Morning campers!
You all know the drill by now - here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness or the Weight Tracker
I hope that the scales are kind to you this morning!
And as we enter the last two weeks, let's see if we can be super vigilant and keep an eye on those pesky carbs.
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Low-carb bootcamp
Week 9 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the final countdown
162 replies
BIWI · 30/06/2014 07:29
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cardoon ·
05/07/2014 20:16
Aww, cheers Jimmy - planning on using up some of the coconut cream that turned out to be coconut milk 
miffy49 ·
05/07/2014 23:00
Fluffy I would say not to try and go for everything at once. If using sweeteners will get fluids down him and keep him off sugar then go for them. As you say, he doesn't give a toss about the side effects so go for the quiet life option. When you get his diet generally better and his glucose down he might be more open to suggestions about cutting them. In this situation you need to be devious! You could even do him the odd low carb cake that way. I know its not Bootcamp but you aren't going to get him that low at least to start with. Most of us go for the Bootcamp style of cutting waaay back and then slowly adding carbs as we get near goal but there are quite a few people who just cut back slowly to find their best level. It works but it takes longer. If all else fails a whack round the head with the wok might just solve it! 
Fluffycloudland77 ·
05/07/2014 23:04
I don't have a wok 
my induction hob won't take them.
My frying pan could knock an elephant out though 
He is, at last, researching it a bit online.
RoaringForties ·
06/07/2014 08:27
Morning
I just had a sneaky weigh and I've finally smashed through my barrier after hovering around it for a week it so. Feeling
StoneTheFlamingCrows ·
06/07/2014 09:12
Love the review:
"Wife loves it every husbond should get one for their wife"
Whilst it looks great and all, don't think I would be falling over myself with gratitude if my husband bought me one of these.
miffy49 ·
06/07/2014 12:34
To true Biwi! I dread to think where I would be now if I went by the NHS guidelines.
Fluffy I think its been mentioned before but try and steer him in the direction of //www.diabetes.co.uk. You don't need to join to take advantage of all their info sheets and you can read the forum too. Lots of blokes on there which could help a lot. They have their own low carb sheet which was written out by one of the members for her brother and has been adopted for newbies to low carb. Its based on around 50gr a day.
I don't think people realise how fast a raised BG can damage your health. Type 2 is often still only diagnosed when you seek help for one of the complications. You need to get it much earlier. I was only on the edge of it but I had been getting tingling in my toes which I had put down to being part of the FMS. I was getting blurry vision too. As soon as my BG was back in normal limits it went away but when my BG went up again after I tried the 5:2 diet the tingles and blurriness came back. It shows how fast it can affect nerve endings etc.
You do have my sympathies as I have struggled for years with my hubby's refusal to even try self help methods for some quite serious health issues. That frying pan sounds a handy implement!
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