jennyleach
Member
- Messages
- 10
- Location
- Cheshire
- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Insulin
- Dislikes
- All processed foods, rice, pasta and potatoes
Sunshine_Kisses said:Hey Claire, if you read my new sugar and readings thread you'll see that maybe me and dairy are starting to make friends?! Will defo keep experimenting! :-D
Diagnosed Type 2, 22nd Feb 2013
Hba1c 7.5
Three month trial of managing through diet & exercise.
Low carb, pescatarian
Trying various supplements!
jennyleach said:I started a low carb diet re fed up with feeding my insulin and not feeding my body...guided by some of the comments made on this post and also reading a book by Zoe Harcourt called "why do I overeat" and although I have not followed her book to the letter I have one carb meal a day usually 40 grm porridge oats and 2 protein meals usually made up from fish and chicken and lots of veg and fruits and my blood sugars have dropped from mainly 11-12 to 5-7.5 and my insulin intake of novamix 24 in the morning and 34 in the evening have dropped to 18 in the morning and 18 in the evening! I also joined myfitnessplan online which helps enormously with how many calories, carbs and proteins I am eating.....and as an extra bonus I have lost 12lbs in 4 weeks!......and to say that I have more energy and sparkle is an understatement.....I wish I had done this when I was first diagnosed 8 yrs ago and certainly not listened to some of the rubbish about eating lots of carbs etc. Instead of churning carbs down my neck to keep up with the intake of insulin I am now enjoying tasty and filling carb free meals. I cannot wait for my next Hb1!
Claire87 said:I got my first diagnosis last week. The nurse had my prescription of insulin ready for me when I got there. Then she weighed me and heard about my diet and checked my blood sugar, and proceeded to tear up the prescription. I've been given 3 months unmedicated to see what I can do with my diet. I think that's a good sign
LittleWolf said:I think 'lo carb' varies from person to person depending on how they always ate, their individual carb sensitivity, how much they eat overall (if you work out percentages) etc etc
There's a lot of debate over low carbing here. Perhaps because everyone is actually doing something different? Some people SUPER low carb and some people think it's counterproductive
LittleWolf said:I think 'lo carb' varies from person to person depending on how they always ate, their individual carb sensitivity, how much they eat overall (if you work out percentages) etc etc
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