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<blockquote data-quote="lovinglife" data-source="post: 2534860" data-attributes="member: 22428"><p>Your diet is unfortunately quite carby, you mentioned in other posts eating pasta and banana, both high in carbs. From the foods you’ve posted today I’ve copied and pasted</p><p></p><p>Breakfast:</p><p>Snack:</p><p>Lunch: 1 salad wrap and low fat crisps - salad is fine, depending on the wrap at least 30g carb the crisps depending on the size of bag at least 13g carb</p><p>Snack: chilli peanuts x1 handful - roughly 7g carb</p><p>Dinner: chicken Kiev, one spoon of mash and green beans - the Kiev about 25 - 30g carb and spoonful of mash about 20g carb</p><p></p><p>I know it’s very daunting and overwhelming but carbs can add up really quickly, we were all where you are now, take a deep breath and take time to read and digest all the fantastic info on the forum. Some cut their carbs gradually whilst testing before and 2 hours after meals to see what we could tolerate (ideally there should be a rise of no more than 2 points) and adjust the carbs accordingly. Others dropped all carbs down to 20g carbs a day or less and went “cold turkey” whilst testing. We are all different and some can tolerate more carbs than others, you need to find your “sweet spot” - a meter is the best tool in your armour, don’t worry you’ll get there, it’s a massive learning curve and change in a way of life that we’ve all been through</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovinglife, post: 2534860, member: 22428"] Your diet is unfortunately quite carby, you mentioned in other posts eating pasta and banana, both high in carbs. From the foods you’ve posted today I’ve copied and pasted Breakfast: Snack: Lunch: 1 salad wrap and low fat crisps - salad is fine, depending on the wrap at least 30g carb the crisps depending on the size of bag at least 13g carb Snack: chilli peanuts x1 handful - roughly 7g carb Dinner: chicken Kiev, one spoon of mash and green beans - the Kiev about 25 - 30g carb and spoonful of mash about 20g carb I know it’s very daunting and overwhelming but carbs can add up really quickly, we were all where you are now, take a deep breath and take time to read and digest all the fantastic info on the forum. Some cut their carbs gradually whilst testing before and 2 hours after meals to see what we could tolerate (ideally there should be a rise of no more than 2 points) and adjust the carbs accordingly. Others dropped all carbs down to 20g carbs a day or less and went “cold turkey” whilst testing. We are all different and some can tolerate more carbs than others, you need to find your “sweet spot” - a meter is the best tool in your armour, don’t worry you’ll get there, it’s a massive learning curve and change in a way of life that we’ve all been through [/QUOTE]
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