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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Ive been following LCHF diet since being diagnosed. Two of my biggest enemies are mostly sugar, and anything with wheat flour in it. I never have those. Some that I "cheat" with lately are fruits.. very rarely, small amount that I carb count.
I find that eating has been a struggle for me lately. I dont feel well eating LCHF all the time anymore (thats also the reason I have some fruit once a month). I dont feel like eating sugars or wanting to cheat, thats not the case. Im feeling brainless, if that makes sense. I feel like I have zero energy, Im exhausted all the time and just cant think straight or focus. Im on LCHF for about a year now and I feel completely drown out.
So for a change I started allowing myself very small amount of fruit occasionally. First I had some granate apple (8gr carbs). I felt so energetic, I felt healthy in mind and my physics too. I do want to say that whenever I have some treats like this I always exercise right after or exercised before (that I cant do while on fully LCHF because I have so little energy then). I do feel that exercising is the key here. I can easily have 10-15 gr carbs without bolusing if I do small exercise regularly. I was on a dance class on friday this week, after then I had some oat-fruit bar snacks to make sure I dont go too low on my way home. I was 5.2 when I got home, then had omu-rice for dinner and went to bed with 5.4. I also do cycling and go on walking around in the mountains sometimes.
Another thing that I decided to put back into my diet is rice. I used to have bulgur instead of rice, but I thought... I, my family always had rice, my japanese dad, grandparents, cousins. They all have rice and its like 70% of their meals. They are completely healthy, Japan doesnt hear about diabetes much, but they eat rice every meal..? I eat rice now too, no bulgur, and I feel good. I measure the amount I can have with my usual 5-6units of insulin. After meal my BG stays around 5.5-6, and I feel alive and not like a zombie all the time.
I also eat less fat now, high fats always made me feel tired. I eat less meat, meat didnt make me feel quite well either. Im thinking to try having a bit more fruit or more often maybe when I do exercises or study very hard (heavy focusing seems to drop my BG too, is it only me?). By fruit I mean such as pear, granate apple.. I believe these are on the better side, I try to eat not too sweet ones. Im experimenting. Im slowly putting these in to my new kind of diet and see what they do, but so far I feel good. Still on LCHF kind of but I would call it maybe...Low Carb Moderate Fat and some extra boost for when I need it! (Still not so good with namings.) I think I ll never wish to eat sugar and wheat flour again in my life, coz those do spike me a little and I dont really crave them anyway. But trying to do something about this tiredness all the time.
This is just my experience lately, thought I would share it. Hope everyones having a good evening/good day ! X
I find that eating has been a struggle for me lately. I dont feel well eating LCHF all the time anymore (thats also the reason I have some fruit once a month). I dont feel like eating sugars or wanting to cheat, thats not the case. Im feeling brainless, if that makes sense. I feel like I have zero energy, Im exhausted all the time and just cant think straight or focus. Im on LCHF for about a year now and I feel completely drown out.
So for a change I started allowing myself very small amount of fruit occasionally. First I had some granate apple (8gr carbs). I felt so energetic, I felt healthy in mind and my physics too. I do want to say that whenever I have some treats like this I always exercise right after or exercised before (that I cant do while on fully LCHF because I have so little energy then). I do feel that exercising is the key here. I can easily have 10-15 gr carbs without bolusing if I do small exercise regularly. I was on a dance class on friday this week, after then I had some oat-fruit bar snacks to make sure I dont go too low on my way home. I was 5.2 when I got home, then had omu-rice for dinner and went to bed with 5.4. I also do cycling and go on walking around in the mountains sometimes.
Another thing that I decided to put back into my diet is rice. I used to have bulgur instead of rice, but I thought... I, my family always had rice, my japanese dad, grandparents, cousins. They all have rice and its like 70% of their meals. They are completely healthy, Japan doesnt hear about diabetes much, but they eat rice every meal..? I eat rice now too, no bulgur, and I feel good. I measure the amount I can have with my usual 5-6units of insulin. After meal my BG stays around 5.5-6, and I feel alive and not like a zombie all the time.
I also eat less fat now, high fats always made me feel tired. I eat less meat, meat didnt make me feel quite well either. Im thinking to try having a bit more fruit or more often maybe when I do exercises or study very hard (heavy focusing seems to drop my BG too, is it only me?). By fruit I mean such as pear, granate apple.. I believe these are on the better side, I try to eat not too sweet ones. Im experimenting. Im slowly putting these in to my new kind of diet and see what they do, but so far I feel good. Still on LCHF kind of but I would call it maybe...Low Carb Moderate Fat and some extra boost for when I need it! (Still not so good with namings.) I think I ll never wish to eat sugar and wheat flour again in my life, coz those do spike me a little and I dont really crave them anyway. But trying to do something about this tiredness all the time.
This is just my experience lately, thought I would share it. Hope everyones having a good evening/good day ! X
