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<blockquote data-quote="Bittern" data-source="post: 1788905" data-attributes="member: 315804"><p>I also have a veg phobia but for what it's worth I suggest the plan below.</p><p></p><p>Start by cutting out all sugary things, cake, biscuit, jams, fruit, beer etc. Reduce your intake of rice, potato and pasta to a daily total of say 70grm of carbs per day, brown rice and wholemeal pasta are better than white. Don't eat bread, crisps etc. Leave everything else alone for the moment, to do the above is enough to be going on with. You will loose weight doing this. Get a meter, SD or TEE2 as their test strips are cheaper than others, and test just before you eat, 1Hr after and then 2Hrs after, record the result. If the difference between before and 2Hrs after is about 2 or below 2 then the meal "works" for you and can be eaten again. Next time you have that meal test again, record the result do it at least 3 times and average the results. You will build up a menu of meals you can tolerate. You can eat zero carb foods, meats, cheese, butter etc. and cheese and butter can be added to some meals to slow the digestion of carbs. </p><p></p><p>The above is the way I started and I lost nearly 20kg in 6 months, but that is NOT a target for you. Things have moved on, my meds. have reduced and I now eat less carbs than suggested above. Do it in small steps and sign up to the Low Carb Programme on this site, it has lots of good ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bittern, post: 1788905, member: 315804"] I also have a veg phobia but for what it's worth I suggest the plan below. Start by cutting out all sugary things, cake, biscuit, jams, fruit, beer etc. Reduce your intake of rice, potato and pasta to a daily total of say 70grm of carbs per day, brown rice and wholemeal pasta are better than white. Don't eat bread, crisps etc. Leave everything else alone for the moment, to do the above is enough to be going on with. You will loose weight doing this. Get a meter, SD or TEE2 as their test strips are cheaper than others, and test just before you eat, 1Hr after and then 2Hrs after, record the result. If the difference between before and 2Hrs after is about 2 or below 2 then the meal "works" for you and can be eaten again. Next time you have that meal test again, record the result do it at least 3 times and average the results. You will build up a menu of meals you can tolerate. You can eat zero carb foods, meats, cheese, butter etc. and cheese and butter can be added to some meals to slow the digestion of carbs. The above is the way I started and I lost nearly 20kg in 6 months, but that is NOT a target for you. Things have moved on, my meds. have reduced and I now eat less carbs than suggested above. Do it in small steps and sign up to the Low Carb Programme on this site, it has lots of good ideas. [/QUOTE]
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