Hi Team.

[Uvongo]

Thanks for the welcome and support offered. I was diagnosed with Type 2 very recently. My first reaction was to be neurotic about the food I eat but I am slowly settling down. The thing I missed most was my coffee with loads of sugar !! - I now take it with Xylitol which seems to be a good substitute.
Best wishes to all of you.

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Uvongo 🙂

 

[rebrascora]

Hi and welcome.

A bit like you, I used to like my coffee with a lot of sugar even though I drink my tea without. I always said I would rather not drink coffee as drink it without sugar.... but...... my morning coffee (without sugar or sweetener) is now my indulgence and one of the highlights of my day (I know I am a bit sad 🙄) because I now have double cream in it instead! The cream makes it taste smooth and luxurious and the fat in the cream helps to provide me with slow released energy and keeps me from feeling hungry.
For me, getting rid of my sweet tooth was important to changing my diet and managing my diabetes better and stopping the cravings that I was battling every day. Cutting carbohydrates in general is helpful in managing Type 2 diabetes, so reducing portion sizes of bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and breakfast cereals and limiting fruit, in all it's forms ie. fresh, dried frozen or juiced, which of course also contains sugar. Many of us stick to just a few berries each day, usually with full fat Greek yoghurt and mixed seeds and chopped nuts as a breakfast option or dessert. Berries are the lowest carb fruits and are usually very nutrient dense and flavourful, so a small portion is enough. I buy packs of frozen summer berries which is a mix of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, red and black currants and just defrost a few as I need them.

Anyway, I hope you find the forum helpful and if you need advice or support or ideas or don't understand anything, please ask. We all know how overwhelming a diabetes diagnosis is at first but many of us feel so much healthier, slimmer, fitter and even younger for the lifestyle changes it gave us the impetus (kick up the backside) to make.
Good luck with your diabetes journey.

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi and welcome.

A bit like you, I used to like my coffee with a lot of sugar even though I drink my tea without. I always said I would rather not drink coffee as drink it without sugar.... but...... my morning coffee (without sugar or sweetener) is now my indulgence and one of the highlights of my day (I know I am a bit sad 🙄) because I now have double cream in it instead! The cream makes it taste smooth and luxurious and the fat in the cream helps to provide me with slow released energy and keeps me from feeling hungry.
For me, getting rid of my sweet tooth was important to changing my diet and managing my diabetes better and stopping the cravings that I was battling every day. Cutting carbohydrates in general is helpful in managing Type 2 diabetes, so reducing portion sizes of bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and breakfast cereals and limiting fruit, in all it's forms ie. fresh, dried frozen or juiced, which of course also contains sugar. Many of us stick to just a few berries each day, usually with full fat Greek yoghurt and mixed seeds and chopped nuts as a breakfast option or dessert. Berries are the lowest carb fruits and are usually very nutrient dense and flavourful, so a small portion is enough. I buy packs of frozen summer berries which is a mix of raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, red and black currants and just defrost a few as I need them.

Anyway, I hope you find the forum helpful and if you need advice or support or ideas or don't understand anything, please ask. We all know how overwhelming a diabetes diagnosis is at first but many of us feel so much healthier, slimmer, fitter and even younger for the lifestyle changes it gave us the impetus (kick up the backside) to make.
Good luck with your diabetes journey.

I used to (many years ago) have sugar in my coffee but never in tea, I could even detect if the tea has been stirred with a sugary spoon, then cut the sugar in the coffee but if I had it with cream it seemed to need sugar, seems odd now.
As you say by reducing the sugar in things by just not adding it even naturally sweet things taste too sweet.
I always did prefer savoury to sweet but even they can be deceptively carby.

@Uvongo I would beware of using too much xylitol or similar like erythritol as they can cause stomach issues.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

The cream makes it taste smooth and luxurious

I haven't tried cream, but I must get around to it. I was diagnosed when I was 15, so before I'd really started drinking coffee so the sugar in coffee thing never really happened.

My indulgence is a milk frother machine. There's something about introducing bubbles into milk that really changes how it feels, perhaps similar to cream.

 

[Cherrelle DUK]

Hi Uvongo, welcome to the forum.

I think the first thing I did when I was diagnosed was buy about 5 types of sweeteners to test which one would be closest to my usual sugar hit! I did find one I like but as time went on I reduced the need to it... I'm now however intrigued as to what the taste of cream in my tea would be like to add a bit of luxury to my morning!

We've got lots of info on the site so do have a look around and give us a shout if there's anything we can do to help.

 

[Leadinglights]

Hi Uvongo, welcome to the forum.

I think the first thing I did when I was diagnosed was buy about 5 types of sweeteners to test which one would be closest to my usual sugar hit! I did find one I like but as time went on I reduced the need to it... I'm now however intrigued as to what the taste of cream in my tea would be like to add a bit of luxury to my morning!

We've got lots of info on the site so do have a look around and give us a shout if there's anything we can do to help.

Cream in tea, yuk. But I suppose if you like milky tea it may be OK. Just seems all wrong.