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<blockquote data-quote="lrw60" data-source="post: 391230" data-attributes="member: 64443"><p>I have found it very difficult to eat enough of the right thing. When I became diabetic I just cut out high sugar foods, not high carb ones. I managed to eat a well ballanced diet where it easy to keep my daily cals at 2000/2500. Even going on the Weight Watchers diet was easy. My cals dropped to a level that would help me lose weight. I was still eating a good selection of high carb foods. Now I am trying to lower my carb intake, from at least 200g per day before finding this site, to somewhere between 100-150g per day now. There is no way I can see of getting my cals above 1500, cartainly nowhere near 2000. My protein is nearly where it should be and my fat intake is mainly about half what it should be. I don't eat much cheese, but it seems to be a good way to go. I don't eat much in the way of nuts, but again I should try to incorporate them somehow. I eat a lot of butternut squash, peas, runner beans, tomatoes, some potato, low sugar baked beans 1/3rd tin per meal, small portions of pasta, just the normal veggie meals really. I eat low fat yoghurt because I haven't found a high fat yog that is both low in sugar and has some taste! I can't stand plain jog. Perhaps plain yog with some nuts ground up in it? I was lucky not to have found this site before I became meds free. I can still eat my 60g of porridge each morning and get no effect. If I was seriously low carbing it I would have to cut down on the porg and my cals etc would suffer more. Even though I am eating enough to not feel hungry, I would like to eat more.</p><p>My main meal yesterday was butternut squash diced and fried in some oil and spices then baked in the oven. I fried up a diced onion and loads of diced mushrooms. I added 2/3rd of a tin of low sugar baked beans (just to use them up). Absolutely glorious! The baked beans and cooking oil provided most of the cals and fat, the other veg was there as tasty filling bulk. For my sweet I had slices of red and white grapefruit, which I can now eat (I hope!) since coming of my statins, sliced strawberries and some low fat cream. I should have normal cream of course, but old habits etc. I keep buying the low fat. 1 small glass of white wine kept it company. I will be having paella some time this week, my friend will have assorted seafood with hers, I will have butternut squash. I find it impossible to adopt a low carb diet, and still keep the meals tasty. Sorry I can't be of more help.</p><p>Lee.</p><p>PS. Just off out to do shopping, I will buy a high fat/low sugar natural yoghurt and try it with nuts. It sounds yukky, but so did a peanut butter and beetroot sandwich until I tried it! 1 slice of low carb bread of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lrw60, post: 391230, member: 64443"] I have found it very difficult to eat enough of the right thing. When I became diabetic I just cut out high sugar foods, not high carb ones. I managed to eat a well ballanced diet where it easy to keep my daily cals at 2000/2500. Even going on the Weight Watchers diet was easy. My cals dropped to a level that would help me lose weight. I was still eating a good selection of high carb foods. Now I am trying to lower my carb intake, from at least 200g per day before finding this site, to somewhere between 100-150g per day now. There is no way I can see of getting my cals above 1500, cartainly nowhere near 2000. My protein is nearly where it should be and my fat intake is mainly about half what it should be. I don't eat much cheese, but it seems to be a good way to go. I don't eat much in the way of nuts, but again I should try to incorporate them somehow. I eat a lot of butternut squash, peas, runner beans, tomatoes, some potato, low sugar baked beans 1/3rd tin per meal, small portions of pasta, just the normal veggie meals really. I eat low fat yoghurt because I haven't found a high fat yog that is both low in sugar and has some taste! I can't stand plain jog. Perhaps plain yog with some nuts ground up in it? I was lucky not to have found this site before I became meds free. I can still eat my 60g of porridge each morning and get no effect. If I was seriously low carbing it I would have to cut down on the porg and my cals etc would suffer more. Even though I am eating enough to not feel hungry, I would like to eat more. My main meal yesterday was butternut squash diced and fried in some oil and spices then baked in the oven. I fried up a diced onion and loads of diced mushrooms. I added 2/3rd of a tin of low sugar baked beans (just to use them up). Absolutely glorious! The baked beans and cooking oil provided most of the cals and fat, the other veg was there as tasty filling bulk. For my sweet I had slices of red and white grapefruit, which I can now eat (I hope!) since coming of my statins, sliced strawberries and some low fat cream. I should have normal cream of course, but old habits etc. I keep buying the low fat. 1 small glass of white wine kept it company. I will be having paella some time this week, my friend will have assorted seafood with hers, I will have butternut squash. I find it impossible to adopt a low carb diet, and still keep the meals tasty. Sorry I can't be of more help. Lee. PS. Just off out to do shopping, I will buy a high fat/low sugar natural yoghurt and try it with nuts. It sounds yukky, but so did a peanut butter and beetroot sandwich until I tried it! 1 slice of low carb bread of course. [/QUOTE]
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