Feeling frustrated!

[Terryrhino]

There's no reason to go hungry if you cut your carbs. Just shift the proportions of the foods you are eating around.

If you are reducing carbs (white or brown), you need to increase vegetables to compensate.
so if you are cooking for your family, just put more veg on your plate to replace the carbs you put on their plates

Veg can be a bit boring if it is just steamed or boiled, so you can jazz it up with butter, grated cheese, garlic, herbs, spices, fried onion, even mayo. That way you are adding calories as well as fibre, nutrition and making your stomach satisfied.

I bet if you start doing that, the rest of the family will start going 'oooh! what are you having? can I try that?'

(last night we had a stir fry of mince, cabbage, peppers and courgettes, with blue cheese and cream stirred in. No carbs at all. - any cheese would do if you don't like blue - and I caught Mr B helping himself to leftovers at 11pm. he wasn't hungry. he just liked it so much, he wanted to 'tidy the leftovers away'... hahaha)

And we know that that meal is called don't we @Brunneria ha ha ha I'm making it today i can't wait

 

[spendercat]

I don't think you need to worry about the cold feet Danjess, the weather has been cold.
Your readings sound pretty normal for someone who isn't taking drugs and is learning to control their levels.
You should test 2 hours after eating, (the one hour spike is bound to be highest), and ideally it should be below 7.8.
Your fasting BG first thing in the morning will give you a good idea of how good your overall control is. Again, below 7.8 is best.
Don't forget if you are checking how a specific meal affects you, test before as well as two hours after.
Don't feel too harassed, you have this condition for the rest of your life, you can take your time learning how to control it, and you will make mistakes along the way.
By the way, apparently the body is not affected by even very high spikes that last less than 15 minutes. Normal people get them!