A new low-carb support thread for 2016

You all sound like Delia Smith. Tonight we had griddled aubergine slices, doused in olive oil which it absorbed like blotting paper, and it tasted not delicious but.......oily! Accompanying was griddled haloumi and corn on cob. Odd eh? My husband is long suffering and poor soul ate it with little complaint (he was hungry). Pud was better. Grilled peaches with raspberries and double cream. Thanks to helpful hints on here I am now only 1lb short of losing a stone, which was my target. BP down, have yet to check BG.

Lazigirl commiserations on your aubergine disaster. I just brush mine lightly with oil and bake or grill them. I've learned this through trial and error....with many errors on the way.

PS well done on the weight loss

Well doneLazigirl that last lb will be a doddle.

DH does lightly oiled grilled aubergine and houloumi on the BBQ, 'slightly' charred and quite delicious. We had this and home made pork satay last Sunday at a family BBQ.

The Aubergine looked dry when lightly brushed with oil. Will try again in oven with less oil as set smoke alarm off last night. Do they need something like a tomato sauce with them or some sort of flavouring added?

My DiL does grilled aubergine with Greek yoghurt and pomegranate seeds. Lovely

Last night we had pork and camembert sausages (delicious) and salad. Tonight is spicy pork chops and oven baked courgettes.
The family arrives at the weekend so we are busy stocking up with all sorts of goodies for them. It will undoubtedly involve indulging in a "fraisier" from the patisserie (fabulous complicated gateau with sliced strawberries around the outside) but will try not to get a sugar overdose this time.

I am so cross with our doctor. She called OH in this morning and told him he is pre-diabetic. Told him the best he can do is go on a diet and gave him the nhs diet sheet. I nearly tore it up straight away and when I got to the end I saw it was dated 2001. She would not even discuss his lchf diet even though he had already discussed this with the other doctor. Strangely she is dumpy and the other doctor is thin.

I looked on the diabetics website and they have all the details for lchf diet there.

What do you do? Follow your doctor's advice as they should know best or do your own research. Told OH it is his life and he needs to make his own decision. Now he really is in a muddle ?

Tizliz doctors are not gods; some as good/excellent, others less so. Dumpy doctors who give out of date diet sheets I wouldn't trust.

There are many on-the-ball GP surgeries who recognise that cutting carbs will lower blood glucose.

Yes Anya in the same doctors, that is what was annoying me. Don't they talk? Luckily she is not our usual doctor, he is away. I have an appt with him next week so I might try and talk to him about it.

In the meantime I am not sure what he wants cooking. If I just get on with it he will probably just eat what is presented. The trouble is he has a lot on his mind at the moment and can't concentrate on his health. Not sure why I worry so much.

Anya is right, not all docs agree. Official advice is still the high carb, low calorie route, but some informed GPs advocate low carbs. I would suggest your OH checks out Dr David Unwin, GP in Southport I think, who advises LC as it has benefitted his diabetic patients. I have been told I am pre diabetic and have lost almost a stone with low carb eating and no real dieting involved. Pasta, bread, potatoes and rice convert to sugars in bloodstream, so to my mind it makes sense to eat less of them.

I agree lazigirl. He has already lost ¾ stone in 8 weeks. I think he should carry on with lchf diet and ignore the doctor.

I refused the appointment with the Diabetic dietician.They are still banging on about the ' eat well plate' and carbs with every meal
I have had no help, yet, from a GP.. but the results from eating LCHF speak for themselves. Lower BG and a weight loss of 2 stone 5 lb in 5 months.
I intend to carry on with this way of eating

I saw my GP on monday and he advocated me following a low gi diet in order to stay off metformin (my sugar levels have just tipped into the diabetic range). He is so sold on low gi/ low carb dieting that he has himself started to follow it too. He told me that he has 3 patients who have followed this diet for about three months, who are now off diabetic medication. I am so grateful that I have a doctor who is open to different ways of approaching problems rather than following NICE guidlines. Hope you stick to your guns Tizliz and find the right support from your GP's .

Well it's GP tomorrow to get BS results. Wish me luck please

Good luck / bon courage BBbevan.
Let us know how it goes.

Good luck BBbevan. Fingers crossed.

Yes hope it goes well BBbevan. I have some BG strips from surgery nurse, but don't want to check until I've reached target weight. Still got 1lb to go! It's a slow job, not like you. 2st 5lbs is amazing in 5 months. Makes my 13lbs in 5 months look pathetic. Let us know how it goes.

Saw my dr this morning and discussed OH's diet (without actually mentioning his name, can't discuss another patient!). She said "if it works for him, and it obviously is, then stick to it. Every diet has it's good points and if you find one you can stick to then that is a good diet". Nice to have a voice of reason. Shame she can't help with my arthritis ☹️

I bought some BG strips Lazigirl But as my original BS was 7.6 and the first measurement on these is 10 , they always come up with negative BS. Do GP have different ones?Only asking as I have to take a urine sample this afternoon

Hurray hurray, hurray. BS down from 7.6 to 5.7 . Doctor couldn't stop smiling and neither can I

Well done, BB. All your hard work has paid off! What is the cut-off point between borderline and normal?

Borderline is now 6.5, used to be 7.0 so well under now. The doctor was beaming,She said she had never had anyone do that I must admit I shed a little tear. So no medication, I have to pop in in 3 month just to see that everything alright and then yearly.
What a relief.
And she recommended a Mediterranean diet to keep things on track
Thanks for the good wishes Shysal, much appreciated

Brilliant. Well done you.