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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
So i changed my diet around the start of October before I got my HbA1C results - which was 109. I've reduced carbs a lot, upped my protein, sugar comes from dark chocolate, banana chips, and dried cranberries which I eat with mixed seeds and nuts and quite sparingly, and from what carbs I do eat. I eat a lot of vegetables and salads, I try the hacks of eating meals in balance, adding lemon juice/vinegar to a meal, I put cinnamon in everything, always having a side salad etc.
I have started testing my blood sugars and this morning I started Metformin for the first time. I took my blood sugars before food when I got up and they were 13.1. Does this mean all of the changes I have made haven't impacted on my blood sugars or am I being impatient and need to give diet more time to possibly make a difference? Or were my sugars so high to begin with that 13.1 is them coming down??
I'm proud of myself and of how easily I have adapted to it all but I just want to know I'm on the right track. The visible signs of insulin resistance has reduced a lot which has kept me motivated but I was disheartened at the 13.1 bloods this morning. I think I was maybe expecting too much!
Urgh I think I just needed a rant of frustration! XD
Edit: For breakfast most mornings I have been eating 2 eggs scrambled with tomatoes, spinach, cheese, sometimes mushrooms, turmeric, cinnamon, chilli, garlic and quite often 2 slice wholemeal toast (I plan to cut this to 1 slice).
A regular meal can look like salad leaves with tomato, cucumber, maybe mozzarella or cottage cheese, and a protein source such as mackerel, turkey or chicken breast with lemon juice, balsamic, cinnamon and sometimes sumac. I enjoy cooking from scratch and that is often chicken or turkey - breast or mince - sometimes pork chop, with various vegetables, if there's a sauce it is home made without salt or sugar added.
I have started testing my blood sugars and this morning I started Metformin for the first time. I took my blood sugars before food when I got up and they were 13.1. Does this mean all of the changes I have made haven't impacted on my blood sugars or am I being impatient and need to give diet more time to possibly make a difference? Or were my sugars so high to begin with that 13.1 is them coming down??
I'm proud of myself and of how easily I have adapted to it all but I just want to know I'm on the right track. The visible signs of insulin resistance has reduced a lot which has kept me motivated but I was disheartened at the 13.1 bloods this morning. I think I was maybe expecting too much!
Urgh I think I just needed a rant of frustration! XD
Edit: For breakfast most mornings I have been eating 2 eggs scrambled with tomatoes, spinach, cheese, sometimes mushrooms, turmeric, cinnamon, chilli, garlic and quite often 2 slice wholemeal toast (I plan to cut this to 1 slice).
A regular meal can look like salad leaves with tomato, cucumber, maybe mozzarella or cottage cheese, and a protein source such as mackerel, turkey or chicken breast with lemon juice, balsamic, cinnamon and sometimes sumac. I enjoy cooking from scratch and that is often chicken or turkey - breast or mince - sometimes pork chop, with various vegetables, if there's a sauce it is home made without salt or sugar added.
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