Carb counting & how to lose weight?

Hi there,
Does anyone know if there is a good book and/or app out there that's good for counting carbohydrates and losing weight?
Thanks
Jean :-)

Carbs and cals app gives you calories and fat as well as carb values

Lower your insulin doses instead of eating extra carbohydrates for exercise, as described in the DAFNE guidebook, is a great way to lose weight straight off the bat.

As for books, I'm currently reading a book called My Diabetic Science Experiment by Ginger Vieira which has not only complimented my DAFNE education but, because it's written by a sporty lady with Type 1, I also plan to use it for getting my exercise regime balanced right so I perform better than I could before.

She goes into a very helpful amount of detail regarding food which will be great for someone looking to lose weight too - it's written for all diabetic types.

Not sure about apps... most stick to the old thinking of diabetes so aren't that great; especially with what I've learnt from the book I've recommended. You need to learn your body's needs first, then you can concentrate on weight loss and it's amazing what was not covered on the DAFNE course in more detail (for me anyway).

Best wishes.

Thanks for the advice from both of you. I had seen the "Carbs and Cals" app advertised at my Diabetes Centre so think I might download that seeing as it has now been recommended to me. I am also going to look at Amazon now for the book you recommended to me "My Diabetic Science Experiment". Thanks again!

The book is highly recommended, Small correction though - it is called Your Diabetes Science Experiment, not My Diabetes Science Experiment.

The book suggests that a great time to lose weight is early morning using a 30 minute walk before breakfast if you are affected by the dawn phenomenon - waking up with high BGLs. You don't need extra carbs because your BGLs are already quite high, and the exercise should bring them down into a normal range.

I was on a diabetic exercise conference a couple of weeks ago, and the recommendation for losing weight is to exercise in the couple of hours after a meal. The reasoning is that by doing this, you can lower your QA dose to handle the drop in BGLs that cardiovascular exercise will produce without needing to eat extra carbs. If you exercise several hours after a meal, then your BGLs are likely to drop, but the only way you can deal with that is to eat carbs which prevents you from losing as much weight.

One of the lecturers was asked how high is too high to exercise? His response is that there is no such things as a BG reading that is too high to exercise, as long as there are no ketones present. If there are ketones present with a high BG reading, then do not exercise. Get the ketones down first using the techniques described in the DAFNE handbook, or get medical assistance if you can't do that yourself.

Hope this helps.
Warwick.

Warwick said:
The book is highly recommended, Small correction though - it is called Your Diabetes Science Experiment, not My Diabetes Science Experiment.

The book suggests that a great time to lose weight is early morning using a 30 minute walk before breakfast if you are affected by the dawn phenomenon - waking up with high BGLs. You don't need extra carbs because your BGLs are already quite high, and the exercise should bring them down into a normal range.

Just ordered the book too, I like experiments and reading the extract on amazon it seems to be an interesting read by someone who has experienced it first hand !

Great stuff marke! Will be good to know your thoughts on the book too.

Will set up the new forum thread soon. The first experiment is on testing BI doses, but I have a cold, and so my BGLs aren't being nice to me right now, so it will be in a couple of days I think.

Warwick.

I also ordered the book on JWo and Warwick's recommendation and am hoping it will arrive today. I think Amazon will have noticed the interest!

I am very interested in your conference on diabetes and excerise Warwick. I am finding it very hard to balance Bg, excerise and weight gain. I was still teaching my evening classes (Yoga) whilst on the Dafne course and had a hypo during one of them. This has made me very cautious, and I tend to leave my Bg high before class hoping to survive that and have enough left to drive home afterwards ( I don't fancy sitting in an iced-up car awaiting a legal level). I can't think this is right, but have yet to find a balance.

I would very much like to join your thread when you set it up.