Re: 50 grams of carbs a day?
From: LisaR (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:18:20 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Renee,
What do you mean when you say that you feel lousy and what types of
symptoms? Do you mean fatigue and sleepiness?
Thanks for the menu. I have a question though. You listed 2 scrambled
eggs for breakfast and 2 more in the tortilla, then at lunch, you eat
more eggs. So you eat 6 eggs a day? Isn't that bad for your
cholesteral?
Lisa
At Sun, 09 Jun 2002, Renee wrote:
>
>I eat very few carbs. I don't count; just keep as low as possible, since I
>feel lousy and get very symptomatic when I eat more.
>
>I count total carbs, but keep a close eye on the sugar too. I use both
>numbers when comparing products.
>
>A typical day:
>
>Breakfast:
>2 eggs scrambled without milk, with some sauteed onions, topped with hot sauce
>and wrapped in a warmed low-carb tortilla
>2 poached eggs and bacon
>
>Lunch:
>salad with tuna salad or chicken salad
>hard boiled eggs (I work in a place with a meatless cafeteria)
>leftovers
>
>Dinner:
>Meat (chicken, steak, pork, shellfish, fish). I have lots of seasonings, so I
>avoid commercial marinades, which have lots of sugar
>Low-carb veggie of some type (broccoli, cauliflower, salad without high-carb
>veggies, brussel sprouts, asparagas, etc)
>
>I also have to eat snacks throughout the day to keep my symptoms controlled. I
>eat cheese, summer sausage, etc.
>
>It helps to have a partner to low-carb with. My husband decided to eat the
>same way I do for support. It helped tremendously.
>
>One thing to remember is that it gets easier as you do it. I've been doing it
>3 years, and it's completely natural for me now. I don't think twice about
>it. I've cheated enough in the past to know how terrible it makes me feel, so
>rarely have an urge for "forbidden" food now. I just know how I need to eat,
>and I do it easily now.
>
>Good luck,
>Renee
>
>anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>> I too would like to know how the ladies who eat less than 100 carbs a day do
>> it? I have just started a few days ago and am finding it difficult to stay
>> under that mark let alone getting under 30 carbs/ day. I was just looking at
>> Lori's example of her diet, isn't popcorn high carbo - I'm not sure? I also
>> have a question, when buying groceries I have been reading the labels to
>> find out how much carbs are in them, however I'm not sure which reading to
>> go buy. For example:
>>
>> Canned Apricot Halves
>> CARBOHYDRATE
>> - TOTAL = 9.5g
>> - SUGARS = 6.2g
>>
>> Do you just go buy the sugars reading or all carbs on total?
>> Also does anyone eat wholemeal pasta
>> Thankyou
>> Kirstie
>> Australia
>> http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/calenpm
>
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>Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
>
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