Carbohydrates are like cocaine: you can’t do a little every now and then. You’re addicted, and as long as you keep indulging yourself by saying “I’ve cut my bread intake in half” or similar equivocations, you’re still addicted and your pancreas won’t re-set itself. You do have to go cold turkey on the bread, flour, pasta, rice, corn, fruit, sugary vegetables, and sweeteners. Sugars are also hidden in a lot of foods we don’t think of as sweet, like ketchup and other condiments.
Later, when you’ve put your body into ketosis, you’re doing aerobic and weight-bearing exercise, and your body fat and blood glucose levels are dropping fast, you can consider adding some fruit back into your diet.
It’s a choice. You have to decide how important it is to you to control your weight, appearance, and health. But it’s not any more difficult for you than it is for anyone else. If the rest of us can do it, so can you.
Exactly. It is a choice and people have to possess the motivation. I dovetail the fasts with a faith element and it helps