Report at the end of Week One

End of Week One Results

Here we are just one week on with my low carb diet. I popped on the scales this morning and they read:

93.5 kg a loss of 2.9kg or 6.4 pounds
Morning Blood sugar level 7.1

I think that is quite impressive, don't you?

Isn't it dangerous to eat high fat?

After all the research I have done - this is my conclusion which seems to be backed up by most online research and more importantly, by my quarterly blood analysis!

The problem with most peoples diets is the MIX of fats and carbs. Your body can run on either fat or carbs. You must have heard about marathon runners who hit the wall? This is where your body switches between burning carbs for energy and fat. Most food today is high carb, if you're not doing it already - read the labels! Your body is lazy and would prefer to run on carbs - any left over are converted to fat and stored in your body.

People on a low carb diet get their energy from fat. So whilst my diet is essentially high fat - none of it stays in my blood stream because it is all used by my body as energy. In fact - and this is a fact my cholesterol levels DROPPED after I switched to my high fat diet.

The But! Just because this diet uses fats it doesn't mean that you should suddenly switch from grilling to deep frying. If you can grill your meats and eat more chicken or fish this will dramatically improve your health even further. What you have to be careful of is things advertised as low fat - these almost certainly will have replaced fats with harmful carbs. As a for instance choose full fat philidelphia spread over the low fat version. Next time you are in the supermarket compare the two to see what I mean!

This week I have eaten things like ham, lots of brie cheese, snacked on cheese strings and pork scratchings and brazil nuts. (Not too many nuts!) If I feel hungry I always have a no added sugar dilute juice drink. Its is important to drink plenty of water. I dont like water much so I flavour mine with juice. If you like your drinks fizzy then choose the diet versions there are plenty to choose from. Main meal have been stir fried chicken with bacon and jalepeno peppers, mushrooms and leafy salad. I have also had two lots of Gammon and eggs (my current favorite!). I also like the all day low carb breakfast - Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, sausages and even a burger! Steak is also great with a leafy salad and home made coleslaw. Home made because you can control the carbs and use full fat mayo.

If you like your fruit, yes you can have it but be careful what you have - most is very high in carbs which is why it is sweet! As a general rule anything ending in berrie is ok in moderation. For instance I have a fruit salad made up with strawberries and blueberries with full fat cream mmm.

Are you a chocoholic? Restrict yourself to a maximun of 1 Atkins bar per day. Please note the word maximum, they actually taste quite nice but are around £1 a go. Advalite an online low carb specialist is a good source for most things, including low carb replacement meal shakes, but I have had one on this diet yet, but they seemed ok last time out.

Any questions please email me at dunkcal@yahoo.com or on my facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1347261946