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Originally Posted by crpgnut  I could give up bread but my weakness is going to be meat. I'm a carnivore  I'm doing my best to try to keep my meat intake down, but I don't think I've come close to the 5 oz. a day that the guide recommends. I don't eat meat at breakfast, but lunch and dinner MUST have meat for me to feel like I've eaten. I'm just replacing the potatoes with green peppers, onions, and other rabbit foods. I'm trying to keep the bread minimal too. I've been drinking the no salt added V8 as my primary supper beverage and the 5 calorie minute maid light as my lunch beverage. I'm only on my 2nd day of Metformin, but my counts have dropped from 377 on my first test down to about 220. My only outward sign of my diabetes is my eyesight. I'm on a computer for 10 hours a day and then I read a lot at night. I sometimes have trouble focussing on the text in books. I've seen an opthamologist and have no signs of diabetic retinopathy. I'm still only testing a couple of days a week. I plan on testing twice daily once I've been on the Metformin for 3 weeks. I really see no purpose in it til then. Correct me if I'm wrong. |
why are you limiting meats? that is one thing that will help keep your blood sugars low as it has no carbs and the glucose that is derived from meat is done so inefficiently and over a very long period of time.
i have INCREASED my meat intake.
if i have breakfast it is ham and eggs or salami and eggs.
as an example, for dinner i have increased the size of the piece of steak i eat. i have increased the size of my salad. i also have peas or fava beans.
i have ELIMINATED bread. if i have rice i have one tablespoonful. if i have pasta i have 1/4 of a cup. my BGLs are fab. my HbA1C is fab. my lipid panel is fab.
none of the above were fab whan i was on a low fat high carb diet.
have a look at this photo - to help give you an idea.
-- Joel.
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