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<blockquote data-quote="Sunshine_Kisses" data-source="post: 376180" data-attributes="member: 67130"><p>Wow, Claire87, you sound like you're doing an *amazing* job {bows down as so impressed with your recipe's!}</p><p></p><p>I thought I was quite good at being creative with food, but you sound like you're *on it*! Go you! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm still not confident I could drop my carbs that low - I don't seem to be able to have cheese with out it spiking my blood sugars... which is odd, as you're about the fifth person to suggest cheese as a good option... still, I do eat fish, so have that every evening meal at the mo. I can't bear to add it to lunch as well (I like fish, but lunch and dinner of fish will be too fish-tastic for me! :lol: ) so I've been having breakfast of eggs and almonds (pancakes), skipping out lunch and then having dinner of fish the last couple of days - but the my fitness pal ap still tells me I'm having around 75grms carb a day.... but I am going to google some of the things you've recommended above as not heard of lots of them (what are daikon fries?! Hermesetas? Daikon Radish? Low carb pitta??? And I did used to use coconut flour but had completely forgotten about it - so will get my baking hat on again! Coconut macaroons used to be easy, and yummy - imagine they must be relatively low carb!) </p><p></p><p>I'm also going to look at the books you've recommended SamJB - and thanks for saying I don't look I need to loose weight <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I know I'm not *very* overweight - my bmi is 23 I think - but I do have a bit too much fat on my belly - which I'm told is the absolute worst place to store it, and that often, by shifting belly fat specifically you can also improve insulin sensitivity in Type 2... hence being a little keen to get rid of the tum! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I had my very first near 'hypo' experience this afternoon, which was pretty unpleasant - went for a run (running is still new for me, and part of the 'get rid of the belly/lower blood sugars plan), came back, was doing some stretches to cool down and suddenly felt really odd... by the time I'd gotten my meter out I was shaking a lot... tested, and was 4.1 - which I know isn't strictly a 'hypo' but that's the lowest reading I've ever had and defo didn't feel well... still don't really get where it came from as we seem to have established I'm not actually very low carb, lol, so not sure what that was about - despite eating and being back in the 6's 20 mins later, I still feel quite sick so quite keen not to repeat that :? </p><p></p><p>Any clues as to what it was? As I said, running is new to me, but I hadn't pushed harder than the other 5 or 6 times I've been out and my blood sugars were actually a little higher than usual before I went out so I would have thought that meant I had extra glucose to burn? It's a mystery this blood sugar thing sometimes I tell yee... :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunshine_Kisses, post: 376180, member: 67130"] Wow, Claire87, you sound like you're doing an *amazing* job {bows down as so impressed with your recipe's!} I thought I was quite good at being creative with food, but you sound like you're *on it*! Go you! :) I'm still not confident I could drop my carbs that low - I don't seem to be able to have cheese with out it spiking my blood sugars... which is odd, as you're about the fifth person to suggest cheese as a good option... still, I do eat fish, so have that every evening meal at the mo. I can't bear to add it to lunch as well (I like fish, but lunch and dinner of fish will be too fish-tastic for me! :lol: ) so I've been having breakfast of eggs and almonds (pancakes), skipping out lunch and then having dinner of fish the last couple of days - but the my fitness pal ap still tells me I'm having around 75grms carb a day.... but I am going to google some of the things you've recommended above as not heard of lots of them (what are daikon fries?! Hermesetas? Daikon Radish? Low carb pitta??? And I did used to use coconut flour but had completely forgotten about it - so will get my baking hat on again! Coconut macaroons used to be easy, and yummy - imagine they must be relatively low carb!) I'm also going to look at the books you've recommended SamJB - and thanks for saying I don't look I need to loose weight :) I know I'm not *very* overweight - my bmi is 23 I think - but I do have a bit too much fat on my belly - which I'm told is the absolute worst place to store it, and that often, by shifting belly fat specifically you can also improve insulin sensitivity in Type 2... hence being a little keen to get rid of the tum! :D Having said all that, I had my very first near 'hypo' experience this afternoon, which was pretty unpleasant - went for a run (running is still new for me, and part of the 'get rid of the belly/lower blood sugars plan), came back, was doing some stretches to cool down and suddenly felt really odd... by the time I'd gotten my meter out I was shaking a lot... tested, and was 4.1 - which I know isn't strictly a 'hypo' but that's the lowest reading I've ever had and defo didn't feel well... still don't really get where it came from as we seem to have established I'm not actually very low carb, lol, so not sure what that was about - despite eating and being back in the 6's 20 mins later, I still feel quite sick so quite keen not to repeat that :? Any clues as to what it was? As I said, running is new to me, but I hadn't pushed harder than the other 5 or 6 times I've been out and my blood sugars were actually a little higher than usual before I went out so I would have thought that meant I had extra glucose to burn? It's a mystery this blood sugar thing sometimes I tell yee... :lol: [/QUOTE]
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