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<blockquote data-quote="LittleSue" data-source="post: 92539" data-attributes="member: 6295"><p>I tried cutting my carbs to about 100 per day, for about 2 weeks. Quickly lost about 3kg body weight. Doesn't sound much, but starting from 46kg (BMI 21) I wasn't happy to continue. Wasn't comfortable with eating loads of extra protein or fat to compensate. On about 120-150 per day my weight is steady and thanks to DAFNE HbA1c is down from around 9 to 6.6 so I must be balancing things ok. That's well below the "guideline" on food labels of around 230 carbs per day so compared to that its low, but not restricting. </p><p></p><p>When temporarily on some tablets that made me more insulin resistant and extra hungry I added some low-carb recipes, eg mixing cauliflower into mashed potato to halve the carbs. I still do that sometimes and I leave out what I call unnecessary carbs. I tend to eat fewer carbs, at certain times when I'm more insulin resistant. But I don't need to lose weight and having discovered DAFNE, after 30+ years of compulsory snacks and eating when I didn't want to, I enjoy my dietary freedom. Don't want to replace the old rules with an even more restricted diet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleSue, post: 92539, member: 6295"] I tried cutting my carbs to about 100 per day, for about 2 weeks. Quickly lost about 3kg body weight. Doesn't sound much, but starting from 46kg (BMI 21) I wasn't happy to continue. Wasn't comfortable with eating loads of extra protein or fat to compensate. On about 120-150 per day my weight is steady and thanks to DAFNE HbA1c is down from around 9 to 6.6 so I must be balancing things ok. That's well below the "guideline" on food labels of around 230 carbs per day so compared to that its low, but not restricting. When temporarily on some tablets that made me more insulin resistant and extra hungry I added some low-carb recipes, eg mixing cauliflower into mashed potato to halve the carbs. I still do that sometimes and I leave out what I call unnecessary carbs. I tend to eat fewer carbs, at certain times when I'm more insulin resistant. But I don't need to lose weight and having discovered DAFNE, after 30+ years of compulsory snacks and eating when I didn't want to, I enjoy my dietary freedom. Don't want to replace the old rules with an even more restricted diet. [/QUOTE]
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