Did you maybe try too many? I use two strawberries cut into pieces, and if I'm having Raspberries for a change then I have six and halve them
A small handful of blueberries. Two or three strawberries. Maybe too much for my system.
Did you maybe try too many? I use two strawberries cut into pieces, and if I'm having Raspberries for a change then I have six and halve them
I have one square of either 85% or 90% Lindt chocolate, broken into about 7 or 8 pieces which I allow to melt separately in my mouth. Sometimes I'll have two or three walnuts, or almonds, or a chunk of cheese (yummy) and I even like a bag of Spinach which I eat as you would a bag of crisps! Maybe I'm weird?I was wondering what everyone snacks on "on-the-go" if you can't have carbs? For example, shopping, work, movie, etc. There's sugar/carbs in just about everything out there. Someone suggested protein bars, but, most have some carbs/sugar alcohols. And what do you eat before working out (sans carbs)?
Sometimes just working up from one or two might do it?A small handful of blueberries. Two or three strawberries. Maybe too much for my system.
But why would you eat while shopping? My mind wouldn't be on food but again perhaps that's just me!I have one square of either 85% or 90% Lindt chocolate, broken into about 7 or 8 pieces which I allow to melt separately in my mouth. Sometimes I'll have two or three walnuts, or almonds, or a chunk of cheese (yummy) and I even like a bag of Spinach which I eat as you would a bag of crisps! Maybe I'm weird?
Lol! I'm just trying to figure out how to get back to life with this. I've been stuck in the house with these horrible sugar fluctuations. I'm probably overthinking it. Just want to be prepared for different scenarios. Life just changed to a new normal.But why would you eat while shopping? My mind wouldn't be on food but again perhaps that's just me!
I completely understand! xxLol! I'm just trying to figure out how to get back to life with this. I'm probably overthinking it. Just want to be prepared for different scenarios. Life just changed to a new normal.
Me too! LOVED OJ and bananas but keep well away from both now! Mind you, that eggs Mayo sounds gorgeous! Guess what I'm trying tomorrowIf I have a (proper) hypo, I have some sweets (jelly babies) which bring my glucose up quickly. I folllow it up with a biscuit, a slower acting carb to stop the crash.
I would ditch thee rice and bread. Mayo,if you can find a decent one, mashed into a coupled of boiled eggs makes a delicious snack.
Before dx I drank fruit juice by the litre. I now wouldn't touch a banana with a ten foot pole.
I eat first thing in the morning, with just a few carbs - maybe equivalent to 10 gm, I drink coffee with cream, and then I eat again 12 hours later, more carbs and a dessert a couple of times a week as I am less insulin resistant in the evenings - another coffee and that's it.I was wondering what everyone snacks on "on-the-go" if you can't have carbs? For example, shopping, work, movie, etc. There's sugar/carbs in just about everything out there. Someone suggested protein bars, but, most have some carbs/sugar alcohols. And what do you eat before working out (sans carbs)?
I eat first thing in the morning, with just a few carbs - maybe equivalent to 10 gm, I drink coffee with cream, and then I eat again 12 hours later, more carbs and a dessert a couple of times a week as I am less insulin resistant in the evenings - another coffee and that's it.
As you have found out, eating too often can become all that you do.
They say you don't need to treat it with fast-acting carbs as it's probably a false hypo. But, then again, I've had it drop into the 70's once.
But 118 is fine - your meter is one used by type 1s and not giving you the right information for a type 2.I'm still dreadfully frightened about hypos although everyone says it can't really happen to a T2 especially if you're not on medication. I was working on something today and forgot about my sugar for a bit. Then I realized I felt lightheaded. Blood sugar was 118 and dropping. I'm still digging myself out of that hole right now with multiple small meals (protein, fat, complex carb).
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But 118 is fine - your meter is one used by type 1s and not giving you the right information for a type 2.
I saw the equivalent of 100 after eating Christmas dinner a year after diagnosis - you are reacting to problems which aren't real or relevant.
Type twos do not need to be eating all the time, and do not need carbohydrates to stop hypos when not taking any medication to cause them.
Perhaps you need to speak with your GP or someone who can advise you on type 2, or get to the bottom of the difficulty you are having in stopping this rollercoaster of BG levels, even if it is just understanding why your meter's messages are not relevant.
The meter is working - from what I understand, to warn a type one of trends which could be dangerous for them.
Surely, for a type 2 a reading of 106 is normal, I mean - it would be an after eating reading for me coming down from the higher levels I'd have reached - yet you react to it by eating again - so your levels go up, and down, and up again - all day.
In a few mins, maybe 10 minutes the false hypo will pass as your liver responds. It needs time to respond. It will pass. Thats why its called a false hypo. Its unpleasant (I get them) but not harmful. As your numbers stabilise they will become fewer. By leaping in to 'treat' it you are causing a raise and then sudden fall of blood sugar levels, and the cycle of unpleasant feelings keeps going.But what about the false hypo symptoms that I can't tolerate at this time?
What about nudging it up just a little with, say, a slice of apple or a single bite of a piece of bread or such so the symptoms go away without spiking high?But what about the false hypo symptoms that I can't tolerate at this time?