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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phoenix55" data-source="post: 1476759" data-attributes="member: 242273"><p>Hi [USER=256107]@aprtylittlemess[/USER] your reaction to diagnosis is normal, what is super is that you have decided to do something about it and to try something new. There are a lot of people who have found that low carb works for them. I don't count calories or points any longer but I am aware of the carb content of what I eat and my need to take exercise. At work I prefer to stand than sit, walk than stand and fit in a walk in my lunch hour. Do you have your own bg meter? If not then please buy one if possible. Then start a food diary with the bg results 2 hours after eating. You will soon see what foods are causing your high levels. It is not just sugar but often grains and grain products, sugar in all forms - including in fruit in addition to known carb heavy foods - bread, pasta, potato. This sounds restrictive but in practice there is plenty of variety, lots of tasty meals to enjoy, weight loss at a steady rate, so your skin shrinks with you, even reduction in medication sometimes. The headaches and sugar craving are normal but do fade after a few days, your body gets enough carbs from your new diet but takes time to adjust. Read around the forum, take a look at the diet doctor website, then make a change. You will have need a new wardrobe by the autumn!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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