What did you eat yesterday low carbers?

[sdgray22]

I thought for us newbies struggling with a whole new way of eating and counting carbs it would be interesting to know what you experienced carb counters ate yesterday. I am going for 100g carb daily and had for brunch (slept late), poached egg, mushrooms, 2 tablespoons baked beans and one low GI bread roll with spread. (say 40g), afternoon snack sliced cucumber with hummus (say 5g). Tea was a low GI roll with pate and sliced red pepper with a pear and a bit of cream for afters, (say 35g), also had 4 tiny wafer biscuits which are 1.2carb each with my cup of tea (5g carb). Then supper 4 slices of lean wafer thin chicken with 2 tbsp of low fat potato salad.
(15g) added up to 100g. by the way I drink tea and water mainly.
As i said new to this so it will take a while to get it right. Does this look OK, and yes I know everyone is different.
Sharon

 

[trophywench]

Depends what it all did to your BG Sharon!

 

[sdgray22]

again what did you eat yesterday?

Well according to the NHS I should not need to know that, so there is no need for me to test myself to see!!!! My surgery is certainly not going to prescribe any test type materials so according to that strategy I can only do it by carb counting. All of you type 2s and me according to the NHS should be able to do all of this without any personal testing being involved. 🙄

Luckily I do not consider cost cutting by the NHS good advice and have bought a meter etc and will be testing so I will know, but, I was hoping to be reassured that the amount and type of food I was eating looked acceptable to experienced carb counters considering my chosen daily level of 100g, and also looking for ideas in what others eat for variety, which is why I asked what they had eaten yesterday.

sharon

 

[HOBIE]

Looks ok to me Sharron, well done for tring to keep things down !! 🙂

 

[Carolanne]

Hello Newbie Sharon

I thought for us newbies struggling with a whole new way of eating and counting carbs it would be interesting to know what you experienced carb counters ate yesterday. I am going for 100g carb daily and had for brunch (slept late), poached egg, mushrooms, 2 tablespoons baked beans and one low GI bread roll with spread. (say 40g), afternoon snack sliced cucumber with hummus (say 5g). Tea was a low GI roll with pate and sliced red pepper with a pear and a bit of cream for afters, (say 35g), also had 4 tiny wafer biscuits which are 1.2carb each with my cup of tea (5g carb). Then supper 4 slices of lean wafer thin chicken with 2 tbsp of low fat potato salad.
(15g) added up to 100g. by the way I drink tea and water mainly.
As i said new to this so it will take a while to get it right. Does this look OK, and yes I know everyone is different.
Sharon

Hi Sharon from Leicestershire, I hail from same part of world originally, and was interested in what you said about your surgery and their reluctance to give you a BS meter. My surgery gave me one, then told me I was being 'obsessive' because I was testing my Fasting BG, and my postprandial results after each meal...to see what each particular meal was doing to my BG levels. I asked her how else I was to learn which foods I should avoid? I quickly gathered they have a 'one-size-fits-all' mentality. Have other newly diagnosed folk experienced similar discouragement? I feel lost and unsupported as a result, and the only guide I was given was to stick to a HEALTHY DIET.....and given a brochure that in part told me that...."any breakfast cereal was good" I dont need to list all the breakfast cereals that are packed with sugar! and it also recommended I have a jacket potato for lunch. I thought jacket pots were second only to glucose on the GI scale? Somebody help me sort this lot out please...all the books on diabetes I read seem to contradict each other on what is a really healthy diet for a diabetic.

 

[Northerner]

Hi Sharon from Leicestershire, I hail from same part of world originally, and was interested in what you said about your surgery and their reluctance to give you a BS meter. My surgery gave me one, then told me I was being 'obsessive' because I was testing my Fasting BG, and my postprandial results after each meal...to see what each particular meal was doing to my BG levels. I asked her how else I was to learn which foods I should avoid? I quickly gathered they have a 'one-size-fits-all' mentality. Have other newly diagnosed folk experienced similar discouragement? I feel lost and unsupported as a result, and the only guide I was given was to stick to a HEALTHY DIET.....and given a brochure that in part told me that...."any breakfast cereal was good" I dont need to list all the breakfast cereals that are packed with sugar! and it also recommended I have a jacket potato for lunch. I thought jacket pots were second only to glucose on the GI scale? Somebody help me sort this lot out please...all the books on diabetes I read seem to contradict each other on what is a really healthy diet for a diabetic.

Hi Carolanne, welcome to the forum 🙂 I think you have fallen victim to the erroneous belief that diabetes is a simple and easy condition to manage if only you follow the 'guidelines' Thankfully, you have questioned this, and you are absolutely right in thinking that you need to test to see how different foods affect you as an individual 🙂 If test strips were a fraction of their current price, I'm pretty sure that everyone would be encouraged to test methodically to determine what foods they can tolerate.

Have a look in our Useful links thread, in particular I would recommend reading Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter, and also getting a copy of Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker to help give you the 'real deal' on diabetes self management. I personally find that the GL diet is the most appropriate eating plan for good blood sugar control, plus plenty of exercise.

Please feel free to ask any questions you may have and we will do our best to help!