Yes Cate, a woman's work is never done! 
14-05-2012, 12:34 PM
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Re: Dieting
It has been ages since I last posted here. I have been so busy making jam and chutney, pickles and jellies. I have so enjoyed myself but taking the odd teaspoon of this and a tad of that have been taking in some sugar which has stopped the Atkins way of losing. However, thanks to Atkins my appetite has become a manageable force and not a monster so even if I have too much sugar with all the extra work I am keeping about the same weight. That is nearly two stone less than when we started.Hubs has gone from strength to strength and has continued the no sugar approach even though I try and make him taste something I a very pleased with he has only taken a smidgin and therefore has lost another couple of pounds.
We have been busy getting ready for the Nigel Haworth's Food Show so hubs has been busy 'looking' stuff out that we thought were lost. During his search he opened a suitcase containing loads of shirts that he just grew out of and now he has lost so much weight he can fit in them again. He is thrilled and it has given him new enthusiasm to carry on, even though he would like some rustic bread.
Hubs has to go to the doctors on Friday because they need to lower his medication. The ladies at the surgery do not feel happy about him doing the low carb diet but they cannot argue with the results.
23-05-2012, 01:01 PM
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Re: Dieting
I just had to pop in and tell anyone who is interested that when Hubs went to the surgery the nurses were very busy and running late so nothing much was said except that hubs had protein in his urine and as they said that is what you get from ignoring us and staying on the Atkins diet.Well he gave another sample of urine to be sent to the lab sat back and waited for another appointment which happened on the 22nd May.
He was in the surgery for ages and I got really worried thinking about the urine and the protein and everything. When he came out he was beaming it appears that the nurses called him in to apologise for their rudeness about the Atkins way of eating. They said that they had never seen a diabetic patient change their numbers so dramatically. They said his cholesterol was only 4.5 against 5.5 before Atkins. His tryglycerides had dropped one point his blood sugar was not a diabetic reading over three months and that there was no protein in his urine just that their strips were dodgy.
We were over the moon and I can tell you that I was so relieved. Mr Cookie was seriously ill a couple of years ago with high cholesterol, high blood sugar and tremendous obesity. Today he is way way way better and I am so glad.
He has been supportive and has worked so hard. I am grateful for him and the fact that I might keep him longer than ever.
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