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Originally Posted by Alice  One thing I've started is tracking the calories (not just carbs) of the foods/glucose that I eat for lows. I find that on some days those carbs easily can add a few hundred calories to my daily total. I can remain the same weight at 1500 calories...and need to reduce to 1200 to lose weight slowly. Doesn't sound like a lot, but at 5 foot 2 inches, those pounds jump on quickly.
Also, I found I was concentrating on carbs to match with my insulin. Have that talent down pretty well! But, I was losing sight of the calories and have gone back to tracking calories.
Even though I attend Weight Watchers, I still count the calories instead of the points. I think after watching several segments on TV about true calories in restaurant food (Blooming Onion at Outback is over 2000 calories...)...I find I can eat through my 1200 calories very easily if I don't track them. |
I couldn't agree more Alice. We have lost sight of counting calories, calories from fat and calories from carbs. I honestly think counting calories is the way to go and eating whole foods rather than processed foods. Hard to accomplish this day and age of fast eating. I think it is why Europeans do so much better than we do. They still believe in the art of cooking and the art of eating. We eat on the run.
