Supporting DH in 8 week BSD....

[Tansie1]

It occurs to me that a lot of blokes are a bit clueless when it comes to losing weight! I know exactly why: When we girls turned 10, maybe 12 (in 1972!) we began to worry about our weight as we were culturally primed to do so.

Thus, as adults, we knew the calorific value of everything! Apart from the fact we maybe should've known the carb-load of everything instead, we knew nuts were 'good' but 'fattening'; ditto avocado. We knew 'healthy' breakfast cereals were laden with sugar, we knew the only 'good' cheese was cottage, etc.

So it is proving hard to get DH into this way of thinking. We are both on Michael Mosley's 8 week Blood Sugar Diet, but I cannot get DH to RTFB! He could easily understand the bio chemistry, but needs to get 'under the skin' of what he needs to do.

Admittedly, he's feeling like he's 'failing', a week in, as he lost 2 kg very quickly, but nothing in 3 days, which he's attributing to augmenting his salad at work which really is just lettuce, tomato and cucumber, with half a Asda bean-mix salad (? sugar content). So now he's saying he won't add anything, but I'm telling him to take some protein along, a thing he'd know if he'd read the book!

Also, 2kg in a week is pretty good going but I lost 3kg....

He currently weights 79kg but he is 5 foot 5 inches and carries it in that dangerous tyre around his middle; and I have way more to lose as I'm 5'6" and weigh 87kg.

[Grasslands]

would he prefer watching video's?
not necessarily based on the book but there are several good programs that are informative. The Truth about Sugar (You Tube) is one that comes to mind.
and the hint with sugar is "no sugar without fiber" so your bean salad is full of fiber so not dreadful.

[Tansie1]

We watched The Truth about Sugar last night! I think it was useful although it did labour the point that yes, common, every-day supermarket foods are chock full of sugar!

I will do some more research as I think maybe something explaining the science of lo-carb and how fat cells react (and what they call 'The Whoosh' where fat cells, empty of fat, having filled with water- decide to ditch their water content as well as no more fat is coming their way!) might inspire DH.

I am feeling proud of myself having ditched 8.5lbs in 11 days but DH has only lost around 4lbs; however, I have only been advising and monitoring him, as requested, for about 6 days.

[Grasslands]

i attached this to another thread. it's a bit technical (it's a university lecture) and bland but might appeal.
but it does say that low carb does not work on everyone it depends on your body's "insulin resistance" which is very individual.
so watch it first as it might not fit with your plan to do low carb.