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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 1761120" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Yes, this was my experience too. I began from a fairly high level of carbs (as low carb goes) and gradually reduced. Depressingly, I had to reduce far far more than I expected. I quite often see it written that one can either start high and reduce until one's bg is satisfactory, or start low and gradually add in more carbs until one's bg starts to rise too much. But to start really low one needs a lot of knowledge which I personally did not have, though at least I knew a carb from a calorie! I thought I was eating really low, but then was shocked to discover that eg peanut butter is relatively high carb, and that there are appreciable amounts of carbs in even spinach and celery and courgettes, they all have to be subtracted from one's ration. Many people writing about keto diets assume that one can eat unlimited amounts of the lower carb foods, which makes rather depressing reading for someone really trying to live on 20g carbs a day. So yes, mistakes will most likely be made!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 1761120, member: 429870"] Yes, this was my experience too. I began from a fairly high level of carbs (as low carb goes) and gradually reduced. Depressingly, I had to reduce far far more than I expected. I quite often see it written that one can either start high and reduce until one's bg is satisfactory, or start low and gradually add in more carbs until one's bg starts to rise too much. But to start really low one needs a lot of knowledge which I personally did not have, though at least I knew a carb from a calorie! I thought I was eating really low, but then was shocked to discover that eg peanut butter is relatively high carb, and that there are appreciable amounts of carbs in even spinach and celery and courgettes, they all have to be subtracted from one's ration. Many people writing about keto diets assume that one can eat unlimited amounts of the lower carb foods, which makes rather depressing reading for someone really trying to live on 20g carbs a day. So yes, mistakes will most likely be made! [/QUOTE]
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