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<blockquote data-quote="busydiabeticmum" data-source="post: 1634460" data-attributes="member: 160151"><p>In the beginning I didn't eat much at all especially with the fasting.</p><p>Then as my Bgl can down I was able to add more as I could tolerate it. When I added a new food I would test hourly afterwards</p><p>In the beginning I would have poached egg on asparagus... I found that after eating asparagus my Bgl would come down fantastically. That would be it for the day, I limited myself to 400 calories a day but rarely reached that! Sometimes I would only eat a carrot for the day! (But stopped that when I saw that it rose my Bgl)</p><p>Then added a second meal (it took almost 3 weeks of that 1 meal a day and I had withdrawal symptoms for 2 of those weeks) I would have a stir fry at night time... that was peppers, onion, mushroom and spinach or asparagus. If I could find the wild salmon I would flake in a little of that too or salad.</p><p>I kept a log of what foods effected me and how as some foods raise your Bgl over a longer period of time... however in the beginning my Bgl were a lot worse than yours... I was up in the 20s struggling to get them into the teens, it took a month to go from 20s to single digit result then a further 3 months to get them from the high single digits (8s and 9s) to constantly under 7. By month 6 I felt like a failure if my Bgl rose to the 6s after eating...</p><p>I did add m'twem in month 2 as one of my meals (still only 1 or 2 meals a day)... however I only ate when I was hungry... once bgl dropped to "normal" levels the hunger went away so I then had to force myself to eat at least once a day.</p><p>Once I was comfortable I would make the muffins... I also found a 90% chocolate bar with low sugars, I made a mousse with that to stave the sweet urges, I would have a small pot with blueberries (only a few).</p><p>Now I have a cup of tea for breakfast with Greek yogurt and some nuts or cheese with some nuts.</p><p>Lunch is omelet with cheese, or I make caulslaw with tinned fish (sardines or tuna)</p><p>Dinner would be shakshouka or m'twem or cauliflower broccoli cheese (using cream instead of white flour based sauce.) I may do a stew or tajine without adding root veg, another would be split pea soup or lentil soup... both don't raise me. Salad is a huge thing to have too and just mix it up a bit with either cheese, fish or chicken (cooked in mustard is fabulous).</p><p>Most people would probably be able to tolerate more foods than me, they definitely would struggle to do what I did... but I did it for me and for my health.</p><p></p><p>Occasionally I did slip up and have something I shouldn't... I am only human, but I discovered I no longer liked the sweets as they became sickly... however once I understood my body and how it worked it was pretty simple to get back into ketosis and back on my diet and the slip up just helped motivate me (seeing as it would effect me for a week!).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="busydiabeticmum, post: 1634460, member: 160151"] In the beginning I didn't eat much at all especially with the fasting. Then as my Bgl can down I was able to add more as I could tolerate it. When I added a new food I would test hourly afterwards In the beginning I would have poached egg on asparagus... I found that after eating asparagus my Bgl would come down fantastically. That would be it for the day, I limited myself to 400 calories a day but rarely reached that! Sometimes I would only eat a carrot for the day! (But stopped that when I saw that it rose my Bgl) Then added a second meal (it took almost 3 weeks of that 1 meal a day and I had withdrawal symptoms for 2 of those weeks) I would have a stir fry at night time... that was peppers, onion, mushroom and spinach or asparagus. If I could find the wild salmon I would flake in a little of that too or salad. I kept a log of what foods effected me and how as some foods raise your Bgl over a longer period of time... however in the beginning my Bgl were a lot worse than yours... I was up in the 20s struggling to get them into the teens, it took a month to go from 20s to single digit result then a further 3 months to get them from the high single digits (8s and 9s) to constantly under 7. By month 6 I felt like a failure if my Bgl rose to the 6s after eating... I did add m'twem in month 2 as one of my meals (still only 1 or 2 meals a day)... however I only ate when I was hungry... once bgl dropped to "normal" levels the hunger went away so I then had to force myself to eat at least once a day. Once I was comfortable I would make the muffins... I also found a 90% chocolate bar with low sugars, I made a mousse with that to stave the sweet urges, I would have a small pot with blueberries (only a few). Now I have a cup of tea for breakfast with Greek yogurt and some nuts or cheese with some nuts. Lunch is omelet with cheese, or I make caulslaw with tinned fish (sardines or tuna) Dinner would be shakshouka or m'twem or cauliflower broccoli cheese (using cream instead of white flour based sauce.) I may do a stew or tajine without adding root veg, another would be split pea soup or lentil soup... both don't raise me. Salad is a huge thing to have too and just mix it up a bit with either cheese, fish or chicken (cooked in mustard is fabulous). Most people would probably be able to tolerate more foods than me, they definitely would struggle to do what I did... but I did it for me and for my health. Occasionally I did slip up and have something I shouldn't... I am only human, but I discovered I no longer liked the sweets as they became sickly... however once I understood my body and how it worked it was pretty simple to get back into ketosis and back on my diet and the slip up just helped motivate me (seeing as it would effect me for a week!). [/QUOTE]
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