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dragongirl

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Can anyone help? I need to stop losing weight. Since low(ish) carbing over a few weeks, I now keep my scores below 6 except for the odd slip-up (often unexplainable). However, I don't wish to go below 9st (I'm 5ft 7), neither do I wish to add the weight again (2 st - which was not 'me' except for the last ten years when I've been a bit idle with regard to exercise, now rectified). I'm happy to be 9st once more. But I can't see how to stop it going down every week. It's a little frightening.

If I add carbs in it will put my bg level over 6. Is there food with calories in or something that will not spike the bg? I don't actually need any more food - feel better than in ages - but am happy to eat some if it will curtail the 'diminishing dragongirl' syndrome. Not sure I want any more eggs, meat or fish or cheese really - have enough of that already! Any other suggestion would be really helpful.

And can someone tell me whether exercising after a meal actually keeps bg down (say, I've had something that *might* put it up? I'm not sure I understand the connection properly.

Thanks.
 
Tell me your secret :P I would love to get more weight off. Despite much reduced carbs, I'm stuck
Hana
 
Without knowing your diet, it is really difficult to recommended changes, but I am thinking in the direction of increasing carbs and cals slightly - are you able to replace some of your food options with "fatter" versions? How many carbs are you eating and how many carbs do you eat when Bg levels increase? Have you tried to increase Carbs slightly throughout the day for a week and see if the BG levels stabalise again? When I increased my carbs from 60 to 80 my weight stood still for the 10 days I tried it out, as soon as I dropped to 60 again, I started loosing weight. My Bg level went up slight the first few days, but then "normalised".

Are you able to change low carb bread with "normal" breads? Or adding fruit??

I am trying but only you know what and how you eat and can perhaps see where you might be able to add/change items.


Alice
 
Thanks for your suggestions, Alice.

I reckon if I add in for the teas and coffees I would be doing around 50 carbs a day. Not sure I can do more than that at the 3 meals without spiking, but from what you say I could add snacks between meals and add some in that way.

Today I ate arbitrarily (and without going into quantities which are all small – used scales and bk to count): blue cheese and cucumber for brekkies; 6 olives, ham, lettuce, pepper and tomato for lunch; mid afternoon had 10 almonds ground on some prawn mayo; and for dinner had 2 smoked haddock with savoy cabbage and some cooked celery. Other days there are combinations of eggs, cheese, chicken and other veg, of course.

I'm not sure it's the extra carbs so much as certain foods that seem to push it up a bit, even things like broccoli and savoy cabbage. So having to have small helpings. But I'm not going hungry at all.

Haven't been eating bread (or the usual list of starch) but have bought some off Fergus which I will make up tomorrow and try out. Fruit seems to be out, though.

So you are saying if I add in some more food I will likely stop losing weight and then stabilise the bgs, right? And it's an experiment to find which does least damage to bg levels? I like the idea of a trial period so I'll give it a go. I really don't think I can cope with my trousers falling down all the time :lol:

Thanks for taking the time to respond!
 
Hello dragongirl,

Avocados and nuts like macadamias, brazils, pecans and pine nuts are all good for getting calories (and fibre) without too many carbs.

Good luck,
timo.
 
I do hope you find your way and as you say, it is an experiment to find the "maintenance level" just as it is to find what you can eat in the first place, after diagnoses.

I am worried about your weight though - 5'7" and 9st is just borderline underweight if going by MBI, but of course depends on your build and activity levels etc. I am the same height and over 11st but still working on it - hoping for another st. to come off.

As Timo suggested, try adding/replacing one portion of Almonds with Brazils if you like them and perhaps add advocado to your lunch etc.

I wish I could eat half the stuff you have in your diet - I am just too fuzzy a eater!! lol


Alice
 
Thank you, Timo and Alice. It's reassuring at first to have some expert opinion check things out. I'm not a nut fan but grinding them makes them okay so will find some of those you suggest, Timo.

I do feel horribly underweight now, but until I had children I was always somewhat thin and afterwards came in looking better at around 9st 7. Only got to 11 with HRT (which I ditched a couple of years ago) and after a serious illness caused by a typhoid jab 13 years ago. It became the norm but I knew for me it was not ok. Couldn't shift it. Delighted to have done so now but just know that when the doc sees me again she will not be happy (think Biafran refugee), so wish to sort it before then. Then she may be more agreeable to low carbing with no meds for a for as long as it works!

Funnily enough, I bought 2 avocados on offer in Tesco the other day (2 for 1) and was planning to try them today - but meter won't turn on, so have to sort that out first. Those batteries only lasted 6 weeks. Will ask for more and keep a spare set or possibly a spare meter. Good it only happened now, as I am less phased on what to eat today without readings. Feels sort of freeing actually :) but know I mustn't go for the baked beans (which I sorely miss) :cry:

Thanks again both.
 
but know I mustn't go for the baked beans
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well maybe not the baked beans (often very high in sugar but why not look at pulses. (lentils, chickpeas etc)
There is a recent thread on chana dhal, which has a very very low gi.
 
well as a final ps to this thread - I just ate my (Hass) avocado and can't come up with a figure for carbs. Collins says 8 for half (ie 16) while the Salter nutri scales say 3.2 (but I weighed the whole thing before peeling and stoning - oops) and the internet says around 12. I didn't know I was meant to be recording *net* carbs each day for everything (am I?) so am looking for the ordinary figure for one Hass avocado - not that big a one. Anyone?
 
You're gonna need to be VERY careful here. If you are trying to put weight on by upping your calorie intake from fat while still restricting carbs, you're gonna have a nasty shock...

Check this thread: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5783&start=0&hilit=fat

Basically - consuming fat helps you burn stored fat. Carbs are proven to help gain weight...
 
This is indeed becoming difficult. I'd read those links before but it's a tad hard to apply even tho relatively easy to follow the argument.

Anyway - what is an avocado worth?
Cos I was willing to try upping the carbs for this meal in order to start moving to having no more weight loss. An experiment as agreed above.

So I just had the one avocado in prawn mayo (had the benecol too which is more grams) and pre lunch was 4.6 and one hour after is 4.7. It may yet spike but I've not moved from the 4s all day so far, I am full, though I may need a 4pm snack before dinner tonight as it's a big gap between meals, but I was in the 4s all yesterday with both a mid-afternoon snack and cheese before 10pm. Day before I went to 5.3 on only one score. The last two days there's been a 3.8 or 3.9 before lunch. I don't know what's happening. Something isn't right, tho I feel fine. Well slightly worried but physically okay.

If anyone is going to answer it needs to be soon or I'll have expired!!!!
 
Don't worry about readings of 3.8/3.9. As long as you feel ok these are fine. When I was exercising regularly and eating loads of fat my fasting BG was regularly in th e2's - but I felt fine, and they soon returned to a normal level after breakfast/snack...

If you're worried about lo BG, the answer is easy. Eat some omore carbs! Maybe make it an avacodo and prawn sandwich?
 
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