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Hi all I've had my first appointment with the diabetes nurse today. It went well and she was really nice and spent a lot of time with me, about 35 mins I with her so didn't feel at all rushed.
She has referred me for a test on my eyes (I can't remember the name) to check the vessels and to do the Xpert course for type 2s. I was also offered free gym membership but declined at the moment as I've not had great experiences in the gym previously (the last time I went I was actually laughed at by ADULTS standing outside) and I do already exercise very regularly, albeit mild, walking my dog so I'll focus on the diet and losing weight before braving a gym again!
The nurse went through a handy book showing me the carb values and portions of certain foods, such has how high grapes are compared to something like blueberries etc and told me to try to eat 40-50g of carbs per meal. I've not had chance to look into what that means size wise so not sure if that's a lot or not as it sounds a lot!
The question I forgot to ask about carbs though is when I'm looking at a food packet, what figure am I actually looking at? Total carbs or the 'of which sugars' number? I've been trying to be more aware and make better choices so was going along with the traffic lights on food packets when I could looking for green for sugars but I've noticed some actually show quite a high total carb but low sugar values so I'm a bit confused as to what I need to be looking at. For example, total carbs 16g of which sugars 0.5g
Sorry if I sound totally stupid but I've spent my whole life purely looking at fat and calories and have no idea about counting carbs
She has referred me for a test on my eyes (I can't remember the name) to check the vessels and to do the Xpert course for type 2s. I was also offered free gym membership but declined at the moment as I've not had great experiences in the gym previously (the last time I went I was actually laughed at by ADULTS standing outside) and I do already exercise very regularly, albeit mild, walking my dog so I'll focus on the diet and losing weight before braving a gym again!
The nurse went through a handy book showing me the carb values and portions of certain foods, such has how high grapes are compared to something like blueberries etc and told me to try to eat 40-50g of carbs per meal. I've not had chance to look into what that means size wise so not sure if that's a lot or not as it sounds a lot!
The question I forgot to ask about carbs though is when I'm looking at a food packet, what figure am I actually looking at? Total carbs or the 'of which sugars' number? I've been trying to be more aware and make better choices so was going along with the traffic lights on food packets when I could looking for green for sugars but I've noticed some actually show quite a high total carb but low sugar values so I'm a bit confused as to what I need to be looking at. For example, total carbs 16g of which sugars 0.5g
Sorry if I sound totally stupid but I've spent my whole life purely looking at fat and calories and have no idea about counting carbs