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Perhaps it would help to clarify.  Although I was only diagnosed a couple of months ago, I have been at the mercy of my medical team for the past couple of years.  It is only recently when my OGTT test came back with a 2 hour reading of 270 that I was "officially" diagnosed.  Also, when I say "carby day" what I mean is that I would eat some carbs, more than on the LC diet, but not enough to cause a bG problem (or at least, not too much of one).  I think the main point is that if I start on the LC diet, is it necessary to stay on it full time to get the benefit.  i.e. would say one day a week not on the LC diet ruin any progress made for the rest of the week. I posted a chart of some recent readings showing a week of LCing as a trial (extremely low carbs).  This was about a week ago and the URL is:  www.hatton-01.fsnet.co.uk/diabetes/bgs.htm As I mentioned in a previous postings, I also have Reactive Hypoglycaemia and this tends to make the chart a bit like a roller-coaster.  Swings from bGs of 200 down to say 60 or 70 in a couple of hours are pretty much the normal with a restricted carb diet, spread out over the day.  My latest HbA1c (came in this morning’s post) is 6.9 which is slightly up from my last one (6 months ago) of 6.1. Now don’t get me wrong, I can see the result of the LC diet as far as bGs are concerned.  There is a marked lack of peaks and dips and I didn’t feel as if a Hypo was coming on all week.  One concern is that the day I started on carbs again I seemed to be much more sensitive than usual.  This is a bad thing for my 6 days on, one day off proposal.  Another concern is that I craved carbs for 5 out of the 7 days I tried the LC regime (first couple days were OK).  Another problem seemed to be that I was very tired by the end of the week and was falling asleep at 21:30 in the evening.  This is not normal for me. — Jim T2 from 25AUG00 Reactive Hypoglycaemia Amlodipine (10mg/day) for BP D&E

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Low Carbing is not a full time thing but the "D" word unfortunatly is. I do better with a "carby meal" rather than a "carby day"  As others have pointed out if you let yourself slip too much it is harder to get back on the wagon. If I know I will spend some serious time physically active a carby day is needed to keep the lows away. Your signature implys you have recently joined the club.  I remember well my transition time.  The first 6 months are critical and unfortunatly the most difficult.  After about a year hopefully you haved adjusted to changed eating habits. You haven’t mentioned your BG readings or HB1AC averages.  If either is very high I would be real cautious about backsliding. Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ? — Jim T2 from 25AUG00 Reactive Hypoglycaemia Amlodipine (10mg/day) for BP D&E — 22′ Southcoast Eclipse   Florida Panhandle  ***  Type 2 as of 12/98 http://members.tripod.com/mr-wayne/ Before you buy.

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mk here I basically minmally carb 6 days a week and the seventh day I loosen up a bit. I Atkinned to lose weight and see if it helped control.  It did both.  I can do a commercial for Atkins and Protein Power but I won’t. I am 17 months post-diagnosis for t2 (t-weird).  I am down from 208 pounds to 182.  My bgs during the six days of the week rarely get above 140 on my advantage accucheck or my basic one touch.  On the weekends it rarely exceeds 160.  HbA1c at 5.7 (lab range < 6.5 SKB)  (OK, I do exercise some, swim and stationary bike). This pattern works for me now at age 40.  Remember tho, YMMV! mk

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Scribbled: Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ?

It’s like any other WOE …  You need to be able to do it day in and down out. Ronnie Ruff http://www.freespeech.org/ronnieruff ICQ 82821284 Learn from the mistakes of others.  You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.  -Eleanor Roosevelt

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Low Carbing is not a full time thing but the "D" word unfortunatly is. I do better with a "carby meal" rather than a "carby day"  As others have pointed out if you let yourself slip too much it is harder to get back on the wagon. If I know I will spend some serious time physically active a carby day is needed to keep the lows away. Your signature implys you have recently joined the club.  I remember well my transition time.  The first 6 months are critical and unfortunatly the most difficult.  After about a year hopefully you haved adjusted to changed eating habits. You haven’t mentioned your BG readings or HB1AC averages.  If either is very high I would be real cautious about backsliding. Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ? — Jim T2 from 25AUG00 Reactive Hypoglycaemia Amlodipine (10mg/day) for BP D&E

– 22′ Southcoast Eclipse   Florida Panhandle  ***  Type 2 as of 12/98 http://members.tripod.com/mr-wayne/ Before you buy.

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Jim Hatton posted Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ?

It all depends on what else is included in your controlling bgs.  If you are using low carb alone then you will have higher bgs if you go off plan.  Some people have reported adding excercise when eating more carbs and controlling that way.  I can’t speak from personal experience, but it would seem to me that if you are on meds or insulin that these could be manipulated to cover the carby day. For me, the main problem with going off plan is that it is difficult to go back on if I do it longer than one meal.  One of the benefits of low carbing is losing carb cravings and I find these come back if I don’t keep my carbs low. Take care, Cindy Type 2 Diabetes controlled by low carbing

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Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ?

I do that, but then I’m on insulin, so I know that I can do something about it more quickly.

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Does a low-carb diet have to be a full-time thing ?  Are there any problems with fitting in the occasional carby day ? — Jim T2 from 25AUG00 Reactive Hypoglycaemia Amlodipine (10mg/day) for BP D&E

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