Hi.
CAD is Carbohydrate Addicts Diet and CALP is Carbohydrate Addicts Lifetime Program.
Things however, have changed since I posted the thing about CAD and CALP and that is........my doctor's appointment!
I went to my doctor (a wonderful doctor) yesterday and learned that I had gained 3 pounds already this year. Like I really needed extra weight.
I will be going on the Schwarzbein Principle (SP) WOE beginning tomorrow, with my doctors blessing and encouragement! Actually, from the research I've done and after reading her book and her cookbook, I am very excited. It simply makes more sense to me than any thing else I have read, including CAD. If, God forbid, I can't follow the SP program I will go back to CALP or CAD but I'm hoping the SP works as well for me as it has for others.
I have been following the SP Forum for a while and while it doesn't sound like a 'fast fix', it seems solid. I want a plan that will become my way of life, not a fad thing and I want to 'heal' my body of all that I have done to it in the past with all of my crazy diets and necessary medications.
Diane Schwarzbein M.D. began her career doctoring diabetics and discovered this way of helping those who had been getting worse with the standard treatment. The things she learned not only helped her diabetic patients but also their families who saw what her treatment did for weight loss so they too came to her.
It looks promising for a permanent change of lifestyle and greatly improved health. It also seem VERY doable. Actually, her program is like a breath of fresh air with the things a person can and should eat as well as the things I should never eat again in my lifetime. I agree with it all and so did my doctor.
He did tell me that my triglycerides, cholesterol and high blood pressure should come down so quickly that he wants me to come in monthly for bloodwork. I am thankful for that because I am a Veteran and go to a VA doctor so they will pay for the medical costs of all the bloodwork and any other tests I might need.
Well, this is more than you asked! Sorry to ramble on but I just had to tell someone!
Myrtih