loosing weight

[CJK]

I am, once again, trying to loise a LOT of weight.
In the past ia hve done weight wtchers ( lost 3 pounds in 6 months)
slim fast- lost 2 stoens but put it all abck on again when started eating.

Anybody got any tips and idea?
I am diabetic, so it limits things now, I know what i should eat that healthy, and i do, i also do 20 minutes on an epilepitcal cycle (if that how u spell it). NAd i still dont loose weight.

asked nurse for help at doctos, she said join a support group, personally i think thats useless, been there done that!]

oh, and i ahve a min of 5 stones to loose, ideallly more but 5 will suffice lol

[EmmaG]

Well I lost just over two stone a couple of years ago low carbing. I just cut out most white processed food. I do not eat junk food very often.

A typical days food for me would be

Breakfast - Bacon and scrambled egg
Lunch - salad and chicken or veg and some sort of protein (fish, meat)
Dinner - chicken/meat/fish with veg

Drinks - water, coffee with cream sweetener if needed, tea with milk

I normally try and keep my carb levels quite low, but I have a lot of vegetables and I don't really count these.

I started low carbing properly at the start off this week as I put on a little bit of weight over Christmas.

My starting weight at the beginning of the week was 10 stone 3 pounds, today I am 9 stone 13 pounds, ideally I want to be around 9 stone to 9 and a half stone.

A lot of people who I know low carb has also greatly improved their diabeties as this way of eating stabilises blood sugar levels. But I would advise that you check with your doctor first. If you wanted to do a low carb eating plan I would recommend drawing up a menu plan for say two weeks and get your doctor to ok it before you started.

One amazing thing I find with low carb is that your excess hunger goes completely. If you are interested I can point you to an excellent website and you would be totally amazed at some of the before and after pictures.

Good luck!!

[yola]

I would give a big thumbs up to low-carbing; it lost heaps after having Dominik when I did Atkins. I'm thinking of trying the GI Diet which works on similar principles but is less stringent.

But as Emma says - just cutting out high starch and highly processed food and eating lots of vegetable and white meat/fish is a great, and healthy way to go. Drinking lots of water is also a must.

Emma - I'd be interested in seeing that website too as I need a bit of a kick up the pants at the moment, diet-wise!!!

[EmmaG]

Hi Yola, the website is http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/

It is a massive forum, there are some really really great people on there as well

[EmmaG]

just for inspiration I will post up a couple of links to some good threads

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/sh...d.php?t=396562

[EmmaG]

another

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/sh...d.php?t=401368

[EmmaG]

Should have mentioned that this forum is mainly US based but there are people of all over the world on it

[EmmaG]

This thread really does show what is possible

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/sh...d.php?t=392628

[CJK]

oh thanks for those links, i will take a look.
I got an atkins det kit upstairs, book, menu cardsetc, but i just can not afford to buyt he stuff it says on there.
I dont eat white bread anyway, and have sweetner not sugar, but i do eat bread,pasta,rice,potatoes etc.

will see what i can come up with.
My diabetes is pretty good, ive been really strict with myself in last 6 months and started exercising, and am now off all medications, thank god, that metformin was rotten!
i still dont loose weight, but should havementioend b4 i have PCOS too, which i know doesnt help.

But i got to do it somehow.
the nurse mentioned some tablets, orlaf i think, she was going to prescribe me some, as i said id try anything to loose weight now, but then decided she wasnt going to cos they make u fart lots! so what? if it helps i wouldnt care.
I cant get to see a sympathetic doctor for 2 weeks, so wanted soem plans to discuss with her!

im sooooo fed up of being sooo overweight, i wont mention my weight here cos i am so depressed by it.

[EmmaG]

I find that my food bill has gone down quite a bit because I don't buy all of the junk that I did before. You don't have to buy expensive cuts of meat, chicken can be quite reasonable, fish also, pork is very cheap.

I also find that I don't eat as much as I use to, I find I am full up quite quickly.

I always think if you eat pasta, rice, bread a lot of this food has very very little nutrional goodness therefore your body can still be "looking" for those extra vitamins etc therefore you still stay hungry, I find that bread, potatoes, pasta bloat me out terribly, and half an hour later I want sometime else to eat.

You really need to decide on a plan and make sure you stick to it, that is where most people fail. It really does have to be a way of life.