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<blockquote data-quote="lrw60" data-source="post: 366142" data-attributes="member: 64443"><p>I have started to re-adjust my thinking. I still don't understand fully what is good and what isn't, so for the moment I am reducing my overall carb intake per day. I calculated that up until a week ago my carbs were about 200grms per day. That might be ok for a 'normal' person, but not for me! I have now reduced that to between 125 and 150g per day. Still high I know but as a vegitarian I can't just eat veg, I have to eat some processed foods which have a high-ish carb value. Still making sence of all the help available on this forum, and reading of others who have the same fight helps too. I looked up some high protein veg last night in my calorie, fat and carb bible to find out which has a good balance of protein against carbs. I also looked at the the carb values for beef, not that I intend eating any, it was zero. Meat eaters must find it much easier to keep their carb count down. I try to grow as much veg as I can each year. I was looking forward to a bumper crop of spuds, is that still a good idea? I will now go out and buy the seeds I need to grow 'good' veg. I did raise my porridge intake back up to 60g until I could find better ways of getting through the day. I am slowly reducing the amount now by about 5 or 10g per week until I find a better breakfast food. I used to have a banana, kiwi and handfull of grapes with elmlea single cream for lunch and sometimes after my evening meal. I now know that the banana and grapes were not a good idea, the kiwi and cream were ok though. I switched to a slice of bread with peanut butter and either beetroot (try it before you scream NO!!!) or peanut butter and vegi cheese. I will look for an alternative to bread, some sort of cracker? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I intend to get my carbs under 100g per day, and then work my way lower if I can.</p><p>Lee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lrw60, post: 366142, member: 64443"] I have started to re-adjust my thinking. I still don't understand fully what is good and what isn't, so for the moment I am reducing my overall carb intake per day. I calculated that up until a week ago my carbs were about 200grms per day. That might be ok for a 'normal' person, but not for me! I have now reduced that to between 125 and 150g per day. Still high I know but as a vegitarian I can't just eat veg, I have to eat some processed foods which have a high-ish carb value. Still making sence of all the help available on this forum, and reading of others who have the same fight helps too. I looked up some high protein veg last night in my calorie, fat and carb bible to find out which has a good balance of protein against carbs. I also looked at the the carb values for beef, not that I intend eating any, it was zero. Meat eaters must find it much easier to keep their carb count down. I try to grow as much veg as I can each year. I was looking forward to a bumper crop of spuds, is that still a good idea? I will now go out and buy the seeds I need to grow 'good' veg. I did raise my porridge intake back up to 60g until I could find better ways of getting through the day. I am slowly reducing the amount now by about 5 or 10g per week until I find a better breakfast food. I used to have a banana, kiwi and handfull of grapes with elmlea single cream for lunch and sometimes after my evening meal. I now know that the banana and grapes were not a good idea, the kiwi and cream were ok though. I switched to a slice of bread with peanut butter and either beetroot (try it before you scream NO!!!) or peanut butter and vegi cheese. I will look for an alternative to bread, some sort of cracker? Any suggestions would be appreciated. I intend to get my carbs under 100g per day, and then work my way lower if I can. Lee. [/QUOTE]
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