Hi TM, welcome here.
I am no different. But 12 months ago I bordered on diabetes 2 and had high blood pressure for 8 years. I've always been overweight and was 135 kgms. My knees were buckling, I'd roll out of bed, I found gardening a chore etc. You know the drill.
Stress and I'd eat more. Soup noodles- nice eh? love em. pity they arent good for you. But anything nice isnt good for you.
My wife and I embarked on an eating plan and a visit to our GP. My GP asked about my digestion and gave me a script for MOVCOL to eliminate constipation as I've always had it.
Our eating changed. We have the 'pie chart'. One quarter meat, one quarter rice or pasta and one half vegies. No potatoes but sweet potatoes in its place. Weekly we buy a pack of Milky way chocolate bars, the pack with the small packs inside and have one with out cup of coffee around 8pm each second night. In the off night we have fruit and custard. But critically what has been responsible for our weight loss apart for the pie chart dinner is porridge EVERY morning, not the quick oats but the raw ones you boil or 3 mionute sin the microwave with fruit and wraps for lunck. Allow yourself a snack between meals often a half a handful of nuts or even soup noodles.
Now I'm down to 121 kgms, lost 14 kgms, gone off my BP tablets, no longer "roll" out of bed, not short of breath, no risk of diabetes and my wife has lost 7 kgms also.
Finally, we have found many recipes on the net for healthy eating that is tasty. an example is Pumpkin Lasagna. The thin pumpkin slices take the place of high carbed pasta and its yummy.
Onion, fresh garlic, sliced tomato, zuchini, and ground beef
Place thin sliced JAP pumpkin in the tray, ground beef with garlic, onion and zuchini (previous cooked), layer of mozzarella cheese, repeat the layers with mozarella on top and sliced tomato on top of that. Bake for one hour 180 degrees.
Left overs for lunch next day.
