Good afternoon, I'm all new to this!!

[goodybags]

Good morning, please can I ask what is the best bread ....I have cut it out of my diet but it's just incase I need something quick etc ? This morn I have made breakfast muffins with ham base tomatoes mushrooms low fat cheese and eggs and had 2 of those with a small tin of plum tomatoes .....does this sound ok ?

Hi @Mazza41
When I reintroduced bread into my diet having cut it out,
I started looking at the carbs per slice (on the nutritional information label) It’s an real eye opener.

and found a Warburton's no added Sugar Wholemeal wasn’t to bad,
I’ve recently started buying Hovis Wholemeal Nimble and that’s actually slightly less carb than the Warburton. usually I just limit myself to one or two slices a day.

 

[Mazza41]

Good afternoon, my new purchase has arrived today ☺️ all I've had today is a bowl of albran for breakfast around 9 am I done my blood sugars at 12pm and it was 9.2 ??

 

[trophywench]

You are aiming for between 4.0 & 7.0 prior to eating and an increase of no more than 3.0, by 2 hours post meal.

A one off test of 9.2 means nothing whatsoever - the idea is we test in order to discover something, eg whether a bowl of All Bran is doing our blood glucose any good or not - but to discover that, you need to test before you ate it and again 2hrs later.

If we don't use blood tests to inform ourselves there is very little point in testing - and as it's costing you money every time you do a test - better make as many of them as possible informative! 🙂

 

[Mazza41]

With it just getting delivered I had to test it out just so I know how to use it ect....I'm going to start in the morning before breakfast and after etc ........the thing I'm now concerned about is with it being 9.2 I don't dare eat anything.

 

[Leadinglights]

With it just getting delivered I had to test it out just so I know how to use it ect....I'm going to start in the morning before breakfast and after etc ........the thing I'm now concerned about is with it being 9.2 I don't dare eat anything.

If you are newly diagnosed with a high enough HbA1C to be put on metformin then a reading of over 9 would not be unusual after eating All Bran, although one of the lower carb cereals it is still quite high carb.
It will take time and careful choices of food for your blood glucose to come down.

 

[Mazza41]

AHH ok, it's the first time I've eaten cereal since diagnoses....I fancied a changed from eggs lol .....I think I need some chickens for my back garden at this rate...I'm having chicken stir-fry for tea ....would soya sauce be ok would you think ? Thank you so much for advice.

 

[Leadinglights]

AHH ok, it's the first time I've eaten cereal since diagnoses....I fancied a changed from eggs lol .....I think I need some chickens for my back garden at this rate...I'm having chicken stir-fry for tea ....would soya sauce be ok would you think ? Thank you so much for advice.

A tablespoonful is 1g carb i.e. not very much. It is those sachets of stir fry sauces which are high carbs.
I often make a stir fry satay with peanut butter, grated ginger, bit chilli powder and soy sauce.

 

[Drummer]

Good afternoon, my new purchase has arrived today ☺️ all I've had today is a bowl of albran for breakfast around 9 am I done my blood sugars at 12pm and it was 9.2 ??

All Bran is about 1/2 carbs by weight - not really a good option

 

[Mazza41]

Right sooo my results before breakfast was 12.2 and 2 hrs after poached egg on wholegrain toast with a flat white coffee is 9.5! Any advice on this please ?

 

[KGL]

I’m no expert but it looks like you’re heading the right way to me. I guess it will take a couple of weeks to see any trends it for now if you’ve made changes that has to be positive. Good luck

 

[Leadinglights]

Right sooo my results before breakfast was 12.2 and 2 hrs after poached egg on wholegrain toast with a flat white coffee is 9.5! Any advice on this please ?

Before coming to any conclusions you will need to do a few more tests with the same meal. If you are getting the same then look for explanation. It does seem odd that it was so much lower after 2 hours unless you were doing lots of exercise. I would be more suspicious of the 12.2 before your meal.