Hi, I'm down to 10 1/2 stone. I'm taking 4 metformin a day, but nothing else. No chronic illnesses.
I have soft fruit & 1 Weetabix for breakfast, usually about 6 Ryvita over the day. I try to limit my intake to 130g Carb, though I find that difficult, it's usually about 140-150. I don't have any sugar as such, except for a biscuit when I'm out, if it's offered, and very occasionally something like a small kitcat (once a month or less). I don't eat any bread.
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@daisy1 for the welcome pack.
Couple of things:
First, it would be good to test as soon as you wake up. This will give your fasting level and give some idea of your background BG level before you eat anything. However, look up Dawn Phenomenon.
Secondly, I would gently suggest that you try and get your daily carbohydrates below 100 grans per day with an aim to get at or below 50 grams in the long term. You need to take on board that "sugar as such" is a relatively minor part of an eating plan. Let me pick out the things you have mentioned so far that are probably not good for you (recognising that your BG levels are way too high for comfort).
- Soft fruit - supposedly healthy but crammed full of sugar
- Weetabix - supposedly healthy but crammed full of carbohydrate
- Ryvita - supposedly healthy but chock full of carbohydrates
- Biscuit - hmm?
- Small kitkat - perhaps you should resume treats once your HbA1c is down to a reasonable level?
- No bread - good - but how about potatoes, pasta, parsnips, rice.......?
Welcome to the forum, we are here to do our best to help. I think you need to take a deep breath, read a lot on here (and elsewhere) about how to eat well but keep carbohydrates low. Being unable to get your carbohydrates below 150 grams a day is usually a sign that you are still addicted to carbohydrates, and it is a hard addiction to break but worth the effort.
As I (too)often say, you have to turn your perceptions about healthy food upside down.
The popular view over the last 20 years or more is that low fat food is healthy, cereals are healthy, fruit juice is healthy. Fruit is healthy. Unrefined carbohydrates are healthy. Skimmed milk is healthy. Zero fat yoghurt is healthy.
For a diabetic this is absolutely wrong.
A good start to the day is eggs, bacon, mushrooms tomatoes. Think full English/Irish (without the beans, toast, hash browns and other carbs). Mixed grill. Proper butter. Double cream. Full fat cheese.
Trying hard not to preach here.
I have been diagnosed almost 10 years now and it took me an awful long time to get my head round what was a good way to eat to keep my BG down to a reasonable level. I am still learning.
So don't panic, small steps, read a lot, but please try and ease back a little on those carbohydrates.