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Why do i feel so rough?!!

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Hi friends

can anyone help me...i feel so rough, kinda ill but not sure how to explaine it!

only been 19 days since diagnosis, type 2 diet only (for now)
i needed to lose a good amount of weight and i have lost 10 pouns so far,
i am testing and seeing what food keep my sugars at an ok level, not having much look most of the time, but early days i'm sure i will sort it,
i am doing the low Gi diet....not had any sugars since being told, except for a few peices of dark choc on anight ...even though i am not keen its better than nothing,
i have really thrown myself into it and trying very hard to get my sugars in check,

BUT i feel worse now than before, i am all achey, feel edgy, get my words all wrong, just feel c**p tp be honest...now i did notice i felt like this yesterday but i felt by the evening, woke up this morning ok just alittle groggy, had 2 table spoons of all bran, which shot my bloods up to 8.5 so need to work on that!!
but then i start to feel rubbish, achey, lask of engergy or motivation,
surely after lsoing weight your spose to feel better:confused:

now whats popped into to my mind is....could it actually be my lack of rubbish food i use to eat?!!! like detoxing??
i have becaome rather anal about what i eat so's not to have big spikes, harldy works though, after evening meal it can go up to 12...not high for some but it is for me

i just dont know why i feel so rubbish its really getting me down :(
i could cry today with it,

maybe my body is detoxing or something or am i clutching at strawers???:confused:
please help if you can or experienced any of this,
sorry for the long post
xxx
 
What are your waking levels like and can you remember what your HvA1c was at diagnosis, or what other results you got? 19 days is really no time at all and I would say, yes - your body is definitely going through an adjustment to the 'new you'. Prior to diagnosis when you were unaware of your levels, they may have been much higher than they are now, and your body is trying to cope with and understand the changes. The problems should ease in the days and weeks to come so long as you keep up the good work - it is perfectly normal, but if you are worried, then do ask your GP for his/her assessment and reassurance.

Another thing - don't be too obsessed with getting numbers in the 4-7 range just now. your 8.5 doesn't represent a rocketing of your levels, it is what most people would expect and actually very good, depending on when the reading was taken after eating. Even your 12 is not out of the ordinary at this point, so try not to get downhearted - you're doing really well! 🙂 You've obviously educated yourself well, and in time you wil learn to refine your diet etc. so that you are more relaxed and have greater flexibility in your diet.
 
thanx so much northerner, great advice,

my Hba1c was 7, my morning reading are never below 6, my mid day reading are aprox 8.5 and no matter how careful i am in what i eat my evening reading go to 11....10.5 if i'm lucky and 12,

i have just had a little cry to my hubby about it all, he says i am so consumed with it all and my reading i need to chill...but how can i chill when i still need to get good readings?

i'm 50 i want to live to a ripe old age although i feel a ripe old age now!! lol

my sister was saying how well i have done losing the weight and strangly enough it must be the very 1st time in my life that eating has had nothing to do with my weight!! more to do with my blood sugars!! the weight loss if a very nice side effect, usually when i felt like this before on a diet to lose weight i would think "sod it" and pig out for the rest of the say....but i know i cant do that aymore,

thanx so much for letting me rant and moan...and thanx for making me feel better xxx
 
Hi eat2live. 🙂

As a type 2, your biggest problem is insulin resistance, which can vary throughout the day and with different acitivities.

It may be that your resistance is higher in the afternoon/evening than during the morning or midday. Hopefully, the continued weight loss will help, as will any exercise, which lowers resistance.

Your husband is partly right, in that you shouldn't beat yourself up after only 2 or 3 weeks of diagnosis, but if you can keep chipping away at the numbers you'll do just fine. They key is to try and slowly adapt your taste and lifestyle to match the foods and exercise that keep you healthy. 🙂

Well done on what you've acheived so far.

Rob
 
thanx Robster for your heplful advice, it helps knowing i'm getting advice from people who know !! x
 
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