Lexie2005 said:
Hmmm some of those rules make sense basic common sense eating but I could never manage no carb after lunch!!!!! I eat berries most days & would miss them like mad if I wasn't doing!!! As you know I do quite high protein cos it makes me fuller...
I'm worried though honey that you are trying to follow too many things, low GI, south beach, bob harder. For me it really is about eating less & doing more & it's working for me....
Can you not just go back to xen rules & keep ringing small independents to try & get your script filled xx
The main reason i am going low GI/ lower carbs and cutting out the snacky carb items, is that I find that I tend to bloat in my upper stomach area eating white bread, pastry's, popcorn, pasta, cakes, low fat snack items that are within xen rules, which is why I'm trying to find a plan that I can stick to, for life. I am still cooking within xen rules, I'm just eating more nuts and seeds, which are not so xen friendly lol
At the end of the 2 weeks of phase 1 my upper stomach was noticeably flatter, at the moment it is now puffy and bloated from what I have eaten this week, so my plan of 1 day low carb and the other more carbs has not worked! So I need to try something else.. So next week(as of tomorrow) I am going to try use some or most of bob harpers rules and see how it works - I'm still feeling positive just need to adjust my plan..
Low GI and south beach are similar, I tend to do well with the phase 1 of SBD it's when I start eating more low GI carbs after the phase 1 period of 2 weeks. That I have issues, I do ok for breakfast, after lunch I crave sweet stuff and then end up eating other rubbish - so this week on my non carb days I did ok but on the days I ate more carbs I just didn't stop.. Portion control and binging - trigger foods or mood (headaches).
I have sorted breakfast, porridge every other day and eggs, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, the other days.
I tend to get hungry again about 9:30-10am - so having a small salad - or the plain yogurt (200g plain low fat) with an apple or berries, which I tried today and was filling. Tesco now does 200g pots light plain yogurt, also is some thing I can continue when we are away.
Lunch: I will have to change a bit if I am to cut the carbs from lunch onwards - I think I could do this with planning (and getting off my butt!)- I am eating a lot of chickpeas at the moment and will still make a good lunch, just add loads of green veg with lunch.
Change my afternoon snack habits: to maybe a boiled egg, sardines and some salad, quiche with no pastry - SBD recipe.. eggs, spinach baked in oven.
Dinner I don't mind just having meat and loads veg I do that on my days when I reduce my carbs , and I don't tend to eat after dinner anyway - unless I've been to kettlercise class - then I think I will have the protein shake made with milk, depends how I feel..
I'm not giving up just changing directions as the one I was going in wasn't working
Going back to how I was when I was on the tablets I was eating a lot of tesco ready meals - lunch and sometimes dinner - was a bit too expensive. Also made me lazy to cook and prepare meals for the family
