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Type 2 My levels after dinner

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carol43

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Location
South Nottinghamshire
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Tonight I had for dinner - sea bass with garlic butter, large mushroom with butter, cauliflower & cabbage cheese, a few blueberries with double dream. Level before 5.1, at 1 hour 7.7, at two hours 7.9, at 3 hours 6.7. Why did it go so high and take a long time to reduce. Last HbA1c was 41.
 
I find if my vegetable portion size is too big, then that takes me a while to process , you mention three types of vegetables plus the blueberries - how many grams of vegetable did it add to? for example a large mushroom could be anything from 30-300g if its a portobello I find it really easy to stick 300 g of cauliflower on my plate and I know that's far too much now. I try to stick to my main veg being 100g max, and any supporting ones up to around 50g each - my black currant portion would have been 20g which is about 10 of them . How does that compare?
Also how did you thicken the cauliflower cheese ?
 
Not saying you used this .. but did you know pre grated packs of cheese have a higher carb content because the cheese is dusted with flour to stop it from clumping together .. What did you make your cheese sauce with ..
 
The cheese was grated by me and just sprinkled over the top then grilled. The mushroom was just an ordinary one about 70g in weight. I have never measured the weight of my vegetables before just thought that veggies were OK
 
It might be worthwhile getting cronometer - a free programme, and some kitchen scales and weighing things for a bit, I find that all of blood sugars take longer to recover from a meal if I am not actually operating on a significant calorie deficit as well as a low carb regime. I assume that changes once excess weight is lost ( I hope !)
 
carol43 said:
I have lost over 4 stone, now weight 8st 13lbs, in size 10 clothes, HbA1c at 41so I must be doing something right.
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Your numbers are good well within the guidelines so don't worry
About it your doing well
 
I certainly need to watch my veggie and protein grams as well as the SIZE of the meal. The Bernstein Solution book taught me that. I tend to eat smaller low carb, moderate protein and higher healthy fats.
I also need the fats to slow the carb and protein spike. Avocado works magically for me to keep things low and slow and fill me up. Otherwise I'm just hungry
 
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