I really don't enjoy low carb I'm hungry all the time. When I read what people eat on here in a day I'm wondering if they think does this really go together. But I understand this is the way it has to be to keep the carbs down. I can't believe I'm prediabetic my sugar is always high, in the morning it's about 6.7 and in the evening it can go up to 9-10 but it does come down again pretty quick. Two of the Drs I'm under still insisted I'm not a full blown diabetic. My prediabetus is from pills I have to take immunosuppressants. I'm always interested on what people eat I'm grain dairy gluten intolerant and the mornings it's a nightmare on what to eat. I can't even eat free from foods everything has to be fresh. Food is suppose to be one of the pleasures in life it's getting me down and I'm loosing more weight. Sorry for the big moan. Can you tell me some of your favourite things to eat?
I too can only eat fresh food...and a tea plate size meal maximum.
I eat roasted veg with 2 teaspoons of homemade curry sauce from coconut milk. I love overcooked broccoli and courgette with an egg or curry sauce.
I cannot eat any flour at all, even if its gluten free, so I know what it is like. You could have things from chickpea flour or rice flour etc. I cannot have these either. I cannot eat meat either as it does not travel well in my stomach.
I have lovely thick fresh smoothies when I want a treat. Yes, they have 27-29 carbs in but with such limited eating its not a lot! That has coconut or almond milk in it. I even see 100g of melon at 9g of carbs as a treat!! But it is something that I treat myself to every day.
My friend with parkies is also coeliac and dairy intolerant but has a creme caramel free from range occasionally and also another cake from Tesco free from range.
Are you totally grain free as in rice crispies as well?
I understand that this is not low carb but you must find a way to get balanced nutrition for your intolerances. Low carb is not for everyone. The most important thing is maintaining nutritional balance.
Not wveryone has to low carb.. we are all different with different illnesses and some with additional problems that impact on eating.
The thing to me that you need most is a medical practice that will treat your blood levels seriously and a doctor that considers your eating too. My lady GP is wonderful. She totally understands that I am OTT and try to look after my all round nutrition. I have T1, paralysed colon, intolerance to aspartame and sweeteners and preservatives, and problems with stomach and a growth in gallbladder and cancer last year.
My GP helps me enormously ensuring that I keep out of anaemia by eating overcooked broccoli each day or spinach in a smoothie etc. She really understands that I try to help myself foremost.
I do not see food as pleasure. Its not even a necessity as it can be tube fed...so putting it as a pleasure is not necessarily a great way to think of food when you have intolerances and health problems.... To be honest I get more pleasure from spending my food money on myself instead!! To me food is an addiction that others gave when in fact it should be just a tool to live. I think of people that appear to have no bad habits... no vices at all.... they never smoked, gambled, drunk, etc etc -I mean nothing, never had alchohol pass their lips. I used to think, they are so perfect, how can they be that way? Then I look at their eating habits and realise that they comfort eat etc and their vice is over indulgence in food...
Not everyone. I admit, there is a perfect person somewhere. But even apparently god can be addictive today in the newspapers!! So indeed, even religion can now be a vice of addiction.
Food can be seen as a necessity to live, it does not have to be a source of pleasure... pleasure can be gained in a lot more ways.
Are they allergies or intolerances by the way?
I'm jyst worried more rhat your medical people are nit seeing you as an individual....