I think you might be quite surprised how many carbs there are in potatoes, 6 small chunks of roast potato (155g ) could be 40g carbs, and a bread roll even if quite small could be 25g carbs. It can all add up.
It should be but only your body knows if it can and the evidence is in your blood glucose level.
But most peoples blood sugar rises after 2 hours of eating even non diabetics surely. Mine is always lower in morning than after meals. But its usually alway 9 something after 2 hours of eating.
Yes it does but the aim is to be no more than 8-8.5mmol/l 2 hours post meal. If it is more than that then it suggests your carbs are too much for your body to cope with. But if your overall levels are higher than that then looking at the increase you get from the meal is a good guide, you want no more than 2-3mmol/l after the 2 hours.
Yes I worked until I was 67 and would be doing anything up to 25000 steps and fairly physical work and it was only when I retired and wasn't doing nearly so much exercise that I slipped over into the diabetic range.
If i go lower i would feel starving hungry !! Any suggestions would be good to make me feel full up !!!
Plenty protein and veg, salads. Full fat Greek yoghurt with berries, high protein yoghurts various flavours Arla or Aldi ones or Kvarg deserts, sugarfree jelly with added berries and cream for deserts. Chunks cheese, nuts.
Just as high carb as white spag, but try a small portion with lots of the sauce and test you may be OK otherwise try blackbean or edamame bean pasta.
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As you are fairly newly diagnosed @jules007 your body may still be adjusting to your new menu. There’s no need to panic. It’s early days for you. Perhaps keep doing what you are doing for a few more weeks and see of things gradually drift downwards?
Thankyou but I am so fed up with just eating salmon and plateful of veg !! Its boring and tasteless. Im missing lasagne, spag bog chicken pie and mash ect .. and i always feel hungry and craving for food
I just dont want to go on medication as i like my wine the most and reading about metformin it has reaĺly scared me. I am eating blueberries low fat greei yogurt l9ads of veg and salad salmon and chicken shish kebab stawberries tuna ect.. but dont feel satisfied at all andi dont like the food at allJust as high carb as white spag, but try a small portion with lots of the sauce and test you may be OK otherwise try blackbean or edamame bean pasta.
What do you put in your omelette, I usually put bacon, mushrooms and cheese and have with loads of veg.
Did you have the full fat Greek yogurt as that is not at all sour but nice and creamy but the low fat one is.
Did you check out any of the meals in the Freshwell link I posted for some more ideas, here it is again.
Don't forget you started on a high HbA1C so it will take a while to start to come down. Many at that high levels would be taking oral medication.Freshwell Low Carb Project - Home
Sorry spelling wasnt good last message. Basically i want to eat a nice lasagne or a spag bog with brown spaagetti something i love at least I hate salad
I am eating nothing but salmon and tuna its getting boring always hungry and craving !!
What is wrong with other meats, pork, lamb. beef, chicken plenty of tasty meals you can make with those.
