Welcome, ****** - happy to meet you. I do pretty low-carb, but I don't follow anybody's specific diet, and I don't actually count carbs (until I look at my totals for the day on the website where I log everything), I just don't eat fast-acting carbs.
Here's a post I made awhile back detailing most of how I manage: http://www.diabetesforum.com/diabetes/2100-new-labs-results.html#post9123
For breakfasts I eat sausage or bacon & eggs (no toast/biscuits/muffins/etc), or I might have a cheese crisp with guacamole (not necessarily breakfast fare, but something I llke). I absolutely don't eat cereal of any kind - hot OR cold - too carby for my meter. There are a coupla low-carb breads I can tolerate in very small portions.
Eating to my meter is what got me here. When increasing my meds didn't effect low enough readings, I started eliminating carbs, and now I'm where I like on about 50-60g of carbs per day. This will vary with each person, but you just about have to test, eat, and test some more, to see which foods send your levels too high.
My diet may seem high in fat to some people, but I have lost significant weight, and am still losing. It's the inclusion of fats in my food plan that allows me to avoid carbs and keep my numbers in my target range of 80-130.
My most recent A1c was 6.3, and I expect I'll go lower, but it isn't a priority with me. A1c is not the ultimate hallmark of diabetes control - it's just one of many indicators. If I can get my 30-day average down round 100, I'll be happy. Right now it's hung up at 109.
Thank you for joining us, ******. Hope you'll come around often - we can all benefit from sharing our stories, ideas, successes and even failures.
take care,
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Here's a post I made awhile back detailing most of how I manage: http://www.diabetesforum.com/diabetes/2100-new-labs-results.html#post9123
For breakfasts I eat sausage or bacon & eggs (no toast/biscuits/muffins/etc), or I might have a cheese crisp with guacamole (not necessarily breakfast fare, but something I llke). I absolutely don't eat cereal of any kind - hot OR cold - too carby for my meter. There are a coupla low-carb breads I can tolerate in very small portions.
Eating to my meter is what got me here. When increasing my meds didn't effect low enough readings, I started eliminating carbs, and now I'm where I like on about 50-60g of carbs per day. This will vary with each person, but you just about have to test, eat, and test some more, to see which foods send your levels too high.
My diet may seem high in fat to some people, but I have lost significant weight, and am still losing. It's the inclusion of fats in my food plan that allows me to avoid carbs and keep my numbers in my target range of 80-130.
My most recent A1c was 6.3, and I expect I'll go lower, but it isn't a priority with me. A1c is not the ultimate hallmark of diabetes control - it's just one of many indicators. If I can get my 30-day average down round 100, I'll be happy. Right now it's hung up at 109.
Thank you for joining us, ******. Hope you'll come around often - we can all benefit from sharing our stories, ideas, successes and even failures.
take care,
