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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 294603" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Whether you get the surgery or not, you need the self-discipline also to go with it.</p><p></p><p>I had to lose weight because of my health. My specialist said I was close to needing gastric bypass surgery and I DON'T want surgery, so I figured - I would simply eat as if I had already had the surgery. Make sure there was only healthy food around me and only eat a couple of mouthfuls for a meal, enough to stop the hunger pangs and the feeling faint. If I needed another few mouthfuls an hour later - OK. I was driven by desperation to ward off the imminent diabetes and the serious liver problems. I also had diet pills to help (although I don't think they made a lot of difference in my case, although tkaing them helped me THINK they were helping).</p><p></p><p>As for all that garlic - I would NOT freeze it for now, I might bottle some of it under olive oil, but if you keep it in a spare fridge (we have a house fridge and a garage fridge) it might easily store there for the year you need. Only freeze it or bottle it if it begins to look a bit wrinkled and tired.</p><p></p><p>Instead, cook some healthy casseroles for your daughter. I use garlic a lot. My current fad is Moroccan cooking, done slow-cooked with a lot of vegetables and loads of flavour, served with brown rice. Help her cut back on carbs (but not as far back as Atkins Diet) and switch to wholegrain everything and no potatoes. If she's hungry, have a drink of water. Then lean protein. Sauce is OK as long as it's appropriate in quantity. Fruit - one piece a day, except unlimited strawberries. Unlimited vegetables except the high carb ones. No sweets at all unless they're the Isomalt ones. Basically, if she gets that sour taste in her mouth after eating, she's had too much carb and needs to find out where it came from so she can avoid it next time. Otherwise - eat when she wants to. Five small meals are better, she MUST eat breakfast but it needs to be wholegrain and low fat with no added sugar. Drink lots of water, no drinks with sugar (that includes fruit juice, even unsweetened - one glass of juice is the daily fruit serve, gone in one gulp).</p><p></p><p>If hse is obsessed with food (as I became increasingly so, while dieting) then let her cook for other people. I found I was baking cakes and biscuits, playing with biscuit dough and making multicoloured, multi-layered shapes with decorations which I then gave away to friends.</p><p></p><p>Oh yes - and eat two to four squares of good quality dark chocolate every day. Without fail.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 294603, member: 1991"] Whether you get the surgery or not, you need the self-discipline also to go with it. I had to lose weight because of my health. My specialist said I was close to needing gastric bypass surgery and I DON'T want surgery, so I figured - I would simply eat as if I had already had the surgery. Make sure there was only healthy food around me and only eat a couple of mouthfuls for a meal, enough to stop the hunger pangs and the feeling faint. If I needed another few mouthfuls an hour later - OK. I was driven by desperation to ward off the imminent diabetes and the serious liver problems. I also had diet pills to help (although I don't think they made a lot of difference in my case, although tkaing them helped me THINK they were helping). As for all that garlic - I would NOT freeze it for now, I might bottle some of it under olive oil, but if you keep it in a spare fridge (we have a house fridge and a garage fridge) it might easily store there for the year you need. Only freeze it or bottle it if it begins to look a bit wrinkled and tired. Instead, cook some healthy casseroles for your daughter. I use garlic a lot. My current fad is Moroccan cooking, done slow-cooked with a lot of vegetables and loads of flavour, served with brown rice. Help her cut back on carbs (but not as far back as Atkins Diet) and switch to wholegrain everything and no potatoes. If she's hungry, have a drink of water. Then lean protein. Sauce is OK as long as it's appropriate in quantity. Fruit - one piece a day, except unlimited strawberries. Unlimited vegetables except the high carb ones. No sweets at all unless they're the Isomalt ones. Basically, if she gets that sour taste in her mouth after eating, she's had too much carb and needs to find out where it came from so she can avoid it next time. Otherwise - eat when she wants to. Five small meals are better, she MUST eat breakfast but it needs to be wholegrain and low fat with no added sugar. Drink lots of water, no drinks with sugar (that includes fruit juice, even unsweetened - one glass of juice is the daily fruit serve, gone in one gulp). If hse is obsessed with food (as I became increasingly so, while dieting) then let her cook for other people. I found I was baking cakes and biscuits, playing with biscuit dough and making multicoloured, multi-layered shapes with decorations which I then gave away to friends. Oh yes - and eat two to four squares of good quality dark chocolate every day. Without fail. Marg [/QUOTE]
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