For the month of March, I'm averaging 221g of carbs, 60g of protein and 35g of fat (10 poly, 8.8 mono,3.6 g sat, 0 trans) per day. I've dropped 5 pounds (160 [clothed w/shoes] to 155 for the month so far). My target weight is 150. My weight when I started in January was 172.
The prevailing theory behind the GI diets (what I've been doing to control my pre-diabetes) is that some kinds of carbs are bad, some moderate, some good. As an example, for dinner tonight I had 350g of broccoli steamed (23g of carbs, 9g of fiber almost 10g of protein) , 1/2 cup of red peppers, diced (3 g of carbs, 1 g fiber and .4 g of protein) and 2 oz of Barilla Plus spaghetti with 1/2 cup 3 cheese marinara sauce (43 g of carbs, 5g fiber and 13g protein 8.5g of fat [2.5g sat]). All of the carbs I ate at dinner have a low (good) GI carbs. I get 90 g of carbs at breakfast (I have the same thing every day. 1 grapefruit, 1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal w/2 tbsp flaxseed [ground] and 1/4 cup skim milk and 1 cup of low sodium V8 juice). Lunch varies but I typically have 2 non-fat hot dogs, 1/2cup sauerkraut and a romain lettuce salad with 3 tbs of low-fat, low-salt dressings and some form of legume mixed with salsa that runs another 70g of carbs.
The prevailing theory behind the GI diets (what I've been doing to control my pre-diabetes) is that some kinds of carbs are bad, some moderate, some good. As an example, for dinner tonight I had 350g of broccoli steamed (23g of carbs, 9g of fiber almost 10g of protein) , 1/2 cup of red peppers, diced (3 g of carbs, 1 g fiber and .4 g of protein) and 2 oz of Barilla Plus spaghetti with 1/2 cup 3 cheese marinara sauce (43 g of carbs, 5g fiber and 13g protein 8.5g of fat [2.5g sat]). All of the carbs I ate at dinner have a low (good) GI carbs. I get 90 g of carbs at breakfast (I have the same thing every day. 1 grapefruit, 1/2 cup old fashioned oatmeal w/2 tbsp flaxseed [ground] and 1/4 cup skim milk and 1 cup of low sodium V8 juice). Lunch varies but I typically have 2 non-fat hot dogs, 1/2cup sauerkraut and a romain lettuce salad with 3 tbs of low-fat, low-salt dressings and some form of legume mixed with salsa that runs another 70g of carbs.
