Hi, Nearly 3 weeks ago i suffered two heart attacks and a triple heart bypass followed. I've been diagnosed with type 2. Although i am eating much healthier i'm struggling to get my Bg below 11. It varies between 10 and 12 mostly but it was 26! I'm eating brown bread etc. I lost a stone in weight in this time but am still classed as overweight. I don't know much at all! Do i look at the overall carbs or just how much of it is sugar? I love my biscuits and am struggling with this. Any advice welcome and thank you.
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Thank you for replying. It was 26 when i was rushed to hospital as I had no i dea I was diabetic. It varies now between 10/12. We've only been looking at the sugars but will now make a note of total carbs so thank you
No appointment yet. I have a telephone one with GP next week. I think they are focusing more on my recovery from the surgery but I am trying to get a head start on my diet. thank you
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Make a note to ask ,as you need to be reffered to have Eye Screening and have your feet checked amongst other things.
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Welcome to the forum @The Hut
Don't stress about getting your BGs down too quickly. It is much kinder on the body to let them descend gently over a longer period. The fine blood vessels in your eyes and the nerve endings in your feet will thank you for it!
Many new members also find it can be really helpful to keep a food diary for a week or two. Be brutally honest! Note down everything you eat and drink. It can be especially helpful to estimate the amount of carbohydrate in the meals and snacks to give you an idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu.
If you would like a good overview of T2 diabetes, to add to the knowledge you’ve already picked up, members here frequently recommend Maggie Davey’s Letter and Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, which you can work through gradually and will give you a solid starting point.
Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂
Don't stress about getting your BGs down too quickly. It is much kinder on the body to let them descend gently over a longer period. The fine blood vessels in your eyes and the nerve endings in your feet will thank you for it!
Many new members also find it can be really helpful to keep a food diary for a week or two. Be brutally honest! Note down everything you eat and drink. It can be especially helpful to estimate the amount of carbohydrate in the meals and snacks to give you an idea of which foods are the main sources of carbs in your menu.
If you would like a good overview of T2 diabetes, to add to the knowledge you’ve already picked up, members here frequently recommend Maggie Davey’s Letter and Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, which you can work through gradually and will give you a solid starting point.
Good luck and let us know how you get on 🙂
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Hi @The Hut and welcome. I hope your recovery is going well from your bypass and I would recommend you concentrate on getting better before worrying too much about your carb intake. Most of us do lower our carbs, whether it be by a great deal or not so much, it all depends on what your readings are and how they affect you. Please take things slowly at the moment but cutting back on things like potatoes, rice, pasta and certainly cakes, biscuits etc will be a good step forward. You have had a huge operation and by cutting back your levels will slowly start to come down.
Any questions you have at all just ask, we are all more than happy to help as best we can.
Any questions you have at all just ask, we are all more than happy to help as best we can.
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Wow, that's a lot to have gone through, two heart attacks and a triple heart by-pass. I imagine you are on some meds like statins, metformin and more perhaps?
Take it easy as some others have said.
Yes I can see why the advice was to eat less of everything. Doing so you will automatically cut back on carbs (to help with the diabetes) and also fats (which probably contributed to the cholesterol build up and vessel narrowing).
Eating less will continue to bring your weight down steadily, your numbers will continue to improve and reduce, blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol all work in concert and will all see significant reduction and improvement.
Do you cook meals or is it mostly takeaways? Do you have someone close, like a relation, nearby to support you? (Sorry for the personal questions).
During my mealtimes I try to
1) eat from smaller plates and saucers
2) half my plate is green leafy and cruciferous steamed veg like kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, spinach, cabbage or cauliflower which I eat FIRST,
and
3) drink plenty of water 30mins before a meal and two hours after but rarely with the meal. I also drink lots of water during the day.
I try not to
1) snack on sweets, biscuits, confectionary, ice cream in front of the TV or elsewhere
2) have too many takeaways and I throw away takeaway leaflets
3) miss exercise even walking for ten mins
and
4) be disparaging or demeaning about myself with negative self talk
Get better soon 🙂
P.S hello and welcome!
Take it easy as some others have said.
Yes I can see why the advice was to eat less of everything. Doing so you will automatically cut back on carbs (to help with the diabetes) and also fats (which probably contributed to the cholesterol build up and vessel narrowing).
Eating less will continue to bring your weight down steadily, your numbers will continue to improve and reduce, blood glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol all work in concert and will all see significant reduction and improvement.
Do you cook meals or is it mostly takeaways? Do you have someone close, like a relation, nearby to support you? (Sorry for the personal questions).
During my mealtimes I try to
1) eat from smaller plates and saucers
2) half my plate is green leafy and cruciferous steamed veg like kale, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, spinach, cabbage or cauliflower which I eat FIRST,
and
3) drink plenty of water 30mins before a meal and two hours after but rarely with the meal. I also drink lots of water during the day.
I try not to
1) snack on sweets, biscuits, confectionary, ice cream in front of the TV or elsewhere
2) have too many takeaways and I throw away takeaway leaflets
3) miss exercise even walking for ten mins
and
4) be disparaging or demeaning about myself with negative self talk
Get better soon 🙂
P.S hello and welcome!
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