First of all thanks for all your help! I'm going a bit mad trying to get my head round it all.
I haven't tested myself very much as the kit I purchased was a bit poor & was a panic buy. I've got a better 1 on the way.
I tested myself on it earlier before I ate lunch & it was 5.5
My stomach is rumbling every 2 hours roughly so in between main meals I've been snacking. Today I've tried apples, bananas, dry bran flakes & value Museli with skimmed milk. Very small portions. The banana & Museli made me feel funny.
I've just eaten my dinner which was diced beef & vegetables & was feeling so weak just before.
What would you suggest for breakfast? This morning I had a cooked low carb breakfast but I was so weak & hungry I needed something asap really.
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Your snacking on the wrong foods!
First of all, if you don't have diabetes, as there are some with both, your fasting blood glucose levels are in normal range the 5.5!
The reason you feel weak is because you are eating low GI foods which contain a lot of carbs and production sugars especially in cereals, even bran flakes are so high in carbs that if I went close to a box I would hypo!
There are so many things that you can eat for breakfast, that doesn't contain carbs, but you have to find out for yourself by experimenting and testing.
You can have a cooked breakfast that is low carb, that I have when not working such as bacon eggs mushrooms, tomatoes, , omelettes, there are so many!
If in a hurry you can pre cook or eat something like full fat yoghurt with a few berries, that will fill you up for a good few hours!
Fruit you have to be careful, better having berries or apples, pears. Bananas and other tropical fruits are naturally higher in carbs and sugars.
Eat full fat milk not skimmed or low fat don't touch no fat.
The more fat they take out the higher the carbs and the more sugar they put in to make it taste better.
Yes and there is more you have to learn like I did!
And what I do works!
I feel great, my health is great and haven't had a hypo for months!
You will need time to sort this out, this won't go away, you have to be in control. Especially if you want your life back.
By the way I'm 61, full time employed, work hard and have a really good life, now, that I'm healthy! I eat a lot of protein, salad vegetables, and homemade stews, curries, soups and cook everything from fresh. I do have the odd piece of fruit through the day.
Gammon for my tea!
Keep asking and learning.
Take your time, read as much as you can and then tell yourself, everything I've learned about how low GI is good for you!
Well, for us hypoglycaemic it's not!
It will just make you more ill!
