Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Deviled eggs and egg salad are nice low carb breakfast items, too...also good to take along. In a message dated 1/1/2006 3:53:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time, kathleenataylor@... writes: I can eat eggs, in fact I ate eggs for breakfast this morning. I have been eating iceberg lettuce, but it's nearly gone so I was going to try some of the other lettuces to see how the others taste. Kathleen > >Right now I'm trying the 50 carbs, but I might need to go stricter. > >This morning for breakfast I have a large chicken breast (ok, the > >biggest one in the bag) and cooked it in the microwave in a little > >water. I also had 1 1/2 cups of lettuce with 1/2 cup of green beans > >and a little ranch dressing. Measuring isn't much fun, but if it > >helps then it's worth it. > > Did you say you couldn't eat eggs for some reason? Someone here did, but I > can't remember who it was. If it wasn't you, then eggs are a nice > breakfast, or an omelete. > > I'm curious, when you mention " lettuce " what sort are you talking about? > Iceburg lettuce...that's the heads you see...has virtually NO food value at > all. I hope you're getting bags of mixed greens or heads of romaine and > things like that. Young spinach is a good salad, too. > > sky > ------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Deviled eggs and egg salad are nice low carb breakfast items, too...also good to take along. In a message dated 1/1/2006 3:53:14 PM US Eastern Standard Time, kathleenataylor@... writes: I can eat eggs, in fact I ate eggs for breakfast this morning. I have been eating iceberg lettuce, but it's nearly gone so I was going to try some of the other lettuces to see how the others taste. Kathleen > >Right now I'm trying the 50 carbs, but I might need to go stricter. > >This morning for breakfast I have a large chicken breast (ok, the > >biggest one in the bag) and cooked it in the microwave in a little > >water. I also had 1 1/2 cups of lettuce with 1/2 cup of green beans > >and a little ranch dressing. Measuring isn't much fun, but if it > >helps then it's worth it. > > Did you say you couldn't eat eggs for some reason? Someone here did, but I > can't remember who it was. If it wasn't you, then eggs are a nice > breakfast, or an omelete. > > I'm curious, when you mention " lettuce " what sort are you talking about? > Iceburg lettuce...that's the heads you see...has virtually NO food value at > all. I hope you're getting bags of mixed greens or heads of romaine and > things like that. Young spinach is a good salad, too. > > sky > ------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 At 11:14 AM 12/31/05, kathleenataylor wrote: >Right now I'm trying the 50 carbs, but I might need to go stricter. >This morning for breakfast I have a large chicken breast (ok, the >biggest one in the bag) and cooked it in the microwave in a little >water. I also had 1 1/2 cups of lettuce with 1/2 cup of green beans >and a little ranch dressing. Measuring isn't much fun, but if it >helps then it's worth it. Did you say you couldn't eat eggs for some reason? Someone here did, but I can't remember who it was. If it wasn't you, then eggs are a nice breakfast, or an omelete. I'm curious, when you mention " lettuce " what sort are you talking about? Iceburg lettuce...that's the heads you see...has virtually NO food value at all. I hope you're getting bags of mixed greens or heads of romaine and things like that. Young spinach is a good salad, too. sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I can eat eggs, in fact I ate eggs for breakfast this morning. I have been eating iceberg lettuce, but it's nearly gone so I was going to try some of the other lettuces to see how the others taste. Kathleen > >Right now I'm trying the 50 carbs, but I might need to go stricter. > >This morning for breakfast I have a large chicken breast (ok, the > >biggest one in the bag) and cooked it in the microwave in a little > >water. I also had 1 1/2 cups of lettuce with 1/2 cup of green beans > >and a little ranch dressing. Measuring isn't much fun, but if it > >helps then it's worth it. > > Did you say you couldn't eat eggs for some reason? Someone here did, but I > can't remember who it was. If it wasn't you, then eggs are a nice > breakfast, or an omelete. > > I'm curious, when you mention " lettuce " what sort are you talking about? > Iceburg lettuce...that's the heads you see...has virtually NO food value at > all. I hope you're getting bags of mixed greens or heads of romaine and > things like that. Young spinach is a good salad, too. > > sky > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 > been eating iceberg lettuce, but it's nearly gone so I was going to > try some of the other lettuces to see how the others taste. Kathleen, you do have to get nutrition and calories. Not eating is not the solution to diabetes. Iceberg lettuce has to be almost completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! I just looked it up. 6.6 calories per CUP and 1.1 g carbs. As far as nutrients are concerned, fergitaboutit... http://www.redmountainspa.com/_health_education_fitness/articles/greenwars.html Low carb food items that are easy to find are meat, cheese, nuts, nut butters, lots of vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli. Peanut butter in celery sticks is a good snack. Skip anything white (white bread, potatoes, sugar). Skip tropical fruits. You can discover as you go along by testing how you do with apples and other non-tropical fruits. Here's a reference to a Low Carb counter designed to help people to find foods with low carbs: http://www.carbohydrate-counter.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 I get the idea that I still have a lot more to learn. I thought I was eating real good diabetic meals with my nice big salads of iceberg lettuce, I guess I'll have to switch to some other lettuce. This group sure does make a nice safety net for those who are just learning. Kathleen > > > Kathleen, you do have to get nutrition and calories. Not eating is > not the solution to diabetes. Iceberg lettuce has to be almost > completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! > > I just looked it up. 6.6 calories per CUP and 1.1 g carbs. As far as > nutrients are concerned, fergitaboutit... > > http://www.redmountainspa.com/_health_education_fitness/articles/green wars.html > > Low carb food items that are easy to find are meat, cheese, nuts, nut > butters, lots of vegetables such as cauliflower and broccoli. Peanut > butter in celery sticks is a good snack. Skip anything white (white > bread, potatoes, sugar). Skip tropical fruits. You can discover as > you go along by testing how you do with apples and other non- tropical > fruits. > > Here's a reference to a Low Carb counter designed to help people to > find foods with low carbs: > > http://www.carbohydrate-counter.org/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Sounds good! I'll have to buy a few things next time I grocery shop. So far today my highest bg reading was 162 (1 hour after breakfast). I can hardly wait to see how the rest of the day goes. Kathleen > > It's not that you weren't eating a diabetic meal with the iceburg lettuce, > just that if you're gonna eat salad, why not try for some with a few > vitamins in 'em? 8-). You could also add a chopped scallion (green onions > have fewer carbs than other kinds), cheese, shredded leftover meat, avocado > (yum!) to that salad. > > sky > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 > I get the idea that I still have a lot more to learn. I thought I was > eating real good diabetic meals with my nice big salads of iceberg > lettuce, I guess I'll have to switch to some other lettuce. You don't have to switch. What I was trying to say is whether you eat iceberg lettuce or not is irrelevant to almost everything since it is only water. When you say " iceberg salad " if it only contains iceberg, and say some vinegar and oil, the only food content at all is the oil. I was afraid you aren't getting enough FOOD. If, however, you put things in the salad such as meat and cheese and vegetables, then the food value comes from those " extras " . We don't use lettuce in our salads because my husband is on a blood thinner, so everything in our salad is food. As a side dish, it usually contains tomatoes, avocados, raw mushrooms, maybe canned artichoke hearts, olives, leftover cooked vegetables such as broccoli, sometimes a few chickpeas. Some diabetics can tolerate beans pretty well. After you get stable you can add back things like beans and see what happens. The chickpea family is one of the beans with a relatively low glycemic index and Gil tolerates them fairly well. Remember, it's not only WHAT you eat but also HOW MUCH. You're doing well! It is a considerable learning process to find out what MIGHT work for you because it works for others, and then to find out what DOES work for you based on testing. Slow and steady progress is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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