bg not good!

[nickie]

Had my appt with my nurse today, bg was 15.7! oh dear oh dear! came out thinking wat a load of rubbish nothing is working but still have another 5/6 weeks before the big blood test so have decided to stop being a misreable moaning cow and pull my finger out!
She has given me a bg monitor so maybe that will help identify even more good and bad foods! even things like carrots were a shock 2 me, tht they wd be ok however you cooked them but shd only be boiled not roasted! I think i need 2 hit the shops for a cook book1🙂

 

[Northerner]

Sorry to hear about the high levels nickie - how long after your last meal was it taken? The good thing is that it has given you some motivation, and now that you have a meter you will be able to tailor your diet much better and achieve better levels.🙂 Get yourself a book about Glycaemic Load from the library - it will teach you what foods will release their energy slowly and keep your levels from spiking high. I believe that there are cookbooks based on the principle too, if you're into recipes.

 

[nickie]

it was about 2 hours. Ill hunt for a book at the library, was never really in2 receipes and such that allways seemed to be my sisters domain, but realise now im going to have to, esp one to make my own bolognaise sauce cos was told the jars are a no no for the time being and i luv spag bol, thanks for the advice x