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After reading all the positive BG results you all get from the LC/HF diet, I have decided to give it try. I'm almost afraid to say that out loud b/c if I fail, I will feel so publicly humiliated. However, if I don't post this, I'm more likely to slip up b/c no one is "watching."
Ok, brace yourself... I normally eat around 200 grams of carbs per day.
-- mainly in the form of yogurt, cottage cheese, 100-calorie snack packs, fruit cups, and Teddy Grams (1 gr per Teddy).
I can tell you that these things are going to be incredibly hard for me to give up entirely as they are the only "fun" things I get to eat. I don't eat bread, rice, potatoes as I was "shamed" out of those years ago. I cannot be trusted around anything too sweet and have been known to eat an entire container of cake frosting in one sitting.
My 78 year old mother is nearly blind now from her Diabetes and I don't want that to be me. But, I don't have much confidence in my ability to actually let go of my carbs. I know I will have to go about this very slowly, or else I will not be able to do it at all.
Okay, nuf said.
Someone (sorry I forgot who) suggested starting with converting one meal at a time.
So, yesterday morning I ate 3 eggs (scrambled) and 4 sausage patties.
Wow!!
My FBG was 163 and 4 hours after eating that LC/HF breakfast, my BG was 82 -- lowest one in at least the past 3 YEARS!!
And, the best part is that I wasn't even hungry.
But, I figured I should eat or else it would go too low.
So, for lunch I ate what I usually have for Breakfast - 1 cup of low-fat Cottage Cheese and 1 (6oz) container of low-fat Yogurt.
Result: 4 hours later my BG was 136!
I can only imagine what I must have spiked to at the 2-hour mark. (I can't afford to test at that interval, so I can only guess.)
I am totally convinced that LC/HF is the way to go, but whether or not I will actually be able to do this remains to be seen.
I'll keep ya'll posted and if anyone wants to join me in starting this journey, please chime in at any time.
Ok, brace yourself... I normally eat around 200 grams of carbs per day.
I can tell you that these things are going to be incredibly hard for me to give up entirely as they are the only "fun" things I get to eat. I don't eat bread, rice, potatoes as I was "shamed" out of those years ago. I cannot be trusted around anything too sweet and have been known to eat an entire container of cake frosting in one sitting.
My 78 year old mother is nearly blind now from her Diabetes and I don't want that to be me. But, I don't have much confidence in my ability to actually let go of my carbs. I know I will have to go about this very slowly, or else I will not be able to do it at all.
Okay, nuf said.
Someone (sorry I forgot who) suggested starting with converting one meal at a time.
So, yesterday morning I ate 3 eggs (scrambled) and 4 sausage patties.
Wow!!
My FBG was 163 and 4 hours after eating that LC/HF breakfast, my BG was 82 -- lowest one in at least the past 3 YEARS!!
And, the best part is that I wasn't even hungry.
But, I figured I should eat or else it would go too low.
So, for lunch I ate what I usually have for Breakfast - 1 cup of low-fat Cottage Cheese and 1 (6oz) container of low-fat Yogurt.
Result: 4 hours later my BG was 136!
I am totally convinced that LC/HF is the way to go, but whether or not I will actually be able to do this remains to be seen.
I'll keep ya'll posted and if anyone wants to join me in starting this journey, please chime in at any time.