Monday food diary x

[Harryxxxx]

Afternoon everyone I'm having today hopefully

B- 1 toast

D- 4 x Ryvita with low fat yogurt and orange

T- shepherd's pie and mixed vegetables

Fruit Jelly

Snack on fruit in between

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Hello and welcome to the weight loss forum, Harryxxxx 😊

If you'd like to share your meal plans and see others, I suggest you head over to the Daily Diary where you can chat about your choices and see what others are choosing. A quick comment from me would be that you could increase your fats, veg and protein in your plan for today.

You'll find all the information you need about the forum in our Pinned Posts

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... including a Welcome message, the Daily Diary and today's weigh in: a good place to start is by joining a weekly weigh in on the day of your choice, and using the Daily Diary, where members share their meal plans.

Take your time exploring.

This gives you a tour of the forum healthunlocked.com/?tour=true and, along with Pinned Posts, will show you how things work. I hope you'll become an active member and we will see you joining in around the forum

[Kacey12 Healthy BMI in reply to BridgeGirl]

I would agree that it has very little protein (ideally should be some at each meal) and too many carbs - even fruit has fructose.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Harryxxxx, I've just seen in your profile that you are "close to having diabetes". In that case, the way you are eating is far from ideal. Diabetes is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism, so you really need to be reducing your carbohydrates (looking at today's plan, that's toast, Ryvita, fruit, jelly, mashed potato on shepherd's pie) and eating lots more veg plus protein and healthy fats e.g. full fat yoghurt.

Here's a good summary to get you started, from a GP who has had great success with patients with diabetes dietdoctor.com/wp-content/u...

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

You may find this video interesting

youtu.be/eKQWFJmCWZE(Not working as expected?)

[Harryxxxx in reply to BridgeGirl]

Thank you for reply I'm still learning not very good at ideas and a very fussy eater I don't like vegetables really I have make my self eat them I dont like the taste I'm try cut down with bread at moment because normally have about 2 to 3 slices with every meal and never eat fruit I've got something up with my liver mainly because of diet try to introduce fruit and make my self have vegetables at least once a day to start with x

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Harryxxxx]

It sounds as though you know that you need to make those changes.

You could try different ways of getting veg in e.g. with shepherd's pie, adding finely diced veg to your mince, and having mashed veg on top with plenty of butter. Have you tried roast veg? What about homemade coleslaw, with different mixtures until you find what you like?

It really is important, but I think you know that

[Harryxxxx in reply to BridgeGirl]

I didn't think I could have to much butter. I like coleslaw is the one from the shop OK, I always do my children vegetables they are really good eats but I only make my self eat mixed vegetables, I like salad and peas and carrots but don't feel that is enough

[Ph_ah in reply to Harryxxxx]

You need to enjoy what you eat. You like salad? Why not eat salad for all three meals—with chicken, salmon/tuna, lean beef—or tofu, Quorn, grated cheese etc.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Ph_ah]

Hello and welcome, Ph_ah

You'll find all the information you need about the forum in our Pinned Posts

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... including a Welcome message, the Daily Diary and today's weigh in: a good place to start is by joining a weekly weigh in on the day of your choice, and using the Daily Diary, where members share their meal plans.

Take your time exploring.

This gives you a tour of the forum healthunlocked.com/?tour=true and, along with Pinned Posts, will show you how things work. I hope you'll become an active member and we will see you joining in around the forum

[Harryxxxx in reply to BridgeGirl]

Thank you still getting used to the page post in wrong places still x

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

A salad can be enough. You could live well on nothing but salad if you dressed it with healthy oils (eg olive oil vinaigrette or mayonnaise) and add protein to it (meat, cheese, egg etc).

youtu.be/RezPoD9eVzg(Not working as expected?)

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

Instead of toast, have bacon and eggs for breakfast. Add mushrooms and/or tomatoes if you can stomach it.

Have high fat yogurt, and add berries to it. Chia or linseeds mixed into the yogurt half an hour or more before you eat it will thicken it up and make it more substantial. Don't have the ryvita at all.

Either leave the potato off out entirely at dinner, or replace it with mashed cauliflower. It tastes very similar and is good for your.

[Harryxxxx in reply to Subtle_badger]

Thank you I'll try with a different breakfast always pick something fast with 3 children so I get cleaning done before school work starts

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

Breakfast is not compulsory. You could have a cup of tea or coffee, or just a glass of water.

A slice of toast does you no good at all. It provides not nutrients, makes your blood sugar spike, releases insulin to tuck that sugar into your fat cells, and you will end up hungrier mid morning than if you had eaten nothing.

[Harryxxxx in reply to Subtle_badger]

Can I have weetabix or porridge

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Harryxxxx]

If time is short in the mornings, make yourself some egg muffins which can be frozen and reheated in the microwave

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

[Harryxxxx in reply to moreless]

Thank you I'll try to do some

[Subtle_badger in reply to moreless]

Or just pre-boil some eggs!

[Harryxxxx in reply to moreless]

Thank you I tryed the egg muffin today yum yum very nice just hope I've not but the wrong things in egg Little cheese and ham

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to Harryxxxx]

I'm glad you enjoyed them, you can put anything you like in them. Do something different each time

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

I am not a doctor...

But if you are close to diabetes (and do you have fatty liver?), then I think you need to go low carb. That means no grains (eg, no cereals, no bread, no rice, no pasta), no sugar at all, no fruit except berries, no starchy vegetables (potato, sweet potato, beetroot etc)

This is not what the NHS tells you, but they will also tell you that diabetes is a progressive disease (ie it gets worse and worse). Dr David Unwin will tell you to do what I am suggesting, and his patients get better.

youtu.be/RUH7epLxkV8(Not working as expected?)

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Subtle_badger]

Harryxxxx , this is the GP who wrote the guide that I gave you the link for, above

[Harryxxxx in reply to BridgeGirl]

Thank you

[Yoofs8]

Hello Harry and welcome to health unlocked. This is a great place for support in your journey and I see you have had lots of ideas mentioned to you. I've had lots of ideas and inspiration from the daily diary. Hope you do too. Good luck 👍

[Harryxxxx]

Thank you

[Harryxxxx]

I think I had a better day today

B- egg muffin, bacon and beans

D- tomato soup, banana, orange

T- salad gammon and egg. After yogurt and peaches

About 2hrs walking and cardio workout 20mins

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

Much better. How do you feel?

[Harryxxxx in reply to Subtle_badger]

I had headache and felt sick before bed but did enjoy the food.

[Subtle_badger in reply to Harryxxxx]

🤔 There are still plenty of carbs in that, so it won't be keto flu. If it's significantly more fat that you are used to, your body will react at first. Your intestinal flora needs to adapt to the new diet. See how you feel over a few days.

I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice.