I'm doing low carb because I'm pre diabetic and sugar and refined carbs spike my blood sugar. I've lost half a stone over the past 6 weeks, but it's a struggle and I'm feeling very weak. Today I almost fainted whilst out, and dh took me for a scone and a glass of milk after which I felt a lot better.
My meals are as follows:
Breakfast: cup of redbush tea and then a cup of chicory (can't drink coffee).
Lunch: cheese omelette (one egg) and selection of vegetables done in the air fryer. Small cup of full fat milk.
Teatime: four rice crackers - two with butter and cheese and two with peanut butter. Salad. Frozen raspberries and full fat Greek yoghurt (about one tablespoon).
Nothing after 6pm apart from redbush tea. I don't drink alcohol or fruit juices. I usually have some fizzy water during the day.
I know it's not a lot, but I don't do much exercise although I'm always busy and don't sit down for long periods.
If I don't keep my calories low I don't lose weight. I can lose at around 1200, but anything much over and I just plateau.
Please can anyone give me any advice? I can't eat bread, wheat, oats, pasta or potatoes as they spike my blood sugars.
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Please can somebody tell me where I'm going wrong?
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 03/05/2022 20:45
EarringsandLipstick · 04/05/2022 07:02
OP, you've had some very good advice here.
But I'm shocked at your lack of nutritional knowledge. Please consider seeing a dietician or discussing with your GP.
The idea that starving yourself is a good idea is shocking; as is your generalised statement about 'spiking' your blood sugar. You're not incorrect, but that doesn't mean never eating such food or balancing it with protein-rich food.
Saying 'apples are sugary' is another such statement - sure, they have naturally occurring sugars but eating fruit is important for other reasons.
Eating such a restrictive diet is really problematic.
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 03/05/2022 20:59
I'm not very good at getting a variety of things, I tend to eat the same things day after day. I can see where I'm going wrong. I stopped buying cream a couple of weeks ago in a bid to reduce my calories.
Worldgonecrazy · 04/05/2022 08:48
I think you are getting conflicted between low carb and low calorie. Firstly, forget everything you have ever been told about low calorie = weight loss. It doesn’t, at least not in any sustainable way.
When following a low carb diet, our bodies stay in a state of ketosis. This state can also be achieved by fasting for a minimum of 16 hours each day. In ketosis our bodies use fat for energy so will deplete our fat stores. If you ate a spoon of cream, yes it has lots of calories, but is is also mostly made of fat. Your body will see it as fat, not calories, and stay in ketosis. If you ate a rice cracker your body would turn the carbs to glucose and lay the glucose down as fat stores and your body would come out of ketosis . That’s a very simplistic explanation but covers the gist of it.
Reducing calories will trigger some weight loss but affect the body’s base metabolism so over time your body requires fewer calories, hence the dreaded weight loss plateau. Low carb and ketogenic diets don’t have or need calorie restrictions because of the way our bodies treat different foods differently, and keep out metabolism functioning healthily.
BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation · 03/05/2022 20:59
I'm not very good at getting a variety of things, I tend to eat the same things day after day. I can see where I'm going wrong. I stopped buying cream a couple of weeks ago in a bid to reduce my calories.
Worldgonecrazy · 04/05/2022 09:16
I was just having a quick look at the glucose goddess instagram. It might be an interesting experiment to see what your blood sugar does differently when eating half an apple, and half an apple with peanut butter. Her research seems to suggest the latter reduces the spike significantly.
Notsomellownow · 04/05/2022 10:03
Theres a low carb bootcamp just started might help you with this 😁
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