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What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

grantg said:
good luck you'll be fine theres a ton of low/very low carb options out there for snacking on. hopefully you have a wee list of some snacks that agree with you to top up ur cupboard and fridge. best wishes.

i plan on possibly going for a short swim was a little busy a few minutes ago, as the holiday villages pool gets closer to check out time it should get quiete enough for a few lengths was a little busy just now. i'll try again in an hour :) still recovering from a couple of days ago walk... did way too much. tomorrow plan on trying to chase up mental health services for needlephobia/blood sampling issues. i'd much prefer a long term solution that doesnt involve tamezpen & diazapan will take a good while to get there CBT - and exposing self should help. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy works in a lot of cases.
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I feel like I'm missing something, what do we snack on?! I've got chorizo and cheese

A swim sounds lovely, great way to freshen up while it's warm out!

Fingers crossed for you, how are the mental health services in your area?
 
philly1991 said:
I feel like I'm missing something, what do we snack on?! I've got chorizo and cheese

A swim sounds lovely, great way to freshen up while it's warm out!

Fingers crossed for you, how are the mental health services in your area?
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this url maybe useful for you there is a lot better tables out there but that should give you a start for some ideas https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Carbohydrate-reference-tables.pdf

you can snack on whatever agree's with your body. as your using a cgm you have a nice advantage that you can experiment a little and see in 'realtime' (lagging behind but hey ho) the effects of various foods have on your levels. something with lots of fibre&protein are usually good shouts like various types of forms of nuts. Tolerate some fruits better than others usually those with lower GI (eg watermelon). Various dips eg mayo, add some of your own favourite herbs/spices make some batons from various fruits/veg for dipping heres a few suggestions on that side.

~3g carbs per 100grams celerly, cucumber batons

~5g carbs per 100g peppers/some tomatos, courgette batons

~10g carbs per 100g which you can also use with a dip carrots/beetroot/onions just smaller amounts.

rule of thumb avoid higher starch veg's for snacks. and avoid dried fruits to some degree (check gi index/load tables)

cold meats are usually great your choice of chorizo is perfect :) love cheese you can buy crisps made entirely out cheese pretty much dehydrated or baked/grilled crispy in wafer thin slices can make your own in the oven low heat which would be cheaper.

Eggs are pretty filling. egg in a cup with a little butter salt and pepper. or just plain boiled egg usually will makes me feel fairly full.

something to bear in mind: if your body doesnt have enough carbs it can use proteins and fats converting them to glucose.

cauliflower rice is ok too little bit bland... so need to add something to it for taste :) can also swap out things like rice for couscous(23g)/cauliflowerrice(1.5to2g) (2-6g if prepackaged)

a single cadbury's dark chocolate finger is 3g.

can try a small piece of dark chocolate if miss it (higher coco % usually the better 80%+).

really depends on what you want to snack on and take past experience of what works well for you. keeping a note of what worked well will help make it easier for the future. gl

(edit: corrected a typo above and added below as missed answering local services)
in different health board the service was good, they'd passed onto local service now which i'm still waiting on an appt 7 months on... the original hospistal team had a dedicated diabetic physcologist who has sent me some info and touched base a couple of times to see if i've had an appt yet and are trying to chase up, alongside given me some stuff research). needlephobic sort of here, its more things going in and out veins which makes blood sampling ... hard and hard for treatment. CBT will likely help somewhat with exposing self to the issues in which i fear.
 
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grantg said:
this url maybe useful for you there is a lot better tables out there but that should give you a start for some ideas https://www.wchc.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Carbohydrate-reference-tables.pdf

you can snack on whatever agree's with your body. as your using a cgm you have a nice advantage that you can experiment a little and see in 'realtime' (lagging behind but hey ho) the effects of various foods have on your levels. something with lots of fibre&protein are usually good shouts like various types of forms of nuts. Tolerate some fruits better than others usually those with lower GI (eg watermelon). Various dips eg mayo, add some of your own favourite herbs/spices make some batons from various fruits/veg for dipping heres a few suggestions on that side.

~3g carbs per 100grams celerly, cucumber batons

~5g carbs per 100g peppers/some tomatos, courgette batons

~10g carbs per 100g which you can also use with a dip carrots/beetroot/onions just smaller amounts.

rule of thumb avoid higher starch veg's for snacks. and avoid dried fruits to some degree (check gi index/load tables)

cold meats are usually great your choice of chorizo is perfect :) love cheese you can buy crisps made entirely out cheese pretty much dehydrated or baked/grilled crispy in wafer thin slices can make your own in the oven low heat which would be cheaper.

Eggs are pretty filling. egg in a cup with a little butter salt and pepper. or just plain boiled egg usually will makes me feel fairly full.

something to bear in mind: if your body doesnt have enough carbs it can use proteins and fats converting them to glucose.

cauliflower rice is ok too little bit bland... so need to add something to it for taste :) can also swap out things like rice for couscous(23g)/cauliflowerrice(1.5to2g) (2-6g if prepackaged)

a single cadbury's dark chocolate finger is 3g.

can try a small piece of dark chocolate if miss it (higher coco % usually the better 80%+).

really depends on what you want to snack on and take past experience of what works well for you. keeping a note of what worked well will help make it easier for the future. gl

(edit: corrected a typo above and added below as missed answering local services)
in different health board the service was good, they'd passed onto local service now which i'm still waiting on an appt 7 months on... the original hospistal team had a dedicated diabetic physcologist who has sent me some info and touched base a couple of times to see if i've had an appt yet and are trying to chase up, alongside given me some stuff research). needlephobic sort of here, its more things going in and out veins which makes blood sampling ... hard and hard for treatment. CBT will likely help somewhat with exposing self to the issues in which i fear.
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Thankyou so much for the time you took to reply and all the information, it's very kind of you. I'm sorry they've kept you waiting so long, that must be tough! How are you doing generally? I think CBT would be a great way forward for you.
 
philly1991 said:
Thankyou so much for the time you took to reply and all the information, it's very kind of you. I'm sorry they've kept you waiting so long, that must be tough! How are you doing generally? I think CBT would be a great way forward for you.
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In general terms I'm doing good. Honeymoon period lada/type 1. I'm not currently on meds but if I eat too much carbs higher giload/index high for ages. Trying to get used to stuff. When had to inject 4+ times a day... Rough at times managed most of the injections rarely managed fingerpricks. Decreased amounts of carbs altered diet a lot. I just have to be careful not to eat too much that can be converted into sugars and some things agree with me a lot more than others. Eg chilli con carne with some bell peppers kidney beans etc doesn't raise as much. If I eat a Mac n cheese pie... High for hours and hours so let's just say I avoid that like the plague. I've found some foods which work well for me and umpteen that appear to be very bad. I will have to start insulin injections again and rather suddenly been told when that will be is anybody's guess apparently it will be akin to switching off a light bulb
 
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