So, can anyone, in layman's terms, talk me through the complexity that is the Low GI diet

[SheikYerbouti]

I am fat.

I no longer want to be fat

I have decided that Low GI might be a good plan, as seems eminently sensible, and will also give me energy (good because most of my days are 4.30am-11pm or later, due to work commitments)

However, it seem such a faff. I need it simplified. I need to be told what I can and can't eat. How will I know if something is low GI?

Grrrrr

I'm really confused now - I thought most of the food on WW's list would be classed as things to be avoided? How can a diet high in saturated fat help treat heart disease?

See, the exercise bit is the bit I find hardest.

I work long hours, so don;t often get the opportunity to get out and do stuff, when am not at work, I am at home with 2 under 4. I take them out walking lots BUT they walk s-l-o-w-l-y. I love swimming, but donh;t have muc opportunity to go alone.

www is not doing a low gi diet so unsuitable for heart disease.
low gi does not necessarily mean low fat depends how you follow it tbh
but you can easily make it so to make it suitable for preventing heart disease

Hello, well my day went well to start but now going for tapas...think a lot of tapas is ok though, no? Will avoid patatas bravas or however you spell it

Have had cereal, tuna roll, sesame biscuit, 2 nectarines, ice tea. walked for 2 miles.

I'm just going to order the book now as its worth a shot and I'm hoping the motivation bit will help

Yikes..gotta go, running late, just didn't want you think i'd fallen off wagon already

Oh and LOL at 'turning milk' (not at you but at the comment-this is how i feel also )

Mercy, no idea but cardiologists approve of Atkins I gather (am no expert) and India Knight's doctor had no issue with it.

I am eating a lot of unprocessed, organic, nice food and a decent amount of veg, lots of water, just no fruit or carbs or sugar. And there's no such thing as an essential carb apparently, nor sugar. We can live perfectly well without sugar and carbs. But am no expert.

www and piffle apologies, i shouldn't have put it like that.

i tend to eat lots of protein and veg, not many carbs so i am not that much at odds with either regime.

i do not like the india and nerys method restricting fruit and encouraging high fat intake. i think it would work very well for stopping hunger and not feeling sacrificial but won't do anything for changing eating patterns in the long term.

similarly GI from my reading doesn't encourage people to actually think about what and how they eat beyond working out the ratio. and knowing that wholegrain will satisfy for longer and not cause energy highs and lows has been around forever. just giving it a new name is what i mean by gimmicky.

It is complicated if you follow any of the books - Gallop was unmanageable for me. But if you take the general principles on board it can work.

depends how much you read about it fishie.
For me it means lean meat, lots of pulses, plenty veg and fruit. Wholegrain cereal and bread.
So no real gimmick, I most notice that we eat fewer potatoes and white bread. More nuts/seeds as snacks

I am not doing it for weight loss ( am slim)but for blood sugar stability as hyperglycaemic and to ward of heart disease which killed my dad and his dad by age 49.

It improved my mood loads. I've been low gi now for 3 years
put on little weight when pregnant, lost it all within a week after birth. Breastfed for 15mths infact am still feeding into his 16th month.

gallop mad indeed
I refuse all artificial sweeteners and butter imitations.
I use no white sugar at all and we are family of 5
I prefer good quality gi cookbooks. Anthony worrall Thompson has some great ones and the times did some great ones
Once you understand the principles it is easy

but i really don't need a book to tell me that or for it to have a name, it is just normal eating.

'glycemic index' means nothing. fried chicken and danish pastries would have quite an effect on one's index.

well baked spuds for instance
French bread
all high gi
plenty of folk think a ham salad baguette or baked spuds and beans will assist in weightloss
fact is restricting calories and increasing exertion levels results in weightloss.

Gi is much more than just common sense
but you'd need dietetic knowledge to understand the key points I guess

Well, I'm fucking useless at it any way.

I have atten Kimberley biscuits that my mate brought back from Ireland and also had a chilli with loads of fice for supper.

Maybe I'm just meant to be fat.

I naver have any motivation.

notvthe right time for you sheik imo
you have to want it badly to have the discipline
perhaps weightwatchers might be good for you?

I have tried it. And SW. And Cabbage Soup and slimfast

I have tried them all. BUT I have no motivation to do it

I am thoroughly fed up of being like this though.

The book arrived today. I have read some of and am going to give it go.