On 07/17/2013 02:34 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/16/2013 02:19 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>> In article >, Todd >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/15/2013 07:27 AM, Alice Faber wrote:
>>>>> In article >, Todd >
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do you guys get away with all the carbs in
>>>>>> beans?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/4313/2
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1 cup of pinto beans is 37 grams. I would blow
>>>>>> my carb count for a meal at 1/3 cup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eat less than 1/3 cup.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alice,
>>>>
>>>> I could lay all 15 of them out on a plate and eat
>>>> them really, really, really s-l-o-w. Maybe a Kleenex to
>>>> wipe up my tears, so I could actually see them.
>>>> Just teasing! I think I am funny. I only cry when I
>>>> hurt myself. (Not an admission that I cry.)
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Seriously. I like beans, a lot. I put about 1/2 cup of beans in a big
>>>>> pot of soup, different kinds of beans for different soup. If I have
>>>>> extras (I just had to buy a can of black beans for a recipe, because I
>>>>> didn't have any dried on hand), I'll put a spoonful on salad. I just
>>>>> don't ever have anything where beans are the dominant ingredient.
>>>>
>>>> Now that makes sense. Use them as a seasoning is quantities so
>>>> small as to not throw off the carb count. Like the way I use turnips
>>>> in my broccoli cheese soup.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This thread got me going. I made a black bean, corn, & tomato salad,
>>> with local farmstand corn and tomatoes. The whole recipe used 1/2 can of
>>> black beans, 1 ear of corn, 1.5 small tomatoes (and a little onion,
>>> cilantro, garlic, and lemon juice). This made a total of 3.5 or 4 cups,
>>> and the serving I had for dinner last night was probably 3/4 cup (or
>>> less, I had it in a little pyrex dessert bowl).
>>>
>>> I didn't figure the carb content, but did test my bg. Before dinner, I
>>> was at 72mg/dl; at both 1 & 2 hours post, I was at 100mg/dl. (The rest
>>> of dinner was a hamburger with ketchup but no bun.) YMMV but my mileage
>>> is glad there's a bunch more of this salad in the fridge.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Alice,
>>
>> !Ah caramba! I'd lose a foot! How many years were your
>> reading this low before you could get away with the above?
>>
>> I get a stressful, zero carbohydrate call from a customer
>> and my BG jumps up 20 to 25 points. No food involved!
>> I want your numbers!
>>
>>
>> Do you use insulin?
>
> Nope, no meds at all. I was diagnosed in 1998, reduced my carbs, lost
> some weight.
>

Hi ALice,

Fantastic!

That is my goal too. How many years did it take you
to get to the steady numbers?

Got my Met down to 500 mg twice a day (the smallest
dosage). And bought a pill cutter to go down further.
probably will start that next month. Right now
I am sitting at about 115 rolling out of bed. Go
up to about 125-130, then down to 100 during the day.
It has more to do with the time of day and not what I eat
as I am very, very strict on my carb count.

I lost all my weight before I got diagnosed (October).
Now I am steady since then.

Laughing seems to make my numbers go down; stress seems
to make them go up.

-T