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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JenniferM55" data-source="post: 2643585" data-attributes="member: 527474">This question might appear obvious and pretty basic, but when you're scared of undoing what you've been working on, and a little bit scared of trusting yourself...We've got this young apple tree in the garden, this year it's been allowed to grow 10 or so apples. I love apples, but I've not had one since I got serious with my 'under 20g carbs a day diet' started on 1st June. I have had a taste of one of the apples (about 35g worth) a few weeks ago which didn't appear to make much difference in BG. This morning I had half an apple 65g (7g carbs). BG pre the apple was 4.7, post it was 5.6 nearly an hour later, and 5.4 two hours after that. All's good as far as I can see. I freaked out a couple of years ago when I ate just 5 cherries, I spiked to 19 and I'm afraid that experience is still with me. So what would you do now? Go on and test eating a full apple (so long as total day's carbs are under 20g) and test if there's a spike? If there isn't a spike, would you think apples are fair game so long as they're inside your day's carb quota? Would you stop testing BG after eating an apple because 'it'll be a waste of a test strip'? Or would you continue to abstain because they've got a reputation for spiking BS.My personality; I can easily go off the 'rails' - though I would like to expand my food choice using the apple as an example.</blockquote>

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