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TPO said:
Not enough carbs? Not enough calories? Not enough food?

I'm very interested on feedback as I'm trying to lose weight.
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Not enough food or cals I think. If you don't eat enough your body can go into starvation mode and you can end up not losing or gaining a lot more quickly when you start eating properly again. Your body also needs an adequate amount of vitamins and minerals etc from a varied diet to function properly. I think being so stringent can often backfire too, as you can end up binging or just giving up and eating lots of bad stuff. Still, tis only my opinion.
 
TPO said:
Not enough carbs? Not enough calories? Not enough food?

I'm very interested on feedback as I'm trying to lose weight.
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I'd also steer clear of flavoured water as they often put a lot of saccharine or sugar substitute which can be carby
 
Sable_Jan said:
That's what I do. I'd say if anyone is a slow eater to test again at 2 1/2 hours then maybe again at 3 to get an idea of when the blood sugars generally peak....once that is established do the pre test as usual and the post at the peak time
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Thanks, not usually that slow as normally starving but it was soooo hot it was bubbling :***:
 
Is it absolutely necessary to work out what percentage of fat, protein you're eating? I monitor my carb intake & eat a sensible amount of protein & fat. But I don't do graphs or pie-charts to give a visual aid. I just can't bring myself to be so disciplined or rigid. My BG is where it needs to be so I'm obviously doing something right. It's bad enough having this disease without letting it completely take over my life. I just want to eat sensibly, lose weight & remain healthy. I don't want to do calculations. I'm trying SO hard to stay positive folks, and I apologise for being a misery guts, but I'm struggling with my diagnosis right now. Ultimately I have no choice but to get on with it though...I know that. I'm tearful & feel so darn ridiculous because of that. I Know I'm not looking after myself properly, in that I get stressed wondering what to have to eat for meals, so I end up not bothering to eat at all...or just grabbing some Greek yoghurt so I can at least take my medication. There's got to be a better way. Did anyone else experience these emotions & feelings? Can anyone advise me please.
Ali. X
 
Today, I have been mainly gorging on:

B: coffeencream followed by 2 sausages and 2 eggs fried in butter.
L: a large slab of LC straciatella cake, with double cream.
S: a LC peanut cookie
D: Goan chicken curry, with green beans and sugarsnaps

Am now stuffed. Replete. Redolent. Satiated... And the fridge is groaning with leftovers.
 

My heart goes out to you @Alisonjane10 , there are much more experienced people on here than me who will give support and advice. What type are uou and what meds are you on? I was diagnosed type 2 a year ago and have really struggled at times with what is a life changing diagnosis, but I've tried to embrace trying new foods which I enjoy whilst maintaining good bg levels. Like you I eat low carb but I don't specifically have a carb target. Luckily I can get away with that but I know others can't and need to measure how much carbs they can have. Look through the forums, we will all help you deal with this if we can x
 
Can't add anymore than what HA3 has already said, but welcome & you are definitely on the right forum, you will learn more here than from many healthcare (professionals)!
 
B 4 streaky bacon 1 hard boiled egg
L 8 sprouts, 2 slice of corned beef, 1 burgen toasted with Philadelphia & avocado
D 3 sausages (Debbie and Andrews) 4 bacon, 5 mushrooms & 5 cherry tomatoes
Slice ( more of a spoonful as its crumble) ginger cake,
1 green tea 5 decaf coffee (got to stop the coffee)
BG same as yesterday
 
B. Allbran with ss milk, one boiled egg.
L. Veg soup, one boiled egg.
D. Pork steak, curried veg and cauli rice followed by jelly n cream. Bg post 2h 6.4
S. coffee n cream
 

I think most people felt despondent on diagnosis. I did and still do feel rubbish about it sometimes - sometimes it just feels unfair and you want to be able to have what you like and not think about it. I do, sometimes - I've fallen off the low carb wagon before plenty of times, and I take a planned couple of days off about every 3 months for special occasions.

But I can tell you I always always feel much better within myself when I'm eating low carb. I can also tell you that not eating and grabbing something when you're desperate can be a bad way to go.

You don't need to use macros and do pie charts - but I don't do pie charts either! What I posted above was created by an app called myfitnesspal. All I do is spend 5 mins a day putting in what I'm going to eat.

So I'll look up the foods and eg:

Select bacon (3 slice)
Select 3 eggs
Select 30g butter

And that's all I do. Then I can look at the stats and chart it makes for me just to check I'm eating along the right lines. Once you're used to what foods are low carb you'll almost never get it wrong.

I don't think I could eat healthily as easily as I do without tracking somehow, and it helps me a lot to plan ahead. To me it's just a neat little device that does all the work for me, but plenty of people go it alone. I'd find that too difficult personally.

Don't be intimidated, it's a big lifestyle change but there are loads of people who'll support you.
 
Today was a bit pick n mixy... Didn't feel like much.

Mozarella and avocado

2 eggs scrambled in sesame oil with aubergine, followed by 50g blueberries and cream

Antipasti type thing... Small triangle blue cheese, cheddar slice with marmite, salami Napoli, spoonful peanut butter, 2 gherkin pickles.

Choc glucomannan pudding and itsu seaweed thins as snacks.

Approx 27g carbs total
 
I'm with you on this one for sure
 
I'm sure we've all been at that stage to some degree. If your bg is where it needs to be then you are obviously doing something right but it helps to plan ahead a little so you know what your meals are going to be for the day - I know it isn't always possible. It is amazing what you CAN eat and stay low carb, honestly... this is a good thread to be on to pick up great food tips - but as someone mentioned after I'd posted meals containing bread or pasta - you have to be aware of how your own body reacts to things and realise that we all have different tolerances to carbs. I CAN eat a slice of bread/toast (just one and not too thick) and a moderate portion of my own mix porridge with seeds and oats and a touch of dried fruit. I was lucky to be having blood tests for an annual meds review when I was picked up to be pre-diabetic range. Armed with a meter and good advice/recipe tips on here I've taken it back to the normal range. I've not given up testing (and you may have seen my post from yesterday when a friend cooked a pasty for me... woah, nowhere near out of the woods - I really DO still need to keep my diet in check. Best of luck, chin up and join in some of the fun as well as "educational" forums.....
 
TPO said:
Really? The label says 0g of carbs?
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I don't think saccharine is a problem BUT some people have found that sucralose sweetener can be a problem for them. It really upsets my daughter's stomach and bloats her as if she'd eaten carbs.... miniscule carb content for the 2 tabs she used in her coffee.....
 
Breakfast: Well buttered slice of homemade bread with tsp marmalade - usual increase of around 1.0 to pre brekky bs
Dinner: 2 burgers on 2 slices of Sainsbury's mild cheddar cheese topped with fried onions and on a bed of lettuce dotted with dollops of may - went up about 0.3 on pre
Tea: Chicken, leek and vegetable pie with sprouts. the pie crust was made with soya flour and although I used about 2/3 of a jar of sauce that was only about 10gs of carbs. 0.3 rise on pre
Snack: Chocolate chia pudding (I tried it at last @Brunneria) it is soooooo delicious it feels like its a naughty treat!!!

Sweet dreams all - no carbs in those
 
Hi Alison, it is a struggle coming to terms with diabetes, I was in denial for years, to my detriment. I wouldn't feel too intimidated about other people's graphs etc - they are often automatically generated from myfitnesspal or other calorie counters. It's not necessary to do calculations and if your bg is ok then you are doing the right thing, whatever it is. I would urge you to try to eat regularly though for your general health and for weight loss - your body will go into starvation mode if you don't eat enough and in addition you will not feel very well. I too find it a struggle to make sure I eat properly and at the moment my diet consists of mostly ham cheese olives and berries and cream, but that it one of the pluses of low carbing as you don't always have to mess about with complicated recipes, unless you want to experiment of course. I don't know if you have looked at diet doctor, but that is all about low carb high fat and is really easy. Don't give up, it will all fall into place eventually
 
I feel the same a lot of the time... I cry when I get below 4.2 and shaky... Embarrassing... No meds, just LCHF... I travel so much I get stressed.. Just got off another plane and eaten an avocado standing up by the kitchen sink while the cab waited... Coffee in the airport lounge, then worried about the dash of milk instead of cream... Had smoked salmon, BabyBels, Brie, cucumber and Laban in the hotel, knowing it's not healthy, but what can I do? I brought cream with me but it was in the bottom of my case... I do think we worry too much sometimes.. The result of a lifetime of 'healthily' eating porridge and grapefruit for breakfast and s baked sweet potato with fat-free cottage cheese for lunch etc... And still putting on two kilos I didn't want or need... The morning liver-dump is hardest to bear... I am going to stop whinging now and wish everyone a lovely day..
 
Nicely put and very reassuring HA3
 
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