[WhiteTigress]

Originally Posted by SoulSearcher

As for the carbs and starches... She said I could have between 15-30 carbs per snack and 45-60 per meal. I do watch my carbs also... Instead of eating like potatoes at dinner, I either eat a salad or a yogurt cup. She said a great thing to do is to incorporate your desert into your meal instead of eating as desert. For example: The eating the yogurt cup in place of the potatoes.

SS,

I hope you are talking about 15-30 and 45-60 GRAMS of carbs. I don't want anyone mislead that these numbers count for servings. The one thing that so many people forget is that vegetables ARE carbs. They just aren't all starch carbs.

In my best days (and I plan to get back to them soon), I used to have a half cup of non-fat milk with an ounce of protein and a starch for my early morning meal. I would have a snack around 9:30 of a piece of fruit with another ounce of protein (usually cheese) and a sugar-free Jell-O. For lunch I would have 2 ounces of a meat/cheese and a salad. If I had the time, I would have another snack of fruit and cheese around 2:30. Then dinner was usually 3-4 ounces of meat with raw veggies or I would make a stir-fry that I could eat over a few days. My nutritional counselor had me on approximately 8 carb servings during a day, as a component of an 1800 calorie per day plan.

Timber brought home a copy of the diet that one of hir patient's was given to start treating their diabetes, and they had them on 2000 calories a day, with 16 carb servings. I thought that was preposterous. I can only guess that this person was going to have a more difficult time with fewer calories and carbs, but I'll almost guarantee that at some point in the future, they will have both their calories and carbs cut back significantly.

I would have to say that everyone who has this diagnosis really needs to participate in a diabetic care class, that includes an individualized meal program for their specific needs. I know that I shared copies of my plan with Andrew, and I think that he found it very helpful, but I also know that he's been under the watchful eye of his own care team, too.

WT