While I wait for my Tridec appointment<\/a> at the Women’s College, my doctor has recommended I get the book The G.I. Diet<\/em> for a good base of diabetic recepies and tips. I was really hoping for the book to be about getting a random snog from some bellbottom wearing stranger on the street. Sadly, no. It’s a borderline Adkins-esque diet guide that just happens to be all about Sugar\/Fat-free eating, which we should be doing anyway. In a nutshell, you eliminate all sugars as best you can from your diet and at major meals you reduce your usual 1\/3rd meat and carbs down to 1\/4 each and increase leafy veg to 1\/2. <\/p>\n Which has made me quite musical.<\/p>\n Especially after the Mixed Bean salad. <\/p>\n Coupled with going to the gym 4 times a week (doc says 5. Pffft!), I have lost 10 lbs in the last 15 days. And that ain’t water folks. I allow myself only one diet coke every 3 days or so and drink at least 3L of water a day now. No juice. Boring. I’ve boosted my vitamin intake and suddenly I am wearing pants I gave Sharkboy last year. Ta daaa!<\/p>\n Yesterday I was on the streetcar behind someone with a McDonalds bag. It was probably the closest I have ever come to nearly physically yearning for something other than sex. Well that or that Big Trak<\/a> I wanted back when I was 15. <\/p>\n