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<blockquote data-quote="Fizzylaa" data-source="post: 888548" data-attributes="member: 156164"><p>Hi graj0. Low carbing. Overall in a day I probably eat reletively low carb amounts. But I do not seek to remove them from my diet. If I have little carb at a metformin meal then I get the trots. I learned that regular quick release metformin is out of my system inside two hours. Eating slow release carbs did no favours for my long term blood sugars. So, counter intuitively, I opted for direct sugars at those meals when taking metformin, with little fat and no drink. At lunchtime when I had no metformin I would eat practically zero carb. Though in reality I'm only human and occasionally I lapsed from this plan. The prospect of perpetually avoiding many carbs that I like fills me with sadness. I love pasta, bread and fruit. So I eat it all but with considerable planning. I sometimes eat too much at one sitting but I don't chastise myself with any guilt. I have to bring up three children which requires sitting down together to eat the same meals. What they need to eat as active teenagers is not the most ideal for me I know but eating separate menus would drive me crazy and possibly send mixed messages subliminally to them about how women have to eat to stay slim. The lack of exercise is my undoing with regard the diabetes, not so much the diet I eat. Getting a dog at the end of the year!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fizzylaa, post: 888548, member: 156164"] Hi graj0. Low carbing. Overall in a day I probably eat reletively low carb amounts. But I do not seek to remove them from my diet. If I have little carb at a metformin meal then I get the trots. I learned that regular quick release metformin is out of my system inside two hours. Eating slow release carbs did no favours for my long term blood sugars. So, counter intuitively, I opted for direct sugars at those meals when taking metformin, with little fat and no drink. At lunchtime when I had no metformin I would eat practically zero carb. Though in reality I'm only human and occasionally I lapsed from this plan. The prospect of perpetually avoiding many carbs that I like fills me with sadness. I love pasta, bread and fruit. So I eat it all but with considerable planning. I sometimes eat too much at one sitting but I don't chastise myself with any guilt. I have to bring up three children which requires sitting down together to eat the same meals. What they need to eat as active teenagers is not the most ideal for me I know but eating separate menus would drive me crazy and possibly send mixed messages subliminally to them about how women have to eat to stay slim. The lack of exercise is my undoing with regard the diabetes, not so much the diet I eat. Getting a dog at the end of the year! [/QUOTE]
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