Thank you. I am having a phone call tomorrow from the diabetic nurse. She will be disappointed in me as she spoke to me in February when my HBCA1 level was 53 and she said I was on the right tracks. It's all gone to pot now.Whether you can have fruit is totally an individual thing. For years now I haven't been able to eat it without my weight rocketing. Even if doing low carb elsewhere. As not eating it now can't tell what effect it is having on Blood Sugar. Good Luck.
Don't worry too much. I have had the last two years of going to pot! Now back on track.Thank you. I am having a phone call tomorrow from the diabetic nurse. She will be disappointed in me as she spoke to me in February when my HBCA1 level was 53 and she said I was on the right tracks. It's all gone to pot now.
For non-diabetics only, sorry, its full of sugarGrape jelly? Do you have to add sugar to make it or is there enough in the natural fruit?
Thank you. Will have a look at the apps.For non-diabetics only, sorry, its full of sugar
And yes portion size still matters.. it easy to overeat low carb food as much as any other food.
To stop being hungry between meals try eating more protein and healthy fats (from meat and dairy, or olive or coconut oils) at your meals
There are apps that can help measure macros, that's protein, fats and carbs. Carb manager is one, mysugar another. You'd probably find them useful. I did at first when I was learning. Good luck
Well done on making good choices in a difficult situation. I bet none of your unsupportive family even noticed !I had a small pasta starter and avoided pasta or pizza for mains and stuck to meat with veg and there were a couple of ounces of cubed, fried potatoes too. I did have dessert, which was a single scoop of ice cream with chopped nuts and coffee with no sugar or sweetener.
Thank you. Were they good choices, even with the obvious carbs? Haha, no they wouldn't have noticedWell done on making good choices in a difficult situation. I bet none of your unsupportive family even noticed !
I cannot eat strawberries or berries of any description, they send my bg high even if I have them with cream or full fat yogurt. I can only eat a small apple now and again together with peanut butter otherwise it will also spike. I find its just not worth it anymoreWow, 2-3 strawberries is hardly anything! I was eating a whole punnet for dinner with cream poured on them. I thought that was OK as they are supposed to be so low in sugar and I'd rather have them than any potato, rice or pasta.
There is so much contradictory advice. One article on the web said "fruit is fine for diabetics as the sugar is natural fructose, rather than the sugar in baked goods". So I thought that's OK then. I love fruit. I'll use it as a substitute.
Then one article says no grapes as they are just sugar water while another article says grapes are good fruit to eat.
I don't eat between meals much - until now. Since I discovered the high BS level, I've cut down on carbs and food in general and have found myself ravenous in between meals and having to ignore the actual hunger pangs which isn't easy. I've had things like peanuts, ham, cheese and salami or sometimes an apple.
Grape jelly? Do you have to add sugar to make it or is there enough in the natural fruit?
Plus is peanut butter and n apple....I cannot eat strawberries or berries of any description, they send my bg high even if I have them with cream or full fat yogurt. I can only eat a small apple now and again together with peanut butter otherwise it will also spike. I find its just not worth it anymore
Yes, I could feel myself flinching as I ate. I'm not sure what better options there would have been. Pasta and pizza would have been carb overload. The other desserts were carb heavy tiramisu and pastry based dishes.Well the pasta and potatoes had carbs in, and the ice cream and was there beer or drinks too? Sometimes it's a balance and a decision to have a few carbs but if that number raiise your bg that high maybe it was too many for you? Certain not good on a daily basis, but on the occasional family event sometimes we may choose to eat more carbs.
Maybe have a no carb day tomorrow, or even a fast to bring the average down?
That is simply to get your tummy used to it. Metformin has a very common side effect... which you may well have noticed by now. Easing into your dose is to minimise that.What I don't understand is why you have start off with 1 tablet a day for 7 days and then 2 tablets a day thereafter. I would have thought you start on a higher dose and then take it down. There was no information leaflet with the medication, just the pharmacist's instructions about how many to take per day.
Oh, I see. I was OK the first day but the next 3 days had bad reflux symptoms. Luckily, I am taking esomeprazole already so just doubled the dose on those days. Seems to have improved my IBS but gone slightly the other way, which I guess has turned it into "normal". Today, had no side effects at all.That is simply to get your tummy used to it. Metformin has a very common side effect... which you may well have noticed by now. Easing into your dose is to minimise that.
Metformin isn't a miracle, it takes a while and can only do so much. I'd strongly advise a low carb / keto / ketovore / carnivore diet to do the heavy lifting of keeping you well for the long term.Oh, I see. I was OK the first day but the next 3 days had bad reflux symptoms. Luckily, I am taking esomeprazole already so just doubled the dose on those days. Seems to have improved my IBS but gone slightly the other way, which I guess has turned it into "normal". Today, had no side effects at all.
Day 7 tomorrow and then 2 tablets a day from Wednesday. Did a BT on return home from work, having not eaten since 1.30 and level is 15.3 which is still not good. Does that mean Metformin is not working? :-(
That's really useful information thank you. I never thought to ask how quickly Metformin works. I started going low carb as soon as I saw my first BS test result a month ago but it has not gone down by very much, which has been worrying me in case it is causing damage to my organs.Metformin isn't a miracle, it takes a while and can only do so much. I'd strongly advise a low carb / keto / ketovore / carnivore diet to do the heavy lifting of keeping you well for the long term.
I self diagnosed during covid and went straight on low carb even before I'd booked the doctors appointment to confirm what I already knew. It took me 5 weeks of low carb to get my morning blood sugar down from low teens range to sub 7. So I got my fasting blood sugar down even before I started metformin. My HbA1c was 77, even with a month of low carb taking the edge of it.
A year later I've lost a fair bit of weight and my HbA1c is 38. Most of that is down to the diet. Metformin works, but it can't do that by itself. The mostly carnivore diet I follow has had a couple of benefits I really wasn't expecting. My asthma has improved MASSIVELY and acid reflux is a thing of the past. Much more clarity of mind too, and less aches and pains. Your mileage may vary of course.
The most important thing to keep in mind is that the problem didn't happen overnight, and it won't go away overnight either. Eat right. Keep at it. It takes time, but you will get on top of it.
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