Dieting

@Hendrix there's some very useful information from BCNA website and a discussion thread from 2017, hope that helps

https://www.bcna.org.au/health-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/healthy-eating/


http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/16458/diet-and-exercise

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hendrix,
 I am doing the 8wk blood sugar diet by Dr Michael Mosley...under my GP watchful eyes..... you can get on facebook page about it and also buy book and recipe book at Kmart/target/ or online ebook
Lost 10kgs in 10weeks so far 

I know what I have to do to lose weight, give up the booze and wheat. Its that simple (for me) and nearly impossible to sustain. 
If I drop all wheat products and cut out my nightly glass, or two, of wine I will lose 3-5 kgs in a month. I'll be good for a couple of weeks and be thrilled with my progress, then out will come the toaster. Pasta, just this once. Friends call around on a mid week atternoon and it's bikkies and cheese and plonk. Just this once. And it's all over. Sigh.
I know what I have to do. I just can't do it.

I don't have much willpower myself, @zoffiel but is it worth trying to maintain 2 or 3 days a week where you abstain?  A bit like the 2-5 diet but different!

And, what's more, moving to gluten free is pointless (for me) it's the processed carbs I don't need. Cake, bread, biscuits, pasta, doesn't matter what they are made of, they are surplus to requirements. Sigh.

I could live on pasta...it's evil.  San Remo have brought out a pulse pasta - it's really nice but it's about 4 times the price of the normal and only in limited varieties which doesn't make it an attractive purchase for a family of 5 with no income.

I can do two or three days which, at least, keeps my weight stable. Sort of. I still haven't figured out how I can gain two kgs over a weekend. Its against the laws of physics!

Anything can happen on weekends.

SoldierCrab said:

hendrix,
 I am doing the 8wk blood sugar diet by Dr Michael Mosley...under my GP watchful eyes..... you can get on facebook page about it and also buy book and recipe book at Kmart/target/ or online ebook
Lost 10kgs in 10weeks so far 

@Soldiercrab - that is an excellent result


I was brought up the food pyramid, something from each food group every day plus drinking water.  It was part of our cookery classes at school and my Mum, who was always stable in her weight around 8 stone (yeah I know old language) made sure that is how we had our meals.

Come forward to now and for me under active thyroid and medication still being sorted is a huge problem combined with side effects from Tamoxifen and it is still about fatigue.  Another blood test next week to see if the new medication has made any difference.  Answer I don't think so, my fatigue instead of being around 9.30-10am has now shifted to 3.30...........oh well hopefully it will get sorted one day and I can be something like my old self before this BC started.

For anyone else on here that maybe going through what I am

https://www.healthline.com/health/menopause/thyroid-and-menopause#hyperthyroidism-onmenopause