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<blockquote data-quote="lizdeluz" data-source="post: 619230" data-attributes="member: 32108"><p>I was a huge carb fan and not a great fan of fat and protein and it does make a low-carb diet challenging at first. I've been doing it for about 8 months and I've lost one and a half stones, and feel tons better for being back in the middle of the normal BMI range. I'm 60, 5ft 8ins, weighed 91/2 stones as a teenager, and after diagnosis as a T1, my weight had crept up steadily, but worse than that I had poor BG control. The two things go hand in hand for me. The low-carb diet has allowed me to improve my control and I'm using far less insulin.</p><p></p><p>I did find giving up most carbs a bit difficult at first, but when I started to feel better in myself because of excess weight loss and better BG, I realised that the diet was definitely worth getting used to. At the start I faffed around a lot with labour-intensive recipes with sweeteners, but they weren't for me because I don't get on vey well with sweeteners.</p><p></p><p>There are lots of good recipes on this forum for low-carbers and in books mentioned by others above. It depends what your likes and dislikes are. For me, Hartley's jellies, 70 or 85% chocolate, nuts and seeds, provide me with enough 'treats' to get by. I replace rice and pasta with cauliflower and courgettes, eat berries, eggs, cheese, cream, Greek yoghurt, minced beef, minced lamb, pancetta, ham, sausages, spices and loads of veg.</p><p></p><p>Dovetailing your diet into family or social eating can be tricky, but it's not impossible, and it's worth it to achieve the best health you can with diabetes.</p><p></p><p>[USER=118796]@Sunspot[/USER] suggested the phlaunt.com website for advice on balancing the nutrition in a low-carb diet and I've found it helpful. You key in your own data and are then given carb, protein, and fat targets to aim for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lizdeluz, post: 619230, member: 32108"] I was a huge carb fan and not a great fan of fat and protein and it does make a low-carb diet challenging at first. I've been doing it for about 8 months and I've lost one and a half stones, and feel tons better for being back in the middle of the normal BMI range. I'm 60, 5ft 8ins, weighed 91/2 stones as a teenager, and after diagnosis as a T1, my weight had crept up steadily, but worse than that I had poor BG control. The two things go hand in hand for me. The low-carb diet has allowed me to improve my control and I'm using far less insulin. I did find giving up most carbs a bit difficult at first, but when I started to feel better in myself because of excess weight loss and better BG, I realised that the diet was definitely worth getting used to. At the start I faffed around a lot with labour-intensive recipes with sweeteners, but they weren't for me because I don't get on vey well with sweeteners. There are lots of good recipes on this forum for low-carbers and in books mentioned by others above. It depends what your likes and dislikes are. For me, Hartley's jellies, 70 or 85% chocolate, nuts and seeds, provide me with enough 'treats' to get by. I replace rice and pasta with cauliflower and courgettes, eat berries, eggs, cheese, cream, Greek yoghurt, minced beef, minced lamb, pancetta, ham, sausages, spices and loads of veg. Dovetailing your diet into family or social eating can be tricky, but it's not impossible, and it's worth it to achieve the best health you can with diabetes. [USER=118796]@Sunspot[/USER] suggested the phlaunt.com website for advice on balancing the nutrition in a low-carb diet and I've found it helpful. You key in your own data and are then given carb, protein, and fat targets to aim for. [/QUOTE]
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