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No Carb Noodles/Spaghetti/Rice

Alexandra100 said:
I'm curious about OMAD. Don't you end up eating one huge meal, which spikes your bg? The great Dr B says that if you eat enough even of sawdust it will spike you.
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I think it is a mental attitude thing. The more you do OMAD the easier it is not to over eat, although I think I still consume too much, it's just I have started to cut back. Tonight after the Bolognese I had my usual type of dessert of a sizable amount of 7 types of home roasted 3 spiced nuts. This is an actual reduction as I usually have nuts, berries and yogurt. I am now trying to keep berries and yogurt to my 2 meal days and only circa 11.00 after a 16 hour intermittent fast.

This is my second day in a row on this protocol (and will do Wednesday as well, for the rest of the week 2 meals). Below is how my day has gone in relation to OMAD:
FBG 4.5 @ 06.57 - rooibos tea
Fresh hot lemon
Fresh brew black coffee

Gym: Fight Klub HiiT workout (class of around 15)


Work (from gym)
Mixed personal workout of Karate, free weights and equipment


Home:
BG: 4.4 @ 16:15 (last week without the exercise 3.8)
OMAD: Bolognese / cauli-rice followed by substantive amount of nuts
Walton on the Naze:
Walking: Still walking too fast to be in FAT burning zone, I did not have 2kg ankle weights tonight so missed 1000 cal burn ( I take the opportunity whilst daughter dances for 2 hours to do the walk on the sea front)


Home @ 19:30:
rooibos tea

I feel great satisfaction being able to do 2 workouts fasted and still feeling great and not hungry (next week I will aim to burn a 1000 calories fasted over 2 or 3 sessions). I am not sure about the spike, I tend to not go over 6.5 (I do know my eating habits around my last meal have kept my BG around 5.5 for long periods increasing my HbA1c is higher than it should be, hence the removal now of fruit in the evening). You have pricked my curiosity, so I will order another Libre patch to get a better picture of what happens next week. I bottled out of posting a public challenge to myself on this forum but have been working on project 6 pack, which may not be attainable but I am giving myself 6 months.
 
Granny_grump_ said:
... what a marvellous age I'm living in, who would have thought all this communication possible. Especially has I was 13 years old when we got our first television! Wow K
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I am 60 and still full of wonder at what we can find out online. That's even though I was a computer "geek" in the early 1980s and was even using email back then. Of course it's not just diabetes information, it's everything. I'm very book-focused so my first reaction on getting the T2D diagnosis early this year was to buy a mountain of cookery books, some of which turned out to be very useful. Ironically they were the ones that were not directed at diabetics (those tended to follow the useless "balanced diet" approach).

Communication is an extraordinary thing. One of my hobbies is amateur radio (using Morse code) which is, in a way, terribly "old hat." Yet I never lose the thrill of hearing people over the air, sending radio signals with a radio transmitter and without any help from the World Wide Web or other communications infrastructure!
 
It's all very interesting, isn't it? I am at present unintentionally only eating 2 meals a day, albeit with lots of cups of tea with double cream in between. I am surprised to find that I don't usually get very hungry. However as my aim is to gain a little weight, or at least not to lose any more, I am hoping to bump up my meals to 3 while maintaining an interval of 5 hours between. I don't know yet if consuming more carbs spread over the day will raise my bg. After weight training I do get ferociously hungry, and eat cheese and walnuts, as I have a 1 mile uphill walk ahead of me to get home. Theoretically I aim to keep under 6.7 at all times, but in reality I feel disappointed if I see a 6. My bg seems to tend to go up towards evening whatever I do. But it's all early days and work in progress. Good luck for the 6 pack!
 
That takes me back morse code my brother got a radio kit for Christmas when we where about 13/14 years old,we spent ages putting these components together to make this radio transmitter,we thought we where right Einsteins we even got one or two radio stations on it but goodness knows how, we would practice morse code I can still remember ...---... SOS forgotten about it nice memories Kathleen
 
I am 75 and can well remember being taught to write with a dip pen, the ink gradually spreading up my fingers, as well as all over the page, and the ink wells of course always full of blotting paper. I doubt if I'd do any better if I tried it now. Much more comfortable on the computer!
 
Thanks, I will need to either hit the perfect workouts for my body type or reduce my food in take, which is why it is important to try to keep notes - I got close earlier in the year. This is not as vain as it sounds. I have around 14.5% body fat and circa 7.5% visceral fat. I know if I get a 6 pack, my visceral fat will also be decreased, which I believe will further improve my insulin sensitivity and put further distance between me and the diabetes reaper. I know the amounts of nuts I have are over 1000 calories, so I am thinking of alternating with my next favourite which is broccoli and mushrooms with a quarter of stock (in addition to my meal, maybe some day I will just have the meal).

As you have found LCHF trips you into unintentional great scenarios with various options. I also fell into 2 meals a day as I was literally stuffed on 3 meals. I know I could do a 48 fast if I wanted to, but like the great Jason Fung I like to sit down with my family for the main meal. I know what you mean about feeling disappointed with good numbers, I think this is a built in protection mechanism as deep down we know diabetes is an unsleeping foe who we don't want to give any encouragement to.
 
It is made of Konjac Flour.

It is a tuber that grows in the Philippines and it's absolutely zero carbohydrates, zero sugar, very low calories.

It is imported to Japan where they are made into noodles and pasta.

Enjoy !!!
 
Hi I well remember ink and pens with nibs awful. Agree with computer and added bonus of spelling when brain won't work! Haha K
 
I love spiralized courgettes Sometimes I just throw in some butter prawns a few chili flakes garlic and lemon juice and then add the courgette topped with grated cheese quick and delicious. Nice with bolognese and with any other stir fry.
 
Boo1979 said:
If you give konjac products a good rinse then the fishy smell / taste goes. I put them in a sieve and run cold water over them for a few mknutes - its the liquid they come packed in that stinks rather than the product itself
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After rinsing the noodles under the tap for a few mins, put them into a pan of boiling water for 5 mins, then take them out and dry fry them for 2 mins, when the squeaking stops from the noodles (That is the water drying out) then add to your stir-fry or bolognese. This makes the texture of the noodles much better
 
derry60 said:
I love spiralized courgettes Sometimes I just throw in some butter prawns a few chili flakes garlic and lemon juice and then add the courgette topped with grated cheese quick and delicious. Nice with bolognese and with any other stir fry.
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Interesting, because my wife does an almost identical recipe with spiralized courgettes, prawns, pepper flakes, cherry tomatos, etc. which is really yummy.

The challenge with spiralized courgettes is getting the water out of them before cooking. We spiralize them several hours ahead then drain on a paper towel, but even then it sometimes comes out too watery.
 

My father (a telecommunications engineer) used to say that when everything electrical, digital, the internet etc collapses, Morse code will save the day. So it could perhaps be very 'new hat'! He was a demon 'keyer' and I still have several very old Morse keys from various cable stations.

Thanks for the info on spiralizing veg, everyone. I have tried various spiralizers (very cheap ones, admittedly) and haven't been able to avoid the accompanying blood-letting, particularly with carrots, so more research needed. The internet is indeed a marvel (how would you explain it to your ancesters?) and it has saved me a load of cursing and swearing while peeling butternut squash: prick skin all over, cut sliver off top and bottom, and microwave for 2-3 mins. Let cool and it's much easier to peel. You may already know this but it was a lightbulb moment for me!
 
How strange and yet I just took what was in the cupboard and fridge but will try with tomatoes next time and perhaps some mushrooms. I do that also (Dry noodles onto a paper towel) I put them onto a couple of paper towels ,wrap them and put into the fridge for a few hours
 
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