so cunfused today :(

Keep it up - well done on the weight loss. Im sure you will get the numbers down. For me im 6 weeks diagnosed and just now noticed a bigger drop than the first 2-3 weeks. Also i have some days when its higher for unknown reason i think (no evidence) its because of things like amount of sleep and mood etc

are you sure your not coming down with a cold or something illness can make make your bg rise.

Just when you think you've cracked it, something turns around and proves you wrong!!
Are you of an age to be having periods? The monthly cycle may vary your responses to foods sometimes (does a bit with me).
It could be something you are coming down with though. I had a couple of days early last week where my levels were acting strangely and then suddenly over the last week I have been suffering from a bad throat and chesty cough. My levels during this have been totally random and I have given up trying to keep them down. I can get fasting levels of 4 to 5.5 no problem but the moment I eat anything for my evening meal (and I mean anything, even a plain chicken salad) I shoot up to anywhere from 9 to 12...well bizarre. This usually takes quite a time to come back down to reasonable level during the evening but by morning I am back to 5 to 6.5 again!! All very strange.
Keep an eye on things and let us know what happens.
Hope this helps.
Angie

I knew that illness can disrupt your figures, one of my workmates is type 2 (has been a year or so longer than me) and he had a cold a few months back and said he was struggling.
I was diagnosed last November and this is my first illness with diabetes. The first few days I felt a bit upset that my levels were getting so high. I usually do my best to come in under 8.5 two hours after my evening meal so it was not usual since I was eating the same foods. Now a week down the line I have got the hang of what the levels seem to do and I hope one of these days I will be better and normality will resume.
If I eat my evening meal and test at 2 hours my level will be about 9 to 10 regardless of what I eat, then after another hour they will go up slightly more to 9.5 to 12 and then slowly start coming down again. This is not normal.
I usually try and get about 6.5 to 7.5 after the meal and then if it is less than 6.5 and I'm not getting up real early the next morning I may have a biscuit or a couple of pieces of dark chocolate for supper so I get a good reading the next morning.
It is all very much a learning curve and some days you think it is all to much and you can't cope anymore but then you find something different that you haven't tried before that is real nice and doesn't affect you and all is right with the world again.
Keep learning, testing and asking questions....they are wonderful on here with a wealth of knowledge and experience. I find the advice on here a lifeline at times!!
Regards
Angie

I eat Cheddars sometimes if I need a low carb snack. They are only about 1.9g per biscuit....BUT very addictive!! Found a new flavour one the other week....Pickle, just a bit different.
Nairns Oatcakes are quite filling and about 4.something g per biscuit. Although the cheese flavour ones are slightly lower (I've got some Cheese ones but haven't tried them yet).
In the absence of these Water Biscuits or Rich Tea I find are ok.
But all need to be limited, I usually stick to a one or two at a time. Although with the Cheddars I have had four at a time on odd occassions.

It all boils down to trial and error. Some things that you think will spike you may not and the seemingly innocent stuff bites you back!!
Keep learning, it does get easier.
Regards
Angie

ps. ex-milk chocolate addict too!!

roxy44 said:

Hi
I have been trying really hard since being diagnosed 17 days ago, i have lost 10lb (another 5 to go)

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Hang in there Roxy, 10lb in 17 days is amazing, but remember what I said earlier, dont try and do it all at once and relax it wont happen overnight and it doesnt have to

Hi. have read angies n roxys threads and am wondering what meds you are taking? am 49yrs had full menapause etc, and find if my BS go way high joints n feet neuropathy become very painful. or am cooking up an infection. Most morns am 8.6 to 11.6 during the day am 11.6 to 18.9 and on a bad day get up to mid 20's follow a tight low carb n small portion size regime testing 2-4hrs after eating lite bite meals twice daily. totally struggle with breakfast at all as its an ingrained habit from childhood never could or still can eat till 11am . Thou at 9pm I like 4 crackers with cottage cheese with sliced tomato on [ love tomatoes!] as a supper. some nights am low at 11.6 others am mid - late teens. Everyday is a balancing platform trying to find what does or dosent spike or suit !!! Anna.

hi i would try anlother breakfast as branflakes and a banana would shoot me thru the roof. I start the morning with bgs around 4.4 to 5.2 in the morning and after breakfast 1hour reading is 5.8 2 hour reading 5.2 and by the third hour im needing a apple because im low again. i have 30g of lizis granola 12g of mixed sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, handful of mixed nuts (brazils hazelnuts and walnuts 1.99 in a bag at asda) a teaspoon of flaxseed and strawberrys. i have had this breakfast everymorning since i was diagnosed and although it is boring every morning its filling and is the only thing other than eggs and bacon. because of the fat content the granola wont hit your bgs so hard in the first hour. try it . Also if i have a slice of burgen bread before i go to bed i always wake in the morning low- the same with 85% chocolate. But if i have a few chunks of dairy milk i will wake in the morning about .5 higher

there about £2 a bag and i go thru 3 a week. it my seem expensive but i think back on what i used to spend on mc donalds and pure **** which got me into this mess. i normally spend about 50 every 2 months on flaxseed pumpkin and sunflower seeds. holland and barret normally have a deal going . i also buy 10 of the aldi 85% dark chocolate which gives you 5 bars per packet. i find if you have a bar rather than a slab you dont seem to pick at. i think its because in your head you think my ive had 2 bars today the same as 4 chunks but you feel a bit of a pig.

bedshaped2000 said:

i have 30g of lizis granola 12g of mixed sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, handful of mixed nuts (brazils hazelnuts and walnuts 1.99 in a bag at asda) a teaspoon of flaxseed and strawberrys.

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That looks like a really yummy breakfast, think ill have to try it, will make a nice change to my strawberries and yog that i have every morning
Sue

it doesnt matter about the brand. all i do is add a 500g bag of both into a cereal container tupper wear thingy add a small packet of flaked almonds and there you have your sprinkle. just weigh out 10g into the scales nice as a snack , i also have this with greek total 100% yogurt. that same mix also lets me get away with weetabix. dont over indulge asthe fat content will be high but as im trying to add my weight their ok andd most of the fat are the good fats but be careful with the brazils youll put on overnight :lol: