Type 2 Diet Only

[7 Lives Left]

Hi everyone.
After two weeks of tests I was confirmed last night as having Type 2 and that I need to follow a low carb diet.
I have to admitt that over the last seven years I have been following quite a good food diet and not bought processed foods so i'm quite happy to dig deeper towards the Low Carb Diet way of life.
Making my first Salsa sauce to replace the red and brown ones was a great result. I have frozen a batch to see how they shape up and if it does well I will post my results for others who wants to try it. With a hot chapatti, bacon and lettuce it's a balanced breakfast or snack. Yum!

Reading posts from others this last week had me designing test charts and comparing results to point out the Spikes in my diet which had me going too far in the cutting out of all sugar at once resulting in feeling even more unwell. I'm not sure if getting a regular headache was a direct result of cutting out sugar too quickly or not? Does anyone know?
Anyway, I'm off shopping now so i'll see you all later.
Cheers!

Best regards

Paul

 

[Patch]

Lo-Carb is surely the way to go for T2's like us. You'd better keep an eye on your BG after those chapatti's, though. Even the wholemeal ones can give me quite a major spike... I do love 'em though. :wink:

It is quite common to get headaches when cutting out the carbs - it does pass, though. It can usually be avoided by taking in plenty of water. Don't forget - sugar/carbs are adictive to many people, and going cold turkey will have an effect on you...

 

[7 Lives Left]

Re: Type 2 Diet

Thank you Patch for the reply and info.
I was advised not to go to far in cutting out all sugar and given some easy reading on hypos. Feeling ill at present is not as bad as I was feeling way back. Planning meals ahead will be the next big hurdle but i'm lucky that my partner thrives on veg and saldad foods so we can make do if feeling like a snack.
I'm hitting a regular 6.5 in the mornings and testing once or twice a day as the fingers were getting a tad sore. Not seeing 10+s or higher is a relief and avoiding the high spikes I hope will be easy I hope. Our friend next door was confirmed at the same time roughly and is having to diet and take tablets which is quite hard for her. Thank the stars i'm not taking anymore tablets than at present!
Well, i'm off now to read a few posts on getting aroung using mash on shepherd's pie for lunch.
I have heard that grated cauliflower is an option??????
Thanks again for your help Patch.

Best regards

Paul

 

[John aka Wallycorker]

Re: Type 2 Diet

...........I'm hitting a regular 6.5 in the mornings and testing once or twice a day as the fingers were getting a tad sore. Not seeing 10+s or higher is a relief and avoiding the high spikes I hope will be easy I hope. .......

Hi Paul,

It sounds as though you are getting to grips with taking control of your condition quickly. They sound great results at such an early stage. Keeping clear of 10+ readings was one of my early goals. I never see anything like that these days - even one hour after finishing eating.

Good luck and best wishes - John

 

[7 Lives Left]

Hello John, it's good to meet you.
First morning readings seem to be O.K. it's the later ones especialy the post breakfast test that hit the high scores and the P.M. ones. I had my fist mixed been, olive, tomato sald with toast for breakfast today!!!!!! It's like being back in Greece without the Feta cheese. Hahahahahahahaha. lol! :lol:
I will see you again later I hope John. Until then take care.

Best regards

Paul

 

[fergus]

Sounds as if you're very much on the ball already Paul! A low carb diet will have major benefits for your control and long term health in general. I'm pleasantly surprised to hear your medics may have recommended it, in which case the tide may be slowly turning on the daft dietary advice traditionally given to diabetics.
Best of luck to you,

fergus

 

[John aka Wallycorker]

Hello John, it's good to meet you.
First morning readings seem to be O.K. it's the later ones especialy the post breakfast test that hit the high scores and the P.M. ones. I had my fist mixed been, olive, tomato sald with toast for breakfast today!!!!!! It's like being back in Greece without the Feta cheese. Hahahahahahahaha. lol! :lol:
I will see you again later I hope John. Until then take care.

Best regards

Paul

Hi again Paul,

It's good to meet you too.

If your post breakfast readings are high, it sounds as though you are possibly eating cereals or toast or something similar. I used to do that too but these days I've moved to eating a grilled or even lightly fried in olive oil breakfast - usually bacon and tomatoes but sometimes with mushrooms and/or fried egg. That sort of thing does hardly anything to my blood glucose levels.

I usually have meat, cheese or fish with a mixed salad for lunch. I add fruit to that - usually a few grapes or sometimes a chopped apple. Again that is harmless to my blood glucose levels too.

These days my on-rising fasting levels are nearly always in the 4s and very occasionally I get a reading in the 5s - i.e. normal levels.

I test one hour after finishing eating to try to find the peak reading. Again, these days, that usually is always below 7.5. My last HbA1c was 5.1% - it had been as high as 9.4% in the past.

It might not be easy to achieve such numbers at the start of your improvement programme. However, I hope my comments might be of some use to you to tell you what can be possible in the longer term once you cut out a lot of the starchy carbohydrate - i.e. cereals, bread, potatoes, pasta and rice.

Best wishes - John

 

[7 Lives Left]

John, hello again.
Thank you for your points and comments above.
After reading I was off cooking the very same light grill for breakfast. :lol:
At the moment, breakfast seems to be the hurdle each day having to choose what is best for me and what I fancy. I'm leaning toward the fish direction mainly by eating kippers or sadines on a slice of seeded brown toast. (No butter/spread) If the readings remain high then it will have to switch Crispbread for bread.
After two weeks of cutting out the sugar things are settling down a bit and having made up my mind I will not go back to the old ways, not that they were that bad, just that I don't like the feeling unwell side of it.
On the good side of life; having been to two of the large supermarket stores in the area I have found that Morrisons are ahead in the. "What can I eat" league table. I read somewhere that it helps to shop in one place??? But, having a bit more time on my hands I intend to scout around the different stores to find what it available for me.
A point for all: I found Sugar Free Pasta in Tescos this week!
Spagetti being one and Mr. J. Oliver's Pasta Twists.... I have tried the Twists and found them a little on the chewy side but fine as a replacement.
Well! Thanks again John and I hope to see you again on the board. Any other ideas for breakfast please advise. Cheers!!!

Best regards

Paul

 

[lovinglife]

A point for all: I found Sugar Free Pasta in Tescos this week!

I have never heard of pasta having sugar in it in the first place :shock: - except for nautural sugars maybe in the ingredients- In a past(a) life (see what I did there? :roll: ) I made fresh pasta 8 hrs a day only ingredients were semolina flour eggs water - spinach for pasta verdi and a negligible amount of tom puree to make the orangy colour one - although I don't profess to know if dried pasta has sugar in - haven't used that stuff for over 30 years.

All that said it isn't really the sugar that matters but carbs as a whole - most pastas have approx 60g - 70g carb per 100g so it isn't something I eat although I love it

I tried the choicarb stuff this week - (my Italian friends and relatives would turn me over to the Mafia if they knew :lol: :lol: ) - Not for me - it was very "pappy" in the mouth and my tummy like it even less - thought I was going to have another nasty attack of diverticulitis - my BS found it ok though - even if I didn't enjoy it - will have to live on my memories :?

Just had a look on Tesco - can't see the sugar free one but normal dried pasta twists have 2.4% sugar and 73g carb per 100g :shock: - so the sugar isn't really bad anyway - just those carbs :twisted:

If you are looking for sauces I posted one a while back in the recipe thread uses roasted veg - its a good one for dipping as its nice when cold and quite thick - will dig it out for you

 

[lovinglife]

Recipe as for sauce - its great with cleriac chips

Dip/sauce/soup?

Here’s something I knocked up today to use up some stuff in the fridge – it’s so easy and most of you have probably been making it for yonks but thought I would share anyway

There is no measures for this – just what you have in the fridge

Chop up into inch squares any colour peppers you have – though orange and red ones make for a nicer colour - I used 3 peppers

Do the same with a red onion

A few cherry tomatoes or large toms cut into wedges

Drizzle with olive oil and season with plenty of black pepper and fresh basil – dried will do if you haven’t any fresh – roast for about 30 mins – you want to get a bit of charring on the veg

Let it cool a little bit then transfer to a large jug/bowl and blast it with a hand blender.

It comes out really thick which is great for a dip – you can let It down by adding some stock or cream for a sauce – if you want a soup add even more stock and finish with a blob of cream or half fat crème freche

I had it on grilled chicken and it was really tasty and very filling

Lovinglife

 

[7 Lives Left]

Hi'ya lovinglife.
Thank you for the sauce recipe, i'll give it a try especially with the new found celeriac chips someone told me about on here.
Ref the, past (a) life; nice one! :lol:
See you later and thanks again for the info.
Take care

Best regards

Paul

 

[bedshaped2000]

if you want a nice low carb pasta asda do a chilli penne 30g of carb per 100grams<<<<<<<<<<<<<<and its hot

 

[John aka Wallycorker]

if you want a nice low carb pasta asda do a chilli penne 30g of carb per 100grams<<<<<<<<<<<<<<and its hot

"Hba1c 8.9>7.9>6.6>6.0>5.6
type 2
diet & exercise"

Wow! Just noticed you signature bedshaped2000!

A very impressive improvement there! Well done!

Best wishes - John

 

[bedshaped2000]

cheers john an feel grrrrreat

 

[LittleV]

"Well, i'm off now to read a few posts on getting aroung using mash on shepherd's pie for lunch.
I have heard that grated cauliflower is an option??????"

^^ I have been using carrot and swede mash on top of shepherds pie for a while now, and tbh I dont notice a difference, or miss the mash potato at all.

Another tip I came across recently is sweet potato chips...sweet potato is low gi, about 100gm of sweet potato = approx 30gm carb. Wash and dice a sweet potato into small chunks about 2 cm square, put 1 teaspoon of olive oil, a little salt and pepper into a plastic bag along with the sweet potato, then massage them in the bag, they all get coated, pop them on a tray in the oven and hey presto 45 mins later they are yummy, had them tonight with chicken salad

 

[7 Lives Left]

Lovinglife Hi again.
We gave the Dip/sauce/Soup a try this evening....well done!
After the main meal of chicken kebab and salad I used the dip I prepared earlier on crisp bread topped with mild cheese and sprinkled parmesan over and grilled. 10/10
Not a bad smack folks. But....don't grill the crispbread for too long as it goes soft.
Next the soup.

Best regards

Paul

7 Lives Left

 

[7 Lives Left]

Hi'ya LittleV.
It's good to meet you, my name is Paul.
Thanks for the Sweat Potato Chip hint. We bought sme S. P.s this week to see what results would follow after testing. Still to try?
As for the topping of cauliflower to replace mash; yes, it has been posted here but I have not tried it yet. That will have to wait until Sunday. I have switched to Celeriac now for the last two weeks and find it a fresh replacement along with eating it cooked as chips. I even had a second opinion on them wich was a Pos once dished up.
Cheers again for the crisps idea, I will post the verdict once the count is taken.

Best regards

Paul

7 Lives Left

 

[7 Lives Left]

Sweat Potatoes (GI-54)
My thanks go to LittleV for the hint on trying Sweat Potatoes as part of my diet.
Comments on line state how good they are for you, a wonder food and great for diabetice as it's slow to digest.
Well! As part of a 'Try out new food' night I served up sliced SPs lightly oiled with Olive oil and cooked them for 30-40 mins untill slightly golden. (Some a bit more than needed) I had good feedback on then, so much so, i'm trying them as a chip for our next meal.
I left the skins on by the way!
Have a go....
Cheers again LittleV.

Best regards

Paul

7 Lives Left

 

[Synonym]

Sweet potatoes raise my bg levels just as much as ordinary potatoes. :cry: As in all thing, try and test!

 

[7 Lives Left]

Hi all.
Its been nearly a month now since kick off and i'm still here even after the 'Drop the Sugar bit.' I won't say it has been easy but its not been that hard to kick the habbit of spooning out two heaped spoons of sugar and adding them to my tea several times a day and eating the odd sweat food.
In fact, I feel a little better at times.
The hardest bit is thinking up meals to eat besides Rhy crisp bread and whatever I can wizz up in the blitzer thing or grilled breakfast in a wrap of some kind.
For me, breakfast is still the hardest! Years of reaching for the cerial box is no more having given all to my son to polish off saving me from the 'Spikes.' It has worked!..... If I am honest, the freedon to poor out a bowl of cerial made life easy and i'm missing it. But coping?
So, its back to the drawing board and the dreaming up of new ideas to tempt the early taste buds.
Having had one M.I. I realy don't want another so fry-ups are not the regular answer to my problem which leads me to asking if any old hands out there have the odd idea for a good breakfast besides porage oats I would appreciate them please.
Thats all for now folks!
Best regards to you all.

Paul

7 Lives Left