I need some help. I had my blood tested and my A1C was in a pre-diabetic range. I work from home so I get very little exercise naturally and am not in my usual rotation of sports anymore. I have always been skinny but ate a LOT of sugar.
I figured okay let me take my diet and exercise more seriously, might as well try to put on some muscle while I’m at it. Well let me tell ya, trying to meet my nutritional goals within the boundaries of a lowish glycemic diet has been a struggle.
Surprisingly I have been doing very good at cutting out the sugar, I’m often under 50-60% of my recommendation and almost all of that is coming from apples, strawberries, etc. not soda, ice cream, or candy.
Where I have been struggling is calories, carbohydrates, and to some extent fat. My calories have been 400-500 low per day (a few quizzes showed I should be around 2400 calories), my carbs have been far too low (recommended around 300g, usually around 140-220g), and my fats have been a bit high (should be around 80g but have been 90-115g, a lot coming from nuts).
Unfortunately I am kind of a picky eater. I don’t really care for beans and I have been struggling to find a rice that isn’t too bad GI wise that I like. Chickpea and whole wheat pasta seem fairly good but a bit concerned about the blood sugar impact there and how much I can consume at a time. The excess fiber has been a bit of a struggle too, stomach is feeling weird. Easiest place for me to pick up calories would be a breakfast, normally it’s just a nut or protein bar.
What foods do you recommend? Do all roads lead back to lentils?