RE: COUNTING CARBS??

[Guest guest]

I was just wondering how many count carbs, and if so, what is the limit for

a day??

" TLC " Joyce

[Guest guest]

kittenkorner kittenkorner@...> wrote:

> I was just wondering how many count carbs, and if so, what is the limit for

> a day??

I count carbs because it's necessary to calculate the amount of insulin

I need. I have no special limit though. I try to eat only a few " bad "

carbs.

Best wishes

M.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/3/2006 8:25:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

schappaugh@... writes:

I don't fixate on this, as I eat out frequently

Hi Mike,

Hubby and I eat lunch out every Tues and Fri. Sometimes we go out for

breakfast on weekends. On the weekends, he does all the cooking and during the

week, if I want something special, he cooks it for me.

hugs

Eunice - who just got back from about a mile walk

[Guest guest]

I am counting carbs and trying to do Berenstein's 40 carbs a day.

sharon

RE: COUNTING CARBS??

I was just wondering how many count carbs, and if so, what is the limit for

a day??

" TLC " Joyce

[Guest guest]

>

> I was just wondering how many count carbs, and if so, what is the limit

> for

> a day??

I follow my dietitians meal plan and have approximately 16 carb units a day

(each unit is 15 grams, so this is approximately 240 grams of carbs a day).

I don't fixate on this, as I eat out frequently (I live alone and don't

cook). If I'm a guest somewhere and have little control over the menu, I

try to fit the offered foods into my plan, if it doesn't work, I adjust my

insulin accordingly.

It works well for me, my A1C went from13.8 in November to 5.9 in April and

I've tightened up my control over the past month (my fasting are generally

in the mid 90's).

Mike

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi Mike,

> Hubby and I eat lunch out every Tues and Fri. Sometimes we go out for

> breakfast on weekends. On the weekends, he does all the cooking and

> during the

> week, if I want something special, he cooks it for me.

Eunice, that sounds like a good arangement!

Fortunately on my meal plan, a 6 " Subway sandwich fits for dinner, so I do

that on occasion. I pick up a lot of items from the deli at the local

grocery store. They usually have several choices that are low carb (many

times they have pork or beef roast with veggies!).

I'll also do SmartOnes or Lean Cuisine at home too... (I can microwave

things!) ;-)

I have a couple of friends who like to cook out, so I'll call them to see if

they want to cook out and tell 'em " I'll bring the steaks (or whatever) " and

they cook and supply a salad.

I do a 'real' restaurant 3-4 times a month and occasionally pick up whole

wheat pasta from Macaroni Grill (their 'meal' is really two meals for me).

I usually have a package of lite english muffins at work and have one with

peanut butter for breakfast (or eggs from the cafeteria)... and eat lunch in

the cafeteria (they have a good salad bar and sometimes have healthy entrees

too).

Bottom line, I like my food and I *don't* like to spend a lot of time

dealing with it. Fortuantely I've found that following my dietitians meal

plan allows me adequate variety of choices and makes it easy to follow it

while being flexable enough to 'eat out' most of the time. Plus, I can be

satisfied and not feel deprived or feel like I'm being punished by a

terribly restrictive meal plan.

Mike