. 🙂
Hello Zoonie, in my post there was a mention of water with meals which, for myself, seems to be working but thank you for your input.
There's no need to go to such extremes. Just stop overdosing on carbohydrates.
Unfortunately it's now going to be a lot harder for you to reverse this than it would have been a couple of years ago, and your prognosis is not nearly as good. You'll need your doctor's co-operation, because you need to stop the insulin, which could literally kill you if you start eating correctly.
Since your doctor has put you on insulin - and therefore clearly doesn't understand what T2D is - you'll probably have to find another doctor who wasn't hungover and/or asleep during Endocrinology 101. The dietary protocol for reversing T2D is simple and painless. Fasting is not required.
Of course you do have to actually want to reverse your condition. The longer you think about it, the more likely it is that you'll be permanently drug-dependent.
ha ... hospitals can usually be relied upon to make you sicker
If you are T2D then insulin is not just superfluous but harmful. There is absolutely no need for it unless your pancreas has entirely failed (which it may have done, given your medical history). I get high blood pressure when I hear about doctors prescribing insulin for T2D. As I've said before, it's the medical equivalent of pouring gasoline on a house fire.
Tell your doctor of your intentions and get him to start winding down the insulin ... like, today. Unless you stop it, you can't go back to a low-carb diet.
Hi Biomet, how did it go?
After researching I started intermittent fasting 18:6 on 25th February and weighed 73.5kgs. I'm a 5′ 4″ 51 year old. I get up at 6-6.30am every day, walk the dog, I drink water throughout the morning have a coffee with skimmed milk at 2pm and have lunch at 4pm (usually a ham sandwich or something similar 3-400 calories), then main meal is about 8pm and 6-900 calories. I need to take vile tasting tablets at night so have a snack at 10pm bedtime about 100 - 150 calories to stop the taste staying in my mouth while I'm getting off to sleep. On Easter Sunday and I weighed 65.1kg. As I started on Ash Wednesday, that's the whole of Lent I dieted for which is exactly 40 days and I lost 8.4kgs. The first week was a bit hard but I got used to it quickly. I did fall off the wagon at Easter as I had given up chocolate for lent and there was so much in the house but I did keep to just eating between my chosen hours and only put 1.5 kg back on which I am happy to say I've now lost again. I can honestly say it's the easiest diet I've ever been on. So much so I intend to continue until I reach my goal weight of 60kgs.
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