Hi Chasey,How can you lower blood sugar and lose weight?
Will you stop? If we get any more in common I might think I'm having a conversation with myself here. (Got PCOS too.). You know, a meter is rather invaluable if you want to know how you're doing. Kinda flying blind without one. But, if needles are too big a thing to tackle, personally, I'd just play it safe and go for lchf, as much as you can manage. I'm following the Keto diet now, but it's not for everyone. Just see what lchf does in terms of weightloss, and your next HbA1c. I think with a few modifications to your menu you'll get ahead fast. White fish, baked in grassfed butter and some mayo would be perfect... Sheesh, now I'm getting hungry! The peas, beans and carrots are carby, so maybe dial those down a little? I use cauliflower rice as a rice/potato substitute... I'm guessing that's a useless idea though... Far as bread goes, maybe whoopsie bread is an option? (I can't due to the dairy in those, but that's not a problem for you!). Fruit is basically out, but most berries are fine in moderation. Strawberries with unsweetened/stevia cream could be a dietary staple...Ok. Still on the verge of tears here but you guys have been very sensible with your advice. To answer a few questions you have all asked
My reading to determine diabetes was 75 and I’m 124kg
I do have PCOS so have kinda known there was a possibility but still very shocked
I eat mostly white meat,white fish,raw carrots,marrow fat peas,eggs but have to be mixed up ie scrambled or omelette. No salad items. No cooked veg although have been known in the past to mix fine beans in with a mouthful of food but never on its own. Tried salmon but didn’t like it. Hate tuna,sardines etc. Do like my rice/pasta/ bread etc so this is gonna be bloody difficult.
Haven’t got a blood meter as 1, I hate needles and 2, it was never spoken about
I rarely drink alcohol and hate full sugar drinks
Love fruit but I know there’s sugar in them so I can’t eat many per day
On the whole I think my diet isn’t that bad but obviously my body says different lol
Will you stop? If we get any more in common I might think I'm having a conversation with myself here. (Got PCOS too.). You know, a meter is rather invaluable if you want to know how you're doing. Kinda flying blind without one. But, if needles are too big a thing to tackle, personally, I'd just play it safe and go for lchf, as much as you can manage. I'm following the Keto diet now, but it's not for everyone. Just see what lchf does in terms of weightloss, and your next HbA1c. I think with a few modifications to your menu you'll get ahead fast. White fish, baked in grassfed butter and some mayo would be perfect... Sheesh, now I'm getting hungry! The peas, beans and carrots are carby, so maybe dial those down a little? I use cauliflower rice as a rice/potato substitute... I'm guessing that's a useless idea though... Far as bread goes, maybe whoopsie bread is an option? (I can't due to the dairy in those, but that's not a problem for you!). Fruit is basically out, but most berries are fine in moderation. Strawberries with unsweetened/stevia cream could be a dietary staple...Full fat greek yoghurt with berries might be too? Like I said, Dietdoctor may have more suggestions that are okay... Just take it a day at a time, and try to decide for yourself what amount of carbs you want to aim for per day. It's easier to stick to it all, if you have a cut-off point. And hey, like many people here tend to say; diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint. If it takes you longer than 3 months to get your numbers and weight down, you have to discuss meds again.... Doesn't mean you will be on them for the rest of your life if you do start taking something. I was on metformin and gliclazide, besides statins. Once I got the diet sorted, it all went out the window.
There is a slow release metformin that might not have the effect the other kind had. (I still call that period Metformin Hell. That made me determined to make a diet/lifestyle chang work!). But I did okay on gliclazide... Just didn't need it anymore.Lol it’s not fun having PCOS and I think because I was told at 19 I had little to no chance of having a child naturally I’ve punished my body and myself mentally for not being a “real woman” so this feels like another thing my body has got wrong this for me is going to be a bigger mental challenge than anything else and I need to get my mind around things. I was prescribed metformin a long time ago to try and treat my PCOS but I had a god awful time with it and I do not want to go back on it now! Ok so more meat and cheese? I can do that lol and get a meter with a pen, shouldn’t be too hard I guess. One step at a time, I’ll try
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