- Messages
- 676
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi
I was diagnosed on Monday after a long stint of working away where I have absolutely no control over what/when I can eat (I am a journalist covering sports tournaments and so lunch and dinner depends on matches and when players are coming into press. Some tournaments are better than others with range of food. There are two tournies that are a complete disaster!)
I am on metformin - starting at 1 tablet a day, next week two (breakfast and lunch) and then three times a day with meals and will need to get supplies before a min 2 week trip coming up, poss. 3 weeks.
Advice was: Cut out sugary drinks and food (easily done, and was my weakness when I was away but can be managed)
Advice was also not to go crazy and suddenly cut everything out but to start to introduce better carbs - wholegrain rice has NEVER been a favourite, and I have to learn to love salads. But on the plus side, I often rotate between chicken, fish and veggie dishes, and alternate at the same time between spuds, noodles/pasta and rice - but only when I am at home between tournaments.
My biggest sin in the 120 days timeframe for the blood test was where I was only home for 5-6 days I opted for rubbish like takeaways but before my latest 4 week stint I did a ton of batch cooking so as to save money - so that's good.
I need to have another round of blood tests in 8 weeks so that will take into account this trip to the US for 2-3 weeks.
As a complication my cholesterol is high, and I have high blood pressure, but the doc feels a lot of that is due to the sudden death of my mother just after I got back from the Australian Open and the continuing stress of dealing with the probate, which is taking an age.
The only 'good' thing is my liver and kidney function is fine, and I actually yearn to cook when I am back from tournaments, so I have month of playing with things like ham/smoked mackeral salads, grilled veggies and today's experiement of cauliflower rice.
What I am struggling to find though is how much sugar should I be aiming for in a day - I use My Fitness Pal to count calories normally but it is not really working terribly well for low sugar/low carbs - it shows me coming in at way less calories than it wants, which I just ignore to keep more of an eye on how many grams of sugar my pre-entered meals are now giving me.
Anyway - that's a bit of a huge missive. Thanks for reading.
I was diagnosed on Monday after a long stint of working away where I have absolutely no control over what/when I can eat (I am a journalist covering sports tournaments and so lunch and dinner depends on matches and when players are coming into press. Some tournaments are better than others with range of food. There are two tournies that are a complete disaster!)
I am on metformin - starting at 1 tablet a day, next week two (breakfast and lunch) and then three times a day with meals and will need to get supplies before a min 2 week trip coming up, poss. 3 weeks.
Advice was: Cut out sugary drinks and food (easily done, and was my weakness when I was away but can be managed)
Advice was also not to go crazy and suddenly cut everything out but to start to introduce better carbs - wholegrain rice has NEVER been a favourite, and I have to learn to love salads. But on the plus side, I often rotate between chicken, fish and veggie dishes, and alternate at the same time between spuds, noodles/pasta and rice - but only when I am at home between tournaments.
My biggest sin in the 120 days timeframe for the blood test was where I was only home for 5-6 days I opted for rubbish like takeaways but before my latest 4 week stint I did a ton of batch cooking so as to save money - so that's good.
I need to have another round of blood tests in 8 weeks so that will take into account this trip to the US for 2-3 weeks.
As a complication my cholesterol is high, and I have high blood pressure, but the doc feels a lot of that is due to the sudden death of my mother just after I got back from the Australian Open and the continuing stress of dealing with the probate, which is taking an age.
The only 'good' thing is my liver and kidney function is fine, and I actually yearn to cook when I am back from tournaments, so I have month of playing with things like ham/smoked mackeral salads, grilled veggies and today's experiement of cauliflower rice.
What I am struggling to find though is how much sugar should I be aiming for in a day - I use My Fitness Pal to count calories normally but it is not really working terribly well for low sugar/low carbs - it shows me coming in at way less calories than it wants, which I just ignore to keep more of an eye on how many grams of sugar my pre-entered meals are now giving me.
Anyway - that's a bit of a huge missive. Thanks for reading.