It'snot as bad as you think.
Number of slices - you need to find out first how many carbs a day in total you can handle, and factor the bread into that, although 2 slices a day is max for me and many others. Watch the type of bread. Wholemeal is not much better than white. Multigrain is better. But the Burgen Soya and Linseed has the lowest carbs per slice and is low GI.
Settle on a starting number of carbs - say, 50% of norm for a woman. Thats 125 a day. Look at nutrition guides on packets, and on internet for carb content for loose foods (remember, all fruit has carbs too) Divide your food up to fit the 125 grams. Then test 2 hours after eating various different meals. If you get readings above, say, 7.8 mmols/l (a figure lots of us use) then you had too many carbs in that meal, or the carbs were too starchy. So adjust for next time. In the end, you'll work out a number of carbs, and what types of food, suit you. You may have to cut the numbers further; some are on less than 70grams a day, others on about 30. Or you may be able to handle more. I manage well on 150 to 180 a day. You can only find out by testing. It all sounds terribly complex, but you soon get used to it and nowadays I don't test much - I know what I can eat and what I cant.
You don't need to go without those treats either.
I have a lot of fried fish, but I fry it without batter or breadcrumbs. I sometimes get fish from the fish and chippy but throw the batter away (REALLY difficult that one! :evil: )
I have Indian food, but not too much rice. make sure you have pilau rice in the restaurant, or if you have it at home use Basmati. Don't overcook the rice - it makes it more starchy which raises our blood sugar quicker. No Nan bread, but I have a small chapati. A glass or two of red wine helps to keep the BG down with that meal!
Don't have Thai unless you cook it yourself. Too much batter, and the sticky rice is the worst of the lot.
I have pies, home made. I use carbquick or carbalose flour from the low carb megastore (on-line) It says 80% less carbs. Don't know if it is, but it certainly doesn't raise my BG hardly at all. Some think it tastes a bit odd, but I don't mind it. Bit expensive, but who cares if I can eat PIE! Others use almond flour and stuff, they prefer the taste, but I'm no good at all that so i stick to the easy solution.
Look on the low carb diet forum on this site - loads of ideas on there!
