How to eat more without pushing up BG?

[Jo123]

Please I would much appreciate some advice, I have impaired fasting glucose, on reading this excellent forum decided on a low carb diet, plus exercise and a little weight loss.
Problem I am having now is getting excellent blood sugars on this most of the time, but really want to slow down weight loss, am at about 9 stone 13lbs, which at 5 ' 8" don't really want to go too much lower. I have my low carb dinner about 7, usually meat and plenty of veg, followed by 2 peices of 85% choc. Then I do 45 mins on cross trainer most nights, BG excellent and fasting BG back to normal levels according to meter. However I am hungry after being on the cross trainer, last night I had large handful of nuts, then 2 peices of cheese, 1 hr after bg 4.4, then this morning 5.5 which is slightly into abnormal territory and much higher than the fasting BG's I have been getting (4.4 - 4.9) when I had a smaller snack but still felt a little hungry. So how do I eat a little more in the evening without pushing up my fasting BG and also slow down my weight loss, which has been 2lbs a week. Evenings are the only time I am feeling hungry.

 

[Doczoc]

You could a high fat meal just before bed, as in JUST before bed, a tablespoon of peanut butter might do, or I have some brie. Recently I've been taking calcium caseinate, it's what bodybuilders take, it's a very slow release protein. Has helped my waking BG levels a lot. Do a google on 'Dawn Phenonomen', if that's spelt right LOL Might get some tips there.

EDIT sorry loads of typos, I'm rubbish typing on my lap!

 

[Jo123]

Thanks for the advice, my two sons use protein powder so I will have a look at theirs and see if it has any carbs in it. I will also look online for the calcium caseinate, my two sons both have protein shakes so I shall see what is in theirs!

 

[Doczoc]

Most protein powders are whey based, this is a very fast absorbed protein, it actually causes an insulin spike and will be no use whatsoever before bed . Calcium caseinate is specifically used before bed because it stays in the gut a long time and feed the muscles over the night! I'll warn you calcium caseinate tastes minging and you prob need a blender or a whisk shaker thing. The non flavoured stuff has zero carbs I get mine fro myprotein.co.uk. I've been adding sugar free raspberry Krusha to mine, o.2 grammes of carbs per 100g. Although I can manage it without too

 

[Trinkwasser]

Many of us find we are more carb tolerant in the evening, you nay find that if you tinker with the balance between carbs fat and protein a bit you will come up with a better combination, or possibly adding a later snack of something like oatcakes or ryebread with nut butter, may tweak things such that you lose the hunger *and* end up with better fasting numbers

I tend to have a late night meal with a similar profile to breakfast (high protein, moderate fat, 15g carbs and a large handful of salad and a couple of olives) works rather well

tonight I have some olive oil left over from frying mushrooms, I'll probably make a prawn curry with cashews and bean sprouts and some chillies and peppers and have it with a couple of oatcakes and a salad mixture

 

[hanadr]

If you like cheese on toast, you can make toasted cheese without the bread.
Simply put a slice of cheese onto a piece of non-stick baking parchment and microwave for a minute or 2 (Time will vary with machine and portion) I don't bother with paper and just use a Pyrex plate.
Another useful snack is Pepperami. I love those!

 

[sugarless sue]

Try Polish Kabanos,they are low carb,dried ,smoked sausages similar to pepperami but taste better.

 

[Jo123]

Thanks everybody for your suggestions, lots of good advice for me to try.

 

[Bubsy Malone]

Hana, have you tried the BBQ flavour peperami? I bought a pack for my teenager but he prefers the original version, so I was left to finish it off (here we go again!) I find they're particularly good in scrambled eggs with cherry tomatoes (Yumm - oh dear I've made myself hungry now!)

Happy snacking,

Bubsy