May 3 rd this year was my moment of truth when I knew I had to do something about two years of pred use weight gain. After two weeks of thinking I was low carb, the scale had not changed! Discouraged I sought the forum’s help and was alerted to the existence of carbs in many hidden places. It is true! Since those moments of realizing there is more carbs than I was counting… and taking action of listing those amounts I have lost 16 pounds ! Nuts do have carbs, as do vegetables.. of course I eat veggies but now count every carb I ingest.
I try to stay under 20 carbs a day, so if it is a bit more it is not enough to stop the progress. The beginning of being accountable was hard, but now it is so much easier, and I feel so enlightened that this does help. I only feel so silly that after reading recommendations to go low carb to reduce weight gain, it took me two years to try. The best effect is I feel so much stronger and capable.
I'm a little slow, so it took me awhile to catch on with this advice. I actually only really started paying attention when I was threatened with steroid-induced diabetes.
Completely redid my diet - no carbs, no sugar, no alcohol. I lost a ton of weight and now am totally normal blood-sugar-wise. Fortunately, I didn't have to get too niggly about it - haven't had to worry about carbs if they're not in the obvious places (i.e., rice, anything with flour in it, etc.).
Sounds like my journey, slow to get started but successful when following the guidance. Congratulations , job well done! Excellent that you have your blood sugar under control, that’s wonderful!
I usually need to be scared witless before I really commit to something. 😀
Sounds like me, I had to be completely sick of being sick and feeling so tired that I wanted change.