Being Swiss born and raised, that is bacon to me, the bacon strip type. Coop has the bacon rasher type (or had, haven't bought it for a while).

Thanks. Thought you knew somewhere that was selling English bacon.

There was a very interesting series of documentaries on the BBC recently called "The Men Who Made Us Thin", they looked at how such things as low-fat diets came about, looked at the motivation for the theory behind them and other diet & exercise advice then looked at them from a the perspective of current scientific knowledge. You should watch it and then you will see why I call it old school.

My lunch

Mixed lettuces, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, low fat cheese, salt, spices, garlic and olive oil.

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I love a side salad with my burger

This was yesterdays mid morning breakfast along with an elvis shake and a mug of tea. Mmmmmm

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Heaven.

Well, apart from the sugar-laden ketchup and beans, toast and white potatoes (which I could replace with yummy sweet potatoes), that's pretty much what my breakfasts look like. I tend to add some green veg and have a little less meat but yeah, that's what I eat and I lose weight.

Wholemeal toast????

You health fanatic!!!!!

Sort of Paula Radcliffe of EF..... (only couple of minutes slower)

My, my...I feel honoured to have top athletes amongst us.

Oh I see, you mean Canadian Bacon.

It all depends on what plan you are following/what you are consuming.

There are lots of healthy choices that are sweet. There are lots of unhealthy choices that are sweet. Nothing can be eaten freely.

If you're craving something, but not hungry, and otherwise, have eaten all the things your diet permits for that point in the day, just drink a lot of water and try to occupy your mind with something else that consumes your thoughts. Sometimes we eat and drink out of habit, not necessity. Exercising is good for distracting... Watching a film... Learning a language... Telephoning or seeing friends... Reading...

Whilst you are still just a few days into the changes, it might help to celebrate/recognise the success at the end of each day, so you have a burst of feel-good momentum to carry you into the next day. It could be via a calendar with smiley faces... A long soak in a steamy bubble bath...

Are your hubby and kids also healthy eating? Are they encouraging your efforts?

Would starting a blog appeal to you, so you can photograph and document your progress, and inspire others?

Food control is hard, but it's worth the rewards. You never regret resisting the unhealthy options the next day when you look at your body and feel energised.

Are you allowed agave syrup on your diet? It's sweet but has a much lower GI than sugar and is sweeter so you don't need to use so much.

There are loads of reports online condemning agave syrup, as most of what's available in the shops is processed sweetener apparently, with high fructose levels.

You need to by the real stuff which is available in health food shops.

This is what my doctor gave me, it doesn't have much info.

Breakfast:

-coffee with milk
-20gr. Bread or cereal
-20gr. Slice of chicken/turkey


Snack:

- 1 fruit

Lunch:

-vegetables (as much as I want)
-potatoes 100gr. Or pasta 30gr. Or rice 30gr.
-legume 50gr.
-meat 100 gr. / 1 egg
-1fruit

Snack:

-2 yogurts / glass of milk
-1 fruit

Dinner:

Same as lunch but 50% of the plate being carbohydrates

Prohibited:

Olives, crips, honey, sugar, fried, etc.

Permitted:

1 glass of wine, light drinks, 2 spoon of olive oil per day.


For a total of 1200 cal per day.

With a ratio of: 55% is carbohydrates, 30% fat and 15% proteins.

I am a bit comfused why your doctor has put you on such an extreme diet - your weight is fine, right? Do you really need to be that strict to control the pre-diabetes? 1200 calories is not a lot...I would be depressed if I were put on that diet, I am afraid...

Would using it instead of sugar in my tea get my 10k time under 35mins?

Can you explain what real means in this context please, so we can understand the difference?