Thread: Chit-chat... How do you view Carbs?

I'm lucky I guess I NEED my carbs, love just about anything carb related, I love bread but not a fan of whole grain-- so I cannot even at least try to make them healthy either.

I love any and every type if potato, mmmmmmm

I substitute by eating lots of veggies soaked in butter and bacon.


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I forgot to mention my love for pasta. There isn't a noodle I haven't met I did not like


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Originally Posted by cali~jenn

I love carbs too but try to keep to the healthy ones more. I eat whole grain or, multi grain bread everyday and have gotten used to it although a good potato bread sandwich is my fav. I am strict on the kids food and they only eat whole wheat bread too, although I buy the kind without any nuts for them. Love potatoes but they mess up my daughters tummy if she eats too much so I don't eat them often anymore.

Oh come on I thought you would at least give me one foul mouthed word from my post lol


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I started the "cutting down on carbs" thing something like 20 years ago, so have gotten used to not having them all the time. Now I think moderation is the key. I could not eat like you, Miss Desert (Dessert?) Skye, but I still eat breads sometimes, pasta, rice, potatoes - just not every day. Beans are a carb, but a healthy one and I eat them almost every day. I also eat a lot of whole grains, not so much brown rice, but bulgur, wheat berries, buckwheat, barley, stuff like that there. I add them to a green salad or just make something with them alone, like a pilaf.

One thing I noticed since I've been force-feeding myself the beans and whole grains and water is that I feel a whole lot better. My blood work is also better. I tried to get life insurance a few months ago and was deemed a high risk because I was pre-diabetic and overweight. Then I was depressed, lol. More recently, I tried to get life insurance with another company and am not such a high risk because my A1C is down, my cholesterol is down, my blood pressure - down. I've also cut down on meat. Unfortunately, I have not lost any weight as yet, but we'll see how that goes.

So, I like to choose healthy carbs. I also use turbinado sugar and honey or maple syrup whenever possible instead of the more processed white table sugar.

Originally Posted by threeovens

I started the "cutting down on carbs" thing something like 20 years ago, so have gotten used to not having them all the time. Now I think moderation is the key. I could not eat like you, Miss Desert (Dessert?) Skye, but I still eat breads sometimes, pasta, rice, potatoes - just not every day. Beans are a carb, but a healthy one and I eat them almost every day. I also eat a lot of whole grains, not so much brown rice, but bulgur, wheat berries, buckwheat, barley, stuff like that there. I add them to a green salad or just make something with them alone, like a pilaf.

One thing I noticed since I've been force-feeding myself the beans and whole grains and water is that I feel a whole lot better. My blood work is also better. I tried to get life insurance a few months ago and was deemed a high risk because I was pre-diabetic and overweight. Then I was depressed, lol. More recently, I tried to get life insurance with another company and am not such a high risk because my A1C is down, my cholesterol is down, my blood pressure - down. I've also cut down on meat. Unfortunately, I have not lost any weight as yet, but we'll see how that goes.

So, I like to choose healthy carbs. I also use turbinado sugar and honey or maple syrup whenever possible instead of the more processed white table sugar.

I live in Tucson AZ that's why desert sky, I'm not big on sweets so I must get my energy from my caffeine and carbs. I'm very active with 4 kids and 8 bullies so that's probably why I can get away with it. I'm sure my time will come where I will need to watch my carb intake! Probably very very soon! I will miss them that's for sure!


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