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barbra

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Location
essex
Type of diabetes
Treatment type
Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
would be interested to see a days menu from people with type 2 please. thanks
 
I'm on a tight budget so eat the same things every day:

Breakfast is an egg sandwich of one egg and two slices of Soya and Linseed bread = ~28g carbs

Lunch is an Asda Good and Balanced Ham and Boiled Egg salad with a squirt of salad cream= ~8g carbs

Evening meal is a chicken breast with ~60g leafy salad with a squirt of mayonnaise = ~2g carbs

Snacks are usually pork scratchings or tinned mackerel or a slice of ham and cheese.



It's a bit boring having the same thing everyday but I just look at food as medication.
 
Porridge for breakfast Or a spinach and orange smoothie

Cheese and ham sandwich and soup for lunch

Meat, veg and a baked potato for dinner.

No snacks
 
I'd also recommend the "what have you eaten today?" thread for a source of ideas.

I tend to eat a lot of the same foods as I did pre-diabetes but just completely avoid all the sugary and starchy foods. Previously I was eating a lot of what I would be anyway on a low carb higher fat diet, as I never held with all the low fat business, so it made it somewhat easier for me to start with.

Robbity
 
I'm a 58yo male, 72kg. Morning: 100g full greek yogurt, 50g creme fraiche, 15g Chia seeds, 30g nuts, 20g pomegranates, cup of tea. Cup of coffee in morning, double shot espresso. Lunch either home made soup, chicken/cauliflower/spinach or celery, cheese, nuts, gherkins, olives. Dinner, meat Chicken/pork/lamb/beef/fish with loads of greens, cabbage/broccoli/spinach/peas. Lots of water during the day and no snacks, once I start....
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Do you test regularly with a meter?
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I test all the time first thing in the morning, before and 2 hours after meals. Although not so much for meals I've tested several times. Pate and toast, full roast dinner and gateaux for Easter Dinner yesterday. 5.2 at 2 hours. Large quantities of white bread are the only thing that has me over 8 at two hours.

LCHF isn't the only way.
 
I usually have

B: Cheesey Veg Flax Muffin w/Cheese or Boiled Egg
S: Mandarin w/Mixed Nuts & Coffee w/Cream
L: Veggie Soup w/Smoked Salmon & Cucumber Lettuce Wraps
S: 1/2 Apple w/Nut Butter
D: Stir Fry Fish & Veggies w/Zuchinni Noodles
S: Greek Yogurt & Berries
 
During the week I have 2 tblespns of hot oat cereal with 1 tablspn of oat bran and a small amt of flax seed mixed with water and F/F milk and sweetened with Stevia or some bran flakes with hazelnuts and almonds and at w/ends or days off I usually have 2 slices of seeded sensations bread with 2 eggs either poached, scrambled or fried.
 
mikej1973 said:
I test all the time first thing in the morning, before and 2 hours after meals. Although not so much for meals I've tested several times. Pate and toast, full roast dinner and gateaux for Easter Dinner yesterday. 5.2 at 2 hours. Large quantities of white bread are the only thing that has me over 8 at two hours.

LCHF isn't the only way.
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i

I didn't say it was. Good luck with your way of eating. It wouldn't suit everyone.

@barbra I would certainly recommend regular testing to every newbie to gauge what suits them :)
 
Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs with a couple of cherry tomatoes,mushroom & spring onion, slice of ham.
Snack Babybel cheese
Lunch - tinned fish, salad with red cabbage, celery, spring onion, tomato, lettuce
Pumpkin seeds if hungry in afternoon
Evening meal: chicken curry with lentils, onions, tomato, pepper, small amount of rice (often with veg cooked in to make it seem a bigger helping than it really is), broccoli, cauliflower
 
mikej1973 said:
I test all the time first thing in the morning, before and 2 hours after meals. Although not so much for meals I've tested several times. Pate and toast, full roast dinner and gateaux for Easter Dinner yesterday. 5.2 at 2 hours. Large quantities of white bread are the only thing that has me over 8 at two hours.

LCHF isn't the only way.
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It does work for me. White bread does send me through the roof, so I would be interested to hear how you manage yours, cheers Hj.
 
Brunneria said:
Of course it isn't.

But it might be helpful if you explain what measures you take to control your BG while eating the menu you described.
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No medication. I have lost about 2.5 stone in weight. HBA1C down from 60 to 41 in 6 weeks. I tend to stay away from old school sugary things like sweets and cake (apart from easter!). But I have. if anything, a slightly carb heavy diet. When I've occasionally eaten sweet treats BS has been fine. Including a 4.9 2hrs post OGTT. As a feaster I also work on my portion control. Although I sometimes slip, it still doesn't send my BS too high, but it does stay higher for longer.

As I've said before. If LCHF becomes the only way to control BS then I'll do it. I did the Atkins diet a decade ago, and put all the weight back on. For me it became an obsession and too inflexible. That's about my personality, not the diet. the 5:2 diet gives me the flexibility I need with the same results.
 
That's brilliant.

Sounds like you may have dipped below your personal fat threshold.
I wonder you have 'reversed' your diabetes?
In which case you may never need to do anything other than portion control and preventing weight regain.
:)
But then you know that.

Intermittent fasting is also building a good reputation.
There's a guy at work who has managed to avoid a type 2 diagnosis through weight loss and the 5:2,
But sadly he seems to be putting it back on. He's extremely gluten intolerant, and lives on white rice, which makes it tricky. And both parents are diabetic, so the genes are weighted, as it were...

Anyway, sorry @barbra , didn't mean to derail your thread!
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
i

I didn't say it was. Good luck with your way of eating. It wouldn't suit everyone.

@barbra I would certainly recommend regular testing to every newbie to gauge what suits them :)
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oh i test all the time. just starting foxiga and eagerly waiting good results!
 
barbra said:
oh i test all the time. just starting foxiga and eagerly waiting good results!
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well, only on the new meds for two days and already seeing my levels going down.
 
Mostly I follow as below; but a very few times I do go off track.

breakfast 6am: boiled red beans, 2 hard boiled egg whites + 1 glass of fresh lemon juice
9am: hot coffee with milk, sugar @work
lunch 12noon: one medium grilled or steamed potato, one bowl of steamed green beans seasoned with spices, one small cup yogurt
3pm: hot coffee with milk, sugar @work, roasted peanuts
dinner: veg salad topped with almonds, cheese, olive oil
 
Brunneria said:
That's brilliant.

Sounds like you may have dipped below your personal fat threshold.
I wonder you have 'reversed' your diabetes?
In which case you may never need to do anything other than portion control and preventing weight regain.
:)
But then you know that.




Can you tell me more about 'your personal fat threshold?'

I have reversed my diabetes but I didn't know that I no longer need to do anything aside from portion control and preventing weight gain.
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