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<blockquote data-quote="shelley262" data-source="post: 1751134" data-attributes="member: 455169"><p>[USER=472005]@waterfall2[/USER] welcome you’ve clearly come a long way on the learning curve already - and yes there’s a lot of information to take on board especially the fact that much of the info differs and in addition each of us is unique with different circumstances, body size, diets, likes and dislikes etc!</p><p>You’ve had some good advice so far so I’ll just point out a couple of things from your post that are red flags in terms of things I believe you need to work on turning round to get your numbers down.</p><p>Consumption of fruit is a big problem I used to drink fruit juice and eat fruit and now restrict to a few berries occasionally as a treat with double cream as I have major spikes with nature’s candy. Many vegetables too affect me check out <a href="http://www.dietdoctor.com" target="_blank">www.dietdoctor.com</a> for lists of the good fruit and veggies to aim for in your diet and importantly which ones to cut out.</p><p>Stress and lack of sleep are also things that really don’t help diabetes and in my opinion contributed to my diabetic condition. As a carer I’ve had a lot of stress and sleepless nights over years which do raise cortisol in the body and notice even now that although I’m in good control of my bgs when a caring crisis happens my bgs go up to the higher level. Personally I’ve had to find a way of managing my stress and I gain a lot from doing just a few mins a day on the mindfulness app ‘headspace’ its Also got routines to help you sleep etc would really recommend it as it only takes a few mins a day but you do need to do it most days to get results. I also do Pilates with a weekly class and practice for a few mins a day too. Know time is difficult but would recommend you find some speedy stress busters like this as stress seems to be a big part of your regular life. You’ve had huge life changes, losing your sister, a major move etc and now to top it off a diagnosis of diabetes - a stressing thing in itself.</p><p>You do need to be kind to yourself, take it gently, its a slow process bringing the numbers down but you’re doing a brilliant job to date and if you continue as you are you will get there I’m sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shelley262, post: 1751134, member: 455169"] [USER=472005]@waterfall2[/USER] welcome you’ve clearly come a long way on the learning curve already - and yes there’s a lot of information to take on board especially the fact that much of the info differs and in addition each of us is unique with different circumstances, body size, diets, likes and dislikes etc! You’ve had some good advice so far so I’ll just point out a couple of things from your post that are red flags in terms of things I believe you need to work on turning round to get your numbers down. Consumption of fruit is a big problem I used to drink fruit juice and eat fruit and now restrict to a few berries occasionally as a treat with double cream as I have major spikes with nature’s candy. Many vegetables too affect me check out [URL="http://www.dietdoctor.com"]www.dietdoctor.com[/URL] for lists of the good fruit and veggies to aim for in your diet and importantly which ones to cut out. Stress and lack of sleep are also things that really don’t help diabetes and in my opinion contributed to my diabetic condition. As a carer I’ve had a lot of stress and sleepless nights over years which do raise cortisol in the body and notice even now that although I’m in good control of my bgs when a caring crisis happens my bgs go up to the higher level. Personally I’ve had to find a way of managing my stress and I gain a lot from doing just a few mins a day on the mindfulness app ‘headspace’ its Also got routines to help you sleep etc would really recommend it as it only takes a few mins a day but you do need to do it most days to get results. I also do Pilates with a weekly class and practice for a few mins a day too. Know time is difficult but would recommend you find some speedy stress busters like this as stress seems to be a big part of your regular life. You’ve had huge life changes, losing your sister, a major move etc and now to top it off a diagnosis of diabetes - a stressing thing in itself. You do need to be kind to yourself, take it gently, its a slow process bringing the numbers down but you’re doing a brilliant job to date and if you continue as you are you will get there I’m sure. [/QUOTE]
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