I need a good T2D recipe book for browsing

[LezLezLez]

My opinion is that it should (a) contain at least one hundred recipes across all meal types, (b) there should be appetising photos of each meal suggested.
My problem is that I see the need to lose weight but am not enticed by the Low Carb Program or general low-carb recipe books - they seem to be too small, too specialised by meal type or concentrate on the ingredients and not the food's attractiveness to eat. If I was creating such a book as I seek, I might call it "T2D - what could I want to eat today?" or similar title.
Additionally I need to find a way to get onto the "Direct" 800 Cal/day trial. Can anyone help? I live in Kent.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Like you, I wasn't interested in a restricted diet for life.

I did a strict calorie counting low fat diet for a year.
Then I did my own Newcastle diet, using tesco shakes for 8 weeks.

I lost over 5 stones.
That reversed my diabetes.

 

[mikeyB]

Hi LezLezLez, welcome to the forum.🙂

The best low carb diet book I’ve seen is Tom Kerridge’s Dopamine Diet book. Everything in it is really tasty and good looking. I’m not a big fan of 800 Cal/day diets, they’re torture and you need an iron will, but some folk can manage them. Tom Kerridge lost about 10st on his Dopamine diet.

Best of luck for however you do it. I used to live in Kent, but didn’t like the cold winters. Or the hard water.

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Hi LezLezLez, welcome to the forum.🙂

The best low carb diet book I’ve seen is Tom Kerridge’s Dopamine Diet book. Everything in it is really tasty and good looking. I’m not a big fan of 800 Cal/day diets, they’re torture and you need an iron will, but some folk can manage them. Tom Kerridge lost about 10st on his Dopamine diet.

Best of luck for however you do it. I used to live in Kent, but didn’t like the cold winters. Or the hard water.

Petsonally, 800 calories is very easy actually. Not exactly "torture".

 

[AndBreathe]

@LezLezLez - I'm not into cookbooks, but there is a loa dof stuff on the internet that has served me well. These sites might give you some ideas:

https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/
https://lowcarbyum.com/recipes/
https://sugarfreelondoner.com/recipes/

 

[Drummer]

I have been low carbing for a long time, so perhaps my concept is different - often I open the freezer - which is rather large and pick out the protein type food, then maybe pour out some frozen berries, consider the options in the fridge and maybe go back to the freezer if I can still carry something - then it is into the kitchen to start preparation. The only tinned food we eat is tuna in brine, but the variation in meals is quite high with salads, large and small, sometimes with cold meat from a large piece of meat from the previous day, sometimes I do a stir fry after cooking meat, and as I am cooking for a non low carber I add in an extra dish for him.
I used to have lists of low carb foods - two separate shopping lists to use alternately for variety, and used those for years.
If you keep your blood glucose controlled by eating low carb there isn't really much need for a specific weight loss regime, the weight usually vanishes and sizes keep dropping as you get the metabolism back on track.