On 07/17/2013 03:49 PM, Alice Faber wrote:
> 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
>

Hi Alice,

You are killing me here! How many years did it take you to
get there?

-T