Scimama
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi Figgy
I struggled to begin with, I had grown up with the "fat is bad, carbs are good" message. It took me a while to accept that I could eat fat and not get fat, I really didn't believe I could eat cheese, avocados, cream (!!) and actually lose weight - but low carb high fat actually does work.
It will take a while to get your own 'carb level' at which you maintain low blood glucose readings and lose or maintain weight (depending on your goal).
One thing I did notice in your post above was that you use fitness pal to work out how many carbs you are having. In my own personal experience I have found that the carbs reported aren't always correct. In many cases the site users can post carb amounts, these vary from country to country because of recipe changes (for things like veggie sausages) and portion sizes. USA work out their carbs in different way to UK for example (hence you will often see net carbs being used).
I'd suggest you get a UK carb counting book, and for processed foods or those that do come with label use those values rather than fitness pal.
Things like tofu are a good source of low carb protein, eggs are fantastic and versatile (of you eat them)
Are you vegan, lacto-vegi, lacto-ovo-vegi???
Try things like grated or blitzed cauliflower as substitute for rice, and mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potato.
I struggled to begin with, I had grown up with the "fat is bad, carbs are good" message. It took me a while to accept that I could eat fat and not get fat, I really didn't believe I could eat cheese, avocados, cream (!!) and actually lose weight - but low carb high fat actually does work.
It will take a while to get your own 'carb level' at which you maintain low blood glucose readings and lose or maintain weight (depending on your goal).
One thing I did notice in your post above was that you use fitness pal to work out how many carbs you are having. In my own personal experience I have found that the carbs reported aren't always correct. In many cases the site users can post carb amounts, these vary from country to country because of recipe changes (for things like veggie sausages) and portion sizes. USA work out their carbs in different way to UK for example (hence you will often see net carbs being used).
I'd suggest you get a UK carb counting book, and for processed foods or those that do come with label use those values rather than fitness pal.
Things like tofu are a good source of low carb protein, eggs are fantastic and versatile (of you eat them)
Are you vegan, lacto-vegi, lacto-ovo-vegi???
Try things like grated or blitzed cauliflower as substitute for rice, and mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potato.