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dteresa wrote:If you are eating no fat the body fat you are losing is, essentially, fat in your diet. I always notice that my sugars go up a bit when I lose weight. It doesn't last. If you have not already read plantpositive's explanation of how to make yourself insulin resistant you should check it out. Don't be fooled by the low sugars of the low carbers. They are making themselves insulin resistant.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 2oYyAFZDBA
specifically numbers 35 and 36
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eXtremE wrote:That is good Mike....sounds like you are on the right path. The weight loss alone will help tremendously despite whatever kind of diet you are on. I would however continue to monitor as you eat this way to track my progress. Please bookmark and update (from time to time) this thread you started. I am really interested in how you do the longer you stay on this diet and in your weight loss.
I told a friend of mine in another mental health forum who is struggling with T2DM and she is going to give Barnard's method a try. I am also interested in how things will turn out for her.
I will say if you adhere rigidly to a diet like this, the weight will slowly come off. A PB diet is great for long-term weight loss IMO even tho I have never had a problem with weight and did not start eating this way for weight loss. Good luck friend and keep going. You have already lost over 20 lbs and that is a great accomplishment. Do you have a goal weight that you'd like to be?
I do understand about trying to get out and walk after every meal. This is not a very practical thing that most ppl can do. I say just do it whenever you can when you feel like it. With the weight loss usually comes more energy and more energy = more motivation to get out and exercise. It ends up becoming a positive vicious cycle.
colonyofcells wrote:My guess is the mcdougall diet probably just needs more time to work wonders. To help slow down rise in blood sugar, can eat the cheap starch staple with a little bit of beans, lentils, peas, etc. in every meal as seen in many traditional diets. Can also try lower calorie starches like winter squash, or can try reducing the amount of the cheap starch staples if not planning to exercise after the meal.
That's is a very good idea keeping track of the progress and using this post for it! Are you diabetic Extreme?
eXtremE wrote:That's is a very good idea keeping track of the progress and using this post for it! Are you diabetic Extreme?
I am pre-diabetic so I have been keeping close tabs on my blood sugars. I did a lot damage in my 20s and 30s by eating lots of bad things. I am now trying to turn things around in my 50s. I wish I had not waited so long to start. A clean, healthy diet like this can do wonders for your health and your waistline Mike but it is not always easy all the time. As most ppl start to see health improvements, that motivates them to stay on the diet as they keep getting healthier and healthier with less reliance on doctors and pharmaceutical drugs.
eXtremE wrote:No, not overweight either Mike, altho I did lose weight when I started eating like this. I am 5'10". I am male. I weighed approx. 168 lbs when I bg this WOE. In just a few months of eating like this, my weight went from 168 to 150 where I maintained until I reduced the starches and started eating more vegetable salads and non starchy greens like kale, turnips, and collard greens. When I did this, weight dropped from 150 to 140 lbs. I started out eating mostly beans, brown rice, oatmeal, and potatoes and lots of eggplants. I still love these foods but did back off the oatmeal, potatoes, and rice somewhat, altho I still eat them. I kinda got bored with the eggplant and have not had that in awhile but will probably start eating again.
To answer your question, I started eating like this bc I just never felt well and had no energy. I have two mental health disorders. I have panic disorder and chronic anxiety. Been battling these conditions for nearly 3 decades. Also since anyone who eats the SAD has some degree of heart disease, I thought it wise to change my diet in order to try and savage my current poor health and possibly safeguard my future health. I was also having some pretty severe issues with constipation. The constipation was quickly resolved by this WOE. I have had zero problems with constipation since I bg eating like this.
I still have issues with panic and anxiety however but I do have more energy now than I did bf I began this WOE. My blood lipids were poor too before I began eating this way. The diet lowered my total cholesterol from the 170-200 ranges down to 126. I am still having some blood sugar issues that I am trying to resolve however, and I think my next HBA1C will reflect positively the tweaks I have made in my PB diet. If I am wrong, I will have to re-examine and make further adjustments. If I have not answered your question, please ask again and I will try to answer as best I can. I do think PB is the way to go and is the healthiest way to eat. It is not always easy tho. I still have cravings for things like doughnuts and candy bars but I know these things are not good for me and so I don't eat them despite the cravings.
Besides the diet, I exercise daily and I meditate three times a day (20 minute sessions).
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