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Food yesterday (13/12)
Breakfast (8am): Scrambled egg, mushrooms, baked beans, tomatoes,
toast (small slice, seeded) /Juice from one orange {356 Cal / 26.2g Carbs}
Banana {71 Cal / 16.2g Carbs}
..................................6 mile walk
Snack (10.30am): Salted caramel shortbread {103 Cal / 8.6g Carbs}
Lunch (12.30pm): Chicken & leek pie, piccalilli,
1.5 pints of pumpkin spiced beer {498 Cal / 31.1g Carbs}
Snack: Toast (one slice, seeded) / Peach, raspberries, yoghurt {201 Cal / 24.8g Carbs}
BG (6pm) 4.2
Dinner (6pm): Spaghetti Bolognaise {396 Cal / 32.8g Carbs}
Strawberries, blueberries, yoghurt {69 Cal / 9.0g Carbs}
3 cups of coffee too
Calories 1757
Carbs 156.1g
Protein 75.6g
Fat 58.1g (Sat Fat 20.0g / Trans fat 1.8g)
FBG Today (14/12 02:30) 4.0 Up early to watch the cricket
All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
Most recent HbA1c was in December and was 31. If you look at my signature you can see how my figures progressed over time.You eat a lot of carbs and yet your fbg reads in the 4s. Amazing!!!
What is your recent HBA1C?
I’m very curious to know!
Most recent HbA1c was in December and was 31. I do plenty of exercise too and find that if I don't have some carbs before exercising that I get fatigued rather quickly.
I kept carbs to about 120g/day for several months whilst losing weight. I only increased to 180g./day when I didn't want to get any thinner (my waist went from 42 to 32 inches over 6 months) and didn't just want to load up on fat.. I don't know whether this diet is sustainable on a permanent basis but will keep checking and report back to anyone who is interested.
Very wise, though I m not convinced of the need to go extremely low. Are you exercising much?No wonder you can eat so much carbs because your A1c is “normal”!!!
Mine is stil at 46 (6.4%) pre-diabetic range.
So I’m low carbing.
Very wise, though I m not convinced of the need to go extremely low. Are you exercising much?
No, I was only on that for 6 weeks or so. I have been completely med free since early Feb 2017. If you look at my signature you can see my milestonesHi midnightrider. Some lovely food ideas and wonderful results.
Are you still on insulin and humilin?
Thanks
Food yesterday (08/12)
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk), nectarine,
blackberries, walnuts {305 Cal / 37.1g Carbs}
..................................2 mile walk
..................................5 km row
Breakfast 2 (8am): Mackerel, toast (one slice, wholemeal) /
Tangerine {289 Cal / 22.6g Carbs}
Lunch (12.00pm): Lamb & vegetable broth / Texas chilli [left overs],
refried beans, guacamole {541 Cal / 24.4g Carbs}
Strawberries, raspberries, yoghurt {101 Cal / 9.8g Carbs}
..................................6 mile walk
Snack (3pm): Toast (two slices, wholemeal) {165 Cal / 18.4g Carbs}
BG (6pm) 4.7
Dinner (6pm): Fish & chips [take away, half portion of chips, half of batter
removed from fish) {320 Cal / 25.3g Carbs}
Dessert: Mango, raspberries, yoghurt {116 Cal / 11.9g Carbs}
3 cups of coffee too
Calories 1894
Carbs 155.7g
Protein 132.2g
Fat 69.0g (Sat Fat 17.6g / Trans fat 1.8g)
FBG Today (09/12 05:45) 4.5
All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
Fish and Chips?
No way!?
I would love to learn how you can control your bg levels so well!!!
I doubt that levels would stay under control if I ate fish and chips often. Fish is fine, just a few carbs in the batter and I only eat some of that, too greasy for me to eat it all. One portion of chips is shared between me, the missus, and a few for our 5 year old lad.
And it is an occasional treat.
ThanksWell done midnightrider. You have done an excellent job in reducing your bs.
Food yesterday (09/12)
Breakfast 1 (5.30am): Porridge (made with almond milk), raspberries,
blueberries, pecans {283 Cal / 29.9g Carbs}
..................................2 mile walk
..................................5 km row
Breakfast 2 (8am): Scrambled egg, mushrooms, tomatoes, toast (small slice, wholemeal) /
Juice from one orange {173 Cal / 14.3g Carbs}
Snack (9am):Banana {67 Cal / 15.2g Carbs}
.................................2 mile walk
Lunch (12.00pm): Turtle bean, lime & chilli soup / Toast (one slice, wholemeal),
hummus, turkey, avocado, tomatoes {459 Cal / 27.2g Carbs}
Peach, raspberries, yoghurt {101 Cal / 9.8g Carbs}
..................................2 mile walk
Dinner (6pm): Pheasant, roast potatoes, sweet potato & garlic mash,
runner beans, sweetcorn {473 Cal / 41.8g Carbs}
Dessert: Pear. blackberries, yoghurt, walnuts {124 Cal / 12.0g Carbs}
Snack (9pm): Toast (one slice, sourdough) {119g Carbs, 13.2g Carbs}
3 cups of coffee and one cup of earl grey too
Calories 1871
Carbs 172.8g
Protein 110.4g
Fat 59.6g (Sat Fat 13.5g / Trans fat 0.8g)
FBG Today (10/12 05:45) 4.4
All food cooked from scratch, if you would like any recipes please just ask
My guess is that the weight loss removed most of the visceral fat from my pancreas and liver, which dealt with the insulin resistance. The exercise increased my metabolic rate, enabling my body to overcome the metabolic syndrome from which it was suffering. These are quite simplistic explanations but have some evidence to support them (something is clearly working and whilst the reason interests me, it isn't vital for me to know why).That’s a lot of carbs.
Really don’t understand how your body can cope as T2!!!
My guess is that the weight loss removed most of the visceral fat from my pancreas and liver, which dealt with the insulin resistance. The exercise increased my metabolic rate, enabling my body to overcome the metabolic syndrome from which it was suffering. These are quite simplistic explanations but have some evidence to support them (something is clearly working and whilst the reason interests me, it isn't vital for me to know why).
Also, the recommended amount of carbs is 300g/day with 2 hours a week of exercise (NHS / Eatwell plate etc.). My mum was diagnosed T2 15 years ago and stuck rigidly to this regimen, within a year becoming med free and BG completely under control.
180g/day is only just over half this amount and I do 2 hours exercise per day. I believe that the exercise is the crucial part as my BG was well within the normal range by the time I had lost about 20lb of the 85lb that I eventually lost.
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