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Blood Sugar in High 20's and GP not helping, please advise

For my breakfast I find I am ok with a single slice of wholemeal bread toasted with a thickish layer of cheddar chease toasted on top ... You can go better than this with an omelette or ful fat yogurt and berrys ..best to test test and test in your early days ... Bs is diffrent for all of us.
Stay focused .. Don't loose the weight and lower the bs to fast .. Steady and focused .. You will make the odd mistake .. Don't let it change your confidence in your ability to change your life.
 
scottie1 said:
Good afternoon.

I didn't sleep much last night, as my mind was busy thinking of my new lifestyle. I actually got up at 2.30am and phoned my hubby at work to tell him how excited I was.

Today I will be mostly meal-planning. And finding out the carb value of foods in order to do my shopping. I think I am still going to cook for my family, but have different meals myself as they all like traditional meal. I think the hardest meal to plan will be breakfast. I don't like cream so maybe porridge isn't a good idea, but thank you all for the advice. My mum has been to the supermarket and bought me some Greek yogurts and some Green & Blacks chocolate for a treat, she is coming down tonight to sit with me for a couple of hours. She, like me, is finding the tought of eating full fat products, hard but I totally trust you all.

I find it quite difficult to not eat as I haven't much in my cupboards/fridge that is low in carbs. I wanted my son to go to the off-license last night to buy something to snack on, but I resisted, both for my sake and his. That is a big thing for me.

Also, I haven't had any breakfast as nothing in apart from porridge. I'm sure it will be easier next weel when I have done my low carb shopping.

My BG was 19 this morning so not going down as quickly as I would like
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Good afternoon Scottie,
" Going down!" Well done.
You were very strong in not sending you son to the shop. WELL DONE!
Planning ahead with your mum, what a good idea.

I buy Mini Babybel. ( Carbohydrates trace ) They are individually wrapped, bright red.
I use them as little treats for myself, I hide them in the back of the fridge, so husband can't see them. Lol How silly is that. :playful:
 
scottie1 said:
Haha, I don't mind how many replies I get, it's lovely to talk to people. Everybody is so helpful. You have no idea how much this is changing me, I'm sat researching with a big smile of my face.

No, my GP is not helpful at all, trying to change GPs.

I've asked for a perscription for some testing strips, we will see if I can get some. I know last time I asked for some (a few years ago) my GP said they were too expensive.
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I dont think your Dr will give you test strips .. We are mostley self funding for meters and strips .. I have the Codefree meter .. Strips are the cheapest and the meters not expensive either ! They can be purchased from Amazion or direct from homehealth at www.homehealth-uk.com ..there is a promo code for the strips 5 packs - 264086 .. Or 10 packs - 975833 the promo codes only work if ordering direct from Homehealth
There are other places to purchase diffrent brands of meters inc the shop at the diabetes.co.uk
 
Enclave said:
For my breakfast I find I am ok with a single slice of wholemeal bread toasted with a thickish layer of cheddar chease toasted on top ... You can go better than this with an omelette or ful fat yogurt and berrys ..best to test test and test in your early days ... Bs is diffrent for all of us.
Stay focused .. Don't loose the weight and lower the bs to fast .. Steady and focused .. You will make the odd mistake .. Don't let it change your confidence in your ability to change your life.
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Cheese on toast, yummy. I like cooked cheese but not cold so this sounds ideal.

My mum has also bought me some thinly sliced granary bread too, so that's breakfast tomorrow sorted, thank you. Can I add that sauce (don't know what it's called) but seen it advertised on TV?
 
millysue said:
Good afternoon Scottie,
" Going down!" Well done.
You were very strong in not sending you son to the shop. WELL DONE!
Planning ahead with your mum, what a good idea.

I buy Mini Babybel. ( Carbohydrates trace ) They are individually wrapped, bright red.
I use them as little treats for myself, I hide them in the back of the fridge, so husband can't see them. Lol How silly is that. :playful:
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Hello Milly

Yes, I am quite proud of the fact that I didn't send him.

I don't like cold cheese, but thank you for the idea. I shall have to find something small to snack on. I think a lot of its boredom; I shall have to get active. xx
 
scottie1 said:
Good afternoon.

I didn't sleep much last night, as my mind was busy thinking of my new lifestyle. I actually got up at 2.30am and phoned my hubby at work to tell him how excited I was.

Today I will be mostly meal-planning. And finding out the carb value of foods in order to do my shopping. I think I am still going to cook for my family, but have different meals myself as they all like traditional meal. I think the hardest meal to plan will be breakfast. I don't like cream so maybe porridge isn't a good idea, but thank you all for the advice. My mum has been to the supermarket and bought me some Greek yogurts and some Green & Blacks chocolate for a treat, she is coming down tonight to sit with me for a couple of hours. She, like me, is finding the tought of eating full fat products, hard but I totally trust you all.

I find it quite difficult to not eat as I haven't much in my cupboards/fridge that is low in carbs. I wanted my son to go to the off-license last night to buy something to snack on, but I resisted, both for my sake and his. That is a big thing for me.

Also, I haven't had any breakfast as nothing in apart from porridge. I'm sure it will be easier next weel when I have done my low carb shopping.

My BG was 19 this morning so not going down as quickly as I would like
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Good day scottie, remember ! Step by step , a good breakfast ...eggs any way you like ,bacon , sausages ,mushrooms , slice of fried bread! ( fat makes it slow absorb) ! Full fat greek yogurt with berries , i get the german rye bread from lidl its about 8 carbs per slice and doesn't spike me ! Hows hubby? Do you like lambs liver and fried onions? Thats another good one,( fried in olive oil or butter or coconut oil,) have a read on here lots of great food ideas . Keep us posted .::))
 
Lambs liver, been a while since I had it, I use to do it in a sauce made of neat high juice orange squash and Worcester sauce, going to have to do some research and see if I can do it again and make it so it doesn't spike me too much, Time to check labels and experiment.
 
Ruth B said:
Lambs liver, been a while since I had it, I use to do it in a sauce made of neat high juice orange squash and Worcester sauce, going to have to do some research and see if I can do it again and make it so it doesn't spike me too much, Time to check labels and experiment.
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Hi ruth b, i do ours egged and coated with almond flour gently fried in olive oil,absolutely scrummy with cauliflower " rice" .
 
I should remind Scottie that I am a vegetrain.. So cannot advise on eating meat .. Yes a good old fashioned fryed breakfast is a good way to start the day ...
Need more clues to the sauce ! But most pre cooked ready sauces have a high carb count .. Best look at the label before you make the purchase ..
 
Enclave said:
I should remind Scottie that I am a vegetrain.. So cannot advise on eating meat .. Yes a good old fashioned fryed breakfast is a good way to start the day ...
Need more clues to the sauce ! But most pre cooked ready sauces have a high carb count .. Best look at the label before you make the purchase ..
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No, it's something quite brown and you just sprinkle it on the cheese; its not a cooking sauce. Arrhh, what's it called. Seen it on an advert on TV. Never mind, I think I'll just stick with the cheese :)
 
Enclave said:
I should remind Scottie that I am a vegetrain.. So cannot advise on eating meat .. Yes a good old fashioned fryed breakfast is a good way to start the day ...
Need more clues to the sauce ! But most pre cooked ready sauces have a high carb count .. Best look at the label before you make the purchase ..
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Veggie, me too. Liver, big yuck.
 
Looking at the length of the thread we are all quite happy to answer your posts so I doubt anyone minds you posting so much.

Just found out that Asda do a no added sugar high juice orange squash at about 3g of carbs per 50ml neat squash, worked out from a normal serving and how many servings from 1 bottle (normal is about 25g of carbs for the same amount) so I know what I will be buying at the weekend, time to experiment again :)
 
Clivethedrive said:
Good day scottie, remember ! Step by step , a good breakfast ...eggs any way you like ,bacon , sausages ,mushrooms , slice of fried bread! ( fat makes it slow absorb) ! Full fat greek yogurt with berries , i get the german rye bread from lidl its about 8 carbs per slice and doesn't spike me ! Hows hubby? Do you like lambs liver and fried onions? Thats another good one,( fried in olive oil or butter or coconut oil,) have a read on here lots of great food ideas . Keep us posted .::))
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Clivethedrive. Yogurt has carbs in, so is it really ok to have. Even the Greek one does
 
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