As I said in my earlier post, there are more opinions than people posting, the way I found worked for me was to test after meals to see what my body could tolerate in terms of carbs. This also meant cutting down snacks between meals as I had to allow 2 hours after eating so my consumption of tea and coffee escalated. I try to eat low carb and healthy fats, the trouble is I have found a cheeseman at the local market who has some cheeses normally only found at delis at very reasonable rates. By keeping to the diet and by walk, walk, walking I lost weight, increased the level of fats to balance the weight loss to being stable for this last year.
There are days when I get home from work and test to see what my bg level is before I eat in the evening and it is mid-4s, but I just feel mildly hungry, and I did not stuff myself with carbs to raise the level but sat for the evening researching material to write an essay for a course I am following, no fuzzy thinking there. Most mornings my fasting bg is around 5 so I feel happy with that, particularly considering that it has been a stressful year at work. We all need to find our own way and find what our bodies will tolerate, low carb combined with eating to meter is not for everyone but is an option, as is intermittent fasting, very low carb, and even (dare I say it) the Eatwell plate although the latter got me to the place I am in now. When first diagnosed it is scary, what can be eaten? So much food seems to have sugar or flour added. Taking things one step at a time, trying something at least a couple of times until you find the way forward takes time and that first 3 months seems to disappear with incredible speed. View it as an adventure to finding out more about yourself, and remember a little of what you fancy does you good.
There are days when I get home from work and test to see what my bg level is before I eat in the evening and it is mid-4s, but I just feel mildly hungry, and I did not stuff myself with carbs to raise the level but sat for the evening researching material to write an essay for a course I am following, no fuzzy thinking there. Most mornings my fasting bg is around 5 so I feel happy with that, particularly considering that it has been a stressful year at work. We all need to find our own way and find what our bodies will tolerate, low carb combined with eating to meter is not for everyone but is an option, as is intermittent fasting, very low carb, and even (dare I say it) the Eatwell plate although the latter got me to the place I am in now. When first diagnosed it is scary, what can be eaten? So much food seems to have sugar or flour added. Taking things one step at a time, trying something at least a couple of times until you find the way forward takes time and that first 3 months seems to disappear with incredible speed. View it as an adventure to finding out more about yourself, and remember a little of what you fancy does you good.