S-G – that would be so great to hear your old blog posts! I, for one, find that having more experienced people on the forum such as yourself is so inspiring, and you bring a lot of wisdom and understanding and common sense to your posts. I am so glad that you are still on here – you bring so much, and I am really grateful 🙂 5 years is such a wonderful achievement. I bet you can’t wait to see the look on your doctors face at your next appointment!
Garmcns and Green&White – welcome 🙂 I hope the first few days have gone smoothly for you?
Russian Roulade – what incredible losses. Given that, even in my best weeks, I have only lost 1.2kg, I can’t even imagine losses of that size. You must be thrilled!
I have had a fun few days doing more research. I have been fascinated by the science and literature regarding this way of eating / LCHF etc. Yesterday I was watching a fascinating talk with Prof. Tim Noakes, and came across his book ‘The real meal revolution – Banting 2.0’. I have only seen the food lists and general premise so far (I have ordered the book), but it looks like it lines up fairly well with this WoE, especially once you hit the target weight and can move beyond the 800 calories.
I also watched two BBC productions – called ‘Fixing Dad’ and ‘The Fixing Challenge’, about two sons who decided to help their father with Advanced T2 Diabetes. Through weight loss, dropping the carbs and starches, exercise etc, he had amazing results. Again, this was all completely compatible with this WoE. Thinking of getting my Father in Law, who has T2 diabetes and yet eats more carbs (breads/buns) and ‘canned fruit in syrup’ than anyone else I know to watch it, as he sits down with his nightly bowl of ice cream!