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Struggling with meals

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Hi, newly diagnosed with hba1c of 75. Been on meds for a week now and have been cutting carbs a lot. Been ok so. Breakfast I'm fine with I've been having greek yogurt and berries. I'm happy with that and is something I can sustain.

Dinner is the one meal I tend to have with a bit more carbs , I've been having what I normally would but just much less carbs. Example would be spag bol but with a much smaller pasta portion accompanied with salad. Again feel that my evening meals are sustainable.

Lunch is my problem. I have been having an omelette a lot but I'm getting fed up with that. A sandwich feels like it might be too many carbs so only had that once or twice. What are people having for lunch?

Do my other choices sound OK? I've been checking my bloods 2 hours after each meal and my 7d average is 7.4
 
guybrush said:
Hi, newly diagnosed with hba1c of 75. Been on meds for a week now and have been cutting carbs a lot. Been ok so. Breakfast I'm fine with I've been having greek yogurt and berries. I'm happy with that and is something I can sustain.

Dinner is the one meal I tend to have with a bit more carbs , I've been having what I normally would but just much less carbs. Example would be spag bol but with a much smaller pasta portion accompanied with salad. Again feel that my evening meals are sustainable.

Lunch is my problem. I have been having an omelette a lot but I'm getting fed up with that. A sandwich feels like it might be too many carbs so only had that once or twice. What are people having for lunch?

Do my other choices sound OK? I've been checking my bloods 2 hours after each meal and my 7d average is 7.4
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Are you needing to take lunch to work ?
There are ideas like salad with cooked meat, tuna, boiled eggs, cheese, coleslaw.
Home made soup.
Hummus with veg sticks.
I don't know if you have seen this link but there may be some ideas in the menu plans and recipes https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
You could swap the wheat based pasta for edamame bean or black bean pasta as it is much lower carb, and have a portion of that for lunch.
 
I often just have half an apple and a chunk of nice cheese. Or some meat and cheese with coleslaw. You can make them into roles with the coleslaw inside if you are taking them for lunch and have some cucumber sticks and tomatoes with them, or the same with hummus instead of coleslaw. Or a tub of olives with feta although I always add extra cheese.
 
Instead of bread you could try crispbread Dr Karg's high protein crispbreads are good and a decent sized piece for the amount of carbs. 6g each
Dr Karg's Pumpkin Seeds Protein Thins
 
Apple and cheese for me, or 4 x Carr's Melts which are 2.5 carbs each topped with a chunk of brie. I tend to avoid eggs for lunch as I usually have an omelette in the morning and try to stick to just 2 eggs per day. I'm fine eating the same things day in day out, I think I'd struggle if I wasn't.
 
As above, lots of good websites with loads of diabetic friendly recipes, eg: on here, on the Freshwell site and the sugarfreelondoner website.
Salads are good, egg, tuna, salmon, chicken, ham, etc.
 
Maybe tuna or cheese - add coleslaw, tomato, celery - any salad stuff until it looks enough - oh, splash of vinegar and some pepper on tuna.
 
Stir fry packs are a quick easy lunch. Add chicken or prawns or whatever protein you like. Avoid the sachets of stir-fry sauces as they are generally high in sugar salt and carbs. A splash of soy sauce with ginger, garlic and chilli if you like a bit of heat. Other herbs and spices work well too.
 
silver minion said:
Stir fry packs are a quick easy lunch. Add chicken or prawns or whatever protein you like. Avoid the sachets of stir-fry sauces as they are generally high in sugar salt and carbs. A splash of soy sauce with ginger, garlic and chilli if you like a bit of heat. Other herbs and spices work well too.
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I do a satay stir fry with a spoonful of peanut butter, soy sauce, ginger and a bit of chilli (more if you like it hot).
There are a few stir fry sauces labelled 30% less sugar which are not too bad on carbs but you need to look carefully.
 
I miss having a sandwich so I have started buying the low carb wraps from Billy's Kitchen. Then I put cheese or ham, gherkins, cucumber, salad leaves etc inside and roll it up. I have a few olives on the plate as well. Those wraps are 4g carbs each and they have no effect on my BGs. They're a bit pricier than normal wraps but if you buy a few packs you get free postage.
I am not particularly interested in food so if I find something I like the taste of, and which satisfies my hunger requirements I'll happily eat it every day!
 
I went a bit nuts when I first started altering my diet. My lunch most days for the first week or so was 2 or 3 Ryvita (l like the cracked black pepper) with Philadelphia Lightest and a slice or two of tomato or cucumber on. The cheese was minging, the veg lovely and I've always liked those crackers which are pretty low in carbs for the base of an open sandwich if you don't want bread. At 6.7g of carbs per slice that's about 1/3 of a slice of bread.
I'll be looking up the wraps @Lisa65 mentions, I found some flatbreads that also fit the profile but wraps would be amazing for lunches.
 
Mark72 said:
I went a bit nuts when I first started altering my diet. My lunch most days for the first week or so was 2 or 3 Ryvita (l like the cracked black pepper) with Philadelphia Lightest and a slice or two of tomato or cucumber on. The cheese was minging, the veg lovely and I've always liked those crackers which are pretty low in carbs for the base of an open sandwich if you don't want bread. At 6.7g of carbs per slice that's about 1/3 of a slice of bread.
I'll be looking up the wraps @Lisa65 mentions, I found some flatbreads that also fit the profile but wraps would be amazing for lunches.
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I made a mistake with the name, it's Billy's Diet, not kitchen!
 
Mark72 said:
I went a bit nuts when I first started altering my diet. My lunch most days for the first week or so was 2 or 3 Ryvita (l like the cracked black pepper) with Philadelphia Lightest and a slice or two of tomato or cucumber on. The cheese was minging, the veg lovely and I've always liked those crackers which are pretty low in carbs for the base of an open sandwich if you don't want bread. At 6.7g of carbs per slice that's about 1/3 of a slice of bread.
I'll be looking up the wraps @Lisa65 mentions, I found some flatbreads that also fit the profile but wraps would be amazing for lunches.
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Normal Philadelphia is very nice or something like Boursin or Seriously Strong spreadable cheddar to go on Ryvita or the Dr Karg's high protein crackers.
 
@guybrush I have been trialing red lentil pasta with tuna for lunch.
 
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