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Food woes and general lostness

Planetarygo

Planetarygo

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Location
Stoke-on-Trent
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi there all now I know this is a bit of a wonky thread but I just want to be honest and hopefully either get a telling off or some people just being in the same boat as me. I have been type 2 now for about 4 years and suffer from really bad depression and not sure if this makes any difference but a vegetarian. Now I’ve been struggling recently with eating and an average day ends up me having 50/50 bread for sandwiches and most days I have potatoes in some form. I always have veg and I always have a bar of chocolate. My average blood sugars are between 4.5 and 8 a day they mostly rest at about 5-7 honestly am I going to end up with huge complications at this rate? I know it’s a bit pathetic but I’m at a bit of a loss at the moment. Any help, advise, general shaking up is much appreciated!
 
Hi there. I have had to take a grip of myself and simply cut out the necessary carbs to keep my blood sugar levels in check. It’s been tough to do but it gets results.
 
Planetarygo said:
Hi Listlad so do you have any carbs or is it limited amounts?
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Limited amounts. I aim for about 100grams a day, but because I don’t count I am not sure how many exactly but I suspect a bit less than 100. And that is a LOT less than the amount of carbs I was eating just over 2 months ago.
 
@Planetarygo If you do want to cut down on the carbs then there's a few recipes on this site here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/recipes/vegetarian that you could have a look at if you need inspiration! It'll help out a lot if you cut down, give you some better control and perhaps help out with other issues too. I really do hope things work out for you though, it's not pathetic at all. We have all been there at some point in time and depression has been a part of my life for a long time, just remember you're not alone! Take it slow and find your own pace.
 
Caeseji said:
@Planetarygo If you do want to cut down on the carbs then there's a few recipes on this site here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/recipes/vegetarian that you could have a look at if you need inspiration! It'll help out a lot if you cut down, give you some better control and perhaps help out with other issues too. I really do hope things work out for you though, it's not pathetic at all. We have all been there at some point in time and depression has been a part of my life for a long time, just remember you're not alone! Take it slow and find your own pace.
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Thank you so much for that there’s some lovely recipies on there :) I think it’s just trying to get my head round days where all i want is a bar of chocolate and a packet of crisps I was just curious if others still do that or it really is better to cut them all out
 
Planetarygo said:
Thank you so much for that there’s some lovely recipies on there :) I think it’s just trying to get my head round days where all i want is a bar of chocolate and a packet of crisps I was just curious if others still do that or it really is better to cut them all out
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I'll be honest it is better to cut it out and find alternatives, like 85% or above dark chocolate, melted in cream if you want some sweetness and as for crisps? Low carb veggies or cheese always works for those kinds of munchies. Spikes can hurt you a hell of a lot in the long run, wouldn't want that happening to you.
 
Right okay so the spikes when they go up and down is one of the things that does hurt a lot? (Sorry for being a bit dense lol)
 
Planetarygo said:
Right okay so the spikes when they go up and down is one of the things that does hurt a lot? (Sorry for being a bit dense lol)
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Yeah, both type 1 and type 2 the rollercoaster of blood sugars is what really causes the damage because your body never gets any downtime to rest and heal up. Not at all dense at all, got to ask these questions to find out the answers! You're doing your best and that is what counts.
 
Thank you for that :) I think that I just need to start to cut down chocolate for one it’s just so easy sometimes to help me feel better as I don’t smoke and I barely drink. I just don’t want to do more damage it’s just ****** hard ain’t it...

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Planetarygo said:
Thank you for that :) I think that I just need to start to cut down chocolate for one it’s just so easy sometimes to help me feel better as I don’t smoke and I barely drink. I just don’t want to do more damage it’s just ****** hard ain’t it...
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I agree. I have found it tough going. But once I got the gist of it I went for it.

You might have an advantage that I don’t have and that is that I am a crepe cook. :D

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Planetarygo said:
Thank you for that :) I think that I just need to start to cut down chocolate for one it’s just so easy sometimes to help me feel better as I don’t smoke and I barely drink. I just don’t want to do more damage it’s just ****** hard ain’t it...
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You're welcome and like what Listlad said it is tough going out there but take it slow and you'll get there. I recently got the shock of my life with my 114 at Christmas so I had to leap right into action. It's a balancing act and finding new ways to really escape like books, movies, games and so on but if it does get tough? Come to us here, you'll always find people willing to listen.

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:joyful:! Well I’m not much better! I do really need to find out what’s best for me I tend to eat a lot of quorn and then if I’m feeling pants I reach for a bit of milk chocolate I really am a bit pants at the moment with it all but the spikes damaging is very scary!
 
Caeseji said:
You're welcome and like what Listlad said it is tough going out there but take it slow and you'll get there. I recently got the shock of my life with my 114 at Christmas so I had to leap right into action. It's a balancing act and finding new ways to really escape like books, movies, games and so on but if it does get tough? Come to us here, you'll always find people willing to listen.
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Right that’s another thing I get confused about 114 what does that mean in like the 5.6, 9.8 scale? And it’s so true! I think my way was always comfort eating and that’s how I got here ☹️
 
Your numbers are not dreadful - I think, but when I was cutting back on carbs to get lower blood glucose, once I got under 8mmol/l after meals I stuck at 50gm as a maximum and saw my numbers go down further without doing anything different.
I think it is because I was eating low carb foods which softened the impact of the carbs. I don't eat anything which is over 10 percent carbs, other than chocolate and I always get the high cocoa ones.
I do not eat potato or bread, as they are so densely carby foods.
To change US units to UK ones, divide by 18.
 
Planetarygo said:
Right that’s another thing I get confused about 114 what does that mean in like the 5.6, 9.8 scale? And it’s so true! I think my way was always comfort eating and that’s how I got here ☹️
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It'd be an average of 17.4 over the past three months which is not good at all really. Something that I've been told though is that is not how you got here at all, there's plenty of people out there that do the same and are so much worse that never become diabetic, a lot of these is genetics and how broken the food industry is. We can only do our best to fix our bodies now and Resurgam has some amazing advice there, it's all about the things that become sugar in our blood. Don't put yourself down, it's all understandable and habits take time to change around along with blood sugars.
 
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Your numbers are not dreadful - I think, but when I was cutting back on carbs to get lower blood glucose, once I got under 8mmol/l after meals I stuck at 50gm as a maximum and saw my numbers go down further without doing anything different.
I think it is because I was eating low carb foods which softened the impact of the carbs. I don't eat anything which is over 10 percent carbs, other than chocolate and I always get the high cocoa ones.
I do not eat potato or bread, as they are so densely carby foods.
To change US units to UK ones, divide by 18.
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Thank you for that! So to start making little changes I might switch the creme egg for a high cocoa chocolate and cut right down on the potatoes (huge weakness of a picky vegetarian) I feel so much more positive already
 
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