NEWBIE :)

[SarahJW]

I found the Carbs and Cals book v helpful and Google will tell you the carbs per 100g which you can use based on your portion size. And ask...lots of people happy to help. And hello

Hello lol....ok that's great I shall jot that info down in my notebook...which is filling up quite quickly lol 🙂

 

[SarahJW]

I changed to Atkins style eating from the moment of diagnosis - full fat - my cholesterol went down, my liver shrank. I have lost 12 inches off my waist (I was almost spherical eating high carb foods supposed to lower my cholesterol).
Chicken breast fillets are so expensive compared with thighs - Lidl sell them at £1.65 for a Kg.

ok that's good to know...I will look into the Atkins diet...and I will have a look into chicken thighs instead of breasts...Thank you 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

Thank you very much for your advice....do you know if there is any type of diabetic app to help with this or is it literally research everything I eat and take it from there? I have cut out all the big main carbs already to give me a kickstart but when looking around the food isle I am a bit stumped...need to look into recipes and go from there I think.

You can get a good selection of recipes by searching for low carb or keto or there are recipes here on the food and recipe thread.
There is a book Carbs and Cals which people find useful for planning their meals as it gives the carb value of a whole range of foods so you can make better food choices for your shopping list.

 

[SarahJW]

You can get a good selection of recipes by searching for low carb or keto or there are recipes here on the food and recipe thread.
There is a book Carbs and Cals which people find useful for planning their meals as it gives the carb value of a whole range of foods so you can make better food choices for your shopping list.

Thank you that's a great help...I haven't looked around all the site yet so I'll look into the recipes part next then 🙂

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Thank you very much for your advice....do you know if there is any type of diabetic app to help with this or is it literally research everything I eat and take it from there? I have cut out all the big main carbs already to give me a kickstart but when looking around the food isle I am a bit stumped...need to look into recipes and go from there I think.

Different members find different apps help them. Carbs and cals (book or app) is well thought of, as is the Collins Gem calorie counter.

Other apps I see getting mentioned include MyFitnessPal and Nutracheck - but I’ve never used either I’m afraid.

 

[Barfly]

I use "Food Diary" from the Google Play store. Works well and when linked to your pc gives a nice text file. I index them, collate them into months and put the results into a spreadsheet as attached.
With the Tee2+ tester, there is an app called "Smartlog". That sends a spreadsheet to the pc so I end up with a nicely collated easy to see historical record with BG levels displayed next to the meals. This site doesn't allow spreadsheets to be uploaded, so here's a docx extraction sample.