{"id":5094,"date":"2010-02-21T14:24:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T19:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5094"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:15","slug":"carb-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=5094","title":{"rendered":"Carb Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019ve never really gotten the hang of the art\/science of counting carbohydrates. Since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes I\u2019ve seen a number of dieticians, and each has given me the standard tables with amounts of food and how many servings of carbohydrates are in each.\u00a0 I\u2019ve taken them home and then basically ignored them (along with a lot of good advice). The reason is simple \u2013 I love food. And to me, food is not something you measure and count, but something you eat and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I\u2019ve never had a hard time cutting something out of my diet absolutely, but when I eat, I eat.\u00a0 I\u2019m not someone who can just take a taste of something.\u00a0 So limiting portions and weighing my food is not for me. This personality flaw (if it\u2019s a flaw) is not healthy for an athlete or a diabetic. Up until a month ago I got around this by eating a not very precise low-carb diet. After my diagnosis, I cut out most obvious no-no\u2019s like potatoes, pasta and even pizza (which I lived on in my previous life).\u00a0 And in the years since, I\u2019ve found I can enjoy eating and cooking while still controlling my blood sugar (reasonably well) by just eliminating sweets and refined carbohydrates. And I ate (and overate) and enjoyed all of the rest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few weeks ago, after a running a <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/exercise-blogs\/my-second-marathon\/4921\/\" target=\"_self\">marathon and feeling hugely disappointed<\/a> by my result, I went to a dietician. Right off the bat, she explained to me that if I don\u2019t eat at least seven servings of carbohydrates a day (not all at once &#8211; obviously) I will never be able to run the way I want to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For the last three weeks, my dietician has had me on a strict eating schedule.\u00a0 I eat 5 times a day (including before and after runs) and count not only the carbohydrates, but also servings of protein, veggies, fruit, fat and water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For a man who has spent the last eight years <em>not<\/em> counting carbs, this has not been easy. And I haven\u2019t been great at it either. Every week the dietician scolds me for not eating correctly. It\u2019s either too much of one thing or not enough of the other. But I\u2019m motivated now to get it right.\u00a0 Precision is the key.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve never really gotten the hang of the art\/science of counting carbohydrates. 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