another diet

[kathyl2]

Hi, I am just starting yet another diet. We shall see how this goes, I am so desperate  now. My next option is to go to the doctors and get them to cut my leg off   (just kidding)

[moreless]

Hi and welcome Kathy

Try not to think of this as a diet, but as a new way of life

Hang onto those legs of yours, you'll need them for all the exercise you'll be doing as you shed those unwanted pounds

[Fruitandnutcase in reply to moreless]

I agree, it really isn't a diet, it's your new way of life. Unfortunately you do have to give up some of the things you love - in my case it's French bread, my favourite gluten free oat bran breakfast muffins, jacket potatoes and fruit scones, cakes and biscuits because I've discovered that those were the things that really spiked my blood sugar.

On the other hand I've gone ( absolutely painlessly!) from 70 something kg to to 57 kgs since November last year. Best of all (and the reason I was doing the new regime) is my recently acquired steroid induced T2 diabetes has reversed / gone into remission.

I start with an omelette every day - it really doesn't take long to make - usually one egg mixed with some Two Chicks egg whites but sometimes two eggs with blueberry/ mashed ripe banana/ /mushroom/ spinach - whatever I have around thrown in with it. I eat a lot of fish and chicken although I still have the odd steak.

I have a handful of nuts and seeds and / or soup of some sort for lunch most days - I eat loads of unsalted nuts. Everything I eat is cooked from scratch, I eat fruit but I've cut back - no longer eat the pounds of grapes I used to etc. I eat masses of vegetables - that's where I get most of my carbs from - the DietDoctor site has good information on which veg, fruits etc are lowest carbs. There's also a really good online Lo carb program on Diabetes.co.uk - you get a video every week for 6 weeks or so, that was very interesting My weakness is sugar free jelly with berries and two teaspoons of extra thick cream - I have that most days. I only ever have three meals a day, don't snack, don't eat junk food, diet drinks or fruit juices etc.

LCHF is definitely the best way to lose flab. I exercise too and try to do 10000 steps a day but I think it's LCHF that has helped most. I used the DietDoctor website, Michael Mosely's 8 week blood sugar diet and one by Dr David Cavan called Reverse Your T2 Diabetes - I got that one first because that was why I was doing LCHF but you don't need to be doing it because of that. I think it's such a healthy way to eat.

Don't saw your leg off though, it will definitely come in handy