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Hey, I have a quick question. I've been low carb for almost a month now, and my sugar readings (aside from the morning fasting readings) appear to be fine, I've still yet to meet with my GP upon getting the results (it'll be a month from the phone call to the appointment, which I found a bit shocking). Based on the advice in this forum, I purchased a monitor and have been testing pre and post meals, as well as in the mornings. And though my FBG is still high, it's also starting to come down (was in the high 9s and even one 10, now in the low 8s). So all in all I feel like I'm well on my way to getting things under control and I have plenty of data to show my GP later this week.
I'm now kind of at the stage where I'm starting to experiment with my carb tolerance. I've actually found it not too tricky to make the switch, though I do miss certain things, but I do want to know how much I can tolerate. I've worked out that I can tolerate about 16g for lunch and around the same for dinner. Quite often my post meal reading is lower than the pre-meal reading, so even with the 15% difference, I think that's still a pretty good sign.
So today, I experimented with a snack that had 21g, I've actually given up on snacks during the day (one of the benefits of eating more protein, I don't feel as hungry...) but I thought I'd see what happened when I did. My pre test was 7.0, and two hours later it was 7.1. Does this mean I can handle that amount of carbs? I did do some walking, I'll admit, I walk at least 10,000 steps or more a day, so I do understand that could play into it. But am I right in that it's a decent result?
I don't plan on snacking on 21g each time, I mostly want to have a personal limit for myself, if that makes sense.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this. I'm fine with not being strictly keto, though I will if I have to, to keep my sugars contained. But if I can work in a few more carbs into my diet, I'm happy with that.
Thanks, sorry it's so long!
Kate
I'm now kind of at the stage where I'm starting to experiment with my carb tolerance. I've actually found it not too tricky to make the switch, though I do miss certain things, but I do want to know how much I can tolerate. I've worked out that I can tolerate about 16g for lunch and around the same for dinner. Quite often my post meal reading is lower than the pre-meal reading, so even with the 15% difference, I think that's still a pretty good sign.
So today, I experimented with a snack that had 21g, I've actually given up on snacks during the day (one of the benefits of eating more protein, I don't feel as hungry...) but I thought I'd see what happened when I did. My pre test was 7.0, and two hours later it was 7.1. Does this mean I can handle that amount of carbs? I did do some walking, I'll admit, I walk at least 10,000 steps or more a day, so I do understand that could play into it. But am I right in that it's a decent result?
I don't plan on snacking on 21g each time, I mostly want to have a personal limit for myself, if that makes sense.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this. I'm fine with not being strictly keto, though I will if I have to, to keep my sugars contained. But if I can work in a few more carbs into my diet, I'm happy with that.
Thanks, sorry it's so long!
Kate