Really ? No carbs for break so no insulin ? Really that would scare me ? I’d be starving with just eggs though .. Is low carb always the best way to go
Thanks
I switched to low carb about five weeks ago, and I’ve been astonished by how hungry I’m not. Before, I’d be constantly craving more food, half an hour after a porridge or some toast for breakfast I’d be wanting more food. Sandwich or some pasta for lunch and by mid afternoon I could eat a scabby cat. And as for the evening after dinner, I would be seriously eyeing up my (not) scabby cat - and scoffing whatever I could find. Just hungry all the time, even with big portions of food. And I was getting heavier, needing to take more insulin, and then feeding that.
Now... I’ll have an avocado with mayonnaise or three boiled eggs with a bit of cheese or butter for breakfast (assuming I’m actually hungry from the night before, I often miss breakfast because I’m not hungry and just have a coffee with some butter in), maybe some cheese, olives, nuts and a bit of salad for lunch, or a Lidl hi protein roll full of cheese. I like to cook, so I’ve been making low carb curries, stroganoff, Moroccan couscous (using cauliflower), all sorts of things. I can’t eat meat, so it’s a bit trickier for me, but you can fill your boots with bacon, steak, roast chicken... Portion sizes are much smaller, because the food is so much more filling. I’ve felt very little urge to snack, other than through habit, which I’m breaking now. While there are small an]mounts of carbs in the food I’m eating, ecause there is a lot of fat, they are absorbed so slowly that no insulin is needed. I can go a whole day without taking any Novorapid.
Lots of love for your surgery, I hope it goes ok and you recover quickly xxx