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Chia seeds? Or does it have them in? Recipe on my lappy. How about caraway seeds? Love those in cake
Chia seeds? Or does it have them in? Recipe on my lappy. How about caraway seeds? Love those in cake
I've made 3 of those cakes. My fave was the vanilla with grated choc. The other two were lemon or orange, no choc, so Mr B would eat them.
Any ideas on what I could add to replace the choc? Dried fruit is out (for obvious carby reasons), and I don't think it needs more nuts...
My son says.. not done in syrup though...Hmm.
Pineapple may be my favourite fruit.
How about the shredded tinned stuff - very well drained (it's going to be cooked, anyway...)
Caraway sounds lovely... forgot about them unless I'm making curry paste... how odd... old-fashioned seed-cake... brilliant... chia will need to have extra liquid in of course... shelled hemp seeds are really lush - I put them in my bread every morning.. they would give texture and flavour too... what good ideas....Chia seeds? Or does it have them in? Recipe on my lappy. How about caraway seeds? Love those in cake
So I've been up and down, side to side and really depressed with the whole diabetes situation of late, I really hate being on insulin! I watched a video by Jason Fung and probably not right for me to, but have decided to try and stop insulin, I think I should reduce first but what the heck.
Yesterday no insulin in morning
B 5 mushrooms and 6 cherry tomatoes in coconut oil (8.8 pre, 7.1 post)
L prawn and green veg stir fry (5.6 pre, 6.0 post)
Cup of Bovril & plenty of water
At about 4pm started getting a banging headache, did some chores after work and headache increased, tested at 6pm as felt shaky 4.7
D same as lunch and 2 sq. 70% choc (2hr post 8.3) headache subsided but still in background.
Before bed at 11:00 was at 7.9, awoke at 01:30 with bad head, nausea feeling and tight chest, tested and was 8.0, went downstairs and had small bowl of shreddies, 30 mins later my head cleared completely so back off to sleep (wonder if lack of carbs was cause of head etc..? )
Today fbg 8.7 (generally same as when I have insulin)
B same as yesterday (2 hr post 7.4)
L bacon sandwich on 2 slices of livlife piece of cheese (pre 6.1 post 7.9)
Afternoons chores, cutting grass and cleaning BBQ now the sun is back
D rump steak 2 sausages (black farmers) and 3 mushrooms all done on newly cleaned bbq, steak was lovely! small salad with it, pudding was the wife's attempt at homemade coconut ice cream (no sugar or eggs) tastes like frozen coconut ice ( she is doing okay, but tried going back to work last night and came home halfway through shift in tears, her mouth stopped working properly, poor thing) anyway ( pre 7.1 post tbc no insulin taken)
I'm still on my metformin but bored of eating at set times with insulin so thought I'd try this experiment, foolish thinking or worth seeing what my body does ??
Take care........So I've been up and down, side to side and really depressed with the whole diabetes situation of late, I really hate being on insulin! I watched a video by Jason Fung and probably not right for me to, but have decided to try and stop insulin, I think I should reduce first but what the heck.
Yesterday no insulin in morning
B 5 mushrooms and 6 cherry tomatoes in coconut oil (8.8 pre, 7.1 post)
L prawn and green veg stir fry (5.6 pre, 6.0 post)
Cup of Bovril & plenty of water
At about 4pm started getting a banging headache, did some chores after work and headache increased, tested at 6pm as felt shaky 4.7
D same as lunch and 2 sq. 70% choc (2hr post 8.3) headache subsided but still in background.
Before bed at 11:00 was at 7.9, awoke at 01:30 with bad head, nausea feeling and tight chest, tested and was 8.0, went downstairs and had small bowl of shreddies, 30 mins later my head cleared completely so back off to sleep (wonder if lack of carbs was cause of head etc..? )
Today fbg 8.7 (generally same as when I have insulin)
B same as yesterday (2 hr post 7.4)
L bacon sandwich on 2 slices of livlife piece of cheese (pre 6.1 post 7.9)
Afternoons chores, cutting grass and cleaning BBQ now the sun is back
D rump steak 2 sausages (black farmers) and 3 mushrooms all done on newly cleaned bbq, steak was lovely! small salad with it, pudding was the wife's attempt at homemade coconut ice cream (no sugar or eggs) tastes like frozen coconut ice ( she is doing okay, but tried going back to work last night and came home halfway through shift in tears, her mouth stopped working properly, poor thing) anyway ( pre 7.1 post tbc no insulin taken)
I'm still on my metformin but bored of eating at set times with insulin so thought I'd try this experiment, foolish thinking or worth seeing what my body does ??
Take care........
Your poor wife.....is it nerve damage from the op? Hope it soon comes back to full working order.
Yes slightly, mouth goes a bit skewiff after a while talking too much, she's taking another week off work to recuperate more.
How come no eggs in the ice cream? Can you not eat them. Does cream freeze OK? Don't know she made it not me
Sounds like an allergy/sensitivity to something in your breakfast...have you normally been able to eat them? What oil did you use for frying? Very salty bacon? Though I guess that would explain the lips, probs not the headache tho..I'm not sure what to have for breakfast today. As the last 2 mornings
I've had eggs bacon and mushrooms. But after about an hour
My lips start to tingle and I get a headache.
What's your bg after brekkie? Could you be having a hypo?I'm not sure what to have for breakfast today. As the last 2 mornings
I've had eggs bacon and mushrooms. But after about an hour
My lips start to tingle and I get a headache.
Sounds like an allergy/sensitivity to something in your breakfast...have you normally been able to eat them? What oil did you use for frying? Very salty bacon? Though u guess that would explain the lips, probs not the headache tho..
I know that once I had a dextrose tablet I felt OK.What's your bg after brekkie? Could you be having a hypo?
I know that once I had a dextrose tablet I felt OK.
I've gone from having a very high carb diet, to a low one.
I' m OK after tea its just seems to be after breakfast.
Not saying what I had to eat yesterday, ended up binging on all sorts of nasty stuff, and made myself ill, carbs are a menace :-( Must get back on the wagon again, starting today. The good news is I have started Forxiga so hopefully that will help with my weight issue. So far have had 2 coffees with cream
Thanks for that cos it has explained something for me too. I'm not even classed as being in the pre-diabetic range anymore since my last HbA1c but sometimes I've felt rough (similar to what some of you have mentioned for hypos - tested my bs and its only been low 5s, not even 4s) and it has usually happened if I've had a couple of higher carb days then cut back to my lower ones) I'd not heard of a false hypo beforeIf you didn't test when you felt "off", you really need to, or your just guessing.
If you have been running high, before modifying your diet, you could be having a "false" hypo (or a "real" one of course). A false hypo is when you have hypo-like symptoms, but your bloods are absolutely fine. It's your body's way of pointing out you're lower than usual, and requesting more carb to boost the numbers back to where you have been running. In our shoes, that's counter productive. If you are having a false hypo, then perhaps have a cup of tea, with a little milk, to give your system something to work on, but taking a glucose tablet is just potentially extending the problem. Your body wants to hang onto the levels it has been comfortable operating at for a while. For our health, we need to get away from those higher levels.
It's a phenomenon often written about on this website.Thanks for that cos it has explained something for me too. I'm not even classed as being in the pre-diabetic range anymore since my last HbA1c but sometimes I've felt rough (similar to what some of you have mentioned for hypos - tested my bs and its only been low 5s, not even 4s) and it has usually happened if I've had a couple of higher carb days then cut back to my lower ones) I'd not heard of a false hypo before
ThanksIt's a phenomenon often written about on this website.
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