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I'm a fairly new diagnosed T2 (October 2019) and was starting to get on top of what I can/can't eat when lock down started.
I'm not overweight but I've been following a low carb diet after using these forums and finding what I can tolerate from thorough testing and it's been great while I've been at home as I can prepare exactly what I need to for lunch and know how it will affect my sugar levels. However I'm back into the office for two days a week I'm finding it a struggle to come up with packed lunch ideas that are quick and easy to prepare, with any variation that doesn't send my levels shooting up.
Everything I've tried beyond variations on salad (which gets a bit boring after a while) takes me over 10, even, humous and vegetable sticks which I thought would be okay. I had a dietician appointment recently and they recommended I add more carbs to my diet which I have done grudgingly (and in very small quantities generally) but it has made a nice addition after so long without and preparing meals a little easier in some respects. I didn't have time to make anything last night or this morning (don't ask) and made the mistake of grabbing a salmon and cream cheese (wholemeal) sandwich from Morrisons en-route and have gone from 6.4 to 12.0 two hours later so I won't be doing that again.
Grateful for any advice/recommendations
I'm not overweight but I've been following a low carb diet after using these forums and finding what I can tolerate from thorough testing and it's been great while I've been at home as I can prepare exactly what I need to for lunch and know how it will affect my sugar levels. However I'm back into the office for two days a week I'm finding it a struggle to come up with packed lunch ideas that are quick and easy to prepare, with any variation that doesn't send my levels shooting up.
Everything I've tried beyond variations on salad (which gets a bit boring after a while) takes me over 10, even, humous and vegetable sticks which I thought would be okay. I had a dietician appointment recently and they recommended I add more carbs to my diet which I have done grudgingly (and in very small quantities generally) but it has made a nice addition after so long without and preparing meals a little easier in some respects. I didn't have time to make anything last night or this morning (don't ask) and made the mistake of grabbing a salmon and cream cheese (wholemeal) sandwich from Morrisons en-route and have gone from 6.4 to 12.0 two hours later so I won't be doing that again.
Grateful for any advice/recommendations