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Originally Posted by Riverj  To be honest I just forgot about rungs and tested the foods, so it is correct but I didn't make it precisely and gradually. I just threw the baby with the bath water and experimented. |
... but the baby drowned.
Alright. So, what you're doing right now is kicking your own
and complaining that it hurts. Keep reading...
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Exactly and I tested in separate days.
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Of course you'll get blood sugar symptoms if you eat 1/3 cup of rice or whatever without anything else! That's why our meals should be balanced and carbohydrates, even when coming from vegetables, should be consumed together with fat and protein.
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Yes, I do count carbs. 1/3 cup of brown rice has 15 grams of carb, a GL of 7 and a GI is 80. 5 tablespoons of quinoa have 22 grams of carbs and a GL of 10.
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If you add 22 g net carbs from quinoa and 15 g net carbs from brown rice, you shouldn't be surprised that your blood sugar goes awry. These foods should be tested in OWL in 5 g net carbs amounts, not 15-25. Even in Pre-Maintenance you should only add them in 10 g net carb amounts.
I'm sorry, but while the diet you're following is indeed low carb, it is not Atkins. You would do yourself a huge favor by re-reading the book, because you clearly forgot a lot of what you've read there and this has caused you a lot of trouble. In the meantime, eat whatever foods you can tolerate, but increase your calories---as long as your caloric intake is higher than your total energy expenditure, you will stop losing weight and if you go up high enough with the calories, you will even gain a few pounds.