Hi I am new to this all earlier this month I was diagnosed with diabetes. My fasting blood sugar level was 6.7. I do believe that with the right diet and exercise I will be able to reduce that figure.
For over 2 week I have managed have5 or 6 small meals a day and my 2 hour after a meal was 3.1 and 3.6 (after various meals). Today I was not feeling all that great so I only managed to have 3 small meals and I included a small piece of Avocado & 1 medium potatoes… 2 hours later when I tested my sugar it was 7.6….. I then did some exercise and it came down to 5.2….
My partner has been amazing and is eating the same as I do and has been very supportive. We have both lost centimetres and about a kilogram. We eat loads of beans, pulses and veg. only thing we have really cut out of our diet is cookies, ice creams, white bread and POTATOES we love potatoes. He is 100% vegetarian and I eat mostly white meats. We do not cook in oils and eats loads of seeds -pumpkin, flax and sesame.
We make loads of stews and use filler veg in a stew i.e. marrow, eggplant, green beans, green peppers, red peppers and all the meat I eat is lean and chicken has no skin. All our beans, pulses and veg are raw and not cooked till they are soggy. We also eat loads of herbs (garlic) & seeds such as pumpkin, sesame, linseed, sunflower - I add it into any stew / food I am making.
We have 3 portions of fruit salad & seeds and low fat yogurt a day. All our fruit is fresh - guava, apple, pear, orange, peach and what ever else is available.
Are we on the right track???
Is Avocados a fruit to be avoided or is it that I missed 3 small meals?
I hope to hear from you soon
Lenny
For over 2 week I have managed have5 or 6 small meals a day and my 2 hour after a meal was 3.1 and 3.6 (after various meals). Today I was not feeling all that great so I only managed to have 3 small meals and I included a small piece of Avocado & 1 medium potatoes… 2 hours later when I tested my sugar it was 7.6….. I then did some exercise and it came down to 5.2….
My partner has been amazing and is eating the same as I do and has been very supportive. We have both lost centimetres and about a kilogram. We eat loads of beans, pulses and veg. only thing we have really cut out of our diet is cookies, ice creams, white bread and POTATOES we love potatoes. He is 100% vegetarian and I eat mostly white meats. We do not cook in oils and eats loads of seeds -pumpkin, flax and sesame.
We make loads of stews and use filler veg in a stew i.e. marrow, eggplant, green beans, green peppers, red peppers and all the meat I eat is lean and chicken has no skin. All our beans, pulses and veg are raw and not cooked till they are soggy. We also eat loads of herbs (garlic) & seeds such as pumpkin, sesame, linseed, sunflower - I add it into any stew / food I am making.
We have 3 portions of fruit salad & seeds and low fat yogurt a day. All our fruit is fresh - guava, apple, pear, orange, peach and what ever else is available.
Are we on the right track???
Is Avocados a fruit to be avoided or is it that I missed 3 small meals?
I hope to hear from you soon
Lenny