Problems of weight loss

ab.da54

I like your signature, margaretclare.

So very true.

Big_Tree

margaretclare wrote: »

Thanks to all for the last few suggestions. I do NOT think I'll be eating meat and nuts for breakfast!

If nuts are an issue due to false teeth you could have a portion of low glycemic/ low fructose fruit instead.

janb5

ab.da54 wrote: »

I like your signature, margaretclare.

So very true.

What`s WWJD and what the relevance of marking certain letters. I`m curious.Thanks

margaretclare

BigJockKnew wrote: »

If nuts are an issue due to false teeth you could have a portion of low glycemic/ low fructose fruit instead.

Nuts are not 'an issue due to false teeth' - what false teeth?

I just do not fancy the idea of meat and nuts for breakfast.

DH and I have just had boiled eggs with our favourite nutty seedy bread, little bit of butter, marmalade, coffee. We normally have eggs in some form and that's what we like. This, from experience, will keep us going for several hours.

margaretclare

ab.da54 wrote: »

I like your signature, margaretclare.

So very true.

I think it's a quotation from one of the Anglo-Saxon bishops, maybe Alcuin. I translated it and then adopted it for myself.

ab.da54

janb5 wrote: »

What`s WWJD and what the relevance of marking certain letters. I`m curious.Thanks

WWJD stands for 'What Would Jesus Do', and the marked letters of the alphabet are items which I have been fortunate enough to win in competitions

ab.da54

margaretclare wrote: »

I think it's a quotation from one of the Anglo-Saxon bishops, maybe Alcuin. I translated it and then adopted it for myself.

I like it.

It is true that age very often comes before wisdom - and then it is too late

tesuhoha

Have you tried porridge for breakfast? I find that half a cup of oats/to one and a quarter cups of water, a sprinkle of salt made in the microwave for 2 mins then 1 min is very filling. I put half a spoonful of demerara sugar and a small amount of whole milk on the porridge and it fills me up till lunchtime.

margaretclare

We do sometimes have porridge but mostly, we prefer something with protein and the basis is - an egg in some form or other.

This morning we were at church for the 5.30 am Easter service and, because it was such a special morning, after church we had our favourite - scrambled egg and smoked salmon. We normally have this on Christmas morning.

margaretclare

Just to bring this up to date, I may have found the answer. About a week ago I heard the name of Dr Charles Clark and got his book from Amazon (very MSE, I paid £0.1p for a used copy!) It's called 'The New High Protein Diet'. And it makes sense. The only time I've ever succeeded in losing any weight, in recent years at least, was when I tried the Dukan diet. Trouble was, that was unsustainable, and I could not live without any bread or any fruit at all.

I've come to the conclusion that what we should eat in retirement is much different from what we were in the habit of eating when we were much more energetic than we are now. We used to need carbohydrates for energy. Carbohydrates turn instantly into sugars and what we don't burn up running around is stored as fat. Why aren't we told all this? Why is it assumed so blithely that we shall inevitably be fat little grannies and accept it as if we could do nothing about it? Whenever we read about weight loss it is inevitably linked with wanting to be slim to wear a wedding dress or a bikini on the beach for this summer's holiday. I have been warned over the years by various medical people about the bad effects of weight, but not one has actually given me any useful advice.

Some of the comments/reviews here say it all much better than I could. I'll keep you posted. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0091884268?*Version*=1&*entries*=0