Re: a few questions-a few answers to --on diet

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Hi

I am Janet and am answering your questions according to my husband's, Bill's,

diet. He is diabetic. His A1c when diagnosed a year ago was 9. Last A1c's

were 4.9 and 5.0. He is a type 2 and was put on Lantus now controls with a

low carb diet. We,( I have gone on it to be assured that Bill gets the right

foods and has a varied diet) say we are on Atkins Diet but we are just low carb.

>>>How many carbs do most of you consume a day?

Bill consumes about 30 net carbs a day or less.

>>Favorite bread/bread substitutes---I just found a jalapeno/cilantro

>>tortilla reduced fat that may be a good alternative---I like roll up

>>sandwiches.

We seldom have any type of bread, but our local HFS-health food store-stocks

a very good 2 net carb tortilla that we sometimes have. Low fat does not mean

low carb. Check the carb counts of anything you buy.

>>I have found a few recipes for lentils and garbanzo beans. Not

>>something I could eat 3 times a day---but tasty now and then.

We eat no beans and Bill would not like the above ones you mention though if

he did, I might include some lentils now and then as they are low glycemic.

>>Lower carb pasta--wheat pasta---I found a recipe for spinach lasagna

>>that was very good.

We eat no pasta. Dreamfields is supposed to have out a very good, 5 net

carbs a serving pasta and we may try that, but since Bill isn't a big pasta fan

anyway and he will eat spaghetti squash in place of pasta, we wouldn't have it

often.

>>It seems squash, eggplant, green leafy vegetables and cauliflower

>>are the main options.

Eggplant wouldn't be on my list or many of the squashes, except summer and

spaghetti. Broccoli and cabbage and asparagus are. As well as turnips, peppers,

radishes, cucumber and celery. Tomatoes, a small amount, because they are so

good for us. Of course almost never do we have fruits.

>>I use the egg substitutes and omelets are another option.

>Also, the imitation crabmeat chunks---

We use real eggs, Egglands Best, as they seem to offer better nutrition and

real not fake crab.

>>>but this will get old fast.

Our diet is varied and great! I did have to learn to cook and at first I

cooked three meals a day. Now, we eat a lot of salads with meat and eggs or

fish

as the protein. We try to have meal a day of just a large salad.

>>If you have sample meal plans---I'd be grateful---

Breakfast is usually bacon and eggs, though I would rather not have the

nitrates, we do eat bacon. Occasionally we have lowcarb pancakes, omelets, or

cereal. We use lowcarb Hood's, 3 carbs a cup, brand milk.

Lunch is often a salad with good veggies in it, with leftover meat or tuna

salad on Romaine Lettuce. We do try to stick with Romaine or the mixed baby

lettuces that are in bags in supermarkets. I have Blue Cheese or Caesar's

dressing. My husband will often have Walden Farms no carb or cal salad

dressings.

He likes the Creamy Bacon Best. Sometimes we use a tortilla for a sandwich.

Dinner is vegetables and meat and maybe a small salad. Slowcooker meat that

we then finish off on our gas grill is our favorite right now. Pork done this

way is great! Walden Farms original barbecue sauce is our favorite. No cal

or carbs. (Remember when something says no carbs it isn't technically true if

you eat enough of it! Water, fat and sucralose are about the only things that

are truly no carb)

A boiled dinner of corned beef, cabbage and turnips is great.

We love faux mashed potatoes made with cauliflower and then make a

gravy--with Xanthium gum as the thickener. Usually do this when I bring home a

chicken

from COSTCO or Sams Club.

Desserts are a low carb pumpkin or peanut butter cheese cake or low carb ice

cream. We love the Carb Smart Butter Pecan. We don't have desserts often as

they can cause weight gain and my husband has to watch calories as well as

carbs.

Nuts, 1/4 cup, cheese, hard boiled eggs or beef jerky--Bill even helps make

the jerky, --watch the carbs in Jerky--are good snacks.

Hope this helps. I do not consider this a boring diet. Just have to be

creative on menu plans.

Janet

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Janet wrote

>

> Hi

> I am Janet and am answering your questions according to my husband's,

Bill's,

> diet. He is diabetic. His A1c when diagnosed a year ago was 9. Last

A1c's

> were 4.9 and 5.0. He is a type 2 and was put on Lantus now controls with

a

> low carb diet. We,( I have gone on it to be assured that Bill gets the

right

> foods and has a varied diet) say we are on Atkins Diet but we are just low

carb.

>

> Eggplant wouldn't be on my list or many of the squashes, except summer and

> spaghetti. Broccoli and cabbage and asparagus are. As well as turnips,

peppers,

> radishes, cucumber and celery. Tomatoes, a small amount, because they are

so

> good for us. Of course almost never do we have fruits.>

I'm surprised to see turnips on your list. First thought is that as a root

vegetable they must have a high GI.

They're not in the lists in the Jennie Brand books and when I tried

to look up the absolute latest at the glycemicindex.com site it says the

database is being moved to a faster system. So will check later. Meanwhile

how much do you serve Bill? The closest on the list is probably swede -

asuming they have similar Glycemic Loads using a small amount would not

contribute a great deal to the overall meal. I'm thinking that turnips could

be a useful veg for soups, stews etc. - plus the variations used in some

oriental dishes.

Your overall approach impresses me and you have achieved great results! Well

done!

Bea

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Hi Bea

>>I'm surprised to see turnips on your list. First thought is that as a root

>>vegetable they must have a high GI.

Atkins approves of Turnips and counts 2 net carbs per one-half cup serving.

It maybe 3 according to other sources. We generally stay at 1/2 cup but could

be 3/4 as we don't have them often. I did just see a recipe for Corned Beef

Hash on Atkins website and I think I will try this. Bill loves Corned Beef

Hash!

Many people consider well cooked then mashed radishes as a good substitute

for mashed potatoes or just served whole and plain in place of new potatoes. We

did try them and were not impressed but I will work with them again and see

if I can't get them more to our liking.

I forgot to say that I often try to get vegetables into our breakfast in the

form of a vegetable omelet. Generally, I put lots of spinach in and just a

few other vegetables to make it taste good as I have noticed it hard to get 4

servings a day of vegetables in, particularly if we have a " sandwich " for lunch.

Sandwich is with no bread, of course. And I do want 4 servings.

Bill has lost very little weight on this diet and he should lose about 10 or

15 pounds. I think alcoholic drinks--no carb ones--are his downfall. But we

do eat large portions of low carb foods, also, and I have not lost much weight

either.

Thanks for the pat on my back. We have worked hard at this. We do not cheat

on this diet--EVER! If we had planned cheating, then I think we would

eventually just chuck the diet and eat ad lib. Bill did have a couple of bites

of

cold slaw at a picnic when I wasn't there. He said it tasted like what I make

so he figured it must be all right. It is hard for him to understand--when he

is hungry and the only thing to eat is a plain, no bun hot dog. that no, it

isn't what I make and he can't have it! I use liquid Sucralose for my

sweetening. And BTW, I do think using the liquid to cut carbs is the way to go.

And

DaVinci Syrup for sweetening coffee!

Janet

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I should also add that in addition to diet, Bill controls with exercise.

When first diagnosed he was put on a typical high carb diabetic diet but told to

walk for 20 minutes after every meal. He did so. When we went low carb, he

combines the time and walks 40 minutes to 1 hour most days. He would run, but

the doc's said he needs a knee replacement.

Janet

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi

> I am Janet and am answering your questions according to my

husband's, Bill's,

> diet. He is diabetic. His A1c when diagnosed a year ago was 9.

Last A1c's

> were 4.9 and 5.0. He is a type 2 and was put on Lantus now

controls with a

> low carb diet. We,( I have gone on it to be assured that Bill

gets the right

> foods and has a varied diet) say we are on Atkins Diet but we are

just low carb.

>

> >>>How many carbs do most of you consume a day?

>

> Bill consumes about 30 net carbs a day or less.

>

> >>Favorite bread/bread substitutes---I just found a

jalapeno/cilantro

> >>tortilla reduced fat that may be a good alternative---I like

roll up

> >>sandwiches.

>

> We seldom have any type of bread, but our local HFS-health food

store-stocks

> a very good 2 net carb tortilla that we sometimes have. Low fat

does not mean

> low carb. Check the carb counts of anything you buy.

>

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Thanks that gives me some more ideas.

I don't seem to have any energy---not really distributing what I do

eat very well. Your suggestions give me a more realistic view.