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Borderline Diabetes Diagnosis

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Food is too boring without onions.🙂
 
Another thing I find with the lower carb diet is that I don't feel half as hungry as I used to pre diagnosis. Had a lovely lunch today of lettuce, red onion , peppers olives, ham and camebert cheese with low carb crackers . Dinner was beef and mushrooms stir fry with veg , followed by a low sugar jelly raspberries and cream.
 
Sorry really? Really? Cant believe it!! Can i ask which low carb crackers please. Sounds like a gorg lunch n dinner to me. I am 56 yo. Love it and love this site its unbelievable i have sooo relaxed about this since being on here. Really thanx to all 🙂🙂
 
Hi Jennibambi,

It's just Ryvitas thins , 3.7g carb of which 0.1g is sugars. I've not been diagnosed very long (although I suspect I've been diabetic for a long time before diagnosis ). Like you I was very concerned and felt confused by the advice (or lack of it) from the docs. This forum is amazing for support and information and you can talk to people who know what you mean! Also you know you're not alone and so far as foods are concerned you eat better food than before!
My GP advised me to eat a low fat diet with plenty fruit and veg for my diabetes but through coming on here is realised that it's sugars and carbs that are the things to watch. I've modified my diet and reduced starchy sweet veg like carrots, fruits , bananas etc and included full fat in moderation, I've lost a stone since diagnosis so can't be too bad!
 
Hi jangles i have to say my nurse was terrible and i actually spoke to a "helpline" they said low fat well balanced diet plenty fruit and veg?? I didnt know where to turn sounds like u can have everything. Anyway i have been eating an apple or 2 per day plus maybe an orange should i steer away from the fruit then or cut down. Not eatong bananas at all and have changed to skimmed milk. Just knowing at the start wot you can have soooo glad im on here people who know what they are talking about! My hba1c was 48 and i have to go back mon for another so want to try and get this sorted over the next few months to correct it if i can. Thanks again its great here.
 
I was given the same advice off my GP and nurse. Likewise I thought how is that going to affect my overall blood glucose? ? I still do use skimmed milk in my coffee but have switched to unsweetened soya for everything else . My GP told me not to test as there's no need to unless on insulin and my surgery only test once 6 monthly, I thought well how would you know if the meds are working without testing so I got a meter and have been testing. People on here advised to test before and after meals so you know what spikes you. I'm unable to take porridge for example but other people are fine on it. Testing let's you see what you can and can't tolerate.
 
I hope you get a good result at the docs but if you don't it's manageable with a bit of experimentation and there's always lots of support and good experience on here
 
Hi @Jennibambi I am newly diagnosed too, so I know how you feel. I have found this site invaluable, everyone is so helpful. I am living in Spain and have been given hardly any advice from the doctor at all, apart from eat carbohydrates at lunchtime, not evening meal?? I have not been given the Hb test that everyone on here talks about so much. One good thing though, she did give me a self testing kit which really opens your eyes to which foods you can safely eat. A big lesson I have learnt from this forum is that we are all different and only by testing can you discover foods best suited to you personally.

I think I was a carboholic but slowly I am learning to replace nasty big fat carbs with healthier alternatives. Last night we had turkey and broccoli curry with cauliflower rice and it was lovely, I didn't miss the "normal" rice at all. Now I just need to find a low carb poppadom 😉
Good luck on Monday!
 
It all comes down to testing IMO. No food is really off limits. Different people react differently to different foods. The GP's & DSN's don't seem to realise this. I can actually tolerate bananas ok as long as they are not too ripe. I can't tolerate porridge at all.
 
Jangles said:
Another thing I find with the lower carb diet is that I don't feel half as hungry as I used to pre diagnosis. Had a lovely lunch today of lettuce, red onion , peppers olives, ham and camebert cheese with low carb crackers . Dinner was beef and mushrooms stir fry with veg , followed by a low sugar jelly raspberries and cream.
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Jangles tried your dinner of stir fry and the jelly with raspberries and cream yum yum thanks for the simple idea xx
 
Glad you liked it. I'm enjoying experimenting with ingredients but I'm enjoying eating all the things I've avoided for years like cheese and olives ! I've just made my raspberry jelly and raspberries for tomorrow's dessert after Sunday lunch!
 
yea I am gonna do the jelly and raspberry dessert and have a lovely big bit of hake which I am doing with white wine cauliflower and mayonnaise in the oven. yummy and it is a beautiful tasting fish
 
That sound lush! We had hake last night! I'd never had it before, my husband had bought it is was wary but it was lovely although all we did was bake it with some lemon and olive oil. I like the sound of how you are going to do it , it would go well.
 
Hope that is not too carby dont think it os but also doing my lovely tomato soup quite a lot of toms in it hope its ok am gonna check myself before and after. Wen i check after is is 1 or 2 hours after or both and dobyou count the time from wen u start ur meal or wen u finish ur meal. Thanks
 
I've been checking and hour after and two hours after i finish the meal to see what the difference is . I've not been doing it everyday though what I found was I'm quite high an hour but two hours it's gone down. I seem to be in the 6 to 8 range, I don't know if that's good or bad but it's an awful lot better than it was at diagnosis.
 
Thanks. I did it tonite 90mins after my jelly and mine was 7.1 so this is new to me and means nothing i will learn as i go along i suppose. Gonna stick to low carb way of life. Just wonder will i ever be able to have a scone again??
 
I've been having the occasional scone. I'm mainly low carb but I do have the odd thing , usually a scone or a teacake and butter. I always have butter and no jam in the hope it slows down the carbs into my bloodstream. I've even tested two hours after a scone and it's been in the 7s so seems OK. It's just all trial and error but mostly I'm in the sixes and sevens but have been up in the eights.
 
Jangles said:
I've been having the occasional scone. I'm mainly low carb but I do have the odd thing , usually a scone or a teacake and butter. I always have butter and no jam in the hope it slows down the carbs into my bloodstream. I've even tested two hours after a scone and it's been in the 7s so seems OK. It's just all trial and error but mostly I'm in the sixes and sevens but have been up in the eights.
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Good to know suppose just need to test and see it would be nice just now and again as a treat. Partner so impressed by my weight loss he eating wot im eating lol wont do him a button of harm eh?😉
 
Jennibambi said:
Good to know suppose just need to test and see it would be nice just now and again as a treat. Partner so impressed by my weight loss he eating wot im eating lol wont do him a button of harm eh?😉
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Goodness me Jenni you must tell me your secret . Getting my men to eat same as me my son and partner is like trying to get blood from a stone lol.
 
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