Ok, so I am a very obese guy, weight has fluctated between 20-23 stone for about 8 years due to mental health issues, 5 years ago I changed from sugary soft drinks to diet (but have the occasional treat day) but blood sugar was always fine until the lockdown, I put on 4 stone or so in part as I ate more take out, ate chocolate/sweets at least once a day.
I felt rough around September and had a blood test, and another in November.
I was told the first came back as 6.4 and 6.7 and if it gets higher than 7 it will be classed as diabetes.
Also I forgot to mention I bulk bought sweets for the month and went through about 1kg of them per week and that was around same time as my tests so may of made them higher.
Anyway I did good for first few weeks until Christmas, and whilst I have cut back I still have sweet things, but in smaller amounts but panicking, rather than a big bag of sweets, maybe I will have nothing for 2 or 3 days then something like a bag of Haribo, then next day a king sized Mars bar. Much less than I was and my cravings have gone down.
There was one occasion last week though which is more a dip, I didn't eat anything from about midnight to 6pm next day and was in supermarket, I started shaking and feeling weak and literally just saw the sweet things on shelf and my brain was saying "just grab something sugary" Luckily I had been to another shop so went into my bag and had a small drink and slice of chicken and within 10 minutes I was fine.
I have had that problem for many years though, even when I was about 17 stone, and normally in winter months far more.
How can I keep an eye on my blood sugar bar eating nothing but the best foods (I mostly eat butchers meat) should I be panicking at the numbers I was given?
I felt rough around September and had a blood test, and another in November.
I was told the first came back as 6.4 and 6.7 and if it gets higher than 7 it will be classed as diabetes.
Also I forgot to mention I bulk bought sweets for the month and went through about 1kg of them per week and that was around same time as my tests so may of made them higher.
Anyway I did good for first few weeks until Christmas, and whilst I have cut back I still have sweet things, but in smaller amounts but panicking, rather than a big bag of sweets, maybe I will have nothing for 2 or 3 days then something like a bag of Haribo, then next day a king sized Mars bar. Much less than I was and my cravings have gone down.
There was one occasion last week though which is more a dip, I didn't eat anything from about midnight to 6pm next day and was in supermarket, I started shaking and feeling weak and literally just saw the sweet things on shelf and my brain was saying "just grab something sugary" Luckily I had been to another shop so went into my bag and had a small drink and slice of chicken and within 10 minutes I was fine.
I have had that problem for many years though, even when I was about 17 stone, and normally in winter months far more.
How can I keep an eye on my blood sugar bar eating nothing but the best foods (I mostly eat butchers meat) should I be panicking at the numbers I was given?