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2 toast.
2 bacon with leftover Welsh rarebit mix shaped into a pattie and fried.
Steak with cabbage and cauli stir fried with mushrooms and pancetta with boursin portion stirred in.
Cheap choc ice.
Activia creamy strawb yogurt which was far too high on reflection looking at my overall carbs for today.
 
We were both off work today, so treated ourselves to Eggs Benedict at the nearby Wetherspoons.
Very snazzy menu online. Gave calories, carbs and everything! Not quite so much info on the paper versions in the pub itself, but still good.

So, brekkie: eggs Benedict (35g carbs) and latte (7g carbs). Ok for a treat, I think.

Lunch: salad, crustless quiche, mini porker, guacamole, cherry toms, assorted greenery, coleslaw.

Must have hit my personal carb limit with the salad (total 70g over the 2 meals), because was carb craving by 6pm.

Will have some baked chicken wings tonight.
It was a good eating day though.
 
suehatton said:
Why was your met increased if it was 38 last time? Im hoping my 46 will lead to a decrease?
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You will probably have your met decreased or kept the same so don't worry :)

I actually asked for more met last time at my first review. At diagnosis I was hell bent on being medication free, but the doc put me on one met a day and said it would have cardiovascular benefits. No known diabetes in the family, but my dad had a massive heart attack in his 50s then died of an aortic aneurism at 64. I therefore thought the one met a day might not be such a bad idea for me.

My hba1c went down at my first review to 38, but I was still high in the mornings - usually in the 7s. The nurse does not approve of testing, but I explained that although my average was ok, I was high in the morning and increasing met to two a day may help with my dawn phenomenon. Not sure she understood, but she upped my script to get rid of me lol. I am now in the 6s in the morning. Could do better I guess, but folk here say the fbg is always the last to go down.

I tolerate the met well and, as long as my B12 is ok, I am happy to take it for now. Doc told me that the met had the most benefits when used asap after diagnosis. She also said that I would be on it for life...not sure about that, but it is still I early days.
 
Breakfast: cheese and spring onion omelette with ketchup

Lunch: 1 oz almonds, 1 oz cheddar, fennel tea

Dinner: toasted husky bread with feta stuff on top (the stuffing from yesterday's stuffed courgette on toast...feta, spring onions, sun dried tomatoes, flaked almonds, thyme) . Red wine.
 
@Avocado Sevenfold - Going back a few posts, relating to your latest HbA1c, I believe we each have a level, below which we won't fall, provided we are eating a credible diet. If we keep paring back carbs, there might be somewhere to go, but there comes a point when we either can't or don't want to reduce any further.

I'll be having some lab bloods shortly, and I don't have any expectation I will go any lower. Frankly, having been eating a few more carbs and having a brief period of being off-colour, I'll be content to stay stable. Maybe your HbA1c has reached your personal level, which is, after all, very good.

On a more practical note, where do you buy your psyllium husk for the husky bread?
 
AndBreathe said:
@Avocado Sevenfold - Going back a few posts, relating to your latest HbA1c, I believe we each have a level, below which we won't fall, provided we are eating a credible diet. If we keep paring back carbs, there might be somewhere to go, but there comes a point when we either can't or don't want to reduce any further.

I'll be having some lab bloods shortly, and I don't have any expectation I will go any lower. Frankly, having been eating a few more carbs and having a brief period of being off-colour, I'll be content to stay stable. Maybe your HbA1c has reached your personal level, which is, after all, very good.

On a more practical note, where do you buy your psyllium husk for the husky bread?
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Thanks :) I did consider that today...that maybe this is as low as I will go. But I am still a lazy bum exercise wise lol, so there is maybe still room for improvement. I am just relieved that it did not go higher. Don't know how I would have coped with that as I am still In denial that it is a progressive disease I guess.

I get my psyllium husk powder from an online retailer called Bulk Powders. Delivered to my workplace in indiscreet packaging, my workmates must now think I am a bodybuilder :wideyed:

Good luck with your forthcoming blood tests x
 
We'll done both of you on your results. I'm in the process of upping my Metformin to 2 twice a day even though my Hb a1c had gone from 8.6 to 6.5 in just two months of low carbing. I seem to tolerate it reasonably well though am supplementing with B12 and will ask for test again when I see nurse. My GP didn't offer me the choice initially - probably took one look at how big I was and thought tablets- then told me that even if lost all my weight he'd keep me on it as its main benefits are to the cardiovascular system. As my dad had to have a bypass and several of his family died using from heart attacks, as well as my mum's lot covering the stroke high blood pressure bases, it seems a reasonable thing to take. I've found it has curbed my appetite which has been really great as nothing worse than always thinking about food. And even better, it has slowed down my whiskers chin growth. Should have taken it years ago as it was suffered then that I had PCOS but nothing was ever followed up.
 
Breakfast scrambled egg, smoked bacon
Lunch tuna mayo and cheese salad
Supper bacon cheeseburger on portabelllo mushroom , salad - sneaked two small crumbed gastric mushrooms off mr e's plate. Blood 5.6 so not bad.
 
cold ethyl said:
Breakfast scrambled egg, smoked bacon
Lunch tuna mayo and cheese salad
Supper bacon cheeseburger on portabelllo mushroom , salad - sneaked two small crumbed gastric mushrooms off mr e's plate. Blood 5.6 so not bad.
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I REALLY hope you meant garlic mushrooms!
 
Lol.. I've left my specs downstairs and haven't got the ipad on big enough zoom to check the predictive text..They might be a delicacy somewhere !
 
cold ethyl said:
We'll done both of you on your results. I'm in the process of upping my Metformin to 2 twice a day even though my Hb a1c had gone from 8.6 to 6.5 in just two months of low carbing. I seem to tolerate it reasonably well though am supplementing with B12 and will ask for test again when I see nurse. My GP didn't offer me the choice initially - probably took one look at how big I was and thought tablets- then told me that even if lost all my weight he'd keep me on it as its main benefits are to the cardiovascular system. As my dad had to have a bypass and several of his family died using from heart attacks, as well as my mum's lot covering the stroke high blood pressure bases, it seems a reasonable thing to take. I've found it has curbed my appetite which has been really great as nothing worse than always thinking about food. And even better, it has slowed down my whiskers chin growth. Should have taken it years ago as it was suffered then that I had PCOS but nothing was ever followed up.
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My grandfather who is a complete health nut, went for a coronary angio yesterday for cardio clearance (was supposed to go for a knee replacement)and his cardiologist was very surprised when he got his results: he needed to have quadruple bypass open heart surgery. His three arteries are severely blocked. Asymptomatic no chest pain, kept his blood pressure down, exercised, no alcohol, didn't smoke took his metformin, kept his blood sugar at a constant 5, practiced low carb. Had perfect labs, all within normal ranges. a lot of the doctors were shocked.But one thing about his diet, ate vegetables and eggs everyday and ate steak three times a week. We were all shocked, it was unusual because he exercised everyday and was very compliant with diet exercise and meds, and bp/ sugar was also good.
 
Just had egg omellette with mushrooms and smoked grilled bacon
 
Adelle0607 said:
My grandfather who is a complete health nut, went for a coronary angio yesterday for cardio clearance (was supposed to go for a knee replacement)and his cardiologist was very surprised when he got his results: he needed to have quadruple bypass open heart surgery. His three arteries are severely blocked. Asymptomatic no chest pain, kept his blood pressure down, exercised, no alcohol, didn't smoke took his metformin, kept his blood sugar at a constant 5, practiced low carb. Had perfect labs, all within normal ranges. a lot of the doctors were shocked.But one thing about his diet, ate vegetables and eggs everyday and ate steak three times a week. We were all shocked, it was unusual because he exercised everyday and was very compliant with diet exercise and meds, and bp/ sugar was also good.
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We can all really only do our best. Your post shows that even with the best of efforts, wear and tear (not the best phrase, but I can't think of an other) catches up with us all. Best wishes for your grandfather.
 
Adelle0607 said:
My grandfather who is a complete health nut, went for a coronary angio yesterday for cardio clearance (was supposed to go for a knee replacement)and his cardiologist was very surprised when he got his results: he needed to have quadruple bypass open heart surgery. His three arteries are severely blocked. Asymptomatic no chest pain, kept his blood pressure down, exercised, no alcohol, didn't smoke took his metformin, kept his blood sugar at a constant 5, practiced low carb. Had perfect labs, all within normal ranges. a lot of the doctors were shocked.But one thing about his diet, ate vegetables and eggs everyday and ate steak three times a week. We were all shocked, it was unusual because he exercised everyday and was very compliant with diet exercise and meds, and bp/ sugar was also good.
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That's got to be a shock. How's he doing now?
 
@Avocado Sevenfold yes, wear and tear but he sure hasn't given up the fight yet, despite the diagnosis. He is actually doing pretty good at the moment, still cracking jokes, acts like his usual jolly self, trying to be optimistic. :) he's turning 78 still fairly young, and I think he's also bit worried too but hasn't showed it to us yet. He hasn't infarcted/heart attack and was a blessing in disguise to push through with his knee replacement with that incidental finding...He's a tough egg hopefully everything goes well with his op, he is having quad bypass with valve replacement...:)
 
@Brunneria, yes we're baffled. We weren't expecting it.:(even the doctors won't believe it, because of his blood results, bp and sugars seemed like he was "perfect bill of health"...he's the type of grandpa who reminds us to exercise, to not eat junk...he would test me with his blood glucose meter, he is a t2 (we would both compare our tests and he'll sometimes even get a better result!) we were all shocked and we are trying to trace where he might have gotten it...as @Avocado Sevenfold said, wear and tear and age can cause it...but we also had a look at his diet..he ate eggs everyday and loved a good steak/ liked his red meat for dinner...doesn't eat a lot of grains and gets his carbs from vegetables....or it might have been genetic/wear and tear that might have been a factor. I hope that the operation goes okay and he gets well soon!
 
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