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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you all for your help!

Here’s my plan for now:

20 minute walk in the morning.  Maybe a 20 minute walk at night.  My sidewalks are so uneven, I worry about this.

I can’t cut out the bread in the morning, but I’ll cut out the bananas and the Nutella.  I can cut out the rice at dinner.  Maybe I can serve lentils instead of rice.

Would baby carrots and peanut butter be a good replacement for my banana and Nutella snack?

I like frozen berries and yogurt, so that could be a snack.

I see my psychiatrist tomorrow, so I’ll mention all this to her and I’ll look into seeing an endocrinologist.  The lab work I had done was at a CVS minute clinic - I went in for a flu test and the nurse practitioner suggested bloodwork.  She was so kind and caring, I’ll never forget my appointment with her.

Thank you all for your advice.
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If you can't cut the bread, go for high-fiber bread. Read the labels. But you really need to cut the bread. One slice of white or wheat bread is 13 or 14 grams of carbohydrates.

Probably not on the carrots -- they're pretty high on the glycemic index at 16 grams for a 1/2 cup (a medium banana, for comparison is 24 gm). You could get away with carrots and PB so long as the PB is natural and not like Jif or something.

Never with the Nutella. You might as well eating a spoonful of sugar. And yogurt can be filled with sugar.

If all you have is bloodwork, you absolutely need to consult a doctor -- preferably an endocrinologist -- and listen and take their guidance.

Understand, the focus on carbs here is about your GLUCOSE, not some fad weight loss preoccupation. Read labels. Write down what you eat. Count your carbs. Pay attention to portion size. No more than about 30-45 carbs a meal. Preferably less.

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