Hi.
I've been finding these forums very useful since my initial diagnosis of diabetes in the past week, so thanks everyone. As yet I'm still unsure of whether T1 or T2 - I will find out on Monday. However since researching food and what I was eating my diet was awful - pretty much all carbs and sugar.
I have completely cut out added sugar now for two weeks and as much as I am missing chocolate I feel quite confident on this side of things. However, trying to cut down on carbs I am really struggling with. I weigh just over 9 stone with a BMI of 20 - and at the moment I am only able to consume around 1000 calories a day whilst trying to lower carb intake - and to maintain my weight I need to be eating double this.
I really don't want to loose any weight as it wouldn't be healthy for me - I'm close to being underweight already. I'm worried that I can't eat enough food - but my blood sugar is still ranging around 17 and thats with cutting out sugar and cutting down on carbs. It's a lose lose situation right now and I'm wondering whether any one else has been through this.
TIA
x
I've been finding these forums very useful since my initial diagnosis of diabetes in the past week, so thanks everyone. As yet I'm still unsure of whether T1 or T2 - I will find out on Monday. However since researching food and what I was eating my diet was awful - pretty much all carbs and sugar.
I have completely cut out added sugar now for two weeks and as much as I am missing chocolate I feel quite confident on this side of things. However, trying to cut down on carbs I am really struggling with. I weigh just over 9 stone with a BMI of 20 - and at the moment I am only able to consume around 1000 calories a day whilst trying to lower carb intake - and to maintain my weight I need to be eating double this.
I really don't want to loose any weight as it wouldn't be healthy for me - I'm close to being underweight already. I'm worried that I can't eat enough food - but my blood sugar is still ranging around 17 and thats with cutting out sugar and cutting down on carbs. It's a lose lose situation right now and I'm wondering whether any one else has been through this.
TIA
x