totally unrealistic with kids though. need to wait for them to grow up
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and cover all bases so can't actually say which one is more effective.
I was advised in our health food shop that magnesium absorbed through the skin works better that supplements. And that you should rub it on your abdomen rather that where the actual problem is. If I feel leg cramps coming on I do all 3
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. In the meantime I'm using up LC meals I'd made up and avoiding fats when i can - and once i start, will be much more focused and dedicated to recording food here and in a journal, and picking up as much advice as possible from people who have lost well on the plan (don't eat bucketloads of pasta, being a key one!).
Oh poor you, rotten time eh. I hope SW helps with your weight. I confess I thought they were erring toward LCHF! But I am only going by what people have said. A possible solution would be Whole30. The website is full of info, its really great. I had downloaded the book AGES ago. Never used it. Last year we had a 3 month lockdown and I began putting on weight, so I decided to look into Whole30. I followed it and lost weight. The 30 is all about eliminating things that could cause issues. At the end of the full 30 days, you can gradually reinstate foods to see what you can get away with having. People use it for their health and to control weight. The site and book is great. I had got the Kindle download when it was on offer, it might be 99p currently which is same price as I paid 4 years ago, so a REAL bargain. The follow up book 'It Starts With Food', I have but haven't read through it properly (confession). 'Do The Thing', is her podcast. She's also on Instagram. Whole30 - Community and Whole30 - Recipes Official pages and Melissa Urban's page on Facebook I suppose her maiden name was Hartwig.Morning all - I'm still here although diet plans have gone out the window completely over Christmas/New Year - oh my there was no stopping me! it didn't help that I got omicron 2 weeks ago - at least I think it was, because the LF tests I ordered arrived yesterday (!) and there are no PCRs to be had in the county. But I had key symptoms - runny nose, sore throat, etc, so self isolated anyway although i only had these symptoms for 2-3 days, then felt fine. Just shows you how virulent the thing is, the only exposure I had was 5 mins with an unmasked grocery delivery man.
Keto is out too. After a little respite from RLS it got a million times worse! Over a few weeks I took food types out, added some in, and it turns out that the high protein/fat approach is the culprit, to the extent that I was getting only an hour's sleep a night, if that. I introduced carbs back in to my food and hey presto, the RLS eased up quite a bit - hasn't stopped, sadly, I've got it going on now, but it's more manageable.
So I've had to flip my approach back to carbs and low fat. I'm heading back to SW too, it's the plan I lost the most weight on. I was going to go on Thursday but a foot of snow in 3 hours made me decide to stay indoors instead - so next Thursday is the new start date
Really need to get some weight off quickly though, my hip is starting to hurt (channelling @tipperary!) a lot, and I've also bought a flight home in March for six weeks woohoo! Can't wait to see everyone - but I have a feeling that, although i will love being back, that it won't feel like home anymore. Be good to feel finally settled in my mind.
Off to catch up on diaries now xx
