Goldiespring
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Still no weight loss for me. I've cut all carbs except breadcrumbs on chicken or fish.
I'm a bit upset today as I was convinced I'd lost.
Looking at my new diet I am eating too many calories (nuts and pork scratchings).
I'm not prepared to give up on the lchf diet as I feel i just need to perfect it.
On a low income and have 2 young children who love their fish fingers and chicken nuggets. It's more cost effective to occasional eat with them or the same as them. Same oven load etc..Is there any real reason you haven't given up the breadcrumbs on the chicken and fish? In your shoes, I'd be looking to drop those, before cutting calories.
Was technically 'normal weight' when I was diagnosed as the high end of pre diabetic and told to take metformin (I didn't take it).
Started LCHF diet and have lost 7kg so far with little effort. Aiming to lose another 3-5 Kg to get to 55kg and hoping that might take me below my 'personal fat threshold' for diabetes. Annoying to have such a low fat threshold and everyone looks at me and goes 'You can't be diabetic you're not fat!" Even the doctor said - 'but you've no weight to lose' and she is the diabetic specialist apparently.
What about a lightly fried egg on toast, I use Lurpak Cooks Range Cooking Mist - it's an aerosol spray, or 40g of porridge boiled in water or use Alpro Unsweetened Almond, is also nice on cereal - no carbs or sugar. Or a low carb cereal with AlproSo I got weighed! Drum roll please.... I have lost 7Kg since 21st Aug. I am stunned and so so pleased! The hard work is paying off! I know lots of that is probably water but it's such an encouraging start! So that's 7 down 45 to go! Take that diabetes!
First day back at school today and the kitchen made me a special no carb lunch, the cook is going to do that every day so during the week I will have one meal that I don't have to think about! My spiralizer also arrived today so can now start doing courgette spaghetti and noodles!
Still struggling with what to have at breakfast - today I had high protein Greek Yog and some rhubarb but didn't really enjoy it. Any ideas? I really want to try to keep below 50 carbs a day so don't want to spend more than 10 on breakfast. Bacon and egg is good but too difficult during the week.
I'm so grateful for this forum - without it I don't think I would be coping in this diabetic storm!
Go into Google - type in "How much sugar is in ..." - whatever the product is, it will give you the sugar value per 100 grams. Heres my list.
HOW MUCH SUGAR/CARBS IN ....... PER 100g?
Sugar Carbs
Fruit & Veg
10 Apple 14
7 Avocado 9
12 Banana 23
3.3 Beans 7
7 Beetroot 10
1.7 Broccoli 7
2.2 Brussel Sprouts 9
2.2 Butternut Squash 12
2.8 Cabbage 6
4.7 Carrot 8
1.9 Cauliflower 5
1.8 Celery 3
6 Coconut 15
2.5 Courgette 3.1
4 Cranberries 12
1.7 Cucumber 3.6
63 Dates 75
16 Figs 28
1 Garlic 33
7 Grapefruit 11
9 Kiwi 15
3.9 Leeks 14
.8 Lettuce 2.9
14 Mango 15
1.2 Mushrooms 7
8 Nectarines 10
5 Onions 9
9 Oranges 12
0 Olives 6
4.8 Parsnips 18
6 Peas 14
10 Pineapple 13
14 Pomegranate 19
.8 Potatoes 17
1.9 Radish 3.4
4 Swede 9
2.6 Tomatoes 3.9
MEAT all 0 Carb/Sugar
Bacon grilled
Black pudding
Chicken
Duck
Lamb
Mince 85% lean
Pork
Sausage
EGGS
1.1 Boiled 1.1
.4 Fried & Raw .8
.3 Omelet .6
1.4 Scrambled 1.6
PASTA/RICE
2.7 Pasta 75
.4 Rice 29
BISTO CHEF'S SPECIALS
3.9 Rich Beef 61.9
13.4 Lamb with mint 55.8
7.8 Chicken 62.2
11.4 Onion 68.5
1.9 Thickening Granules 70.1
FLOUR
1.3 SR Flour 68.7
1.3 Strong Bread Flour 68.5
2.1 Wholemeal Bread Flour 58.2
67.6 Mixed Fruit 67.6
SWEETENING
13.9 Hermesetas/100g 97.0
.07 /15g tsp .5
Sugar
0 Xylitol. 0
CHEESE
.1 Mature half fat 2.1
BREAD
3.1 Wholemeal Seeded 31.4
Crisps
53.4 Bacon 4.4
TINNED/JAR/PACKET FOODS
57.6 Black currant Jam 51.6
Curry Sauces (M&S)
9.1 Tikka Makhani 7
6.1 Tikka Masala 5.3
11.3 Baked Beans 3.5
2.3. Heinz low Sugar. 9.9
11.9 Butter Beans 11.8
15 Kidney Beans (Red) .3
21 Sage & Onion Stuffing 3.2
Fruit
8.4 Apricots 8.4
11.9 Peaches 11.8
12.2 Pineapple 12.2
60.2 Marmalade (Stute) 2.5
1.1 Olive Spread (M&S) 1.1
0.5 Stork Veg Fat 0.5
Peas
14 Marrowfat .5
14 Mushy .3
Soup
8.1 Vegetable 3.2
5.2 Mushroom 2.3
14.5 Sweetcorn 6.8
4 Tomatoes (Chopped) 3.2
4.6 Coronation Tuna (BGTY) 3.1
6.5 .. .. (Aldi) 4.6
CEREALS
17.5 Bran Flakes 68.9
18.3 Flakes with Red Fruit 81.6
3.2 Oatibix 64
1 Porridge 62.3
9.7 Rice Crispies 85
.6 Mini Shredded Wheat 67.8
13 Malted Wheat 73
4.7. Cheerios low sugar. 67.4
I've now lost weight. 2 weeks ago I weighed 121.60 yesterday weighed in as 117.96. A 3.5kg loss in 2 weeks is more than I ever hoped for. More more more. I'm loving it. I'm looking smaller but still have huge tummy. Calorie counting with my new book and app with less insulin, tablet medication and vigilance. Avoiding stress and tiredness as much as possible too.Still no weight loss for me. I've cut all carbs except breadcrumbs on chicken or fish.
I'm a bit upset today as I was convinced I'd lost.
Looking at my new diet I am eating too many calories (nuts and pork scratchings).
I'm not prepared to give up on the lchf diet as I feel i just need to perfect it.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but why have you given up pineapple and melon pears and toms? I'm trying to understand diabetes having just been diagnosed .30 Kg since the start of the new year. MInd you, at the weight I was I could still eat 2000 cals per day and still be 1500 cal short of my minimum requirement. It's got difficult now as I am having to increase exercise and decrease food substantially to get any progress. Mind you, bloods are now all very low so, it does work. I want to lose 20 Kg more, possibly 30 Kg as a sort of consolidation and a buffer zone.
Best of all, my sweet tooth has gone. Apples, pears, tomatoes etc are all very sweet for me now. I steer clear of pineapple, grapes, melon etc.
I also stay clear of most fruits as their sugar also affects my BGs.Hope you don't mind me asking, but why have you given up pineapple and melon pears and toms? I'm trying to understand diabetes having just been diagnosed .