should i check my blood sugar after walking ?

[EllieM]

That meal isn't ideal ... split the two issues. Test before and after meals and THEN before and after exercise

Now I'm curious (T1 here so I don't know much about T2 stuff). If you're not on meds surely the only thing you can really do to influence your T2 blood sugar is diet. (Not exercising because it might make your bg go up seems crazy, since long term exercise has to help. And short term, if exercise makes your bg go down, then you don't have to worry because unmedicated T2s don't go hypo.)
Personally, as a T1, I find walking sends my blood sugar down, but going to the gym sends it up.

Either way, I would agree that the OP should worry about blood sugars before and after meals and try to reduce carbs to make them all come down. But as I said before, I'm a T1 so don't have quite the same issues as T2s.

@Charis1213, good luck.

 

[kitedoc]

Hi @Charles1213, not as professional advice or opinion: Maybe, just maybe it is the diet but a level of 19.2 mmol/l seems mighty high.
Perhaps a trip to your doctor is in order. Her/she can do tests to see whether you are producing enough of your own insulin or whether you are needing some extra. Best Wishes and do not delay.

 

[Mike d]

Now I'm curious (T1 here so I don't know much about T2 stuff). If you're not on meds surely the only thing you can really do to influence your T2 blood sugar is diet. (Not exercising because it might make your bg go up seems crazy, since long term exercise has to help. And short term, if exercise makes your bg go down, then you don't have to worry because unmedicated T2s don't go hypo.)
Personally, as a T1, I find walking sends my blood sugar down, but going to the gym sends it up.

Either way, I would agree that the OP should worry about blood sugars before and after meals and try to reduce carbs to make them all come down. But as I said before, I'm a T1 so don't have quite the same issues as T2s.

@Charis1213, good luck.

The distinction is that exercise testing is vital ... some people get levels both up and down. Mine plummet by 3 mmol after 20 minutes, not dangerously so, but boy, they drop

 

[JoKalsbeek]

also trying to do lowish carb was given metformin but can't take it because of my mental health and phobias and have lost six lbs in a week. Was hoping the weight loss would ahve made a difference already . seems its worse lol,

If your numbers are that high all the time, they might be causing the weight-loss. (And that would be a bad, unhealthy way to lose weight) Because honestly, what you're eating isn't remotely "low carb-ish". The walk might actually have made your numbers go down some, rather than up. Could've been worse!

Test before a meal and 2 hours after first bite; if you've gone up more than 2.0 mmol/l, that meal had more carbs (which turn to glucose once ingested) than your body could handle.

Really, if you're incapable of taking meds, for whatever reason, please try to get your bloodsugars down through diet, as there aren't exactly other options than that; meds/insulin and diet are basically the only choices you have, really. Going proper low carb isn't hard, and actually enjoyable, so check www.dietdoctor.com for meal ideas and start tackling this before there's permanent damage somewhere. (Especially since 'permanent damage' would mean more meds you don't want to take!).

I know it's all a lot to take in, but you can do this. From one anxiety-riddled person to another; I believe in you.
Jo

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Just wondering as I took mine when i got back home and it is 19.2 .

Ps: High bloodsugars make anxiety a LOT worse... Since I got my bloodsugars under control, there's been an incredible decline in panic attacks, both their frequency and their duration. Depression's a lot better too. It's all still a part of me, but it doesn't cripple me like it used to.

 

[Charis1213]

If your numbers are that high all the time, they might be causing the weight-loss. (And that would be a bad, unhealthy way to lose weight) Because honestly, what you're eating isn't remotely "low carb-ish". The walk might actually have made your numbers go down some, rather than up. Could've been worse!

Test before a meal and 2 hours after first bite; if you've gone up more than 2.0 mmol/l, that meal had more carbs (which turn to glucose once ingested) than your body could handle.

Really, if you're incapable of taking meds, for whatever reason, please try to get your bloodsugars down through diet, as there aren't exactly other options than that; meds/insulin and diet are basically the only choices you have, really. Going proper low carb isn't hard, and actually enjoyable, so check www.dietdoctor.com for meal ideas and start tackling this before there's permanent damage somewhere. (Especially since 'permanent damage' would mean more meds you don't want to take!).

I know it's all a lot to take in, but you can do this. From one anxiety-riddled person to another; I believe in you.
Jo

well i have no idea what to eat then other than lettuce because i thought fish and chicken and meat were low carb. The weight loss is definitely from when i started the what i thought was low carb. Its making me depressed and I couldn't sleep last night because i had heart attack and every other ****** thing told me about diabetes going around my head. I'm really down I'm looking at the website now for recipes , the meters didn't work this morning i tried mine and hubbie s both said er 1 , so gave up

 

[Charis1213]

I'm going to do that diet from the diet doctor, am I still able to reverse ths or have i gone too far now my hba1c last week was 105 , and thats when i started cutting out processed foods , i felt immediately better and lost six pounds in six days , I want to reverse this cos I can't live with this anxiety. My phobia of medications is side effects i had adverse affects with depression tablets a few years back and i received therapy for other mental issues but the medication phobia is still there so I need to do without medication .

 

[Antje77]

well i have no idea what to eat then other than lettuce because i thought fish and chicken and meat were low carb. The weight loss is definitely from when i started the what i thought was low carb.

Fish, chicken, meat, eggs are perfectly low carb!
Your dessert, however, wasn't.

and i ate blueberry crumble made with oats butter honey and had evaporated milk on it

 

[Charis1213]

I can't get the meters to work I'll have to see if the batteries need changing. I'm back at the doctors in 3 weeks so i will talk to the nurse get her to take a finger test there see how things are going . I've had chicken with butter and garlic plus eggs and a bit of cheese for lunch . I usually know when my sugar is too high as i get a bit blurry , but sometimes my anxiety causes that and now this is happening the anxiety is high . I'm going to walk after tea tonight but not going tea eat the oats and cutting sugar out altogether to get the numbers right down .

Cutting sugar and processed foods out of my diet just has to have an impact . I think I got overly fearful because of the Metformin that was prescribed, it got my mind going around in circles that it must be really bad if the doctor wants me to take that , but got lose the weight and do the low carb diet it will work i know it will .

 

[paulmh]

@Charis1213

The best way forward is to test as follows:

Immediately before you eat each meal
2 hours after your first bite with no other food or drink in between

Keep a food diary and record your levels alongside the food eaten
Look at the difference from before and after.
Keep any rise under 2mmol/l.
If it is more than 2, there were too many carbs in that meal, which you need to either eliminate or reduce the portion.

You can also test first thing in the morning immediately you get up after washing hands, and just before you go to bed. But whenever you test, record the results and add any notes such as "walked 2 hours" or whatever.

Precise instructions. Many thanks.

 

[JoKalsbeek]

I'm going to do that diet from the diet doctor, am I still able to reverse ths or have i gone too far now my hba1c last week was 105 , and thats when i started cutting out processed foods , i felt immediately better and lost six pounds in six days , I want to reverse this cos I can't live with this anxiety. My phobia of medications is side effects i had adverse affects with depression tablets a few years back and i received therapy for other mental issues but the medication phobia is still there so I need to do without medication .

You did it right with the meat, fish and greens. That's all fine, it was the cobbler that was problematic. Anything made with dough or fruit or something will be high in carbs, and that does add up to the numbers you experienced. (Without the walk they probably would've been higher, so that walk was a good call!)

I've tried antidepressants since I was 13 years old. They gave me migraines every single day for little over a year. (My shrink called me an obstinate quitter. I was puking my brains out daily, couldn't go to school...). Also, something that wasn't known then, in the time where prozac was still hailed as a miracle-drug: kids in puberty get more suicidal on prozac. That stuff made me very positive about death. I barely survived that, and have the hospitalrecords to prove it. Later, as an adult, I tried anti-depressants again, with various medicatons. When I finally found one that didn't give me migraines and allowed me to sleep, my eyesight got worse. My eyes hurt like heck. And then I found out my rheumatologist never put on record that I have Sjögrens, because I never should've been put on that antidepressant because it could've cost me the use of my eyes. And that's just the antidepressants. (So yes, probably like you, I'm hanging on by my fingernails as a way of life.) I'm extremely susseptable to side-effects, to any medication, so you can guess what happened on metformin: I lived in the loo for weeks. That's when I went searching for an alternative and found low carb. I wasn't as high as you, but there's T2's out there who were on insulin, and could stop that because of a low carb diet. So I totally get where you're coming from, and yeah, a low carb (not low-ish, but proper low carb!), can help you, in a way where there could very well be no meds required. Can't guarantee anything, but the odds are with you on this one. Don't give up just yet.

 

[Charis1213]

You did it right with the meat, fish and greens. That's all fine, it was the cobbler that was problematic. Anything made with dough or fruit or something will be high in carbs, and that does add up to the numbers you experienced. (Without the walk they probably would've been higher, so that walk was a good call!)

I've tried antidepressants since I was 13 years old. They gave me migraines every single day for little over a year. (My shrink called me an obstinate quitter. I was puking my brains out daily, couldn't go to school...). Also, something that wasn't known then, in the time where prozac was still hailed as a miracle-drug: kids in puberty get more suicidal on prozac. That stuff made me very positive about death. I barely survived that, and have the hospitalrecords to prove it. Later, as an adult, I tried anti-depressants again, with various medicatons. When I finally found one that didn't give me migraines and allowed me to sleep, my eyesight got worse. My eyes hurt like heck. And then I found out my rheumatologist never put on record that I have Sjögrens, because I never should've been put on that antidepressant because it could've cost me the use of my eyes. And that's just the antidepressants. (So yes, probably like you, I'm hanging on by my fingernails as a way of life.) I'm extremely susseptable to side-effects, to any medication, so you can guess what happened on metformin: I lived in the loo for weeks. That's when I went searching for an alternative and found low carb. I wasn't as high as you, but there's T2's out there who were on insulin, and could stop that because of a low carb diet. So I totally get where you're coming from, and yeah, a low carb (not low-ish, but proper low carb!), can help you, in a way where there could very well be no meds required. Can't guarantee anything, but the odds are with you on this one. Don't give up just yet.

Thank you for sharing your experiences with , I took lots of meds from being five years old as was very ill with mental illness from that age with 3 major tragedies in my family all of which caused me on the road of endless mental illness and phobias.
I've had no sugar today at all , I felt really weak about 3 oclock this afternoon so i made some bacon and it picked me up. I have been crying so much today feeling sorry for myself. but i did to my body through not caring and now I am paying the price . I want to reverse this . I have a problem coming up though because in February next year we are going to DisneylandParis and all meals are included and I am now scared I won't find anything to eat , and should i have some of the nice foods there or do i stick to the strict diet . I hope that my numbers will be right down by then as i am due my 3 month blood test in January .

 

[brassyblonde900]

Thank you for sharing your experiences with , I took lots of meds from being five years old as was very ill with mental illness from that age with 3 major tragedies in my family all of which caused me on the road of endless mental illness and phobias.
I've had no sugar today at all , I felt really weak about 3 oclock this afternoon so i made some bacon and it picked me up. I have been crying so much today feeling sorry for myself. but i did to my body through not caring and now I am paying the price . I want to reverse this . I have a problem coming up though because in February next year we are going to DisneylandParis and all meals are included and I am now scared I won't find anything to eat , and should i have some of the nice foods there or do i stick to the strict diet . I hope that my numbers will be right down by then as i am due my 3 month blood test in January .

You're going to be fine. They have loads of meats, and vegetables, you'll be spoilt for choice in Disneyland.
I find eating low carb one of the easiest ways of eating to adhere to, when I'm away from home.
Any eatery has meat and 'above ground' vegetables in abundance to choose from. You will be OK.
http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/
You can check the link above to see if it will help reassure you that you'll be fine with the food choices available.
Below is a C&P of the type of foods available for breakfast
I've underlined the ones that will make an excellent choice for somebody like me that eats low carb

• Buffet includes breads, pastries, cereals, scrambled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, smoked salmon, pancakes, fruit juice and hot drinks while Disney Characters tour each table for photo opportunities.
• Can be added as a supplement for each day desired to Breakfast, Half Board and Full Board Meal Plans, or booked on its own without a Meal Plan.
  
  Edited to add more info re-meal/breakfast choices at Disneyland Paris

 

[Charis1213]

You're going to be fine. They have loads of meats, and vegetables, you'll be spoilt for choice in Disneyland.
I find eating low carb one of the easiest ways of eating to adhere to, when I'm away from home.
Any eatery has meat and 'above ground' vegetables in abundance to choose from. You will be OK.
http://www.dlpguide.com/planning/dining/meal-plans/
You can check the link above to see if it will help reassure you that you'll be fine with the food choices available.
Below is a C&P of the type of foods available for breakfast
I've underlined the ones that will make an excellent choice for somebody like me that eats low carb

• Buffet includes breads, pastries, cereals, scrambled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, smoked salmon, pancakes, fruit juice and hot drinks while Disney Characters tour each table for photo opportunities.
• Can be added as a supplement for each day desired to Breakfast, Half Board and Full Board Meal Plans, or booked on its own without a Meal Plan.
  
  Edited to add more info re-meal/breakfast choices at Disneyland Paris

wow thank you very much for this , made me very happy happy happy . Plus we'll be walking a lot as been before and walked loads .

 

[JoKalsbeek]

Thank you for sharing your experiences with , I took lots of meds from being five years old as was very ill with mental illness from that age with 3 major tragedies in my family all of which caused me on the road of endless mental illness and phobias.
I've had no sugar today at all , I felt really weak about 3 oclock this afternoon so i made some bacon and it picked me up. I have been crying so much today feeling sorry for myself. but i did to my body through not caring and now I am paying the price . I want to reverse this . I have a problem coming up though because in February next year we are going to DisneylandParis and all meals are included and I am now scared I won't find anything to eat , and should i have some of the nice foods there or do i stick to the strict diet . I hope that my numbers will be right down by then as i am due my 3 month blood test in January .

I've been to Disneyland Paris... Guess what, you can go low carb there. Just order meat, (even a burger is cool, with usually no more than 5 grams of carbs total, IF you just tell them to hold the bun! It feels like a life-hack, but it works.). They have excellent steaks, burgers, poultry, fish, salads and what have you in the restaurants, you shouldn't have any trouble going low carb and still thoroughly enjoying the meals. It's Disney: they live to cater to your every need and desire, and take that seriously. And I seem to remember boiled eggs, bacon and the like for breakfast. And should you fall off the wagon for an evening or so, well... You wouldn't be the first on holiday to do that. Just get right back on straight after. You'll be walking an awful lot there, so that'll help keep your sugars lower as well. Don't let T2 take the joy out of your trip. It's the happiest place on earth, even for people like us.

When I was first diagnosed I used to wake with a wet face: seems like I didn't cry enough during the day, I had to continue in my sleep. It's all part an parcel of this whole T2 thing, but it will get better. You got dealt a bad hand more than once in life, so yeah... Tears are more than allowed. As for doing it to yourself: no, you didn't. You couldn't know you couldn't handle carbs as other "regular" people do. That's genetics for you. Besides that, quite a few people with T2 are prone to depression. And we get it BEFORE T2, so it can't be blamed on that. It's all hormones, body chemicals, and all out of whack... Not something you should blame on yourself. It's DNA, there's no fighting that when you don't know what's up. But now you know carbs don't pass through you like they do through others. Now you can do something.
There's hope yet.

 

[Charis1213]

I've been to Disneyland Paris... Guess what, you can go low carb there. Just order meat, (even a burger is cool, with usually no more than 5 grams of carbs total, IF you just tell them to hold the bun! It feels like a life-hack, but it works.). They have excellent steaks, burgers, poultry, fish, salads and what have you in the restaurants, you shouldn't have any trouble going low carb and still thoroughly enjoying the meals. It's Disney: they live to cater to your every need and desire, and take that seriously. And I seem to remember boiled eggs, bacon and the like for breakfast. And should you fall off the wagon for an evening or so, well... You wouldn't be the first on holiday to do that. Just get right back on straight after. You'll be walking an awful lot there, so that'll help keep your sugars lower as well. Don't let T2 take the joy out of your trip. It's the happiest place on earth, even for people like us.

When I was first diagnosed I used to wake with a wet face: seems like I didn't cry enough during the day, I had to continue in my sleep. It's all part an parcel of this whole T2 thing, but it will get better. You got dealt a bad hand more than once in life, so yeah... Tears are more than allowed. As for doing it to yourself: no, you didn't. You couldn't know you couldn't handle carbs as other "regular" people do. That's genetics for you. Besides that, quite a few people with T2 are prone to depression. And we get it BEFORE T2, so it can't be blamed on that. It's all hormones, body chemicals, and all out of whack... Not something you should blame on yourself. It's DNA, there's no fighting that when you don't know what's up. But now you know carbs don't pass through you like they do through others. Now you can do something.
There's hope yet.

Again thank you and you have encouraged me so much I actually feel so much better , and this forum is amazing with the amount knowledge and caring people x

 

[brassyblonde900]

I've been to Disneyland Paris... Guess what, you can go low carb there. Just order meat, (even a burger is cool, with usually no more than 5 grams of carbs total, IF you just tell them to hold the bun! It feels like a life-hack, but it works.). They have excellent steaks, burgers, poultry, fish, salads and what have you in the restaurants, you shouldn't have any trouble going low carb and still thoroughly enjoying the meals. It's Disney: they live to cater to your every need and desire, and take that seriously. And I seem to remember boiled eggs, bacon and the like for breakfast. And should you fall off the wagon for an evening or so, well... You wouldn't be the first on holiday to do that. Just get right back on straight after. You'll be walking an awful lot there, so that'll help keep your sugars lower as well. Don't let T2 take the joy out of your trip. It's the happiest place on earth, even for people like us.

When I was first diagnosed I used to wake with a wet face: seems like I didn't cry enough during the day, I had to continue in my sleep. It's all part an parcel of this whole T2 thing, but it will get better. You got dealt a bad hand more than once in life, so yeah... Tears are more than allowed. As for doing it to yourself: no, you didn't. You couldn't know you couldn't handle carbs as other "regular" people do. That's genetics for you. Besides that, quite a few people with T2 are prone to depression. And we get it BEFORE T2, so it can't be blamed on that. It's all hormones, body chemicals, and all out of whack... Not something you should blame on yourself. It's DNA, there's no fighting that when you don't know what's up. But now you know carbs don't pass through you like they do through others. Now you can do something.
There's hope yet.

We are the lucky ones, We who got a diagnosis of T2DM and could head off further damage.
When I got diagnosed, I then found out through research, and asking everybody and anybody all manner of questions, I then found out that this condition runs in my family on my fathers side very-very strongly. My Father had 3 brothers, Both he and 2 of his brothers have passed, all from complications of diabetes. The last remaining brother has CVD and he is only 66yrs old.
My sister had gestational diabetes 19yrs ago. Once she had the baby, we assumed the diabetes had resolved. Little did we know that damage was going on unbeknownst to her/us all.
One of my brothers died suddenly from a heart attack, he/we did not know he had diabetes, he was only 40yrs old when he passed.
Then 6yrs ago my sister who had gestational diabetes fell ill. as it turned out, she had stage 4 liver 'whatchamacallit'.
Its only as I got diagnosed and began to dig deep and far and wide into the aetiology of this condition, did I realise that for her, liver problems is the route her own dysregulation appeared to wreak havoc.
Yet her BG though elevated was in the so called 'Range', she never drank, and was the slim one amongst us.

I have scores of relatives who dropped dead from heart attacks, non ketotic comas, (they did not even know they were diabetic) some had HBP etc. I am truly grateful for this diagnosis, for so many reasons.
I got a chance to do something. This is the best time to have this diagnosis.
We can access information, share said information and not only that, support, reassure and enlighten each other.

The vain me finally got a chance to rock all the beautiful clothes I always craved, low carb enabled me to achieve normal weight.
The serious me, feels lucky that I was given a chance to dodge a speeding truck, that my genetics put me on a collision path with.

 

[Charis1213]

We are the lucky ones, We who got a diagnosis of T2DM and could head off further damage.
When I got diagnosed, I then found out through research, and asking everybody and anybody all manner of questions, I then found out that this condition runs in my family on my fathers side very-very strongly. My Father had 3 brothers, Both he and 2 of his brothers have passed, all from complications of diabetes. The last remaining brother has CVD and he is only 66yrs old.
My sister had gestational diabetes 19yrs ago. Once she had the baby, we assumed the diabetes had resolved. Little did we know that damage was going on unbeknownst to her/us all.
One of my brothers died suddenly from a heart attack, he/we did not know he had diabetes, he was only 40yrs old when he passed.
Then 6yrs ago my sister who had gestational diabetes fell ill. as it turned out, she had stage 4 liver 'whatchamacallit'.
Its only as I got diagnosed and began to dig deep and far and wide into the aetiology of this condition, did I realise that for her, liver problems is the route her own dysregulation appeared to wreak havoc.
Yet her BG though elevated was in the so called 'Range', she never drank, and was the slim one amongst us.

I have scores of relatives who dropped dead from heart attacks, non ketotic comas, (they did not even know they were diabetic) some had HBP etc. I am truly grateful for this diagnosis, for so many reasons.
I got a chance to do something. This is the best time to have this diagnosis.
We can access information, share said information and not only that, support, reassure and enlighten each other.

The vain me finally got a chance to rock all the beautiful clothes I always craved, low carb enabled me to achieve normal weight.
The serious me, feels lucky that I was given a chance to dodge a speeding truck, that my genetics put me on a collision path with.

It is a good forum and I am really looking forward to being slim to wear beautiful clothes too. I have a brother who die suddenly also he was 31 years old that was twenty five years ago ,myocarditis .
Last year my dad died and at the time he was ill I was diagnosed with T2D and i did really well I lost 21 lbs in weight and my blood glucose came down to a manageable level the doctor was astounded , then the beginning of this year we had a close family member tragedy not a death but I cannot go into it , its resolved now but it shook the family to the core and we are all suffering from it , I started feeling unwell months back but didn't think much about it as far too much going on around me , then last week i felt terrible i was lethargic had thrush that wouldn't clear up and generally felt so unwell so toddled off to the doctors and I knew I would have a blood test as i was a year overdue, so it came back at 105 and was prescribed Metformin , that scared me so much its made me feel worse as i was thinking i must be in a serious condition to have been prescribed this drug, I've not stopped worrying about it , i started low carb straight away and within six days lost six pounds , but then yesterday took my blood sugar as you know and was petrified i hardly slept last night through worrying .
So today decided to stop eating the oats which i was under the impression that they were good for diabetics , devastated because of that too as i love oats and it was the only thing i could make food with as i am not keen on white flour so it was a blow to my food plan .
So today I've done well but not checked my blood as can't get the meters to work and finger was sore this morning from pricking it several times. I am thinking its actually stressing me out the blood checking as I am so frightened of what it is going to be after last nights reading of 19.3 .
I've just had a about four strawberries and four raspberries with a small bit of single cream ( might have to ditch that too because of the carbs, but I simply cannot tolerate double cream I would be up vomiting all night long ) so ditched the crumble and the evaporated milk . Tried the single cream which will probably be another no no for me lol if its not low carb .
So I can't check if it spikes my sugar but mu eyes are not glazed so its a good sign , and I am probably going to just continue eating what i have today and then go to the doctors in a few weeks time and get weighed and let the nurse do a finger prick test see what it is . I'm terrible with anxiety so this feels the right decision at the moment .

 

[brassyblonde900]

It is a good forum and I am really looking forward to being slim to wear beautiful clothes too. I have a brother who die suddenly also he was 31 years old that was twenty five years ago ,myocarditis .
Last year my dad died and at the time he was ill I was diagnosed with T2D and i did really well I lost 21 lbs in weight and my blood glucose came down to a manageable level the doctor was astounded , then the beginning of this year we had a close family member tragedy not a death but I cannot go into it , its resolved now but it shook the family to the core and we are all suffering from it , I started feeling unwell months back but didn't think much about it as far too much going on around me , then last week i felt terrible i was lethargic had thrush that wouldn't clear up and generally felt so unwell so toddled off to the doctors and I knew I would have a blood test as i was a year overdue, so it came back at 105 and was prescribed Metformin , that scared me so much its made me feel worse as i was thinking i must be in a serious condition to have been prescribed this drug, I've not stopped worrying about it , i started low carb straight away and within six days lost six pounds , but then yesterday took my blood sugar as you know and was petrified i hardly slept last night through worrying .
So today decided to stop eating the oats which i was under the impression that they were good for diabetics , devastated because of that too as i love oats and it was the only thing i could make food with as i am not keen on white flour so it was a blow to my food plan .
So today I've done well but not checked my blood as can't get the meters to work and finger was sore this morning from pricking it several times. I am thinking its actually stressing me out the blood checking as I am so frightened of what it is going to be after last nights reading of 19.3 .
I've just had a about four strawberries and four raspberries with a small bit of single cream ( might have to ditch that too because of the carbs, but I simply cannot tolerate double cream I would be up vomiting all night long ) so ditched the crumble and the evaporated milk . Tried the single cream which will probably be another no no for me lol if its not low carb .
So I can't check if it spikes my sugar but mu eyes are not glazed so its a good sign , and I am probably going to just continue eating what i have today and then go to the doctors in a few weeks time and get weighed and let the nurse do a finger prick test see what it is . I'm terrible with anxiety so this feels the right decision at the moment .

You have to do what works for you....Not only will it mean you will stay with the decision, it also means you will be less stressed about the whole thing.
Not being stressed will help your BG levels. Stress and anxiety raises BG to the stratosphere.

I used to be what I call an 'oats head'. I would have it with evaporated milk too, and half a cup of brown sugar for a small bowl....I ate so much sugar its unbelievable I got diagnosed with a sub 9% HbA1c value.

Today I don't even miss any of those foods. Once upon a time, I thought, if I could not eat President Plum, life will not be worth living....how wrong I was. I don't miss any of those foods. I truly love and enjoy my current way of eating.
Today I ate eggs, and bacon with some cheese for my breakfast...I broke into a dance...I thanked diabetes.
foods I ran from. foods I was too scared to taste, let alone eat for fear of all kinds of 'scary-scary' are now my staple.
Life on low carb to control T2DM, is fun, varied, tasty, and thoroughly enjoyable,
You will feel so much energy, much more healthy, so much well being, find it easier to achieve normal weight, ….This T2DM has made a difference in my life for the better.
Sometimes I actually believe I can walk on water...that is how empowering grabbing this thing by the neck and shaking it into submission makes me feel.
When it comes to food, think cheese, poultry, fish, beef, lamb, Pork to add to my above ground veggies.
Keto is a fun, sustainable way of eating.
Single cream is perfectly OK on low carb/Keto. The Tesco single cream (which I use) is only 0.7grams of carbs per 30ml serving.
You'll be OK.

 

[Charis1213]

You have to do what works for you....Not only will it mean you will stay with the decision, it also means you will be less stressed about the whole thing.
Not being stressed will help your BG levels. Stress and anxiety raises BG to the stratosphere.

I used to be what I call an 'oats head'. I would have it with evaporated milk too, and half a cup of brown sugar for a small bowl....I ate so much sugar its unbelievable I got diagnosed with a sub 9mmol/l reading.

Today I don't even miss any of those foods. Once upon a time, I thought, if I could not eat President Plum, life will not be worth living....how wrong I was. I don't miss any of those foods. I truly love and enjoy my current way of eating.
Today I ate eggs, and bacon with some cheese for my breakfast...I broke into a dance...I thanked diabetes.
foods I ran from. foods I was too scared to taste, let alone eat for fear of all kinds of 'scary-scary' are now my staple.
Life on low carb to control T2DM, is fun, varied, tasty, and thoroughly enjoyable,
You will feel so much energy, much more healthy, so much well being, find it easier to achieve normal weight, ….This T2DM has made a difference in my life for the better.
Sometimes I actually believe I can walk on water...that is how empowering grabbing this thing by the neck and shaking it into submission makes me feel.
When it comes to food, think cheese, poultry, fish, beef, lamb, Pork to add to my above ground veggies.
Keto is a fun, sustainable way of eating.
Single cream is perfectly OK on low carb/Keto. The Tesco single cream (which I use) is only 0.7grams of carbs per 30ml serving.
You'll be OK.

I do have a lot of energy , we took our six year old grandson to see the Christmas lights being switched on , on Thursday and i was running around with him and I immediately noticed how energetic i felt and I felt light lol , it is such a great feeling i agree with you . So I am also thrilled single cream is good now I can have that in my coffee instead of milk happy days !

Have you tried the keto bread and other baked goods yet , they look amazing and i am going to try them , do you bake with with almond or coconut flour if so what is it like. I can't eat yeast so hope they don't use it in the recipes. How many eggs can we eat daily on this low card eating plan , i love them .