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<blockquote data-quote="TriciaWs" data-source="post: 2397807" data-attributes="member: 475901"><p>Hi. </p><p>I have fibromyalgia and stenosis, so I do very little exercise - in fact I spend a lot of my life in bed. But going low carb really had a dramatic impact on my blood sugars and weight.</p><p>You say you are still eating rice and potato - both of which have far too many carbs for me to tolerate. I think that very few people can do low carb to control blood sugar and still eat rice or potato.</p><p></p><p>I dropped potato, rice, breakfast cereals, pasta and ordinary bread along with most fruit.</p><p>At first I tested before and after every meal to check how many carbs I could have and which foods spiked me. For example, for me the same amount of carbs in strawberries caused a bigger spike than raspberries.</p><p>I was lucky as I started low carb straight away so my blood sugars dropped quickly. I had to go down to 85g a day and no more than 30g in one meal - but others need to go much lower.</p><p></p><p>On a typical day I have a cereal that is mostly milled flaxseed and chia seeds, with a little coconut milk and cinnamon, served with double cream - that plus a half milk coffee is about 20g of carbs.</p><p>I often skip lunch - just having a second coffee, or will have protein and lettuce/cucumber. I might have a ham or cheese sandwich using 90 second bread made with ground almonds and milled flaxseed.</p><p>For dinner I have chicken or fish, cooked with lemon juice or curry powder or herbs, and loads of green veg plus cauliflower rice.</p><p>Dessert is full fat greek yogurt and a few raspberries, or a rhubarb crumble using ground almonds instead of flour served with double cream. Sometimes I make a low carb mug cake instead.</p><p>Bedtime treat is a couple of no added sugar chocolates or some 85% dark choc and a mug of cocoa made half milk, a dash of cream and sweetener.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriciaWs, post: 2397807, member: 475901"] Hi. I have fibromyalgia and stenosis, so I do very little exercise - in fact I spend a lot of my life in bed. But going low carb really had a dramatic impact on my blood sugars and weight. You say you are still eating rice and potato - both of which have far too many carbs for me to tolerate. I think that very few people can do low carb to control blood sugar and still eat rice or potato. I dropped potato, rice, breakfast cereals, pasta and ordinary bread along with most fruit. At first I tested before and after every meal to check how many carbs I could have and which foods spiked me. For example, for me the same amount of carbs in strawberries caused a bigger spike than raspberries. I was lucky as I started low carb straight away so my blood sugars dropped quickly. I had to go down to 85g a day and no more than 30g in one meal - but others need to go much lower. On a typical day I have a cereal that is mostly milled flaxseed and chia seeds, with a little coconut milk and cinnamon, served with double cream - that plus a half milk coffee is about 20g of carbs. I often skip lunch - just having a second coffee, or will have protein and lettuce/cucumber. I might have a ham or cheese sandwich using 90 second bread made with ground almonds and milled flaxseed. For dinner I have chicken or fish, cooked with lemon juice or curry powder or herbs, and loads of green veg plus cauliflower rice. Dessert is full fat greek yogurt and a few raspberries, or a rhubarb crumble using ground almonds instead of flour served with double cream. Sometimes I make a low carb mug cake instead. Bedtime treat is a couple of no added sugar chocolates or some 85% dark choc and a mug of cocoa made half milk, a dash of cream and sweetener. [/QUOTE]
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