High Sugar and Feeling Weak (No Carbs)

[Tooconfused]

Hello Everybody

I haven't had a single carbohydrate for 3 days and my sugar is still 250. I feel so weak.
I've been trying to follow lowcarb for about 6 months without success, so I thought I'd cut them altogether.

Why is my sugar still high? it's so depressing

 

[britishpub]

Not a single Carb ?

How did you manage that ?

 

[Tooconfused]

Fried egg in butter for breakfast, tea no milk. Piece of steak fried in bit of oil for lunch. Snack of walnuts to follow.
Piece of cod fried for dinner.

Similar for three days

 

[Stallen]

Walnuts are 14g of carbs per 100g some butters contain trace carbs as well, interested to know why your trying to hit zero carbs? Is it something you've tried before.

When I miss or skip meals or if I'm not getting enough of what my body needs at a given time, my own body will tend to provide for me, often my BG has had a mini rocket if I've overdone things, also any infections will raise it higher.

 

[Tooconfused]

Hi thanks for the reply. I'm not intentionally trying to hit zero carbs, it's just that nothing I do gets my readings down. They are always 200 and above no matter what . So at the moment I'm absolutely starving, weak, and with 245 sugar reading.

 

[robert72]

Your profile says you take insulin - are you still taking any? Which type are you?

 

[Tooconfused]

Hi yes still taking insulin, 30 a day (units on the pen), I'm type 2

 

[donnellysdogs]

Hi yes still taking insulin, 30 a day (units on the pen), I'm type 2

Are you aware how to increase doses to bring down your levels?

Are you undsr the care of a DSN?

You may well find like many of us that eggs need insulin... So aren't actually counted as carb free..

You need to be advised how to increase your insulin and do this safely.

 

[Tooconfused]

Hi thanks for the reply, yes, I know how to increase the dose, have just been avoiding that as I keep reading all these people who are "low carbing and off insulin altogether"....how are they doing it??
I'm going to start putting the dose up this morning though.

Sorry, what's a "DSN"?

Wow didn't know that about eggs! I thought they were just about the lowest carb breakfast I could eat!

Thanks all for the advice

 

[Stallen]

A DSN could be a diabetes specialist nurse, I was under one for six months other than prescribing different meds and telling me I should be on insulin the message was always eat more carbs, I'm on around 30 carbs or less a day, lowest was a 10 carb day but I make sure I consume plenty of oils, coconut and olive oil and butter too. I often have them raw if I don't fancy cooking a large meal.

I'm one of the lucky ones at the moment, pretty stable BG on the LCHF diet unless I've picked up an infection, but with anything you can't get complacent you never know what might happen in the future.

I wish you well in finding a solution that fits you.