Hi,
I was diagnosed Type 2 on 10th May but have probably had diabetes for a few years without knowing.
My diet was pretty bad the past year and my bg must have been soaring. I was careful for a couple of days before the fasting test which came back as 11.
I found this forum and cut the carbs way back. Have cut bread, rice, pasta, potatoes (apart from one small Jersey Royal) and all 'rubbish' completely out of my diet.
I am eating mainly chicken, duck, fish, cold meats, eggs, cheese, veg such as mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower, courgette, peppers, a little onion, leeks, some red meat, lettuce, spincah, greens, small amount of tomatoes, no more than one or two Finns thin crispbread a day, sugar free jelly, cream, a few pickled onions, cabbage, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds. Drinking mainly water and enjoying some red wine at weekends.
Having the odd Americano with a splash of milk.
On perhaps 3 occasions since diagnosis I have had about 6 chips and had battered fish twice but removed the batter.
However, I do enjoy a decent portion of food and would struggle on meagre amounts.
I am fairly large but have lost 3 stone since Christmas, 2 stone of this was lost before diagnosis, when I had symptoms. Since then I have lost 1 stone.
My problem is, I bought a meter, accu chek mobile and test first thing in the morning and before and after meals.
I am not on any medication yet. The nurse said it will be diet and exercise for three months and then see what will happen.
My fasting ranges from 6.9 to 9.0 and after meals can be from 8 to 10.3
I haven't had any readings over 10.9 since my incident with the handful of cherries which sent me to 15.6 and that was about 4 weeks ago.
I am not sure if I will get my readings down on diet alone and not sure what tablets I will be put on.
I felt the nurse wasn't much help at all. I explained to her about the high spike with the cherries and the porridge and blueberries but her argument was that it is beneficial to eat those foods. I said it couldn't possibly be beneficial walking around all day with a high BG.
She then said don't test and I argued that I wouldn't want to be eating the diet she sugested and then having bg in the 20's all day.
She then said that diabetes is progressive so in a couple of years I would obviously be on higher medication even though they haven't given me any yet.
Then she said I would get a prescription for statins because they just give them to every diabetic now and don't bother about whether the cholesterol is high or not, every diabetic just gets it.
She said she knows carbs send bg up but it's important to eat foods that are 'good' for you. I argued the point and she eventually listened!!
:!:
So, am i likely to get the bg down a bit once on tablets?
6.7 has been my lowest reading since I started testing 4 weeks ago.
Most readings are in the low 8's
I am losing around a pound a week in weight. I don't want to rush this and want to do it steadily. I have been using ceylon cinnamon and virgin coconut oil, no idea if these are beneficial or not, wonder what others think of them?
I really am glad to have discovered this site because everything makes so much more sense here. I haven't even missed all the foodstuffs I was having before and that has a lot to do with reading everyones posts and picking up hints and tips along the way.
I haven't had any of my diabetic symptoms since two days after diagnosis which proves to me that changing the diet helped a lot already.
I was diagnosed Type 2 on 10th May but have probably had diabetes for a few years without knowing.
My diet was pretty bad the past year and my bg must have been soaring. I was careful for a couple of days before the fasting test which came back as 11.
I found this forum and cut the carbs way back. Have cut bread, rice, pasta, potatoes (apart from one small Jersey Royal) and all 'rubbish' completely out of my diet.
I am eating mainly chicken, duck, fish, cold meats, eggs, cheese, veg such as mushrooms, brocolli, cauliflower, courgette, peppers, a little onion, leeks, some red meat, lettuce, spincah, greens, small amount of tomatoes, no more than one or two Finns thin crispbread a day, sugar free jelly, cream, a few pickled onions, cabbage, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds. Drinking mainly water and enjoying some red wine at weekends.
Having the odd Americano with a splash of milk.
On perhaps 3 occasions since diagnosis I have had about 6 chips and had battered fish twice but removed the batter.
However, I do enjoy a decent portion of food and would struggle on meagre amounts.
I am fairly large but have lost 3 stone since Christmas, 2 stone of this was lost before diagnosis, when I had symptoms. Since then I have lost 1 stone.
My problem is, I bought a meter, accu chek mobile and test first thing in the morning and before and after meals.
I am not on any medication yet. The nurse said it will be diet and exercise for three months and then see what will happen.
My fasting ranges from 6.9 to 9.0 and after meals can be from 8 to 10.3
I haven't had any readings over 10.9 since my incident with the handful of cherries which sent me to 15.6 and that was about 4 weeks ago.
I am not sure if I will get my readings down on diet alone and not sure what tablets I will be put on.
I felt the nurse wasn't much help at all. I explained to her about the high spike with the cherries and the porridge and blueberries but her argument was that it is beneficial to eat those foods. I said it couldn't possibly be beneficial walking around all day with a high BG.
She then said don't test and I argued that I wouldn't want to be eating the diet she sugested and then having bg in the 20's all day.
She then said that diabetes is progressive so in a couple of years I would obviously be on higher medication even though they haven't given me any yet.
Then she said I would get a prescription for statins because they just give them to every diabetic now and don't bother about whether the cholesterol is high or not, every diabetic just gets it.
She said she knows carbs send bg up but it's important to eat foods that are 'good' for you. I argued the point and she eventually listened!!
:!:
So, am i likely to get the bg down a bit once on tablets?
6.7 has been my lowest reading since I started testing 4 weeks ago.
Most readings are in the low 8's
I am losing around a pound a week in weight. I don't want to rush this and want to do it steadily. I have been using ceylon cinnamon and virgin coconut oil, no idea if these are beneficial or not, wonder what others think of them?
I really am glad to have discovered this site because everything makes so much more sense here. I haven't even missed all the foodstuffs I was having before and that has a lot to do with reading everyones posts and picking up hints and tips along the way.
I haven't had any of my diabetic symptoms since two days after diagnosis which proves to me that changing the diet helped a lot already.
