Alexandra100
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IMHO = "In My Humble Opinion". It is sometimes meant to be more polite than IMO =" In My Opinion". And sometimes not.
IMHO = "In My Humble Opinion". It is sometimes meant to be more polite than IMO =" In My Opinion". And sometimes not.Sorry What is s IMHO and does not low carb go hand in hand with calories, I cannot exercise.
But I am going to keep trying.xx
Not always. It depends how much more fat and protein you eat to replace the carbs. However, many people think that low carb leads to more weight loss than high carb, even if the calories eaten are the same. And many people find that they get less hungry and need to eat less often if they eat a higher proportion of fat to carbs.does not low carb go hand in hand with calories
Just looked this up on Amazon and ordered this and a new title they've done with low cal diet menus that also shows the carbs etc - they look great, so thanks for the tip!There is an excellent book, available from Amazon. It is called Carbs & Cals. It has many hundreds of common foods including vegetables, each photographed in different serving sizes on normal plates. It gives the weight, the carbs, calories, protein, fat, and fibre content. Well worth it.
Yes, be very careful when using the net for carbs etc. Make sure it is a UK website. I find Tesco website the best, but other major supermarkets also list the nutrients.
You could do a survey to find out how many want to lose weight and how many count of those count calories. I am definitely a minority in that I need if anything to gain weight. But I may be a T1 in disguise (pre-LADA?)I'm in a bit of a minority on this site as I also count calories
Weighing it sounds more like it being 50g weight of spinach rather than 50g worth of carbs from spinach to my mind...50g of spinach has 0.8g of carbs.. if you are aiming for 20g of carbs from spinach you could have well over a kilo of it. Are you doing your sums right?
Indeed.Weighing it sounds more like it being 50g weight of spinach rather than 50g worth of carbs from spinach to my mind...
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Sorry I still don't get why you are worrying about 50g of spinach.. I can eat a whole 450g pack.. when cooked it becomes almost nothing and still have relatively few carbs.Indeed.
Agree - all carbs are not created equal. Vege still good - take the fiber off the total carbs to get net carbs if makes feel better lolThe thing about vegetable carbs though is that they are slowly processed, so actually good for most folk....
individual testing still required obviously...
I read it as 20g carbs for the day, not just from the spinach! Obviously every gram counts when you're going that low.50g of spinach has 0.8g of carbs.. if you are aiming for 20g of carbs from spinach you could have well over a kilo of it. Are you doing your sums right?
Lucky you! Unfortunately for me we are not all alike, and my carb tolerance only allows me roughly 100g low carb vegetables x 2 meals daily + a few cups of tea/coffee with cream + a generous amount of the lowest carb cheese + sometimes 2 eggs + small amounts of Hellman's Real Mayonnaise or vegan pesto. And that still doesn't give me perfect bg levels by a long chalk. I am eating to my meter. I suspect that unlike the majority of T2s I produce very small amounts of insulin. I may even be pre-LADA.Sorry I still don't get why you are worrying about 50g of spinach.. I can eat a whole 450g pack.. when cooked it becomes almost nothing and still have relatively few carbs.
So how many carbs per day are you going for?Lucky you! Unfortunately for me we are not all alike, and my carb tolerance only allows me roughly 100g low carb vegetables x 2 meals daily + a few cups of tea/coffee with cream + a generous amount of the lowest carb cheese + sometimes 2 eggs + small amounts of Hellman's Real Mayonnaise or vegan pesto. And that still doesn't give me perfect bg levels by a long chalk. I am eating to my meter. I suspect that unlike the majority of T2s I produce very small amounts of insulin. I may even be pre-LADA.
And that still doesn't give me perfect bg levels by a long chalk.
One of my problems is that once my bg has gone up post-prandially it has a tendency not to come down for hours, so I am reluctant to let it rise too much in the first place. I have now been taking 500mg Metformin for about 2 weeks and I think it may be helping. I agree that my carb level is too low, but what was much more upsetting was seeing little or no reward. After I have been on Metformin eg 4 weeks I mean to re-evaluate and see if I can get away with a few more carbs. Alternatively, I might try to persuade my GP to up the dose.Are you being too strict with your BS targets and stressing too much about them?
What average levels do you see across the board (FBG, pre-meals, post meals, bedtime)?
One of my problems is that once my bg has gone up post prandially it has a tendance not to come down for huors
I am thinking more in terms of avoiding post-prandial spikes.So how many carbs per day are you going for?
As are we all surely. Do you find that spinach causes a post prandial spike then?I am thinking more in terms of avoiding post-prandial spikes.
Yes, I have accidentally occasionally eaten zero carbs and my readings are then better, but I don't see this as a realistic programme long-term. I have tried eating 100g spinach + c 50g of another low carb vegetable in a meal, and I have the impression that this raised me, but frankly with the unreliability of my meters/strips I would have to try the experiment a lot of times before being sure. ( do intend to try gradually raising my mealtime carbs, maybe to 150g, to see.) If only our meter readings were 100% reliable, how much simpler all this would be!As are we all surely. Do you find that spinach causes a post prandial spike then?
Have you thought of trying zero carb?
If you would prefer me to shut up and leave you alone then that's fine too.. just trying to help.
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