How to eat low carb/ high protein!

briana12077 wrote: »

nvmomketo wrote: »

briana12077 wrote: »

You guys can look at my diary and see what I'm eating. As for why she told me to eat low carb it is because I am almost diabetic and she wants me to eat low sugar/carbs I think. I usually eat peppers, kale, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, broccoli, and those kinds of veggies. I am aware of the carbs in rice and potatoes but I usually only have a serving of something like that at dinner, once a day. I do eat peanut butter sometimes too and fruit. Either apple or banana.

My guess is that low carb was recommended but it was just assumed that protein will fill in the calorie gap. Protein will raise your insulin too so adding excess protein to the diet of someone with insulin resistance may not be the best bet.

Most people who go low carb also eat high fat. Fat will not affect blood glucose at all, and has almost no effect on insulin. Contrary to previous thinking, fat is not bad for you. Eating more than half your calories from fat may make things easier for you. You might want to discuss that with your doctor.

I am a prediabetic who follows Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. It is a low carb high fat plan for managing BG while minimizing insulin needs. It works very well! It includes meat, eggs, full fat dairy (cream, 14+% sour cream, butter, ghee, hard cheese), coconut and it's oil, olives and their oil, avocados, nuts, non-root veggies (leafy greens, peppers, celery, cucumbers, etc) and a few berries. I avoid sugars, foods with added sugar, baked goods, noodles, grains (rice, quinoa, corn, oats), and limit starchy root vegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, turnip) and high GI fruits like bananas and grapes. If I follow that plan my BG is normal.

Good luck.

Interesting, I will have to give that a look. I hear so many mixed messages about food intake and its so hard to keep up. You'd think my doctor would be right but who knows.

briana12077 wrote: »

My doctor suggested I eat very low carb, a little fat, and mostly protein in order to lose weight. While this seemed easy at first, it is seemingly very hard. I thought, well I won't use bread anymore, I'll eat very little pasta, rice, and potatoes and other carbs and eat them as sides and not the full meal, and eat mostly protein all day till dinner. Then as I come to notice that carbs are in everything! No matter how well I think I'm eating, my little pie chart is always showing that I ate almost 50% carbs for my day. Any tips to switch this up a bit? I eat a lot of chicken and salmon, and I eat a lot of eggs and veggies, so I thought I was doing good.

kommodevaran wrote: »

briana12077 wrote: »

I did ask for a breakdown of macros, and she actually used the myfitnesspal app on my phone to change the macros goals for me. She put it in as 35% carbs, 20% fats, and 45% protein. So I guess that isn't as low carb as I was remembering it to be, BUT i still am having a hard time staying in those goals. If you look at my macros I am usually way higher in carbs.

I have no knowledge about diabetic-friendly diets, but that is not low carb, and not human-friendly either. It must be extremely difficult to compose a diet to fit those goals! I would suggest 30% carbs, 20% protein, and 50% fats instead. Or get the doctor to come up with an eating plan. Or better still, get a referral to a dietitian. This is nothing we should mess around with, really.

briana12077 wrote: »

Hmmm, interesting about eating more fat. Never thought of that. I probably eat lowest fat everyday.
I opened my diary. For the people saying it doesn't add up, I am not saying that is all I eat, I also eat fruit, rice, pasta, and peanut butter, but I try to keep my portions low and only once a day. I am asking for tips of like what else to eat instead. I didn't realize one or two servings of high-carb foods would have me at 50% carbs when I eat all the other proteins I mentioned in my OP.