Low-carb diets support thread

sweetserendipity

aliasojo wrote: »

Sausage, bacon and eggs.

*sighs contentedly and pats belly*

4 bars of Dairy Milk.

*pats belly & feels very sick* _pale_

marrowgirl

Oh dear, this morning all is not going well.
Been having a problem with low blood sugar for a few years now, but this morning it really took the -low carb- biscuit.
Felt a bit squiffy (so had a bit of orange juice -not low carb I know) -then went out the garden to put out the washing. Managed to fall over and gash my leg. Sigh.
The advice for PCOS is eat low carb diet. The advice for low blood sugar is regular carby meals. I can't win!
Seeing the GP tomorrow to sort this out once and for all. Feeling quite grumpy today, sorry chaps.:mad:

On a positive note, its quite sunny down here, but don't send your rain or my washing will get wet and I don't want to fall over again getting it in!!

P.S Loved the Moose.

aliasojo

Aw Sweet, you're just not in a good place right now are you?

What's gonna make you more determined? :think:

Ok peeps...we have a project. We need to motivate Sweet. Thinking caps on.

mazzers

Huh, fancy calling me and old moose :rotfl:

The boys call me worse tho :rotfl:

See, now i havent eaten again and i've been up since 7.15.
I dont know whats wrong with me, i just cant be bothered with anything, i am full of good intentions with the cooking and the cleaning and even the decorating but when the time comes i just think sod it.

Wonder if its my age

Theonly'Gaye'inthevillage

Gaye, there's an article in the Daily Mail online today about this, I'll try & add link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1174030/The-TRUTH-dodgy-health-claims-Britains-researchers.html[/QUOTE]

Thanks, Sweet. It more or less confirms what I have always thought.

Menu for yesterday (Badger's badgered me into foruming it)
B Stewed apple with nut/seed mix and cream
L Homemade veggie soup followed by fresh pineapple chunks
D Quorn curry (no rice)
One small square of dark chocolate

focus888

mazzers wrote: »

Huh, fancy calling me and old moose :rotfl:

The boys call me worse tho :rotfl:

See, now i havent eaten again and i've been up since 7.15.
I dont know whats wrong with me, i just cant be bothered with anything, i am full of good intentions with the cooking and the cleaning and even the decorating but when the time comes i just think sod it.

Wonder if its my age

dont you get hungry mazzers?

mazzers

focus888 wrote: »

dont you get hungry mazzers?

Not for hours, unheard of for me.
I was starving by 3pm yesterday as i went to bed hungry-ish the night before.

But have only just eaten since 8pm last night. I was hungry now tho.

I think its because my blood glucose is probably stable now and it was through the roof before starting lc, but am unsure as i need a test to confirm this.

The bacon, sausage and egg i just had will probably see me through til i come home at 8.30 tonight.

Mercy

U4EA wrote: »

Out of interest, how much body fat do you guys think a person can lose in 1 week without becoming unhealthy? I am sure it is more than 2-3 pounds.

I remember reading an article with Ricky Hatton's trainer and he said that, at peak training for a fight, Hatton loses something like 4-5 pounds of fat a week.

In most people's cases losing 4-5lbs of weight in a week would not be all fat. Ricky Hatton is an athlete in peak physical fitness, he can physically afford to mess around with his intake / training to achieve variations in his weight / bmi. (one would have to ask what on earth he'd been doing with himself if that fat loss rate had to continue for 2 or more weeks ) That sort of loss in a 'regular person' would be at least part water, maybe even muscle.

If a dieting bod continues to be a carb burner the body will burn carbs, then muscle, whilst laying down / hanging onto any fat the body has.

That's why crash diets don't work.

If you aren't in ketosis I wouldn't recommend trying to lose 4-5lbs of fat a week, as you may lose but be fooling yourself as to quite what you were losing. Unless you are Ricky Hatton or similar, of course

Anyway I'd worry about baggy skin :rotfl:

Mx

sweetserendipity

Ok, I should probably explain why I had chocolate for brekkie

It's the anniversary of losing my Mum today so I'm feeling a bit down, it's been 8 years but still remember things vividly & still miss her very much.

Been to see my Dad & he's subdued too. Wanted me to buy him fish & mushy peas for his lunch & I ended up getting chips & curry sauce for me. Obviously emotional eating runs in the family

Anyway, I'll feel better tomorrow.

focus888

Gosh i wish i wasnt always hungry ive eaten everything i brought to work with me today apart from an apple.

Breakfast - apple
lunch - chicken drumsticks with broccoli and carrots
snack - flax cookie i made at home (i just ate this and i know i should have saved it for later lol) and an apple for later.
dinner - is fish with more broccoli but it wont be until 7pm now.