Bread, Carbs, Madge

[Guest guest]

Hi Madge- I can't tolerate 2 slices of bread either! A half a cup of rice

jumps me very high. I have found I can eat 1/2 of a very small sweet potato.

If I eat bread it is pepperidge farm " Lifeworks Family Wheat " It is 12 carbs

for one slice (the slices are big) and I can only have one slice. If I want

to make a grilled cheese or other type of " sandwich " I use the pepperidge

farm thin slice bread which is under 8 carbs per slice depending on whether

you choose wheat or white. The wheat has more fiber so less carbs.

These breads have made my diet more bearable and allow me to eat more like a

normal person. I am just careful not to go over about 12- 15 carbs in a

single meal with this " type " of carb. Other carbs (like ones in veggies)

don't seem to affect me hardly at all.

Yesterday I was at 103 bs and ate a steak, sliced home grown tomatoes with

caesar dressing, and creamed spinach (homemade not frozen- made from

spinach, heavy whipping cream and a bit of butter). At two hrs I was 112. I

didn't test for my peak because the meal had no bread/potato etc in it.

Later in the day I was not so " good " (smile). I made my typical grilled

cheese on thin sliced bread which is usually a safe deal for me (maybe a 30

point jump) but I had some potato chips (bad idea)! I went from 113 to 158

at the 1 1/2 hr mark (my peak). That is a jump of 45 points which put me

higher then I wanted to be.

So I have learned to spread my carbs out a bit, eat smaller amounts of the

starchy carbs in one meal plan, wait till I am low to treat myself to a bit

of ice cream etc. I test before I eat and then decide if I can have that

bread or not. If I am " low " (like two morning ago- 93) then I'll have my two

slices of thin bread with my eggs and bacon for breakfast. That morning my

breakfast only jumped me from 93 to my peak -at 1 1/2 hrs- of 123. That is a

30 point jump which I think is ok and I had a very satisfying breakfast.

Just some ideas- hope they help.

E

dx'd 2/16/01-T2

hbA1c 2/16/01= 11.7

hbA1c 4/20/01=6.7

hbA1c 6/26/01= 5.0

44 yrs old,diet & exercise

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I am thinking he should cut back on the carbs. I didn't ask

all he ate for dinner cause he is getting grumpy! He ate before I

came home. I know he had 2 pieces of bread and meat, don't know what

else.

Madge

[Guest guest]

---Hi , think we are made from the same sugar and spice and

everything nice pattern!!!!

I got up with a 105. Which for me is really good! I didnt check

after breakfast but lunch was the london broil and salsa and apple

sauce. I stayed low at 112. When I got home I checked and I was 85

at 6. For dinner I also had a cheese sand. with a little mayo and

tomato on two pcs. of very thin wheat and a small pce of mellon, 2

hrs later I was 161. It could have been the bread, or the mellon,

but the other night I ate a half a honeydew with hardly any rise, go

figure!!! But I didn't exercise either so that didn't help.

I find that having more meat at lunch keeps me low. Don't know what

I am having tomorrow since the meat is all gone now I forgot to

make anything extra. I'll see. Haven't been going to the store for

lunch at all. If I do, I get a salad and sometimes a little chicken

salad, no rolls anymore either. No rice for me but will have a little

bit if I go to the chinese rest. A spoon full is all I will take. I

don't take a reading when I go though, I am scared to!!!!

the regular soy milk is 5 carbs in 8 oz. I had the plain tonight as

a snack. I liked it.

madge

In diabetes_int@y..., " " <woodduckflds@e...> wrote:

> Hi Madge- I can't tolerate 2 slices of bread either! A half a cup

of rice

> jumps me very high. I have found I can eat 1/2 of a very small

sweet potato.

> If I eat bread it is pepperidge farm " Lifeworks Family Wheat " It is

12 carbs

> for one slice (the slices are big) and I can only have one slice.

If I want

> to make a grilled cheese or other type of " sandwich " I use the

pepperidge

> farm thin slice bread which is under 8 carbs per slice depending on

whether

> you choose wheat or white. The wheat has more fiber so less carbs.

>

> These breads have made my diet more bearable and allow me to eat

more like a

> normal person. I am just careful not to go over about 12- 15 carbs

in a

> single meal with this " type " of carb. Other carbs (like ones in

veggies)

> don't seem to affect me hardly at all.

>

> Yesterday I was at 103 bs and ate a steak, sliced home grown

tomatoes with

> caesar dressing, and creamed spinach (homemade not frozen- made from

> spinach, heavy whipping cream and a bit of butter). At two hrs I

was 112. I

> didn't test for my peak because the meal had no bread/potato etc in

it.

>

> Later in the day I was not so " good " (smile). I made my typical

grilled

> cheese on thin sliced bread which is usually a safe deal for me

(maybe a 30

> point jump) but I had some potato chips (bad idea)! I went from 113

to 158

> at the 1 1/2 hr mark (my peak). That is a jump of 45 points which

put me

> higher then I wanted to be.

>

> So I have learned to spread my carbs out a bit, eat smaller amounts

of the

> starchy carbs in one meal plan, wait till I am low to treat myself

to a bit

> of ice cream etc. I test before I eat and then decide if I can have

that

> bread or not. If I am " low " (like two morning ago- 93) then I'll

have my two

> slices of thin bread with my eggs and bacon for breakfast. That

morning my

> breakfast only jumped me from 93 to my peak -at 1 1/2 hrs- of 123.

That is a

> 30 point jump which I think is ok and I had a very satisfying

breakfast.

>

> Just some ideas- hope they help.

>

> E

> dx'd 2/16/01-T2

> hbA1c 2/16/01= 11.7

> hbA1c 4/20/01=6.7

> hbA1c 6/26/01= 5.0

> 44 yrs old,diet & exercise

>

>

> ----------

> I am thinking he should cut back on the carbs. I didn't ask

> all he ate for dinner cause he is getting grumpy! He ate before I

> came home. I know he had 2 pieces of bread and meat, don't know

what

> else.

> Madge

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