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The plateau! need cook book advice

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I have lost 26 lbs gone from HbA1C 96 to 42 in 3 months and had glicozide discontinued so on metoforman 500mg three times a day. I trialed this on holiday as I was having hypos due to the weight loss and GP was pleased I put my nurses hat on because it was she would have recommended that anyway. So all good....but the low carb ( 120/130mg carb) a day and now I have begun calorie counting and switched back to low fat greek yogurt from 10% to help with that on a morning, ( which probably if soing the keto diet , it should be the 10% I get that )and this last 6 weeks no weight loss at all! My scales are swinging back and forth by 2kg each way like the pendulum of a clock! I think its time for more drastic measures. I await my new exercise classes to start to see what I can do without pushing myself into fibro and CFS flare ups. I have been in and out of a respiratory virus for the last 6 weeks too. Blood glucose occasionally slightly elevated for me occasional 8 and even a 9 once.... but GP says white blood cells and CRP are elevated so we know its down to some stubborn infection.Repeat bloods after 6 week to see where WBC and CRP are going.
So I am seriously considering a keto diet.Simply getting rid of the grains all together. I can do it now the glicozide has gone.Just wondering if anyone else has done it and what their thoughts were and if you could recommend a cook book for T2s who want to lose weight on keto? I have another 6 stone to lose.
 
Brambleberry said:
I have lost 26 lbs gone from HbA1C 96 to 42 in 3 months and had glicozide discontinued so on metoforman 500mg three times a day. I trialed this on holiday as I was having hypos due to the weight loss and GP was pleased I put my nurses hat on because it was she would have recommended that anyway. So all good....but the low carb ( 120/130mg carb) a day and now I have begun calorie counting and switched back to low fat greek yogurt from 10% to help with that on a morning, ( which probably if soing the keto diet , it should be the 10% I get that )and this last 6 weeks no weight loss at all! My scales are swinging back and forth by 2kg each way like the pendulum of a clock! I think its time for more drastic measures. I await my new exercise classes to start to see what I can do without pushing myself into fibro and CFS flare ups. I have been in and out of a respiratory virus for the last 6 weeks too. Blood glucose occasionally slightly elevated for me occasional 8 and even a 9 once.... but GP says white blood cells and CRP are elevated so we know its down to some stubborn infection.Repeat bloods after 6 week to see where WBC and CRP are going.
So I am seriously considering a keto diet.Simply getting rid of the grains all together. I can do it now the glicozide has gone.Just wondering if anyone else has done it and what their thoughts were and if you could recommend a cook book for T2s who want to lose weight on keto? I have another 6 stone to lose.
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I have a book called the keto kitchen with some good recipes.
 
Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.
I think the last edition was back in 2003, but it is still just as good and effective, it is just such a pity that so many rubbished the idea of not eating the foods which make you fat and feel unwell.
 
Drummer said:
Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution.
I think the last edition was back in 2003, but it is still just as good and effective, it is just such a pity that so many rubbished the idea of not eating the foods which make you fat and feel unwell.
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I was one of them! I followed Rosemary Conley and really believed it was fat making you fat. But I was an exercise fanatic at the time. As soon as I had a car accident and ended up with chronic pain and on meds that cause weight gain, I saw myself 5 stone heavier following exactly the same eating plan ( and not one doctor will believe me! Not one!). But it is true. I once los 12 lb on the Dukan diet but it was hard going. I might visit the library and see what books they have before I buy a whole load.
 
I have ordered keto kitchen that is a start. I will see if I can seek out Atkins is diet doctor expensive?
 
bulkbiker said:
Lots of free recipes you don't need to pay anything.

www.dietdoctor.com

500+ Easy Keto Recipes - Makes Keto Diet Simple - Diet Doctor

Crave healthy keto recipes? Try our delish breakfasts, meals, snacks, desserts, and find your favorites. We have keto bread, chaffles, casseroles, pizza & much more!
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Must be on the wrong site it had an app wanted to create diet plan and send by email. so got suspicious it was going to be costly. Cutting carbs out all together makes it very price the way they are charging for fruit and veg just now.
 
Brambleberry said:
Cutting carbs out all together makes it very price the way they are charging for fruit and veg just now.
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If you cut out carbs altogether you won't be having fruit or veg....
 
Brambleberry said:
this last 6 weeks no weight loss at all! My scales are swinging back and forth by 2kg each way like the pendulum of a clock! I think its time for more drastic measures. I await my new exercise classes to start to see what I can do without pushing myself into fibro and CFS flare ups. I have been in and out of a respiratory virus for the last 6 weeks too. Blood glucose occasionally slightly elevated for me occasional 8 and even a 9 once.... but GP says white blood cells and CRP are elevated so we know its down to some stubborn infection.Repeat bloods after 6 week to see where WBC and CRP are going.
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If you want to try keto that's fine but can I just point out that the 6 weeks you say you have struggled with losing weight are the same 6 weeks that you have struggled with an infection. So it is entirely possible that the two are linked and maintaining your current diet would yield results again once you have completely cleared the respiratory struggles
 
42istheanswer said:
If you want to try keto that's fine but can I just point out that the 6 weeks you say you have struggled with losing weight are the same 6 weeks that you have struggled with an infection. So it is entirely possible that the two are linked and maintaining your current diet would yield results again once you have completely cleared the respiratory struggles
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It has made me wonder yes! It is also coming to my hay fever time I start in Feb when the crocusses pop up and it lasts til early June. I tend to have a continuous cold all that time and the asthma pops up. I believe that this increases cortisol too which will impact on blood sugar and weight loss as well but I have gone back on my anti histamine to try and counteract that if it is that .Argh! So I never know if its cold or allergy and the fibro feels like flu anyway. Its only the increased WBC and CRP showing infection and inflammation. So I guess if it returns to normal we will know if its allergy or infection.Nothing is ever straight forward is it. But so glad I am not in a slimming club because they would never understand all these factors! They would simply say you were cheating lol!
 
I would recommend Katie and Giancarlo Caldesi, The Low Carb Weightloss Cookbook
 
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