Things that annoy me on behalf of all of you with unsupportive friends/family:
• This is NOT a no carb diet, you get plenty of vegetables in it, so aren't missing out on anything.
• Sugar is NOT a requirement in our diets. Some complex carbs are, yes, but starch isn't either. We can make our own sugar. There is a process called gluconeogenesis (literally glucose-new-creation) whereby we breakdown other things such as amino acids or fatty acids into their carbon skeleton and then reassemble them into glucose. OUR BODIES CAN DO THIS! Therefore we do NOT need to take it in! (Unlike vitamins and essential minerals).
• It reminds me of the way people behave when you try to give up smoking or drinking, if they still smoke or drink. They try and entice you, they say shit like "one won't hurt!", or "when did you get so boring" to try and bring you down again. Because they don't like the fact that you are striving upwards to attain a goal, while they're not - it makes them uncomfortable.
• It shows how deeply brainwashed people have become into believing the diet industry shit that "fat bad, low fat good". This entrenched belief is going to be VERY hard to shift. Heart Foundations do nothing to help this belief - with only low fat products getting the "heart foundation seal of approval" - bah! Mostly based on false assumptions and incorrect analysis of data.
• It also shows how well the sugar industry did their job of ensuring that it was fat that was demonised, and not sugar.
I remember reading a "diet myths" book some years ago, in which it was stated to be a myth that too much sugar makes you fat. HOnestly! A fucking MYTH. No, it isn't. It's a biochemical truth.
I taught a student once who was so brainwashed into the "fat BAD, low fat GOOD" message, that she couldn't break the habit, even after doing a dietary analysis and discovering that her fat intake was way too low, by the Govt food health intake guidelines (50% calories from carbs, 35% calories from fats, 15% calories from proteins) - she was supposed to be suggesting an alternative diet that would match those figures, and she couldn't do it because she kept on suggesting low fat products. Rather than mark her down on it, I took her aside and had a discussion with her - she was horrified at the idea that you should eat more fat!!
It just all makes me very cross. In the end though, you have to do what is right for YOU and ignore the nay-sayers. That's what I've done for years! People may scoff at my reasons for not eating certain foods, but it's made my life a hell of a lot better, removing my IBS and acid reflux and various other gut issues that I used to have - what's not to like? Just nod and smile and when you weigh stones less than before they'll have to admit that they were wrong.