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<blockquote data-quote="ianf0ster" data-source="post: 2710027" data-attributes="member: 506169"><p>[USER=589987]@tr4e[/USER] Now your questions have got a lot more difficult to answer, because every person is different, we are individuals with different genes, different goals, different strengths and weaknesses.</p><p></p><p>I have already said that I don't feel your Blood Glucose and HbA1C figures to be a concern. Since my T2 diabetes remission, I maintain similar levels to yours. I do limit my carbs, but only in order to have blood numbers that good. If I didn't limit my carbs they would be worse and if I limited my carbs even more the blood numbers would be lower.</p><p></p><p>The balance for me feels right about where I am now. II no longer measure my daily carbs and I have never counted either steps or calories. I'm 73yrs old, enjoy the food I eat and unless my Blood Glucose gets worse I don't plan to change either what I eat or how much exercise I take.</p><p></p><p>When I first got my HbA1C down, I decided that I had lost more weight than I was comfortable with. So I increased the amount of fat I eat (eggs, cheese) rather than the amount of carbs (to me fat is more tasty) and got my BMI back up to 23. Perhaps somebody younger who likes exercise could have done that by eating more protein and doing (more) weight bearing exercise instead eating that extra fat.</p><p></p><p>Breakfast is an easy meal to eat low carb. Just eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese, full fat plain Greek yogurt with a few nuts or a few berries for a either a zero carb or low carb meal. I used to have eggs for breakfast, but no I'm fat adapted and so don't feel hungry until lunch at the earliest. In fact, on weekends and holidays I rarely eat before 15:30 hrs.</p><p></p><p>Being hydrated is important, but for me water has no direct effect on my BG levels apart from tending to make my stomach feel fuller, so if I drink a lot I may eat less food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ianf0ster, post: 2710027, member: 506169"] [USER=589987]@tr4e[/USER] Now your questions have got a lot more difficult to answer, because every person is different, we are individuals with different genes, different goals, different strengths and weaknesses. I have already said that I don't feel your Blood Glucose and HbA1C figures to be a concern. Since my T2 diabetes remission, I maintain similar levels to yours. I do limit my carbs, but only in order to have blood numbers that good. If I didn't limit my carbs they would be worse and if I limited my carbs even more the blood numbers would be lower. The balance for me feels right about where I am now. II no longer measure my daily carbs and I have never counted either steps or calories. I'm 73yrs old, enjoy the food I eat and unless my Blood Glucose gets worse I don't plan to change either what I eat or how much exercise I take. When I first got my HbA1C down, I decided that I had lost more weight than I was comfortable with. So I increased the amount of fat I eat (eggs, cheese) rather than the amount of carbs (to me fat is more tasty) and got my BMI back up to 23. Perhaps somebody younger who likes exercise could have done that by eating more protein and doing (more) weight bearing exercise instead eating that extra fat. Breakfast is an easy meal to eat low carb. Just eat meat, fish, eggs, cheese, full fat plain Greek yogurt with a few nuts or a few berries for a either a zero carb or low carb meal. I used to have eggs for breakfast, but no I'm fat adapted and so don't feel hungry until lunch at the earliest. In fact, on weekends and holidays I rarely eat before 15:30 hrs. Being hydrated is important, but for me water has no direct effect on my BG levels apart from tending to make my stomach feel fuller, so if I drink a lot I may eat less food. [/QUOTE]
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