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<blockquote data-quote="RFSMarch" data-source="post: 2335972" data-attributes="member: 410451"><p>In a word - no. In a couple... it depends!</p><p>Maybe this could help?</p><p>I used MyFitnessPal to list out my previous typical diet - cereal in the morning, what I thought might be an innocuous jacket spud for lunch, and then something more substantial for dinner, a nana in the afternoon with my post lunch cuppa, an apple and peanut butter for an easy dessert in the evening... you get the point!</p><p></p><p>A typical day would be well over 200g of carbs pre-diagnosis.</p><p></p><p>So now together with my Libre Freestyle sensor, I LC as much as possible, and if I am adding something into my repertoire of things to eat I always see what the response is on the meter.</p><p>So I have decided a carb threshold, I work to stay under that and in the morning, post workout I use MFP to track out what I will eat that day, and will test pre and post prandial to see what the effect was.</p><p>If I can tolerate that combo - all well and good. If I spike monstrously and it doesn't come down within that 2 hour window, then I knew that was no longer an option (sob... bye bye honeydew melon and pineapple in the VERY early days of testing)...</p><p></p><p>Everyone's body and tolerance is different, and it depends where you are on your journey. At the start of mine my BG was astronomically high so I needed to really slam the breaks on to just get my bloods down. I manage with LC, meds, exercise and am (fingers crossed) tracking ok for now - update due before the end of this year.</p><p></p><p>But keep going with your Libre and if it helps - I allow myself a dessert of a sliced apple and a hefty spoon of peanut butter every other day. But I will also have that on a day where I have a virtually zero carb lunch of say Omelette, ham slices and cream cheese to allow it to fit into my macros. What works for me though might not work for you and others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RFSMarch, post: 2335972, member: 410451"] In a word - no. In a couple... it depends! Maybe this could help? I used MyFitnessPal to list out my previous typical diet - cereal in the morning, what I thought might be an innocuous jacket spud for lunch, and then something more substantial for dinner, a nana in the afternoon with my post lunch cuppa, an apple and peanut butter for an easy dessert in the evening... you get the point! A typical day would be well over 200g of carbs pre-diagnosis. So now together with my Libre Freestyle sensor, I LC as much as possible, and if I am adding something into my repertoire of things to eat I always see what the response is on the meter. So I have decided a carb threshold, I work to stay under that and in the morning, post workout I use MFP to track out what I will eat that day, and will test pre and post prandial to see what the effect was. If I can tolerate that combo - all well and good. If I spike monstrously and it doesn't come down within that 2 hour window, then I knew that was no longer an option (sob... bye bye honeydew melon and pineapple in the VERY early days of testing)... Everyone's body and tolerance is different, and it depends where you are on your journey. At the start of mine my BG was astronomically high so I needed to really slam the breaks on to just get my bloods down. I manage with LC, meds, exercise and am (fingers crossed) tracking ok for now - update due before the end of this year. But keep going with your Libre and if it helps - I allow myself a dessert of a sliced apple and a hefty spoon of peanut butter every other day. But I will also have that on a day where I have a virtually zero carb lunch of say Omelette, ham slices and cream cheese to allow it to fit into my macros. What works for me though might not work for you and others. [/QUOTE]
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