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Cappuccino

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Grannylorraine

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I think I may have to give up my daily cappuccino, I think this is why my bs is spiking so much at breakfast. Yesterday I did not have a cappuccino and my bg only rose by 1 with natural yogurt and berries, today I had my cappuccino immediately after my breakfast when I took my bs 3 hrs later, I was in a meeting so could not do at 2 hr, it had gone up by 4. I don't have any chocolate sprinkles on it either.

Oh well I am sure I will get to enjoy just having meat and veg and drinking water as I am not keen on fizzy drink and don't like tea.
 
Before you give it up entirely, try decaf. I find caffeine always shoots my blood sugars up. ( the alternative is that it's the carbs because of the amount of milk, so you could try having a smaller amount of milk and topping it up with water, a sort of flat white)
 
Have your tried it with with cream no sugar that's what I have and it doesn't spike me.
It is an acquired taste though
 
I gave up latte and only have coffee with cream now, but I only have 1 or 2 a week as I'm mainly a tea drinker.
 
Oh isn't it.
 
Latte spikes me, a proper cappuccino or a flat white doesn't because it's mostly foam, so definitely worth a try on the different types front, ironically filter coffee with cold milk and one sugar doesn't even cause a vague rumble....and yet a Diet Coke is liable to cause me some ructions so there's clearly some sort of caffeine/hot milk situation bit I'll be puzzling that one for the rest of my natural I think 😉
 
was 9.9 when I got home from work, so that is nearly normal for that time of day. A meal out caused a 2.5 rise which I didn't think was too bad as I had a small amount of potato with my dinner.
 
I usually have 4 or 5 coffees every morning with no effect on my BS. Caffeine does make me wee for England, though.
 
Grannylorraine said:
was 9.9 when I got home from work, so that is nearly normal for that time of day. A meal out caused a 2.5 rise which I didn't think was too bad as I had a small amount of potato with my dinner.
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Wow 9.9 Lorraine - that's a huge dip from the numbers you've been having recently - well done u:D x
WL
 
I drink the sachets of skinny lattè and cappuccino but have radically cut them down of late to one of each per day - they were spiking my bgls - instead I drink decaf tea and water and the occasional decaf coffee with cream - delicious 😛 x
WL
 
I have given up the cappiccino's and now my post breakfast bg is a really small rise.
 
Grannylorraine said:
I have given up the cappiccino's and now my post breakfast bg is a really small rise.
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Good for you Lorraine - we have to make sacrifices at some point or another to gain the results we want to achieve don't we - one thing at a time then test - are you drinking more water now in place of the cappuccinos? x
WL
 
Not really as I don't get very thirsty anymore, but I have tried sipping water more regularly today to see if that helps. BG was 10.7 when I got home from work, so an improvement. But I am feeling really down and tearful due to high level this morning, something that happened at work (I know at my age I should let things go over my head), and feeling that there is very little I can eat without it spiking my bg. Meals are so boring and tomorrow I am going out for the day and will have to go armed with a salad, knife & fork, so much easier to buy something there but I know it will be sandwiches, pancakes, jacket potatoes, pastries, so nothing I can eat, so going to have to walk around with a bag of food all morning, not fun, it has almost put me off going for days out now.
 
Grannylorraine said:
Not really as I don't get very thirsty anymore, but I have tried sipping water more regularly today to see if that helps. BG was 10.7 when I got home from work, so an improvement. But I am feeling really down and tearful due to high level this morning, something that happened at work (I know at my age I should let things go over my head), and feeling that there is very little I can eat without it spiking my bg. Meals are so boring and tomorrow I am going out for the day and will have to go armed with a salad, knife & fork, so much easier to buy something there but I know it will be sandwiches, pancakes, jacket potatoes, pastries, so nothing I can eat, so going to have to walk around with a bag of food all morning, not fun, it has almost put me off going for days out now.
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No please dont let that happen Lorraine - place all your own food & water in a cooler bag - if you have one - so it will keep - and try to put what happened at work out of your mind for now (you can deal with this later) so you can enjoy your day out - it's better you go out for the day rather than sit at home thinking about it - I hope you have a lovely day out & that the weather is favourable, take care hun.
WL
 
Oh love I feel your pain I too like those coffees and I have noticed a spike after having them :( also this change in diet can be boring and days out a pain. But I guess we can do this together and we can't let it stop us from living. We just need to look at it differently ... Good luck love x
 
Just a thought if it turns out to be the cappuccino and not the affect of caffeine in general what about those flavoured coffees ? Dowe Egbert do different flavours don't they ?
 
wirralass said:
No please dont let that happen Lorraine - place all your own food & water in a cooler bag - if you have one - so it will keep - and try to put what happened at work out of your mind for now (you can deal with this later) so you can enjoy your day out - it's better you go out for the day rather than sit at home thinking about it - I hope you have a lovely day out & that the weather is favourable, take care hun.
WL
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Thank you wirralass, luckily it is an indoor event. Yes nothing I can do about the work situation so I just have to get over it.
 
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