Hi all, another new kid in town.
Just been diagnosed with type 2 due to my Blood sugar levels being high (123).
Got some pills and a finger pricker test machine and so the journey begins.
Looking forward to reading the many posts and hopefully pick up some tips on how to manage this thing.
That is a bit high - but the good news is that if you are an ordinary type 2, by eating fewer starches and sugars you can lower it towards normal numbers.
Even if you are something more interesting, it is still going to be possible to get a hold of things with medication or a change in lifestyle. I've joined up with some morris dancers, but it isn't necessary to go to those lengths.....
First thing is to evaluate your eating habits and the things you eat. Concentrate on the carbohydrates even those supposed to be healthy.
I always had a problem with the accepted advice to eat low fat, low calorie but high carb - the usual diet handed out for weightloss. It never worked.
Second - consider what you could cut out, going gently and working through your menu week by week so as to make it not so much of a shock to the metabolism.
Thirdly consider getting hold of a blood glucose tester, then testing before and after meals, a 2 hour after starting to eat test would be, ideally two whole numbers higher than the starting point - but when starting out it is really just a matter of looking and learning about your own reaction to foods.
When I started out I was puzzled by peas and beans not in pods - somehow I can extract more carbs than the listed values. I just halved the portion size or chose French or runner beans but the Tee 2+ meter from Spirit Healthcare was a useful indicator of what sort of meals to eat.
I Just went straight in and cut back to no more than 50gm of carbs a day - by nickname used to be 'No Fear' - once I was seeing under 8mmol/l after meals I paused the changes in food, but my tests showed ongoing reduction, so I assumed that my metabolism was recovering.
