GI/GL Diet Support Thread - It's 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The shiny new thread folks !

I'm planning to carry on posting my progress on a Monday, but anyone else who want to should choose a day they feel most comfy with.

I'm going to have a look at the GL diet properly in the next couple of weeks and see where it is similar/different and whether I should change anything now that I am closer to target.

I am aiming to lose another stone (that would be 8 stone in total), but I'd love to get another 2 off where I'd be fitting in a size 10 (I think). I need to see how I look and feel after a stone though as 2 may be going too far.

Good Luck everyone, I personally really appreciate the support of this thread - it has got me where I am now .

Can I join this thread?
I have just bought a book called "The New Glucose Revolution" (Aussie writers, can't remember names right now) and am totally converted after a nutrition seminar at the weekend that made the GI/GL thing make soooo much sense.
Went out at the weekend to buy some stuff and chucked loads of crap from the cupboard.
I feel better after 2 days ... not so much thinking of losing a huge amount of weight but I have been so very tired lately and have very obvious sugar highs and lows that I needed to do something ...

So, can I join you?

Will go and read rest of the thread now ... didn't read it yet as I was so excited there actually WAS a thread!

I do want to lose half a stone though ...
Do I need to 'weigh in'?

Well done Grumpy ! That's really good.

Welcome Ghosty. I think the book you have is from the people who did the original research and invented the glycaemic index etc.

Well I have gained 3lbs this week . I knew that I wouldn't lose after being away all weekend and eating all sorts but it's depressing how quickly you can put it back on. I surely can't have overeaten that much in 2 days! Anyway I feel better to back to GL again this week.

Well done grumpy

Welcome ghosty - it's up to you whether you want to post weight change each week. I usually do mine on a Monday, although doing it today this week.

Saker - I expect you'll have a good result next week.

I've lost 1lb this week. Still uncomfortably constipated. if it doesn't improve this week I will see my gp I think. Might try to cut down on the fruit and eat more tomatoes based on your theory Saker - it's worth a try!

Saker - look what happened to me - good all week and zero weight loss!

And last week, technically, between Monday and Friday, I put on 4lb - lost 2 by Saturday and the other two by MOnday, so a net result of zero. And that is despite allowing myself a few glasses of wine over the weekend (11 days alcohol free was as much as I could manage!)

Just goes to show that weight fluctuates at the best of times.

It's just a case of staying motivated and not letting the "disppointments" tempt you in to giving in to temptation. They will even out - with a downward trend!

PS Sneaked on to the scales this morning - was 10st 9lb. May make my 10st 6lb by 9 Febraury after all!

hello everyone
my pc is playing up! Lost 2 this week and am feeling loads better which is cool! just stressed at work - been eating lots of soups and oat cakes and usual veggie stuff in evenings - still not eating much bread but did have chocolate on weekend. Hope ur constipation gone Puff - I always have the hot water n lemon in the morning to get me going adn I swear by it !!

Well done prettybird and sarochka

How's the constipation Puff?

slightly better - phew!

Well done everyone. My opatent remedy fopr constipation is pearl barley and veg casserole honestly

Hi.I was just wondering what is the difference between pot barley and pearlbarley?Can't buy pearl barley anywhere, so i bought pot one but not sure is it the same low gi....THANKS

And something else-Puff- take prunes(as a snack)-excellent for constipation-i tried and now i do eat them(serving ) every now and then for the same reason...Hope it will help...

Hi all, been offline for ages - PC away for repair - will catch up with all the news asap but just wanted to weigh in: lost 1lb again last week - again a relief as went for dim sum on Sun. Imagine how I'd do if I didn't have these regular blow-outs ... Chinese New Year party this weekend will be a minefield. In fact a very stressful week this so far - our house move is going horribly pearshaped - plus it was DD1's birthday on Tue so I did succumb to birthday cake and jam tarts

Of all the bonuses of the GI diet, I'm finding the mood/energy one the most impressive. But I do find that I still have cravings and do need quite a bit of discipline/willpower, neither of which are supposed to be the case on this diet. I wonder if I'm doing something wrong, or whether that's just me!

I think when faced with a plate of cakes or jam tarts everyone needs discipline whatever diet they are on!

Well done on the weight loss and enjoy Chinese New Year.

Really chuffed - weighed myself this morning (know it's not "weigh in" day, but after last week's disppointment, have been weighing myslef daily) and.......

I was 10 st 8lb! That's a whole half a stone since I started! Started on 9 January, so that's two and a half weeks.

Only two pounds to go before I hit my pre-skiing holiday target! I'm off on 9 February, so am now confident I iwll get there!

Thanks Saker & congratulations prettybird

Made Rick Gallop's apple bran muffins yesterday - big disappointment - couldn't get oat bran so used wheat bran, wonder if that was the reason? Tasted ok but very dry and crumbly. Finding Gallop's recipes very hit-and-miss - his chocolate cookies are gorgeous but his meatloaf was disgusting - some of the ingredients are a bit difficult to find too (they're obviously US/Canadian recipes).

Can anyone tell me which Gallop recipes really are worth a try? Especially the cake ones

well done franch and prettybird

Hi!!!
Inspired by Puff and rest of you, i decided to go on GI-diet.This is now my 4th week and i lost untill now 1st-4 more to go.Puff-thank you so much-you r real inspiration.Through the couple of years i went from healthy 65kg on very bad 96kg.(Have two girls one is 3yrs and other one is 1,5).So i realy didn't have time to think about myself at all,but now it came time that i just had to stop myself from noughty(sugary) food.
I would like to ask only is there anyone heard for Hoodia Gordonii Complex? It is amazing thing!!!It works as an appetite suppressant.(Got it from HollandandBarrett).It realy helps-i am using only in the afternoon when i have realy bad cravings for snacks.It's £19,99 and you get 100 capsules.I don't have a link but check on the web for it...and the good thing is you can take only when you r realy hungry(i do ), not the way they say 2-3 times a day and it still works-at least for me at the moment....Bit long SORRY....

Saker you couldnt post Rick Gallop's crumble recipe could you .... ??

This isn't it, is it??

It's not exactly the same. I will post it and also another low GL recipe for pear crumble which is nice with natural yoghurt. I agree some of Rick Gallop's recipes are dire and some are quite good.

Thanks very much Saker. Let me know which Gallop recipes you've found to be good!

Thing is I don't have his first book only the second one - which do you have? Off the top of my head, I like his red pepper and rocket salad, wholemeal scones, ham and lentil soup, chicken with garlic and lemon, creamy cucumber salad thing (that has a nice sort of dressing). Probably others I will have to look in the book. I can post any recipes you like the sound of.

I do tend to modify recipes a bit and sometimes when I'm feeling bad I use butter instead of non-hydrogenated margarine .

Hi!
Can anyone post recipe for a low gi bean salad-something simple-cause i don't have a clue how to do it?????THANKS...