Thanks Jo. I’ve spoken to my GP who says I’m doing all that can be done in terms of diet as I am not and haven’t ever been overweight. On another thread I was told to ditch the 5 grapes I had for dessert with whole milk yogurt which I did. The only carbohydrate I have each day is porridge but my husband says that’s slow release anyway. Without it I would never get to lunchtime without feeling very wobbly and I would definitely struggle on a hilly bike ride. My GP has told me to take 2 Metformin and they will do the hba1c test again in July. I was hoping that I would see some change with Metformin but if, as you say, there won’t be one, I think I’ll give up the testing.
Stick with the testing, if you're willing to make a few more changes and want to see how their impact is.
Can you swap the porridge for eggs with cheese and/or bacon? Maybe some high meat content sausages tossed in for good measure? Quite filling, and won't do much of anything to your blood sugars. Porridge may be slow, but that doesn't really matter for a T2: Whether it's fast or slow, you
have to process it unaided. So when it comes to uptake, it really only matters for someone who has to use insulin... They might have to split their dose to cope with the carbs, rather than take everything all at once. So that theory's out the window as well.
So, you've ditched the grapes, which is good. But you might want to add in a few strawberries, blueberries or something to spice the (I'm hoping full fat, greek?) yoghurt up? Berries are generally a low carb fruit which we can cope with, in moderation.
Keep in mind that this may be called a diet, but its goal is to keep your blood sugars under control, not lose weight, per se (though in most people with an excess of weight, it can certainly have that as an added bonus). Keep your fats and protein up, cut the carbs, and if you feel like you're losing weight you can't part with, just have a low to no carb snack. Boiled egg, cubes of cheese, some olives, that sort of thing. I'm one of those who does need to lose weight, so I mostly stick with two meals a day, preferably no snacks. But if weightloss is an issue, three meals a day with snacks in between that are solely protein and fat oriented, should keep your weight up to par.
Hope that helps,
Jo