poemagraphic
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- Type of diabetes
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- Diet only
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- WIFI, Mobile phones. Smart metres... in fact anything 'smart'
Thanks for answering so quickly, I am a firm advocate of eating less carbs.I agree, this is often a source of confusion.
I don’t count every carb each day. I don’t keep a spreadsheet. I aim for somewhere between about 70 to 130grams per day. 130 grams per day is my strict upper limit. I do err towards the 70 as a matter of routine. I use a rough reckoner approach. My barometer is or are my diabetic symptoms which are consistently absent since adopting my version of the LCHF approach.
The bulk of my carbs are in the form of milk, some above ground vedge, greek yoghourt, low carb bread and a piece of fruit in the form of an apple or orange each day.
Since going LCHF my HbA1c readings have been 35 and 36. I am due for another soon.
We certainly are not 'one size fits all that's for certain.
I am fortunate that my wife does most of the counting. She is on a diet of her own, and although we eat mostly the same things she is not so much counting her carbs, as her calories, proteins, and fat. It works perfectly for both of us.
I like you, will be due another HbA1c soon and hope to have dropped my A1c still further..
Mainly due to the fact that I would rather it was a bit lower. That said, my DN said to me last week, before she discharged me, that she did not think I needed to lower my A1c any further.
I am so glad I found this site and discovered the best way for me to drop my levels, on my tiny screen each day, was to eat less carbs, and eat as much cream, butter, cheese, meat, as I like. (well, within certain limits).
Back to the OP, I fully understand that I have to keep away from some of the foods that used to be my staple diet, or those numbers will creep up and up and up, to where they were before and I sure, beyond.
Education is the key, followed by a determined approach to stay healthy and not put myself though a life threatening, detrimental change to where I was, ever again. I did not understand how unwell I was, because I felt so well.
This is my answer to how I do - and will cope after my remission.
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