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Vegetarians: What have you eaten today?

Thank you so much for responding. Hopefully, some type 1's will respond as I think it is something worth considering. Can I ask what for example what you'd have for breakfast? I'm a toast and egg kinda person.
 
Joah said:
Thank you so much for responding. Hopefully, some type 1's will respond as I think it is something worth considering. Can I ask what for example what you'd have for breakfast? I'm a toast and egg kinda person.
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I'm a moderately low carbing T1 but not a vegetarian.
However, that doesn't mean I always eat meat.
A low carb breakfast would be more eggs, no toast. Or eggs and cheese, no toast. Egg mayo in a leaf of lettuce, no toast. Eggs on one of the many varieties of low carb bread, bought or homemade.

And that's just varying on your usual breakfast. Other options are full fat natural greek yoghurt, or a keto coconut 'granola' (no grains involved), coffee with plenty of cream to fill you up, a quick fry up of tofu and veggies, leftovers from last night's dinner, cheese and tomatoes, etc.
Joah said:
My bloods are driving me insane, especially my fasting blood.
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I don't think changing your breakfast would do much for your fasting bloods though.
Have you done any basal testing lately?
Do you use a Freestyle Libre or CGM to see what happens to your blood glucose overnight? Are you high all night or are you seeing a sudden rise in the morning?

How confident are you in adjusting your doses to your carbs?
If you suddenly reduce your carbs but are not sure how to adjust your insulin accordingly you may get some nasty hypos.
 
Hi Joah, there are people that lo carb and are vegetarian/ vegan. I am a vegan, but I do not low carb and I have really good control. There is also the mastering diabetes program that is high carb/low fat that works well for some.

I am happy to help with any questions I can answer. But the biggest things I find that help are.

1) a CGM. It will give you 24/7 readings and you can respond faster and easier to bad trends and the corrections needed.
2) a Pump. While not at all necessary, it makes it easier to adjust your basal as needed. Plus it's a lot easier to consistently give small corrections as needed. I am pretty on top of my BG numbers, but if you are not that type of person there are the new loop pumps that do that for you. (Just not as well if you are someone like me who is OCD about my numbers.)
3) Prebolusing. The timing of prebolusing helps keep your numbers from going too high or at least not for as long. This is one of the most critical things. I have a tendency to do half my dose 30 minutes before I eat. Then I can adjust the second dose to what I actually ate. Some people 30 minutes is too early, some taking half is too much. I know someone that does well taking a third 15 minutes early.
4) Knowing the variations with the food you eat. High fat delays absorption of some of your carbs. A higher fat meal might not need as much prebolusing time. Protein, especially with a low carb meal can sometimes creep up your numbers hours later. That's where a cgm is really helpful.

But here is a link to vegetarian low carb recipes/sites on this forum

Vegetarian/Vegan Low Carb Recipe Index

This is a work in progress as it'll take ages to get all the suitable recipes indexed here, so please bear with me as I'll mainly be doing this during my lunch hour at work. Please feel free to suggest other recipes on the forum that should be added to this.. I've decided to create a post...
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List of some Low Carb Vegetarian Dishes

Hello, I have been on Low carb / Keto diet and have had success with the diet I have been following so I created a pdf and uploaded here with various dishes I use in rotation. Its mostly vegetarian diet and where I have used chicken, i have included a Vegetarian alternative. The dishes may not...
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Low carb vegan food

There’s been a few posts recently from people who follow a vegan/vegetarian way of life who were asking about combining it with low carb, so I thought I’d start a thread with some meal ideas, and the full nutritional breakdown (MyFitnessPal checked against labels for accuracy). Full disclosure -...
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Vegetarian Vegan Recipe Sites "Normal and Low Carb"

People are always asking and I am always posting different vegetarian and vegan recipe sites, especially low carb ones. So I figured I would start a Thread with the different links. I'm sure there is more out there. The first post is vegan/vegetarian sites. The second is low carb vegan...
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Thank You! I wear a cgm and know that often my bloods are going great, exactly where they should be and then boom, dawn phenomenon. I've adjusted my night time (split dose) Lantus down to 4 units. It was 5 units but tended to go low overnight on that. Still the issue persists with morning highs.
 
Joah said:
Thank You! I wear a cgm and know that often my bloods are going great, exactly where they should be and then boom, dawn phenomenon. I've adjusted my night time (split dose) Lantus down to 4 units. It was 5 units but tended to go low overnight on that. Still the issue persists with morning highs.
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Why not start a new thread with your questions?
This thread is mainly to share vegetarian meals, but many of us get Dawn Phenomenon (while still asleep) or Foot on the Floor (sudden rise right after getting out of bed).

Going all into this, and the tricks we've found to deal with it would take this thread off topic, but I'm sure people would be happy to chip in on a new thread. :)
 
B: rye cracker with peanut butter, milky coffee
L: vegetable soup with Swiss chard, salad with hummus, Parmesan and olive oil
D: mixed leaf salad with Parmesan, sesame seeds and olive oil, spinach frittata
 
Tofu Lasagna
Mixed veggies with peanut sauce
I just mixed some braggs aminos and peanut butter and put it in the mixed veggies. It turned out really rich, too rich. It turns out a little pb goes a long way.
 
B: peanut butter on a rye cracker
L: stew with aubergine, courgette and leeks, some Italian goat’s cheese for “dessert”
D: salad leaves with Parmesan, olive oil and sesame seeds, pea soup, spinach fritata
 
Spicy seared kale!
1 bunch of blue kale, 1 sliced garlic clove, red pepper flakes, sea salt. olive oil.

Tear the kale leaves off the spines, rip into small pieces, and rinse. Add salt, flakes, garlic to olive oil in a pan. Turn up to medium high. When it is hot. add the kale leaves. Press down with a spatula for 1 minute, searing the kale. Sprinkle on more salt. Turn everything over and sear again for 1 minute. Eat hot.
 
This morning:

Two eggs scrambled in butter with a generous dollop of double cream, sautéed chestnut mushrooms and baby plum tomatoes, topped with flat-leaf parsley and seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to wash down tablet.
Espresso.
 
Chocolate Muffin! Mini lol!!!!!
Coffee 1/2 soymilk, 1/2 coffee with chocolate stevia drops.
Can you tell I like chocolate!
Prebolused and it worked out almost perfectly.

I have a tendency when I eat mashed potatoes to probably eat more gravy than potato! Like a small soup bowl with mashed potatoes around the edges and gravy in the middle! I would eat 4 potatoes if it's the small red ones. I love the purple potatoes we find at the farmer's market here and those are usually small, so I could eat 4 of those too. I just found out the official name for them is Ube, more a type of yam than potato. They are delicious baked and slightly broiled!
 
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