Does your meter say it is OK? That is the test - on the amounts I am eating I usually stay below normal levels after meals - it is the fasting levels which say I am diabetic. However, I am losing weight - a bit wobbly but I think that there are various things going on all at the same time so I can't keep it as consistent as I could in the decades before the diagnosis of diabetes. I think that aiming for 2lb a week will be fine for me.
Some people struggle to lose half that on half what I eat if they are resistant to losing weight, I am not at all resistant - much to my shock and amazement and after so many failed diets - cut out the carb and see weight drop off without effort. That is why you need to see what is happening to your BG and your weight at any level of carbs you work to - though I also find that I can't eat some types of carb even in small amounts as it elevates BG for about 16 hours, not just a spike, and stops weightloss completely.
I manage to stay well under 15 grams of carbs a day sometimes less.
It is not the average, look at the numbers 2 hours after eating to weed out any foods which cause a higher than usual spike. My post meal highs are 8 at the most, but small amounts of some foods push it up to 10 or 11 - usually from things bought out of the house which ought to be OK but are not due to extra carbs added - stuff like flour added to omelettes I suspect.Thanks my BG is good probs average of 7
Eggs for breakfast with bacon, avocado with prawns and mayo for lunch. Belly pork or chicken with salad for tea. Go on fitness Pal, you can put everything into that then you can see a breakdown of carbs, fats etc.How the h*** do you do that
It is not the average, look at the numbers 2 hours after eating to weed out any foods which cause a higher than usual spike. My post meal highs are 8 at the most, but small amounts of some foods push it up to 10 or 11 - usually from things bought out of the house which ought to be OK but are not due to extra carbs added - stuff like flour added to omelettes I suspect.
Do you make your own soups or buy tinned ones? Do you check the carbs in the coleslaw?
Those are two ways you may find you can reduce your carb total.
Be careful with MFP. The nutrients are entered by ordinary members and a good number are inaccurate. The vast majority of members use it for weight loss, not diabetes, so are more interested in calories than carbs. I don't use it now, but when I did I entered my own information using the labels on the foods and the book Carbs & Cals, plus growers/manufacturers/Tesco websites.
Eggs for breakfast with bacon, avocado with prawns and mayo for lunch. Belly pork or chicken with salad for tea. Go on fitness Pal, you can put everything into that then you can see a breakdown of carbs, fats etc.
It does, maybe protein is a little high. I also eat a small amount of macadamia nuts, because they are mostly fat. Not too many nuts mind you. A chunk of cheese if I'm peckish.Adjusted
Carbs 84g
Fat 118g
Protein 110g
That's looks a wee bit better
Just b4 eating 5.9 so will see
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