Diabetic /Gluten free Apps

[GuidingSenses]

Does anyone use an app? I’m newly diagnosed and struggling with what I can eat as that salad I just ate didn’t fill me up!
Be great to search and scan a food as when out and about and restricted to what the cafe/restaurant offers is ok.

 

[myracat]

My Fitness Pal might help?

 

[DCUKMod]

Does anyone use an app? I’m newly diagnosed and struggling with what I can eat as that salad I just ate didn’t fill me up!
Be great to search and scan a food as when out and about and restricted to what the cafe/restaurant offers is ok.

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To be honest, I'm not a great user of apps. What sort of things do you like to eat?

When I was starting out, I just used to ask Dr Google for "low carb........" (whatever). Obviously, for me, that was before GF came to the equation, but I guess you're used to doing some substitutionss for that already.

Have a look at some of these websites:
ditchthecarbs.com (does lots and lots GF)
alldayidreamaboutfood.com
ibreatheimhungry.com
lowcarbyum.com
sugarfreemom.com

Sites like yummly.com and copymethat.com have member recipes and yummly in particular has a complex filter system, allowin you to filter for all sorts, including excluding glutenous grains, and so on.

 

[GuidingSenses]

Thankyou! I’m gluten free yes but did have gf carbs like gf pasta, gf pizza base gf chocolate rice cake and now I’m just having 2 small gf brown bread a day so I’m missing carbs!
I like apps and found the gf search brilliant but will look at the sites thanks again.

 

[DCUKMod]

Thankyou! I’m gluten free yes but did have gf carbs like gf pasta, gf pizza base gf chocolate rice cake and now I’m just having 2 small gf brown bread a day so I’m missing carbs!
I like apps and found the gf search brilliant but will look at the sites thanks again.

Annoyingly, it's those carbs that tend to boost our bloods up a bit too much, so I'm certainly not demonising them in any way, but we do need to be pretty carb-aware.

Are you testing your blood sugars at home?

 

[GuidingSenses]

Annoyingly, it's those carbs that tend to boost our bloods up a bit too much, so I'm certainly not demonising them in any way, but we do need to be pretty carb-aware.

Are you testing your blood sugars at home?

No I’ve just been put on metformin day 4 of being diagnosed and I have a 2nd appointment a week on Friday - no mention of testing bloods.

 

[DCUKMod]

No I’ve just been put on metformin day 4 of being diagnosed and I have a 2nd appointment a week on Friday - no mention of testing bloods.

GuidingSenses, you are quite unlikely to be prescribed a meter and test strips, but for me, testing made a massive differene to me.

I tested before eating, then two hours after to garner insight into what that food did to my bloods. If they went up too much, I needed to eat less of that foodstuff, or not eat it at all. It's all very well being told x,y or z is fine to eat, but out personal reactions are just that - personal to us.

With the feedback from my meter, then acting upon it, I dropped my HbA1c from 73 on diagnosis to 37 4 months later. My test was late, as I had been overseas the whole time. My results have go even a bit better since.

I'd urge you to think about home testing. It's really empowering.

 

[GuidingSenses]

I will and Thankyou! I think I’m still in denial as I had no symptoms and still feel ok.
You are an inspiration though!