how many do you have?

20g or under. According to my tracker daily average over the past week is 15g.

winglets said:

I'm just curious as to know how people manage on just 20g of carbs. Seems crazy low but then I'm not looking to reduce my carb intake to that figure, I'd probably faint.

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I couldn't do it and am constantly in awe of our low carb friends. Do you have diabetes, and if so, do you know which type?

I actually eat 4 small meals and a few snacks.
My carbs come from a few nuts, avocado, and vlc veggies. The rest is moderate protein and from there, as much fat as I need to be satisfied. Fats come from avocado, nuts, a piece of cheese, mayo, olive oil and whatever comes with my protein

winglets said:

I'm just curious as to know how people manage on just 20g of carbs. Seems crazy low but then I'm not looking to reduce my carb intake to that figure, I'd probably faint.

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We're all different and one size doesn't fit all. These days I'm having between 50-80g daily. Sometimes 40. The days I exercise I crave eggs (even more than usual - I am to eggs what @Kristin251 is to avocados) but don't take on any more carbs on those days.

On diagnosis (before basal/bolus MDI was on the cards, and I would draw up a mix of soluble and isophane insulin in a syringe) and for years afterwards I ate:

Breakfast: 50g carbohydrate
Snack: 20g
Lunch: 50g
Snack: 20g
Tea: 50g
Snack: 20g......

.....every day.

These days, on a pump, but previously on MDI and carb counting for a number of years, I can eat what I want when I want, as long as I tailor it to my insulin doses and timings.

On size does not fit all. Ask a thousand people - you'll get a thousand different answers!

Approximately 90grms.

winglets said:

So what do you actually eat then? Mainly fat? Like specific foods please?

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Once a day, mainly meat. Recently I’ve found cabbage in a jar with just salted water, it’s gorgeous with the big hunk of roast pork I wander past and carve a slice or three off. It lasts at least 4-5 days.

I don’t eat meals as such. Yesterday I was travelling so had two boiled eggs and a pack of those fingers of manchego wrapped in prosciutto from M&S.

Less than 100, that varies from 40 to maybe 105.

Less than 100 is good for me, 90g today, closer to 150 and I will feel rough.

@winglets . You have asked a question and you are now receiving answers from people with an actual medical condition. From another thread you have started it appears you do not have a medical condition requiring any specific diet or medication.
Some of the advice you have been given is good advice but it is advice that applies to people with a medical condition, a medical condition you do not have.
I'm not saying any of the posts are wrong in anyway but you should maybe get advice on diet away from a diabetes forum in order to give you other alternatives to consider.

wiflib said:

Once a day, mainly meat. Recently I’ve found cabbage in a jar with just salted water, it’s gorgeous with the big hunk of roast pork I wander past and carve a slice or three off. It lasts at least 4-5 days.

I don’t eat meals as such. Yesterday I was travelling so had two boiled eggs and a pack of those fingers of manchego wrapped in prosciutto from M&S.

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My approach to low carb was to try to keep to conventional meals but substitute for, or avoid, the most carby items. I normally eat with my wife and daughter, so three meals a day. My wife does most of the cooking so I didn't want to have special meals or to make it too complicated for her. I am 70 but with luck I might live to 90 so I need a diet that I can happily maintain for 20 years. I have about 70g of carbs a day which most days includes a beer in the evening. If my HbA1c stays at a reasonable level, it was 37 last time it was measured, and I don't need medication then I think a sustainable lifestyle is more important than a very low carb intake.

therower said:

Hi @kev-w . It has been down the years. I also will just vary it up a bit for 6/8 weeks, usually heavy compounds, a lot like 5x5's
5x5 is a great workout routine for a set period of time, but I have to admit by week 6 I start to want to change.

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Thanks for the reply, me I'm too old for 5x5 I've seen folk start it but not get past week 4, I'm new here so it's good to hear of other T1's using a gym, it's something I've not come across in 'real' life (nor swimming).

Mr_Pot said:

My approach to low carb was to try to keep to conventional meals but substitute for, or avoid, the most carby items. I normally eat with my wife and daughter, so three meals a day. My wife does most of the cooking so I didn't want to have special meals or to make it too complicated for her. I am 70 but with luck I might live to 90 so I need a diet that I can happily maintain for 20 years. I have about 70g of carbs a day which most days includes a beer in the evening. If my HbA1c stays at a reasonable level, it was 37 last time it was measured, and I don't need medication then I think a sustainable lifestyle is more important than a very low carb intake.

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That’s a fantastic outcome for you Mr_Pot but 70g of carbs and three meals a day will have me fat and with a high HbA1c. My insulin resistance is such that I simply can’t do anything else and thankfully, I adore my sustainable LCHF life, I’ve been doing it for almost ten years.

sally and james said:

We have kept to between 20 and 30 grams per day for over 4 years. James never goes over this, his eyesight is too important to him, but I indulge on holidays from time to time, but then I am not diabetic. However, I do notice that I tend to feel tired and sometimes a bit bloated if I have tucked into a good pudding. I assume I am just not used to it and don't have a quantity of insulin ready to go, so my sugars probably go up for a period.
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I get the whole carbs thing but is it really necessary to imply that those who do go over 20 to 30 grams don't consider their eyesight to be important? Sorry but this is scaremongering.

Normally on the average day at Breakfast I have about 10 g, Lunch I try to keep it to no more than 20 or 30 g and about the same at Dinner some times a little more some times less and may be a little snack at bed time to ward of DP.

@winglets

Why are you doing surveys? Simple question. You do not have diabetes according to previous posts.

If you are seriously interested, then you would be better asking everyone to say which type of diabetes they have and if they are taking insulin. There is a huge difference.

Since my T2 diagnosis: 30g/day. Before then, probably close to the RDA, in the form of pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, copious fruit and milk, white sugar in my coffee -- and lots of beer.

I don't "feel" any different now, compared to diagnosis 10 months ago. I feel, and felt, fine. I had no clear diabetes symptoms (and have none now). I've lost 14 percent of my body weight and am exercising a lot more, so I must be fitter I suppose, but cannot point to any obvious "difference" except having to buy a new set of clothes recently. (I was normal weight then, I am still normal weight now, albeit only just.)

Frankly it's been a very strange "disease experience" given that the only proof of illness was a number on a blood-test print-out. An extraordinary reason to change one's lifestyle/diet completely!!!

winglets said:

You're right. I guess I'm just curious about eating right and lowering my carb intake and so was wondering what other foods people have to do this.

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What do you mean by ‘other food’?

We just reduce or don’t eat carbs.

winglets said:

You're right. I guess I'm just curious about eating right and lowering my carb intake and so was wondering what other foods people have to do this.

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I have just seen the other thread you started, where you explain that you were tested, and told by the medical staff that you were fine.

I am going to go out slightly on a limb and suggest that if you are neither diabetic nor pre-diabetic (as shown in the tests done by your doctors) then you have no special reason to go on a really low-carb diet. The people who have answered your question in this thread, including myself, are probably all actually diabetic or pre-diabetic. Those of us who are relying heavily, or solely, on diet to treat our T2 diabetes have to keep to a very low carb level.

Having said that, the "modern western diet" can be surprisingly high in carbohydrates, especially in "processed" foods and so forth. Cutting down on carbs taken in this form, and in general moderating carb intake somewhat, seems to make sense not just for diabetics but for other people too. But cutting back to the very low level chosen by some people who actually have Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes is, in my opinion, just not necessary.

In your other thread you mentioned family/ethnic risk factors in your case. If I were in your shoes I would try to avoid worrying too much at this stage. I am sorry if you are not feeling well, or are anxious about your health, but your doctors are the ones to consult at this stage.

Good luck with it all.