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Carb guess challenge!

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After a quick look I cant find any others that are that high WM - anything from Sainsburys Basics to Hovis seem to be 16-17g a slice. They'd still hit my BG like a train though 😱
 
After a quick look I cant find any others that are that high WM - anything from Sainsburys Basics to Hovis seem to be 16-17g a slice. They'd still hit my BG like a train though 😱


Thanks for looking for me Mike 🙂. I've also just checked online & Warburtons medium (blue packet) is 17.7g carbs per slice so as you say still quite high in carbs but lower than the 20.8g I'm having atm.
 
Pizza update.

Now I believe it to be about right although there was some guesswork on the bbq sauce. My carb ratio and injection worked out. So its there or there abouts!!

The kind lady at asda had a look through her book for the nutritional detail and it was around 47.5g per 100g for the base.

She also weighed he base weighed in at 190g (Before loading it with goodies) - 90g carbs
& the sauce - I took a wild guess at around - 15g

So I was somewhere around 105g. Theres a little carb in the onion but there wasnt too much on there.

It was worth every carb. And before anyone questions is validity as a pizza because of the lack of cheese. It IS!!!!
 
Thanks for looking for me Mike 🙂. I've also just checked online & Warburtons medium (blue packet) is 17.7g carbs per slice so as you say still quite high in carbs but lower than the 20.8g I'm having atm.

Yes the packet says that. If only it were true!

Ever weighed a slice of any bread and then calc using the 'per 100g' carbs also on the packet? Routinely less than whatever it says an average slice weighs, I assure you.

I count W's blue waxed paper-wrapped bread as 15g a slice. And that is the bread we have all the time.

Of course if you had a smaller loaf or a thinner sliced one, it would be less carbs.

And by the way - I nearly said this yesterday - the only things in your lunch more or less Gill were carbs and fat. No protein. No F&V to speak of. NOT a balanced meal !
 
I've never had Burgen. I don't really like brown bread eeeek!

Without disturbing this thread too much does anyone have any ideas please for a white loaf but with a lot fewer carbs than 20.8 per slice? You can pm me if you like rather than taking things away from the thread or put it on here for others to see.

I have Waitrose White and Wholegrain Medium sliced 16.6g per slice and really nice.....I'm not keen on brown bread either.
 
No cheating allowed (Looking online or checking your secret stash!)

How many carbs in my curly wurly! (Whole)


**Disclaimer - I only had half!!!
 
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No cheating allowed (Looking online or checking your secret stash!)

How many carbs in my curly wurly! (Whole)


**Disclaimer - I only had half!!!

....without the assistance of google!.......20g carb?
 
Full one? Hmmm... there are quite a lot of gaps... but it is quite long.

38g CHO?
 
Just had Lunch....carb count was????


Free range 300g spanish potato omelette with 2 slices of dry cured breaded ham (20g slices) chopped up on top
 
Just had Lunch....carb count was????


Free range 300g spanish potato omelette with 2 slices of dry cured breaded ham (20g slices) chopped up on top

I read that as 20 slices!!! hmmm dont eat the things but id throw a guess in the hat at 35g
 
The answer to a curly wurly is 18g! Money well spent!
 
Just had Lunch....carb count was????


Free range 300g spanish potato omelette with 2 slices of dry cured breaded ham (20g slices) chopped up on top

.2g for ham and 31.8g for potato omelette = 32g total carb.....yummy and filling 🙂
 
Guess the carbs in todays lunch

Asda cheese & onion (filler) sandwich (malted bread) (2 rounds)
Asda prawn cocktail flavour shells
 
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52g in carbs total?
 
lunch is a large bowl of chicken noodle (home made) soup and a multi seeded brown roll, crunchie and a strawberry yeo yoghurt...carb count anyone?
 
lunch is a large bowl of chicken noodle (home made) soup and a multi seeded brown roll, crunchie and a strawberry yeo yoghurt...carb count anyone?

hmmmmmmmm.... Id go with a rounded 80g (Noodle soup I wouldnt a clue!!)

Mine today was a burgen bread ham sarnie (2 slices) A handful of doritos (Just over half a bag say 20grams) and handful nuts. a small - medium apple. And a salad consisting of lettuce, cucumber, carrot and balsamic dressing. Give it a go!
 
hmmmmmmmm.... Id go with a rounded 80g (Noodle soup I wouldnt a clue!!)

Mine today was a burgen bread ham sarnie (2 slices) A handful of doritos (Just over half a bag say 20grams) and handful nuts. a small - medium apple. And a salad consisting of lettuce, cucumber, carrot and balsamic dressing. Give it a go!

......if your guess of 80g is correct, I'm going to have a high BG in a couple of hours.....I'll keep you posted!

Your lunch.....mmm 24+8+5+2 = 39g?
 
......if your guess of 80g is correct, I'm going to have a high BG in a couple of hours.....I'll keep you posted!

Your lunch.....mmm 24+8+5+2 = 39g?

My calcs went along the lines of... 15 (No idea - never eaten!) + 25g + 28g + 10g (Again never eaten yogurt!!)

ASs for mine, If your calcs are correcter than mine, ill be going low!!
 
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