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<blockquote data-quote="MrsA2" data-source="post: 2274635" data-attributes="member: 521715"><p>Hi Again [USER=525072]@toddy35[/USER] </p><p>I'm only about 4 months ahead of you but what I wish I had known....loads!</p><p>re testing its your choice</p><p>a)You (unless bg levels are already through the roof) can just eat as you did before diagnosis for a couple of weeks but testing , that will show you how you do react to carbs and give you a baseline</p><p>b)Or you can go cold turkey straight into very low carb and/or keto then once levels are down, start reintroducing carbs to see effect</p><p>c)Or you can take any approach anywhere along the path between these 2. I've ended up on this third path.</p><p>I wish I knew what carbs were doing to me, but I had gone onto FAST 800 for 2 months and lost a stone before diagnosis so my last carb eating as a norm was before Christmas.</p><p>Since diagnosis I have been mainly low carb with exceptions like when neighbour baked biscuits and for my birthday and for VE celebrations. so I now know a few of the things that may spike me, and am learning daily. There are a lot of variables in this whole malarkey and it does still daunt me at times. But then i have to remind myself that because of my monitor and my testing I now know what I can eat safely and once my levels are even lower I will start trying a few more carbs just to see.,</p><p>Although the amount of testing seems a lot it will decrease over time. I am currently trying 2 meals a day 2MAD which uses only 5 strips maximum, waking, and before and after lunch and dinner. If I am eating a meal I now know doesn't affect me (eg a lunch of salad cheese eggs or nuts), then I don't test so my average is only about 3-4 tests a day. Early days I was testing 7 or more times. I do test if I am trying something I haven't tested before, or if I feel i may have had too much of something</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps, please dont thnk you have to do it all at once. There is far too much to learn and try</p><p>KR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsA2, post: 2274635, member: 521715"] Hi Again [USER=525072]@toddy35[/USER] I'm only about 4 months ahead of you but what I wish I had known....loads! re testing its your choice a)You (unless bg levels are already through the roof) can just eat as you did before diagnosis for a couple of weeks but testing , that will show you how you do react to carbs and give you a baseline b)Or you can go cold turkey straight into very low carb and/or keto then once levels are down, start reintroducing carbs to see effect c)Or you can take any approach anywhere along the path between these 2. I've ended up on this third path. I wish I knew what carbs were doing to me, but I had gone onto FAST 800 for 2 months and lost a stone before diagnosis so my last carb eating as a norm was before Christmas. Since diagnosis I have been mainly low carb with exceptions like when neighbour baked biscuits and for my birthday and for VE celebrations. so I now know a few of the things that may spike me, and am learning daily. There are a lot of variables in this whole malarkey and it does still daunt me at times. But then i have to remind myself that because of my monitor and my testing I now know what I can eat safely and once my levels are even lower I will start trying a few more carbs just to see., Although the amount of testing seems a lot it will decrease over time. I am currently trying 2 meals a day 2MAD which uses only 5 strips maximum, waking, and before and after lunch and dinner. If I am eating a meal I now know doesn't affect me (eg a lunch of salad cheese eggs or nuts), then I don't test so my average is only about 3-4 tests a day. Early days I was testing 7 or more times. I do test if I am trying something I haven't tested before, or if I feel i may have had too much of something Hope this helps, please dont thnk you have to do it all at once. There is far too much to learn and try KR [/QUOTE]
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