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<blockquote data-quote="BooJewels" data-source="post: 851273" data-attributes="member: 181094"><p>You'll have to decide for yourself how strictly you want to apply the LCHF principles depending on how much you need to control your BG and what eating regime you can live with long term. There's no point going at it strictly, if you really can't sustain it long term.</p><p></p><p>I've <em><strong>personally </strong></em>taken a more moderate long-game approach and tend to think of it as <em>lower </em>carbing. I've seen comments here and elsewhere that there is no such thing as moderate low carbing and if you're serious about it, you just have to go hard core. </p><p></p><p>For example, in the strictest sense, every gram of carb should count - but I tend to look at trends and balance rather than the minutiae of every food. I don't want to start limiting otherwise nutritious foods because they might be a few grams of carb per serving - I save the weighing etc. for very carb heavy foods like pasta, bread, rice etc. </p><p></p><p>So I tend to weigh and work out a dish once and then put that in my mental calculation as to how many carbs it represents overall. So with salad the way I eat it, I just mentally jot down how much that is off my allowance for the day. Today I had a bowl of salad for lunch with some cheese and tuna and I opened a new bag of leaves and it smelt horrible, so I didn't want to eat it, so I just chopped some more cherry toms and sugarsnaps to make up the volume. That might have added 3g of carbs, but it was still a healthy plate of food, so I'm personally not going to fret over that. Others may find that they want, or need to - but it's pretty personal and you will find over time what works for you.</p><p></p><p><strong>ETA:</strong> Have a look at the low carb forum - there's more information there and people who are significantly more experienced and knowledgeable than me about it. I've not been doing it for long and as stated, am taking a rather more moderate approach.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BooJewels, post: 851273, member: 181094"] You'll have to decide for yourself how strictly you want to apply the LCHF principles depending on how much you need to control your BG and what eating regime you can live with long term. There's no point going at it strictly, if you really can't sustain it long term. I've [I][B]personally [/B][/I]taken a more moderate long-game approach and tend to think of it as [I]lower [/I]carbing. I've seen comments here and elsewhere that there is no such thing as moderate low carbing and if you're serious about it, you just have to go hard core. For example, in the strictest sense, every gram of carb should count - but I tend to look at trends and balance rather than the minutiae of every food. I don't want to start limiting otherwise nutritious foods because they might be a few grams of carb per serving - I save the weighing etc. for very carb heavy foods like pasta, bread, rice etc. So I tend to weigh and work out a dish once and then put that in my mental calculation as to how many carbs it represents overall. So with salad the way I eat it, I just mentally jot down how much that is off my allowance for the day. Today I had a bowl of salad for lunch with some cheese and tuna and I opened a new bag of leaves and it smelt horrible, so I didn't want to eat it, so I just chopped some more cherry toms and sugarsnaps to make up the volume. That might have added 3g of carbs, but it was still a healthy plate of food, so I'm personally not going to fret over that. Others may find that they want, or need to - but it's pretty personal and you will find over time what works for you. [B]ETA:[/B] Have a look at the low carb forum - there's more information there and people who are significantly more experienced and knowledgeable than me about it. I've not been doing it for long and as stated, am taking a rather more moderate approach. [/QUOTE]
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