Hello everyone

[Pfe10]

I'd not eat any of those replacement foods - sweet potato is higher carb than ordinary, of the rest - just empty carbs, in my opinion - though I can make some very low carb wraps using the same recipe as the cheese waffles I have from time to time.
Early on, returning to normal numbers is probably a good aim (though not too abruptly if you have previously been rather high) once you are seeing and feeling things get back to normal, checking your response to various foods is easy.
I use chopped cauliflower rather than rice in a curry - mashed or boiled swede rather than potatoes and can keep in normal ranges. After a few years I can now eat carby foods and not see high numbers on the BG meter, just on the scales next morning.

Thanks for all your advice it’s much appreciated, I didn’t know sweet potatoes were high in carbs, but that’s ok because I don’t like them very much anyway.

 

[Leadinglights]

Thanks for all your advice it’s much appreciated, I didn’t know sweet potatoes were high in carbs, but that’s ok because I don’t like them very much anyway.

To give you a good idea of the carbs in different foods and portion sizes the book or app Carbs and Cals is a good resource, it is many people's bible for making good food choices. Worth it's weight in gold and not too expensive.

 

[Drummer]

Thanks for all your advice it’s much appreciated, I didn’t know sweet potatoes were high in carbs, but that’s ok because I don’t like them very much anyway.

I've been eating low carb since the early 1970s, when I could get away with it - doctors and dieticians never agreed that I was right to feel better eating 50 gm of carbs a day.
I have a small notebook with low carb options listed - carrot swede onion sweet pepper turnip leek spaghetti squash bamboo shoots celeriac cabbage red and green - and so on - it is easy to carry around and consult even though it has just grown and is not in alphabetical order.

 

[Molly M]

Hi,

I am quite new to diabetes - it's just been a couple of weeks for me. What I find useful is checking/logging food on https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ Its free to use. Cheese is very low carb so you can have some on your food or as little snacks. Once you start checking the carb amounts - you quickly realise what's good and what's not so good. It's helped me a lot.

 

[Jacinta (Australian)]

Hi,

I am quite new to diabetes - it's just been a couple of weeks for me. What I find useful is checking/logging food on https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ Its free to use. Cheese is very low carb so you can have some on your food or as little snacks. Once you start checking the carb amounts - you quickly realise what's good and what's not so good. It's helped me a lot.

I agree with molly m with this app , the MyFitnessPal app saved me and I can enter in foods and it tells you how much carbs are in what foods and what not , it’s amazing .