After been diagnosed with HbA1c of 90 I have got it down to 40 for the last 9 months, but from an average finger test of 6 mmol/l it has now crept up to 7 which would put me in prediabetes range.
To be honest during winter months I have done little exercise and eaten not much but some foods I shouldn’t have .
I am getting totally fed up of not being able to just have a sandwich when I feel like one or a biscuit, and I am thinking I am 64 years old and don’t want to spend the last quarter of my life been miserable not been able to treat myself to something I fancy eating.
I don’t mean pasta or rice as I don’t like them, but a nice big cheese and pickle sandwich or a scone or even shepherds pie .
I know that if I eat more carbs it will push my levels up but how high can it go before it can cause serious health risks.
I have been eating about 60 to 80 carbs a day for the last 10 months which is moderately low carb diet but for the last 3 weeks I have been eating about 100 carbs a day and that is why my finger levels have increased, yesterday I had one medium size potato mashed with brazing steak and gravy it was lovely but 2 hours later my level was 8.7 .
I don’t intend going back to how I used to eat but I need to be able to have a sandwich now and again.
If for instance my HbA1c levelled out at 50 which would put me just in diabetic range would that cause long term health damage I need to eat normal foods now and again.
To be honest during winter months I have done little exercise and eaten not much but some foods I shouldn’t have .
I am getting totally fed up of not being able to just have a sandwich when I feel like one or a biscuit, and I am thinking I am 64 years old and don’t want to spend the last quarter of my life been miserable not been able to treat myself to something I fancy eating.
I don’t mean pasta or rice as I don’t like them, but a nice big cheese and pickle sandwich or a scone or even shepherds pie .
I know that if I eat more carbs it will push my levels up but how high can it go before it can cause serious health risks.
I have been eating about 60 to 80 carbs a day for the last 10 months which is moderately low carb diet but for the last 3 weeks I have been eating about 100 carbs a day and that is why my finger levels have increased, yesterday I had one medium size potato mashed with brazing steak and gravy it was lovely but 2 hours later my level was 8.7 .
I don’t intend going back to how I used to eat but I need to be able to have a sandwich now and again.
If for instance my HbA1c levelled out at 50 which would put me just in diabetic range would that cause long term health damage I need to eat normal foods now and again.