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Are you a bit slow....................Satiety signal.

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Pasha

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In an effort to drop more carbohydrates from my breakfast I was afraid that I would not feel satisfied upon its completion. And so it was, but since I was carrying out trial on myself I just tried to ignore it, went to my computer to see whats new and noticed that I was beginning to feel full . That was thirty mins after completing the breakfast. After forty five mins I felt very full.

Thought that this may help somebody else here that is having trouble with any kind of hunger management. Also interested to hear the views and experiences of others.
 
I only have about 8g carbs for breakfast (full fat Greek yogurt, up to 50g strawberries and some flaxseed, plus a cup of tea with small splash of milk). I have nothing else until lunch time other than another cup of tea and water. This is normally a 4.5 hour gap. I am never hungry, no matter what activities I do. I used to have cornflakes and orange juice before diabetes and was always hungry before lunch.
 
I have a cooked breakfast once a week otherwise it's eggs - omelette or boiled when I'm rushing to work.

Lunch is home made meat salad, select from pork, beef, turkey, tuna, cheese, chicken, lamb, ham, venison. I buy 50p bags of salad from Aldi and then add chorizo/bacon lardons and a dressing. I add cucumber and cherry tomatoes also.

This can be between 5-10 carbs depending on whats in the salad. Alternatively you can buy this from any Subway and the carbs are between 6-8g as they are not as generous with sauces as me ;-)

Evening meal varies a lot as we eat out around 3 times a week and can be 30-60g of carbs although I am careful I will eat small amounts of boiled and roast potatoes. I avoid processed foods and puddings probably 99% of the time.
 
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If you have salads and veg with your protein, you don't have to have many carbs in your meals, the salads and veg will take care of that. You can get fibre and fats without resorting to carbs.
 
nosher8355 said:
If you have salads and veg with your protein, you don't have to have many carbs in your meals, the salads and veg will take care of that. You can get fibre and fats without resorting to carbs.
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Thats exactly what I do. I am now testing myself on 15 grams/carbohydrates and so far its quite easy . Need time to get more BG values, but so far results are very good.
 
I only eat them in small amounts.

I've also been trying pork scratchings but the jury is out.

I have a munchies tin which I go to when I get cravings which is usually on weekends after a glass of dry white wine.

I just make sure I have better options than the junk I was eating 12 months ago.
 
It's one of the golden rules of eating, give your food time to settle before reaching for a second helping.
 
I now think I have a workable system,

I write down the next days menu and thats what will be eaten.Second helpings are not an option

No snacks , no munchies, no nothing between meals.

Its surprising how one can get used to something previously thought impossible, just by developing new habits.
 
@nosher8355 wrote, "Peanuts do it to me! But other nuts don't! Weird huh!"
Actually not so weird, 'cos peanuts aren't nuts, despite the name. They are legumes, like peas and beans.
Sally
 
sally and james said:
@nosher8355 wrote, "Peanuts do it to me! But other nuts don't! Weird huh!"
Actually not so weird, 'cos peanuts aren't nuts, despite the name. They are legumes, like peas and beans.
Sally
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If I strain the juice or liquid from peas and beans I only get a slight rise after 2 hours!! That's weird if they are supposed to be the same!
 
the peas and beans could easily lose some carbohydrates via leaching int the hot water. The peanuts are generally not boiled up in water. although I have seen it done to whole peanuts [ in their shells in the USA ]

Both peanuts and peas contain 16 % carbohydrates. Peas contain 6% sugars and peanuts contain 4% sugars.
 
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