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In article >, Todd >
wrote:

> 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?


I wouldn't say they're steady, but my fasting is generally in the 70-95
range (but not always). Strangely, reducing bg also reduces insulin
resistance.
>
> 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


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