Dougie22 said:I too am managing to control BG and am following what turns out to be a "reduced carbs" regime. I've used my meter and things are improving generally as per your experience. I did an intense week of recording exactly what amount of carbs I was eating and discovered that it was between 120 and 180 grams per day. I didn't find it easy to get an accurate reading so I'll do it again in another few weeks but have dropped the recording for now.
I don't rule out the possibility that I will later have to reduce carbs further but, for the moment, I'm reasonably comfortable at these levels which are very considerably lower than what I must have been eating pre-diagnosis.
As I think most here would agree, there's really no alternative to testing to find out what works for you.
[Sounds good dougie. One thing you may have noticed - counting carbs properly is quite tricky. I didn't realise to start with that so many things had carbs! I hadn't counted the fruit I had, or the salad, or the milk - they all have carbs! I'm sure you'll know this, but be aware you need to check EVERYTHING! Malc]
malcysykes1 said:Nice one Viv. I freeze the whole loaf. It's dead easy to chip off one or two slices, and it takes about 10 seconds per slice (wrapped in clingfilm to keep it moist) in the microwave to thaw it out. So ALL slices always 100% fresh. By the way, I get similar readings using low GI burgen bread from Sainsburys, even lower carbs per slice than the wholemeal multi-grains. Worth trying?
Malc
ebony321 said:People on here mention burgen bread SO much, it's actually pushing me to buy some to try just out of curiosity.
ebony321 said:People on here mention burgen bread SO much, it's actually pushing me to buy some to try just out of curiosity.
I agree with Pneu. My 120 to 180g carb intake needs to be seen in the context of my 115 kilo (but reducing) size. I will probably have to reduce as I get (hopefully) smaller.
viviennem said:that's probably why I can tolerate things like yesterday's sandwich
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