Meals high in protein, low in simple carbs

I like spicy hummus w/cucumbers or carrots, hard boiled eggs, any fruit with some nuts, or even a small protein shake. Hope this helps getting you started! ☺

Oh, yeah....forgot about the simple sugars in fruit! I love my fruit so it's my go to.

lizzypuuh wrote: »

Recently I was told that I am prediabetic and that I need to reduce my simple sugar intake as well as bad carbs. On average I have a super sweet tooth, more do lately, so I'm dure that if I eat right, and cut out all of the junk food, my numbers will return to normal.

In the mean time, I'm having a hard time trying to figure out healthy alternatives for snacks and meals that do not include a lot of sugars, processed foods, or carbs.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Most meals I can think of don't have lots of sugar or processed foods (in the sense I think you mean). For example, chicken, roasted potatoes, broccoli, or pork chops with green beans and roasted sweet potato, or a stir fry made with brown rice, lots of vegetables, and shrimp, or salmon with quinoa and brussels sprouts, etc.

Now, all of those have a starchy carb element (although technically it's a complex carb -- people misuse that). If you are concerned about complex carbs/starches, then reduce the portion while increasing your portions of meat (or other source of protein) and fat (I am assuming that one uses a little fat in the cooking), or even replace it with something lower in carbs like other root veg (turnips and carrots), winter squash, spaghetti squash (a winter squash but deserves an extra mention), nuts, so on.

For snacks, focus on including protein and fat -- greek yogurt (full fat) is good or nuts or some cheese, maybe. I like berries or other fruits with them, but depends on your medical issues. Raw veg are probably fine as they are too low cal to have lots of carbs. If you want really low carb something like a jerky or hard boiled eggs or smoked salmon.

It depends on your current diet, though -- could be you don't have to go low carb but just find a balance, stop excessive snack and (if overweight) lose a bit.

One thing that really helps many, I think, is simply understanding what foods have carbs, fat, protein and the amounts, which you learn easily from logging. Fiber is also probably helpful.