megthehen Member

My feelings are in not hurt in anyway.

This is me too a tee, I cook three meals each night, one for a fussy 8 year old, (only eats fish fingers or chicken nuggets.) another for my older kids and usually a different meal for hubby and me. I used to love cooking, now not so much!

Debbie, how long did it take to lose weight, I have 70pounds to lose, about as I use kilos. I plan to stick to this forever if it works for me because for the first time ever I don't feel like eating all day. I normally drive straight to the shop to buy food to eat in the car on my way home from work. 3 days in, I haven't…

Thanks Great to hear that I am not the only one who thinks it makes sense, that if your body can't metabolise sugar then it's a good idea to stay away from it. They just say over and over that diabetes is caused by obesity. Duh, what causes obesity? Too many calories. It would be interesting to see what would happen if I…

So what leads to obesity then. Because we seem sure that it's not the macro nutrient dense high refined carbohydrate food we have been told is healthy for the last 30 years. The stuff I am reading is not old at all. Dr David Perlmutter, Professor Tim Noakes. Scandinavian countries have already changed their dietary…

Thanks for you input. I have tried cutting calories, but just find it very hard to stick too. I am totally addicted to carbs and sugar. Hence the omitting it all together. I have read a lot about this and the major cause of type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance which is cause by the excessive consumption of refined…

Thanks, as you say this is a learning process, I am just starting out but I am quite enthusiastic and I really want to do it properly.

I am a little shocked that there are people still walking around saying that sugar does not cause weight gain. Have you not heard of type 2 diabetes. Refined carbohydrate and sugar are absolutely the cause of this. Of course, I don't think I can eat 5000 calories a day and lose weight just by not getting those calories…

Surrey, add me if you like. trying the LCD as I have failed at every other diet known to man.

Put her in a buggy and go walk up and down some big hills. I find walking up hills is the very best cardio work out, and pushing a buggy will only make it better.

Okay so I just read the LCD launch pad thingy and it says I should stick to 100g carb and under 40grams sugars. So my sugar setting was too low.

thanks for the list, it is pretty much the veg that I eat anyway. I am surprised that they contain so much sugar. Even the whole milk? half a cup has 6 grams of sugar. Wow, terrifying to think what my sugar consumption was like when I was eating biscuits everyday. I do stay away from starchy veg and I am just trying to…

I have never tried Kabocha, but butternut squash is an everyday item in our household. We eat it baked, mashed, chipped, or even wrapped in tin foil and cooked in the bbq. It makes great soup, quiche and I also add it to bolognaise sauce to make the mince go further and add some nutrition and my kids dont notice.