Good stuff Beryl. The rise in the morning is called dawn phenomenon, and happens to most of us. My suggestion would be to forget the fasting bg, and concentrate on two hours after meals. Personally, I would check after lunch and dinner, rather than breakfast - but that's just me
I would not skip with insulin until you blood sugar readings are starting show sign of coming down with the diet.....or you could take little amount just before eating your low carb meal...test your blood sugars hour after and if it still too high...give yourself another little adjusting injection. Eventually when you blood levels start responding to your diet..you can then drop off from those adjusting injection...and hopefully even more!well got to start somewhere - just done BG and 19.9 - not feeling good - so lunch steak and salad - cheese soufflé with more salad - did not take insulin thought carbs free meal - maybe fooling myself - need ot get into habit of being sure there is no carbs - looking forward to getting better control - ekundayo
Well done on your HbA1c..and commitment to low carbing.Wow @berylc just as a heads up, 10 weeks on LCHF saw my HbA1c drop from 9.9 to 6.7 - keep going for a few weeks and you'll see a change I'm sure
I made the same mistake more than once! I have since learnt there is no food that is carb free.... 100g of lettuce has 2.9g of carbs in it (just checked on internet) Im a type 1 and even meat spikes my blood sugars after 1.5 hours so I take a little insulin after my meal in an attempt to have consistent bgs. I weigh my food and calc the carbs (theres a weighing scale I bought in asda which is programmed to state carb, protein, fat, cholesterol etc in food being weighed)... sounds like a lovely lunch and low carb.well got to start somewhere - just done BG and 19.9 - not feeling good - so lunch steak and salad - cheese soufflé with more salad - did not take insulin thought carbs free meal - maybe fooling myself - need ot get into habit of being sure there is no carbs - looking forward to getting better control - ekundayo
thank you ++ for this encouragement. or should I say ridding me of my delusions re food. It's my birthday on 1st April and I intend to go shopping for two things - make up and shop using my revised food items list which includes some 80% chocolate from Lidl !. Have bought book Carbs & Calories as I neeed to get serious.I made the same mistake more than once! I have since learnt there is no food that is carb free.... 100g of lettuce has 2.9g of carbs in it (just checked on internet) Im a type 1 and even meat spikes my blood sugars after 1.5 hours so I take a little insulin after my meal in an attempt to have consistent bgs. I weigh my food and calc the carbs (theres a weighing scale I bought in asda which is programmed to state carb, protein, fat, cholesterol etc in food being weighed)... sounds like a lovely lunch and low carb.
this is very helpful indeed small steps and recording - how do you keep a record - using a record book now but would prefer softwareI would not skip with insulin until you blood sugar readings are starting show sign of coming down with the diet.....or you could take little amount just before eating your low carb meal...test your blood sugars hour after and if it still too high...give yourself another little adjusting injection. Eventually when you blood levels start responding to your diet..you can then drop off from those adjusting injection...and hopefully even more!
Getting rid of need of insulin injections you need to do it safely and it involved lot of blood testing and small little adjustments here and there.
Ya m8 same I credit people on the low low!! carb diet,I'm around the 100 to 150 a day and would find it very difficult to lower that
May your birthday be lovely! I started with Carbs and Cals too! It really helped me. Then I borrowed a book from the library , by Bernstein 'Diabetes Solution' I never knew fried mushrooms had carbs in them! Its just one day at a time and celebrate each success.... I stress at numbers on my bg monitor... the load them onto the computer and appreciate that overall I scan track small improvement, keep strong and have a fab birthdaythank you ++ for this encouragement. or should I say ridding me of my delusions re food. It's my birthday on 1st April and I intend to go shopping for two things - make up and shop using my revised food items list which includes some 80% chocolate from Lidl !. Have bought book Carbs & Calories as I need to get serious.
I keep food diary...where I record time and results of blood tests, weighing, blood pressure readings, what've eaten and when...I can mark up my carbohydrate calculations, medication taken, how I feel, what I've done that might have caused changes in my blood sugars....about anything and everything. To me writing down just numbers is not enough, they don't tell whole story and if I need to question dr/nurse about something...I won't remember it from looking at just numbers. I have to say I have particularly bad track record keeping any kind of diary in past....but now when I'm doing it so thoroughly...it has been real encouragement this time round as I can see whole picture building up on front of me. I also put down any thoughts and plans that I might results needing to tweak something in my diet/medication.this is very helpful indeed small steps and recording - how do you keep a record - using a record book now but would prefer software
Hello ekundayo,just wondering how long you had been taking insulin?thank you ++ for this encouragement. or should I say ridding me of my delusions re food. It's my birthday on 1st April and I intend to go shopping for two things - make up and shop using my revised food items list which includes some 80% chocolate from Lidl !. Have bought book Carbs & Calories as I neeed to get serious.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?