# Sharing my story

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713>\
**Category:** Low Carb\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713 "2017-08-24T23:36:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![walkingthedragon88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/walkingthedragon88/32/363_2.png) [@walkingthedragon88](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/walkingthedragon88)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713/1 "2017-08-24T23:36:17Z")

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Here is my story of why I went low carb after almost 10 years with t1d: [https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/why-i-started-following-a-low-carbohydrate-diet-after-almost-a-decade-with-diabetes-469606/](https://www.diabetesdaily.com/blog/why-i-started-following-a-low-carbohydrate-diet-after-almost-a-decade-with-diabetes-469606/)

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713/2 "2017-08-25T00:40:23Z")

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Maria, how long has it been since you went low carb? What has been the hardest?

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**Author:** ![walkingthedragon88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/walkingthedragon88/32/363_2.png) [@walkingthedragon88](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/walkingthedragon88)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713/3 "2017-08-25T01:20:13Z")

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It has been about two years now. I don’t know about “hardest” but a major difference is that I spend a lot more time in my kitchen! I consider it a good thing 🙂

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713/4 "2017-08-25T04:12:22Z")

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> [@walkingthedragon88](#):
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> Here is my story of why I went low carb after almost 10 years with t1d

Maria,  
Can you share how many carbs you have in a day? And do you count carbs you take for low BG fixes against your total?

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**Author:** ![walkingthedragon88](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/walkingthedragon88/32/363_2.png) [@walkingthedragon88](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/walkingthedragon88)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/sharing-my-story/1713/5 "2017-08-25T10:32:47Z")

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On most days I eat between 30-60g carbs (I count net carbs and I probably cluster right around 40-45g most days). I almost never have lows and certainly not serious ones. Usually just 2-3g glucose (I use smarties) will get me where I need to be. The other day, for example, I was 70 an hr after breakfast and wanted to take the dogs hiking. I actually ate 6g and went. I ended the hike at 103, so I probably could have done away with just 2g glucose with some protein (like a small handful of nuts). This is just an example to say that it is rare I have days when I need more than 5g additional glucose to treat or prevent lows so I consider it negligible. Typically, its three meals a day, anywhere from 8-18g carbs (any more and unpredictability begins)! I totally snacked when I was pregnant and definitely had a few off days but even then it would be rare to exceed 60g a day.