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> Vegetables are often relatively high in carbs but low in total calories Exactly, which is why you're supposed to be eating a lot of them. > I had two servin

by noondip 11y ago

> Vegetables are often relatively high in carbs but low in total calories Exactly, which is why you're supposed to be eating a lot of them. > I had two servings of corn with my steak, so the total meal was 760 calories, 33 g carbs, which is 17% calories from carbs. 760 calories and not a whole lot of nutrition. For the same caloric price, you could have several salads packed with vegetables, legumes and whole grains, packed with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber.

tzs 11y ago
> 760 calories and not a whole lot of nutrition Well, I do eat more than just a single meal a day. I also had a salad that day, and a sandwich on whole grain bread. It's not like every meal is a big slab of meat and a couple servings of one vegetable. My main dietary planning since early September has been around carbs, because my glucose levels have been creeping up, even though I had not made any dietary changes. My HA1c hit 8.9 early in 2015 [1]. I cut back a bit on sugary drinks, and it dropped to 8.1 by early September. Then I started aiming for no more than 40% of calories from carbs, and by my next test 3 months later it was down to 5.9. I hadn't actually intended to cut calories, but as a completely accidental side effect my daily calories ended up half what they were before, so over that 3 months I lost 45 pounds, and have lost another 15 since then. My blood pressure is down noticeably, too. For my 2016 food tracking spreadsheet I added a column specifically for sugar, and am thinking of modifying my "40% from carbs" goal to allow a higher percentage from carbs as long as the percentage specifically from sugar stays down. That will flip a lot more fruits and vegetables and grain-based products into the "go ahead and eat a lot of these" category. From blood tests and food tracking, as far as I can see the only nutrient I'm low on is protein. I'm getting on average about 75-80% of what is recommended (based on the 0.36 g of protein per pound you weigh guideline). So, I like to toss in a delicious slab of meat now and then to boost the protein, like I did in my steak and corn dinner the other day. As long as I feel fine, and my blood tests continue showing no problems, I'm just going to keep on doing what I'm doing, because it is leading to good steady weight loss and is almost effortless and should be sustainable indefinitely. [1] And yes, this is with medication.

by noondip 11y ago

tzs 11y ago

> 760 calories and not a whole lot of nutrition Well, I do eat more than just a single meal a day. I also had a salad that day, and a sandwich on whole grain bread. It's not like every meal is a big slab of meat and a couple servings of one vegetable. My main dietary planning since early September has been around carbs, because my glucose levels have been creeping up, even though I had not made any dietary changes. My HA1c hit 8.9 early in 2015 [1]. I cut back a bit on sugary drinks, and it dropped to 8.1 by early September. Then I started aiming for no more than 40% of calories from carbs, and by my next test 3 months later it was down to 5.9. I hadn't actually intended to cut calories, but as a completely accidental side effect my daily calories ended up half what they were before, so over that 3 months I lost 45 pounds, and have lost another 15 since then. My blood pressure is down noticeably, too. For my 2016 food tracking spreadsheet I added a column specifically for sugar, and am thinking of modifying my "40% from carbs" goal to allow a higher percentage from carbs as long as the percentage specifically from sugar stays down. That will flip a lot more fruits and vegetables and grain-based products into the "go ahead and eat a lot of these" category. From blood tests and food tracking, as far as I can see the only nutrient I'm low on is protein. I'm getting on average about 75-80% of what is recommended (based on the 0.36 g of protein per pound you weigh guideline). So, I like to toss in a delicious slab of meat now and then to boost the protein, like I did in my steak and corn dinner the other day. As long as I feel fine, and my blood tests continue showing no problems, I'm just going to keep on doing what I'm doing, because it is leading to good steady weight loss and is almost effortless and should be sustainable indefinitely. [1] And yes, this is with medication.