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<blockquote data-quote="Maloney2" data-source="post: 2306105" data-attributes="member: 530270"><p>I feel newly diagnosed but its been 3 years. I can't believe it. This is not an easy disease to deal with by any measure. I really am finding out that CARBS are the worst thing for me. Not sweets. Not fruit. CARBS. I have started to notice that my numbers drop when I eat very little carbs. Then say I have toast and boing! It goes up into the 300's -sorry not sure what that is in Europe- I think you need to start testing to your meter. Basically you get up in the morning and test your blood before eating breakfast. After breakfast wait about 2-3 hrs test again. Take notes where are you at after eating. What happens if you eat pancakes vs. omelet? Then test before lunch. Then 2-3 hrs after lunch. Same with dinner. And a midnight snack...if you snack. Keeping a food log with your numbers. Soon you will see a pattern. Do this for a few weeks. So don't change what you are eating yet, find out where you are with THIS DIET YOU ARE EATING. Then next month after you have done some research start changing your diet. I think you will find that toast, sandwiches, rice, pasta, potatoes will jack your numbers. If they do, guess what? You have to stop eating them. Even fruit can be your enemy. Berries are the best for me. But small quantity like half a cup or less. Check out the keto diet. It's basically a diet with very low carb foods. I think you commit to keto and you will see the weight peel off. Try doing simple exercises. Like lift weights with a milk jug. Lean against a chair and do leg lifts. Simple sometimes is what we need. Try not to panic. That raises your blood sugar...yeah...the gift that keeps giving is diabetes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maloney2, post: 2306105, member: 530270"] I feel newly diagnosed but its been 3 years. I can't believe it. This is not an easy disease to deal with by any measure. I really am finding out that CARBS are the worst thing for me. Not sweets. Not fruit. CARBS. I have started to notice that my numbers drop when I eat very little carbs. Then say I have toast and boing! It goes up into the 300's -sorry not sure what that is in Europe- I think you need to start testing to your meter. Basically you get up in the morning and test your blood before eating breakfast. After breakfast wait about 2-3 hrs test again. Take notes where are you at after eating. What happens if you eat pancakes vs. omelet? Then test before lunch. Then 2-3 hrs after lunch. Same with dinner. And a midnight snack...if you snack. Keeping a food log with your numbers. Soon you will see a pattern. Do this for a few weeks. So don't change what you are eating yet, find out where you are with THIS DIET YOU ARE EATING. Then next month after you have done some research start changing your diet. I think you will find that toast, sandwiches, rice, pasta, potatoes will jack your numbers. If they do, guess what? You have to stop eating them. Even fruit can be your enemy. Berries are the best for me. But small quantity like half a cup or less. Check out the keto diet. It's basically a diet with very low carb foods. I think you commit to keto and you will see the weight peel off. Try doing simple exercises. Like lift weights with a milk jug. Lean against a chair and do leg lifts. Simple sometimes is what we need. Try not to panic. That raises your blood sugar...yeah...the gift that keeps giving is diabetes. [/QUOTE]
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