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Default adding 5 gm grain carbs to breakfast -> spike to 176



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>>>> news >>>>> I've raised the carbs already by switching from romaine to green
>>>>> pepper (roughly net 2 to net 5), and the past two days I even
>>>>> added a couple stalks of celery.
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>>>>> What's your theory behind a different protein+fat rather than the
>>>>> cheese?
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>>>> Nothing other than trying all angles, lol. Who knows, you might do
>>>> better with eggs than cheese, or not...
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>>> I must say, I have found it interesting that several people have
>>> commented "That's a lot of cheese", but if someone posts that they
>>> ate three eggs or three ounces of meat, nobody says "That's a lot of
>>> eggs" or "That's a lot of meat".

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>> I don't know about anyone else but 3 ounces of cheese at a time is
>> not something I would like. I can easily eat 3 eggs though. Its the
>> texture, the fat etc. Plus past experience with cheese and migraines
>> is another deterrent.
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> Ah, so at least in your case it's really about personal preference.
> Thanks for clarifying that.
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> I wouldn't be up for just chomping into a three-ounce chunk of cheese,
> but based on something Julie once posted I got the idea to slice it
> into little slices (i.e. slice it the short way, a slice is maybe 3/4"
> x 2" x 1/8") and eat them slowly, interspersed with the romaine or
> green pepper. It takes me about 35 minutes to eat all of it.


Not so easy with Romaine but with Iceberg I make lettuce rollups. I
would grate the cheeses, chop the peppers and roll it all up in the
large crisp leaves.
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