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Anyone combining MFP & Low GI?

LWilliamsAd
LWilliamsAd Posts: 3
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I've been using MFP for a while now but haven't really dedicated myself properly. I'm from Adelaide & desperately need to lose 20kg. I'm 38 & have 2 rascals at school. My aim next week is to menu plan, cheap weekly shop!!! and get some me time! I'm not the most organised & suffer from anxiety/depression so exercise is high up on my me time list! Low GI with calorie counting seems good. Any advice/tips/hits etc would be very welcome!

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  • marriedwith
    marriedwith Posts: 72 Member
    I do. I have some metabolic issues and low glycemic seems to help. I do however, plan for 1 day a week to allow myself foods that I normally would not have. I also cycle my carbohydrate intact up and down a bit. Feel free to poke in my food diary.
  • LWilliamsAd
    LWilliamsAd Posts: 3
    Thank you! I really appreciate that!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    I've been eating low glycemic for about 15 years now. Back then, the weight was creeping up, and my mood and PMS were horrible. I couldn't wait for lunch each day, and was a cranky, ahem beotch until I got food.

    Now, 15 years later, I've kept all but 5 pounds off, and don't have the pre-meal cranks.

    I eat grains,I eat carbs. I just go slow carb. I don't drink juice (that puts me over the edge).

    I find it a very sustainable way to eat.

    That said, yes, some days are harder, and some days I can't (travel). Yesterday I went t a school picnic and ended up having a slice of pizza (first slice of restaurant white bread pizza in years).
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