Hi All, today is my end of week weigh in and I have gone from 74.4 to 73.9, lost 0.5 kilo, yeeeeeeeees. and now under the 74 figure which was a mini goal. I have been counting all week and allowed myself 40 carbs but only actually reached that once, most days I was under and around 25 to 30, so I think the week before had struck a chord with me.
I wont be counting this week or joining another thread as I am going on holiday on Thursday, but fear not, I will be sticking to the low carbs. My daughter was doing her online shop last night for when we arrive and skyped me to ask what I wanted stocking up, so I am okay there. I have spoken to my husbands step-mother as she was worried about feeding me, so I told her about the diet and she said, oh that’s okay you just don’t eat rubbish. His sister, who is super fit (a mountaineer in Scotland) said, okay, you eat Mediterranean I can deal with that. So I should be okay at all stops along the way. We will be eating in restaurants on around 5 nights plus pub lunches whilst travelling between England and Scotland but I am okay with that, I just ditch the carbs and ask for extra salad or veg. On the down side there will be a lot of reunions, a new baby just arrived, catching up with a friend I havent seen for 11 years and, of course, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with cocktails before and after, so a lot of toasting and drinking will take place and I make no apologies.
Frog, you are right about the French being over cautious. I had an incident of a problem in the UK and the doctor started with the simplest of treatments, then when that didn’t work went up to the next level, until in the end sent me for scans etc. It turned out I needed my gall bladder removing. As an ex nurse I had been telling them that from the start but I was put through months and months o pain, useless treatments and worries whereas a scan straight away would have seen the problem. I know, it is money. Here in France I went to the doctor with pain in my side and he sent me for a scan and ultra sound all in the same week. And I mean in the same week, saw doctor Monday, had scan etc on Thursday. You also have to remember that we pay to see our doctor, I pay to have my blood test, I pay if I see a cardiologist (like I did last week) so you get the best possible treatment quickly. Also paying means I am in control of my results, I get copies of everything. When I fist saw a gyneacologist here for routine smear (I had cancer a long time ago) she couldn’t understand why I didn’t have all my hospital records, smear results and copies of my mammograms. I have them here, and when I see my doctor for my diabetes test at the end of November I must also remember to take the copy of my EEG from the cardio and my mammogram films. When he has looked at them he will give them back to me, they are mine. You get back 70% of the cost from the equivalent of the NHS and you pay for insurance to cover the other 30%. In my case all my diabetic treatments are free, I pay, but I get back 100%. I like it and worry how I will adjust when we move back to UK, which I am sure we will eventually.
Krysia, that was clever of you to call your daughter ‘glucose’, was that auto correct or a freudian slip.
I am starting a thread called WHAT DID ‘YOUR’ DOCTOR SAY…… And will see what pops up, hope there will be a lot of positives.
