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<blockquote data-quote="NorthernPam" data-source="post: 401748" data-attributes="member: 76218"><p>Hi Irw60,</p><p>Thanks. I'm type 2 as well. I'd rather not go on meds of any kind if it can be avoided so am really making an effort to control this with diet. The most difficult thing was the first month as I only had a vague idea of what was in each food. It meant that every time I ate something new I had to look up the nutritional value and this was time-consuming. I've now got it all in Excel in an alphabetical listing so it takes just a minute or two a day to track what I have eaten. I only have to add a new line if I eat something that I haven't eaten over the last 4 months. I just copy and paste the lines from the master list into the one for the day. The eating part has been quite easy. I have never been one for dieting so thought I would be hungry all the time but I'm not. I am healthily peckish come evening time but not desperately hungry. Breakfasts and lunches I got sorted quite quickly and am getting much better now with evening meals where I want lots of variety so I don't get bored. I like to eat things with taste so use a variety of seasonings and dressings (all carb counted of course!) so that things like a stir-fry using 1-Cal spray doesn't always taste the same. I think I could go lower than the 150 gm. mark but I was losing weight rather too quickly so bumped up breakfast and lunch a bit. I have also read that balancing carbs fairly equally throughout the day is better than having them all in one larger meal and my bg's have been better with this approach. I'm still quite new to all this so big learning curve for me and no doubt I'll be making adjustments as time goes on. I've been reading more posts today and at least one person advocates eating a few carbs between meals to stop the liver releasing sugars and this makes sense so I might experiment with this idea. I want to be at the stage quite soon where I can go food shopping without having to think too much about it and where I am back in full control of my life.</p><p></p><p>Are you getting good results with your 150 gms/day? I hope so.</p><p>Good luck, Pam <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorthernPam, post: 401748, member: 76218"] Hi Irw60, Thanks. I'm type 2 as well. I'd rather not go on meds of any kind if it can be avoided so am really making an effort to control this with diet. The most difficult thing was the first month as I only had a vague idea of what was in each food. It meant that every time I ate something new I had to look up the nutritional value and this was time-consuming. I've now got it all in Excel in an alphabetical listing so it takes just a minute or two a day to track what I have eaten. I only have to add a new line if I eat something that I haven't eaten over the last 4 months. I just copy and paste the lines from the master list into the one for the day. The eating part has been quite easy. I have never been one for dieting so thought I would be hungry all the time but I'm not. I am healthily peckish come evening time but not desperately hungry. Breakfasts and lunches I got sorted quite quickly and am getting much better now with evening meals where I want lots of variety so I don't get bored. I like to eat things with taste so use a variety of seasonings and dressings (all carb counted of course!) so that things like a stir-fry using 1-Cal spray doesn't always taste the same. I think I could go lower than the 150 gm. mark but I was losing weight rather too quickly so bumped up breakfast and lunch a bit. I have also read that balancing carbs fairly equally throughout the day is better than having them all in one larger meal and my bg's have been better with this approach. I'm still quite new to all this so big learning curve for me and no doubt I'll be making adjustments as time goes on. I've been reading more posts today and at least one person advocates eating a few carbs between meals to stop the liver releasing sugars and this makes sense so I might experiment with this idea. I want to be at the stage quite soon where I can go food shopping without having to think too much about it and where I am back in full control of my life. Are you getting good results with your 150 gms/day? I hope so. Good luck, Pam :) [/QUOTE]
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