Dear berrylover
I haven't chipped in before, because I've been sunning myself in Spain for a week.
However. what you write is typical of uncontrolled diabetes. Waking up fine. BG at your lower end. eating; taking an hour or so for digestion and the glucose to hit ; then the lead weights come down High BG.
What did you eat?
did you follow the "medical" advice?
Try OUR WAY
Have an egg for breakfast. If you feel the need to watch the fats( which you don't really need to)then boil or poach the egg. Otherwise have a great fry-up. Eggs, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms, a good quality sausage.Black pudding even. Get the kids to help cook it. NO toast or fried potatoes. No cereal.
Nothing there to put up BG in an hour. You'll have the energy to vacuum a whole house, walk the dog ( borrow one!) weed the garden. Have mid morning coffee with cream, no sugar,NO biscuits or cake. Go out do the shopping.
Light lunch, piece of cold meat, or cheese and a salad. Have a lovely afternoon. Meet the kids from school. Have a cup of tea together. They get ALL the cake. Homework and after school activities. go play in the park. join in the football.
Dinner Loads of veggies, some meat, or fish. Fresh fruit for dessert. Potatoes, ONLY for the kids.
You'll get used to it and find it's good for the kids too.
There are plenty of ways to keep on budget, which isn't easy these days. Canned meat and fish or frozen are often cheaper than fresh and just as nutritious. Watch the nutrition information for carbohydrates. you can probably eat a LITTLE, but positively NOthing with sugar.( If it says over 5 g per 100 g of food; be very careful with it.
If you don't buy snack foods( usually full of carbs) you can focus your shopping on the stuff you need. It may be a surprise, but New potates have fewer carbs than old ones.
The Collins little Gem Carb counter book, isn' expensive and full of all the info you need.
As to the medics, You have a RIGHT to measure your own BG whilst you are learning what to eat and what not to.
If they've decided you are a T2, then they'll try not to let you have a meter and test strips and they'll warn you off our advice.
Try it out. their advice WON'T make you feel better. OURS WILL
As to portions. Use your kitchen scales to weigh out what youare going to eat. remember what that looks like.
If you're any good at mental arithmetic you will soon know how many carbs you can handle without feeling ill.
Read everything you can get your hands on. If it starts with "Eat plenty of complex carbohydrates with every meal": bin it!
Look up low carb recipes on-line
Get the kids on-side. Explain that certain foods make MUM ill and get them to think of menus where they can have rice and pasta and potatoes and you will still have a delicious meal without.