Hi All,
my husband (76 kg, 180 cm tall, hence not overweight, but slightly too much belly) was diagnosed with type 2 almost 3 weeks ago, his HbA1c was 54. He was prescribed Metformin and is since Friday night on the second tablet. We have changed our diet to what we were told was a healthy diet, which meant for us more carbs than before. We had been on a diet as follows: lowish fat, low carb, high protein, lots of fruit and veg. We both have cut back on fat now (so only a matchbox size of cheese for lunch, not meat for lunch and max. 80g meat or 140g fish for dinner), but have added more carbs as that was what all guides say. We both lost 1kg per week and he is getting so bad that he can not work more than 3 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. We are freelance and very busy at the moment, which means 50 to 60 hour weeks for me. His health is getting worse and he feels extremely tired, often giddy and sometimes blurred vision. A metre was refused due to cost reasons, so we are going to get one next week for free, but have to buy the test strips. However, he is feeling rather low since getting worse despite cutting back so much does not help. his diet is as follows:
breakfast: sugar-free muesli (with nuts and dried fruit) with 1/3 portion fruit and semi-skimmed milk and non-fat yoghurt.
snack: fruit (2 portions, not banana) + 2 oatmeal buiscuits
lunch: 1 or 2 slices of wholegrain or rye bread, 1 tbs humous / veg spread, 1 matchbox size cheese, carrot, lettuce, 1/2 red pepper, small tomatoes
snack: 1 portion fruit + 2 oatmeal buiscuits
dinner: max 80 g meat or 140 g fish or vegetarian (stirfry) with hardly any oil, rice or quinoa or potatoes (c. 1 -2 fist fulls or 1/4 to 1/3 of a plate) and 1/3 of a plate veggies
snack: see above (1 portion)
Any ideas if that makes him worse and if yes, what could we try until he gets the metre?
Thank you very much.
Barb23
my husband (76 kg, 180 cm tall, hence not overweight, but slightly too much belly) was diagnosed with type 2 almost 3 weeks ago, his HbA1c was 54. He was prescribed Metformin and is since Friday night on the second tablet. We have changed our diet to what we were told was a healthy diet, which meant for us more carbs than before. We had been on a diet as follows: lowish fat, low carb, high protein, lots of fruit and veg. We both have cut back on fat now (so only a matchbox size of cheese for lunch, not meat for lunch and max. 80g meat or 140g fish for dinner), but have added more carbs as that was what all guides say. We both lost 1kg per week and he is getting so bad that he can not work more than 3 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. We are freelance and very busy at the moment, which means 50 to 60 hour weeks for me. His health is getting worse and he feels extremely tired, often giddy and sometimes blurred vision. A metre was refused due to cost reasons, so we are going to get one next week for free, but have to buy the test strips. However, he is feeling rather low since getting worse despite cutting back so much does not help. his diet is as follows:
breakfast: sugar-free muesli (with nuts and dried fruit) with 1/3 portion fruit and semi-skimmed milk and non-fat yoghurt.
snack: fruit (2 portions, not banana) + 2 oatmeal buiscuits
lunch: 1 or 2 slices of wholegrain or rye bread, 1 tbs humous / veg spread, 1 matchbox size cheese, carrot, lettuce, 1/2 red pepper, small tomatoes
snack: 1 portion fruit + 2 oatmeal buiscuits
dinner: max 80 g meat or 140 g fish or vegetarian (stirfry) with hardly any oil, rice or quinoa or potatoes (c. 1 -2 fist fulls or 1/4 to 1/3 of a plate) and 1/3 of a plate veggies
snack: see above (1 portion)
Any ideas if that makes him worse and if yes, what could we try until he gets the metre?
Thank you very much.
Barb23
. But we are happy to do this if it helps, although we will try again to get them free. He seems to be ok with a small amount of carbs, he had quinoa and rice (very small amount) included in a salad tonight and also a little bit of fruit - orange. Finally we can now start and trial and error. 