[Pickle27]

I think the title says it all but I'm new to this site after searching the internet on monday because I was fed up! As with most people it was the site of myself in some rather unflattering photographs that has finally got me to try and sort myself out.
The funny thing is that I insist on cooking healthy meals for my children and encourage them to snack on fruit etc and yet when it comes to myself I don't extend the same care. Only I can change this. So here I am!
I'm trying to do low GI as I also have PCOS and this is recommended for women such as myself. Is anyone else doing this? Any tips? I'm on day 3 and while I haven't been perfect I've been so much better than I have been. Plus hubbie has bought me a juicer so I can make some healthy juices to drink aswell
I look forward to getting to know you all.

Pickle

[Esofia]

Welcome! I'm in the UK as well.

Real Foods in Edinburgh is a health food shop that does free delivery, and it has a fabulous range of rices and such. I wasn't that into brown rice before, but now I use Thai red rice in soups, brown jasmine rice with curries and stir-fries, and so forth.

I thought juices were high in sugar?

[Pickle27]

I'm planning on juicing vegetables rather than fruit . Thanks for the tip on the shop.

[Esofia]

It's a useful one, although it's annoying never being quite sure when the delivery will turn up.

If you haven't done this already, learn about the difference between glycaemic index and glycaemic load, apparently that's key. I wonder if there's any software out there which will calculate the GL for you based on the portion size?

I think that some vegetable juices are higher in sugar than others, such as carrots and beetroot, so that's worth checking. I went through a juicing phase a few years back, it was fun, although cleaning out the juicer was a pain. When it eventually broke, I didn't bother getting another one.