Hi,
I am Jon, from Singapore, chinese, 53 years old, weigh 84.7kg and a taxi driver. I was diagnosed with Type 2, diabetes on 27 April 2017 with a reading of 277mg/dl. Was put on metformin (500mgx2 for 2 weeks) and aspirin (100gm x1 for 2 weeks).
Next couple of days were fuzzy and clueless. I stop eating rice, bread, sugar and any flour related produces. Low Sugar Smart Carb bread was recommended by my GP and become my stable food for the next few days. I try brown rice and did not like it. My BG was reading between between 162 to 270mg/dl for the first few days. It was scary.
Back track to early April, I started eating watermelon, almost one eight slice of a big melon, almost every day and throwing in some sweet dessert every other day. On top of that, I had bread for breakfast and lunch nearly every day. Aglio e Olio was my FAV. Then all hell broke loose. I use to wakeup once or twice to pee, suddenly it like every one to two hours. It got so bad that I wet myself in the cab. My mouth was dry even though I was sipping water or chinese tea all the time. Then I went to my GP for medical check. In mid March I was weight at the clinic at 92kg and had dropped to 86kg during my medical check.
I went online to look for information and home remedies and stumble on diabetes.co.uk, and I just keep on reading. I learn a lot. I like the LCHF diet but my cholesterol is not helping. So on 2 May, I start on a diet pretty close to LCHF. No carbohydrates and No sugar, period. Here my BG and I kept a pretty good food diary for the next 12 days.
2 May - 8.2 (Fasting) / 8.7 (after Food)
5.7(b4Food) / 7.6 (afterFood)
3 May - 5.9 (Fasting)
5.3 (afteFood) dinner
Encouraged by the good reading, I decided to stop metformin and aspiring.
4 May - 5.9 (Fasting) / 6.7 (afterFood)
5 May - 6.3 (Fasting) / 5.4 (afterFood)
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.8 (afterFood)
- 5.5 (b4Food) / 6.8 (afterFood) (had one cup of corn)
6 May - 7.2 (Fasting) / 6.8 (afterFood)
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.8 (afterFood)
- 5.8 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood)
7 May - 6.2 (Fasting) /NA
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.9 (afterFood)
- 5.8 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood)
8 May - 6.2 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.4 (b4Food) / 5.2 (afterFood) dinner
9 May - 6.2 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.5 (b4Food) / 5.3 (afterFood) dinner
10 May - 6.0 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.6 (b4Food) / NA, had a fight with the mrs and forgot to take reading
11 May - 6.4 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.1 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood) dinner
12 May - 6.1 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.1 (b4Food) / NA (no ideal why) dinner
13 May - 5.3 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.2 (b4Food) / 5.9 (afterFood) dinner
Today is special, I had a bowl of fried rice (white) and couple slices of roasted pork. Also a bowl of chinese soup and here is the reading.
14 May - 5.7 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.3 (b4Food) / 6.7 (afterFood) dinners
Well, folks, what do you guys think? Am I off the hook? Or more food testing is needed?
Thank you for reading and your advise is greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Jon
I am Jon, from Singapore, chinese, 53 years old, weigh 84.7kg and a taxi driver. I was diagnosed with Type 2, diabetes on 27 April 2017 with a reading of 277mg/dl. Was put on metformin (500mgx2 for 2 weeks) and aspirin (100gm x1 for 2 weeks).
Next couple of days were fuzzy and clueless. I stop eating rice, bread, sugar and any flour related produces. Low Sugar Smart Carb bread was recommended by my GP and become my stable food for the next few days. I try brown rice and did not like it. My BG was reading between between 162 to 270mg/dl for the first few days. It was scary.
Back track to early April, I started eating watermelon, almost one eight slice of a big melon, almost every day and throwing in some sweet dessert every other day. On top of that, I had bread for breakfast and lunch nearly every day. Aglio e Olio was my FAV. Then all hell broke loose. I use to wakeup once or twice to pee, suddenly it like every one to two hours. It got so bad that I wet myself in the cab. My mouth was dry even though I was sipping water or chinese tea all the time. Then I went to my GP for medical check. In mid March I was weight at the clinic at 92kg and had dropped to 86kg during my medical check.
I went online to look for information and home remedies and stumble on diabetes.co.uk, and I just keep on reading. I learn a lot. I like the LCHF diet but my cholesterol is not helping. So on 2 May, I start on a diet pretty close to LCHF. No carbohydrates and No sugar, period. Here my BG and I kept a pretty good food diary for the next 12 days.
2 May - 8.2 (Fasting) / 8.7 (after Food)
5.7(b4Food) / 7.6 (afterFood)
3 May - 5.9 (Fasting)
5.3 (afteFood) dinner
Encouraged by the good reading, I decided to stop metformin and aspiring.
4 May - 5.9 (Fasting) / 6.7 (afterFood)
5 May - 6.3 (Fasting) / 5.4 (afterFood)
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.8 (afterFood)
- 5.5 (b4Food) / 6.8 (afterFood) (had one cup of corn)
6 May - 7.2 (Fasting) / 6.8 (afterFood)
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.8 (afterFood)
- 5.8 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood)
7 May - 6.2 (Fasting) /NA
- 5.7 (b4Food) / 5.9 (afterFood)
- 5.8 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood)
8 May - 6.2 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.4 (b4Food) / 5.2 (afterFood) dinner
9 May - 6.2 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.5 (b4Food) / 5.3 (afterFood) dinner
10 May - 6.0 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.6 (b4Food) / NA, had a fight with the mrs and forgot to take reading
11 May - 6.4 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.1 (b4Food) / 5.7 (afterFood) dinner
12 May - 6.1 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.1 (b4Food) / NA (no ideal why) dinner
13 May - 5.3 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.2 (b4Food) / 5.9 (afterFood) dinner
Today is special, I had a bowl of fried rice (white) and couple slices of roasted pork. Also a bowl of chinese soup and here is the reading.
14 May - 5.7 (Fasting) / NA
- 5.3 (b4Food) / 6.7 (afterFood) dinners
Well, folks, what do you guys think? Am I off the hook? Or more food testing is needed?
Thank you for reading and your advise is greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Jon