Healthy Eating

Wrong on two counts jingk

I didn't say that one was healthier than the other.

Secondly the diet I 'advocate' is certainly not no carb

Get your facts straight.

There are carbs in all fruit, there are carbs in all veg (especially root veg like carrots) (and seed veg like peas) there's carbs in cheese, milk and cream, in nuts, all of which are allowed, encouraged, on this rëgime.

When most people talk about carbs they only think potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, and the likes. These are certainly limited on this diet, but 'other carbs are available!'

Ça suffit for now.

Well today was Weetabix and semi skimmed milk for breakfast

Cup of veg soup, 2 Ryvita and pastrami, yogurt for lunch

Wholemeal spagetti (small portion) with homemade tomato sauce and salad plus melon and plain yogurt for dinner

2 satsumas, a small banana and an apple for snacks

Exercise was 9 holes of golf and 2 hours of housework type jobs.

That's about typical for me on this regime.

I'm going to weigh myself once a week (Fridays) and not jump on and off the scales.

Very low carbs in all those things Anya. Not enough to provide a balanced diet.

Really?

21g of carb in 100g of nuts
10g of carbs in 100g carrots
14g carbs in 100g of peas
20g of carbs in 100g sweet potato
23g carb in 100g of banana
12 g carbs min 100g of raspberries

and so on.....

Well I'm glad I started this support thread for people who wanted to follow what is basically NHS advice. So its goodnight from me.

Today I've eaten, boiled egg and Ready Brek with skimmed milk for breakfast.

2 slices oaty bread with low fat Philadelphia and tomatoes for lunch.

Dinner will be a stew to use up the remaining pork leftover from Sunday.

And only a very small piece of cold Xmas pud. (it's nearly all gone)

Little oranges will be used to combat any snack attacks.

Having ate far too much over Christmas I need to start again in some way; not only food wise but my sleep pattern is all over the place and I can't motivate myself to go to the gym either. Looks like I'll be starting tomorrow though [today nearly over!]. I HATE this weather and don't want to leave the house at all which doesn't help.

I have been very successful with slimming world. Not wishing to gloat but I lost over 2stones. I did it online. Potatoes are syn free. Following their meals you don't feel hungry and the rest of the family can join in.

All carbs convert to glucose in the blood and excess glucose will be converted to fat stores if you aren't active enough to use it all up. So reducing the starchy carbs - potatoes, bread, rice and pasta and instead eating protein, some dairy and then mostly vegetable and salad with just a couple of fresh fruit portions a day will keep you fuller longer and avoid sugar spikes (which promote hunger) and provide a good varied regime whilst you lose some weight. BTW the NHS is currently revising it's dietary advice in the light of new research and is moving away from low fat/low carb advice given what it's dieticians are promoting in their current courses/advice to general public

jinglebells frocks raised blood sugars make your blood spiky so it damages whatever it passes through - it you are not diabetic or a controlled diabetic this is only temporary & the body can repair the damage, In uncontrolled diabetes the damage is not repaired whcihcan lead to blindness and/or amputatations being needed

That would be really useful information goose1964. If I could remember what this thread was all about.