How often and what are we eating?

[theblokefromstoke]

]Hi all,

I am a 40 year old type 2 and been diagnosed for a month on 3 metformin per day. Eating now sort of dominates my life - I am still waiting to see a dietician to discuss things but have gained a lot of good information from this site. I have cut out carbs mostly as they dont suit me at all, my BG goes through the roof an my head hurts. My BG has dropped from around 18 to now reasonably steady around 6. I have learned that if i am doing some excercise or physical work i have to plan ahead and take extra food. I have to travel to work and have never been a breakfast person but now force myself - although its not straight away when i get up. My typical day is:-

06.00 get up, leave house for 2 hour drive to work at 06.30
09.00 eat 1 wheetabix with soya milk
11.00 eat another wheetabix with soya milk
13.00 eat lunch - either a small piece of fish or chicken with salad or veg
15.00 eat an orange
17.00 eat a small piece of fruit such as a plumb or pear before leaving work for drive home
19.00 eat dinner -usually fish or chicken - again!
21.00 snicky snacky snoo time - maybe a few hazlenuts, a little bit of cheese or similar.
23.00 ish bed

how does this compare with what everyone else is doing - am i eating too often or the wrong stuff? I have ordered the collins low carb little gem book of play.com and hope that will make things a bit clearer.

I'm finding it all a bit guess work and feel like the NHS have just diagnosed me and dumped me really. I need to lose some weight and it is coming off - very slowly at around 1lb per week, although quantity wise i am now only eating a fraction of what i used to eat.

Any help or support greatfully received

Carl

 

[Ardbeg]

Hi Carl,

6 or 7 weeks into my diagnosis I'm a lot more chilled now. 8)

Being a "blokey bloke" I cannot be bothered to measure out food, etc.

Breakfast is usually a slice or two of toast (Hovis), sometimes with scrambled egg (2 eggs whisked and microwaved).

I try and eat a grapefruit a day. When I say eat, I mean squeeze out the juice and drink it. Also like to squeeze lemon juice on my food.

Lunch these days is normally soup (Covent Garden kind in cartons like a pint of milk). Sometimes a sandwich or two - prawn mayonaise today for example

Dinner I vary between fish, red or white meat; with either salad or vegatable on the side.

When I snack it tends to be Ryvita, raw carrot (dipped in houmous, taramasalata or raita) sometimes wholemeal pittas instead of carrot, or nuts (mainly walnuts or almonds). Occassionaly cheese and sometimes peperami's or sliced salami.

When I first got my BG meter I was testing myself every other day, 4 or 5 times a day; now I'm not too bothered. I know what foods I can eat (more or less) which are ok for me and foods to avoid now as they spike my BG, so now only test myself once or twice a week. That may change of course depending upon my results when I see the diabetic nurse for the second time next month. :shock:

Regards alcohol, I now only drink red wine or whisky. Tonight I am enjoying a bottle of Campo Viejo Rioja. :wink:

No meds for me for now (diet only) but I do take both acai berry and benfotomaine supplements.

I must admit I'm losing weight slowly and steadily and feel much better now than I did before my diagnosis.

 

[Ardbeg]

Just taken a BG reading.

6.8, not bad after a plateful of mussels and a bottle of red wine, (hic).

The diabetic nurse set me a target of 7.0, so I'm keen to see what my a1c is next month. The first time they took it in January it was 11.2.

 

[Synonym]

Hi Carl.

What are your readings before and two hours after eating your weetabix?

Personally I cannot touch the stuff as it shoots my bg levels to the skies. :roll: You need to test to work it all out for yourself as we are all so different.

 

[John aka Wallycorker]

Hi Carl.

What are your readings before and two hours after eating your weetabix?

Personally I cannot touch the stuff as it shoots my bg levels to the skies. :roll: You need to test to work it all out for yourself as we are all so different.

Hi Carl,

I agree with Synonym about the Weetabix.

The key to success as far as I am concerned is to cut back on any starchy carbohydrate that you eat - e.g. cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta, rice etc. That usually leads to a big improvement in blood glucose levels - and quickly too.

Testing to see what different foods do to your blood glucose levels is a great idea too.

Best wishes - John