Zero Carb

Ever try smoothies, green drinks? Wonder if they would freeze ok. Best would be too eat right out of the garden of course. If you decide to add veg back in maybe the smoothie green drink with avocado haha. Should be easy on the stomach. I have steamed fresh greens and frozen in flat baggies and just broken off my portions, reheated and added oil and herbs. I think if you par cooked them, froze and finished cooking later would be better than wasting or letting them get too big they're not tender anymore.

Not only am I the avocado queen but the freezer queen too. Not sure that avatar would be good haha

Ooohhhh....love tomatoes but I get arthritic symptoms with nightshades but loads of things you can do with those.

Congrats on the weight loss. Now if the fasting would cooperate.
I took one lantus last night. Went to bed at 89. 3:30 am 71 and fast 101. This is better than the 50's during the night an did rather fix it in the morning when I have more control. I also woke up later than normal and I k ow that effects it.

Higher fasting is just a blip in the day. I think I have to eat dinner even earlier. I could hardly keep my eyes open until 10:30!

Oh, just realized your T2! How did I confuse that???!!! Why did I think you took insulin, or do you?

 

Am into day 5 of zero carbing and so far so good, have decided at the weekend to have my Lchf diet but attempt another 5 days of zero carbs next week. Can't believe I went through 20 eggs this week, although my cheesy scrambled egg for lunch today was lovely.

Am combining zero carb with 16 - 8 fasting which I was doing anyway, family and friends think I have gone mad.

Have to agree with you that it is quite a boring diet and take my hat off to those that do it long term. Like you @Chook I may slip in and out of zero carbing, am eating far less than usual ( and wasn't eating much before), just not excited or bothered by food.

Have really enjoyed this thread and am soooo jealous of your veggie garden chock which sounds lovely... X

 

Are you having extra salt? Many people find their salt consumption is too low when eating this way... sorry if you have mentioned this already..

 

Good stuff @Chook

 

Try putting a bit under your tongue.. if you have some sea salt or something like that. Because we aren't eating rubbish our salt levels can get quite low.. also drinking more water can flush salt out of your system so its an idea to add some back. It's usually the first suggestion when people mention feeling odd or headaches on the ketogenicforums and most come back to say it helps immensely.

 

I agree with salt. Zero carb is dehydrating by nature so adding some salt with help balance the electrolytes.
You can put some in your water and sip all day or if food tastes salty without it then put a good bit on one bite. Then flush down with water.

 

If I remember you were making broth? Good place for salt. Or you can buy organic broth with sea salt.

Just an FYI. There is some chemical reaction thing in broth that when done it has MSG in it. I can only drink it when I'm ill and only for a few days. MSG of course can cause headaches.

https://www.seleneriverpress.com/the-dark-side-of-bone-broth/

 

Headaches?? Could be anything though.

 

I definitely process carbs better after 3pm so I eat veggies after that time. My carb to insulin ratio goes like this : am ( 12:1u Humalog ) , mid-day (20:1u Humalog) and after 3pm (40:1u Humalog .)

 

Wow. What a difference. Similar to mine I'd guess but I don't eat carbs per se. I do however bolus for protein and meal size. I eat snack sized meals so boluses are quite small.
No carbs at bf for me. Even protein spikes me then. So just half of a nice fatty avocado.

 

Oh...that nasty but oh so good salad!! My p oblem with veggies / salads at dinner is the bloating. Then comes the insomnia. If my tummy isn't happy I don't sleep. Period. Happened last night. We brought our own food to a festival last night and I was still hungry ( and of course I didn't bring my refrigerator) so I scammed some of my hubbies salad. Bad idea. Took over two hours to get to sleep. Not feeling overly stomach happy today either.
I was eating lettuce wraps as it moderated and portion controlled my lettuce consumption but stopped for som reason. Not the same as a salad either

What caused your hypo??

I'm still dropping too low during the night so guess what I'm going to try tonight ?? A scoop of AVOCADO. There is something in its make up that keeps me from spiking or dropping. If this doesn't work I'm out of ideas. Only taking one unit of lantus when I'm in the 90's and dropping to the low 60's but back up to 80's -90's waking.