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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Since I started on glicklazide 5 weeks ago I've gained 5lbs - that doesn't please me! The upside is that my BGs are so much better.
Last week I was very careful with the carbs I eat, not counting just cutting out the obvious stuff but still put on a pound. This week I decided I wanted to shed the extra pounds so starting this morning I've been counting the carbs aiming for around 60 a day.
My BGs and carbs intake today has been;-
0700 7.1
0730 Took 80mg Glicklazide
0800 Breakfast 1 slice burgen with scrape butter (Usual brekkie)
1045 BG 7.6
1300 BG 6.1
1330 Lunch 2 lamb burgers with 2 slices burgen
40 gram carbs so far leaving me 20 for dinner and supper.
1830 arrived home feeling the start of a hypo - BG 3.5
Had 4 lucozade sweets & then dinner (Fish, no breadcrumbs, dipped in egg and fried)
Was still feeling shaky so had a kiwi fruit for desert
1930 BG 6.6
2100 7.5
I was meant to take another glicklazide before dinner but gave it a miss the but had it at 1930.
I'm thinking maybe I should have missed it altogether?
Did I have too few carbs or did I cut the carbs too quickly?
Confused here, I want to cut carbs to control BGs & lose the extra pounds but certainly don't want another hypo.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers, John
Last week I was very careful with the carbs I eat, not counting just cutting out the obvious stuff but still put on a pound. This week I decided I wanted to shed the extra pounds so starting this morning I've been counting the carbs aiming for around 60 a day.
My BGs and carbs intake today has been;-
0700 7.1
0730 Took 80mg Glicklazide
0800 Breakfast 1 slice burgen with scrape butter (Usual brekkie)
1045 BG 7.6
1300 BG 6.1
1330 Lunch 2 lamb burgers with 2 slices burgen
40 gram carbs so far leaving me 20 for dinner and supper.
1830 arrived home feeling the start of a hypo - BG 3.5
Had 4 lucozade sweets & then dinner (Fish, no breadcrumbs, dipped in egg and fried)
Was still feeling shaky so had a kiwi fruit for desert
1930 BG 6.6
2100 7.5
I was meant to take another glicklazide before dinner but gave it a miss the but had it at 1930.
I'm thinking maybe I should have missed it altogether?
Did I have too few carbs or did I cut the carbs too quickly?
Confused here, I want to cut carbs to control BGs & lose the extra pounds but certainly don't want another hypo.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers, John