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[Inka]

You’ve made some good changes @Louise Jayne See how that goes. To keep carbs moderate, you could look at keeping portions small and maybe count your carbs, etc on an app like My Fitness Pal.

Baked potatoes are often mentioned in diets but if I remember correctly, they’re quite high GI and one of the large-ish baking potatoes would have a fair amount of carbs. Adding the baked beans to that would add about 30g carbs too. Curry and rice should be ok if you keep your rice portion small or use cauli rice instead. Veg is always good to bulk out meals and add health benefits.

 

[Jenny Rowcliffe]

Morning all. I’m 4 weeks new 2

Hello Louise! Snap! It sounds as though we received the Type2 diagnosis at the same time. I hope you feel better than I do about it.

 

[Inka]

Hello Louise! Snap! It sounds as though we received the Type2 diagnosis at the same time. I hope you feel better than I do about it.

Welcome @Jenny Rowcliffe 🙂

A diabetes diagnosis is hard for sure. Is there anything in particular that’s getting to you?

 

[Louise Jayne]

You’ve made some good changes @Louise Jayne See how that goes. To keep carbs moderate, you could look at keeping portions small and maybe count your carbs, etc on an app like My Fitness Pal.

Baked potatoes are often mentioned in diets but if I remember correctly, they’re quite high GI and one of the large-ish baking potatoes would have a fair amount of carbs. Adding the baked beans to that would add about 30g carbs too. Curry and rice should be ok if you keep your rice portion small or use cauli rice instead. Veg is always good to bulk out meals and add health benefits.

Thank you for your advice. As I said I’m a fussy eater and if I cut out more things I like I’ll be living on air! Ha ha

 

[Louise Jayne]

Hello Louise! Snap! It sounds as though we received the Type2 diagnosis at the same time. I hope you feel better than I do about it.

Hi Jenny, I’m just getting on with it tbh. Still trying to get my meds right and just cut out the foods I’m not allowed to have. Sorry to hear you’re not feeling good. There’s lots of support on here and we can boost each other too.

 

[Inka]

Thank you for your advice. As I said I’m a fussy eater and if I cut out more things I like I’ll be living on air! Ha ha

Just small changes can help eg tuna and mayo in your baked potato, or cottage cheese. Or a smaller potato bulked out with a side salad and/or green veg.
Little changes all add up 🙂

 

[Louise Jayne]

Just small changes can help eg tuna and mayo in your baked potato, or cottage cheese. Or a smaller potato bulked out with a side salad and/or green veg.
Little changes all add up 🙂

Thank you. I’m doing all of those thing minus cheese as it’s a no good food for me. I appreciate all your help.

 

[Jenny Rowcliffe]

Hi Jenny, I’m just getting on with it tbh. Still trying to get my meds right and just cut out the foods I’m not allowed to have. Sorry to hear you’re not feeling good. There’s lots of support on here and we can boost each other too.

Thank you! I can’t even work the phone being a sad technophobe! am surprised when I succeed in seeing a reply!
my GP phoned with this diagnosis and said I should try for next 3 months to reduce blood sugars. No pills and don’t need insulin so it is vital I manage my diet.
My balance is poor, knees painful and am nauseous! Had a smart watch for my birthday recently... 4000 steps a day is my best so far! I know!!!!!! I am trying!!

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Thank you! I can’t even work the phone being a sad technophobe! am surprised when I succeed in seeing a reply!
my GP phoned with this diagnosis and said I should try for next 3 months to reduce blood sugars. No pills and don’t need insulin so it is vital I manage my diet.
My balance is poor, knees painful and am nauseous! Had a smart watch for my birthday recently... 4000 steps a day is my best so far! I know!!!!!! I am trying!!

Welcome to the forum @Jenny Rowcliffe and @Louise Jayne

Lots of help, support and encouragement here 🙂

 

[Drummer]

My knees got really bad before I lost some weight - I found a trampoline was really low impact - I have an 8ft one in the garden.

 

[Jenny Rowcliffe]

Welcome @Jenny Rowcliffe 🙂

A diabetes diagnosis is hard for sure. Is there anything in particular that’s getting to you?

Have at last spoken briefly with the community dietician and she will phone me for a proper talk in a couple of weeks. I am following a very low carb menu that I hope will lower my blood sugars. Reduced potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, cake, biscuits to almost zero. No alcohol although I confess I have half a centimetre of Paddy’s whiskey waiting for me in a small glass! It is St Patrick’s Day! Result is 7lbs lighter! No idea about blood sugars although I will have another hospital blood test in 6 weeks time.
I am very grumpy and I have to keep my mouth shut else no one will have a scrap of sympathy!

 

[Jenny Rowcliffe]

Hi Jenny, I’m just getting on with it tbh. Still trying to get my meds right and just cut out the foods I’m not allowed to have. Sorry to hear you’re not feeling good. There’s lots of support on here and we can boost each other too.

How are you getting on? I hope you are coping with knowing what is good for us to eat and what is not! I think planning ahead was not easy for my muddled mind but now I am better prepared. I hope your meds are all sorted now. Keep positive.

 

[Drummer]

Have at last spoken briefly with the community dietician and she will phone me for a proper talk in a couple of weeks. I am following a very low carb menu that I hope will lower my blood sugars. Reduced potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, cake, biscuits to almost zero. No alcohol although I confess I have half a centimetre of Paddy’s whiskey waiting for me in a small glass! It is St Patrick’s Day! Result is 7lbs lighter! No idea about blood sugars although I will have another hospital blood test in 6 weeks time.
I am very grumpy and I have to keep my mouth shut else no one will have a scrap of sympathy!

Have you added more meat or fish, eggs etc, to keep you going having removed the carbs? Many people find that keeping up their energy levels results in weightloss faster than not eating much at all.

 

[Jenny Rowcliffe]

Yes forgot to say I eat more chicken but not as much red mead as I used to. I force myself to eat fish but can only manage salmon for dinner and occasionally smoked salmon on a stack with portobello mushrooms and poached eggs.

 

[NotPink]

Your diet would be a disaster for me, as I am very sensitive to carbs. Eating low carb means that I only need to eat twice a day, and do not snack.
As your Hba1c is a lot lower than mine at diagnosis you might well be able to reduce back to normal eating far more carbs, but if you tot up the amount you are eating you might be surprised.
I eat no more than 40 gm of carb a day, and my meter shows normal numbers.
You don't ned to cut out butter - it is better than seed oils or spreads made from them.
Chocolate - a high cocoa one should be fine - it is the amount of sugar in ordinary chocolates which is the problem.
Brown carbs are no better than white ones, it is the amount which is the key factor.
Choosing fruit with lower percentages of carbs is a good idea - berries are the lowest.

Just picking up your carb sensitivity. I am very sensitive to carbs I cannot eat bread, pots or any grains cos my readings go up very quickly and I get neg. symptoms. So I don't eat them.
I thought i was the only one who was like this cos many here say they cut down on carbs and don't cut them out. Even stranger because of my other dietary dilemma I have not eaten carbs nor sugar or fruit etc for many years but I was still diagnosed with pre diabetes...how weird is that?
Now having said that I binged on chocolate over Xmas first time in many years which wasn't a good idea but occasionally I need something to tempt me and regretted it...

 

[Drummer]

I was always sensitive to carbs from very early on - it just took a 'healthy' diet to push me over into full diabetes.
I find that beans appear to have more carbs than they are credited with - but I digest them better than most, I think - and the meter shows where they end up spiking my BG levels.
I think the sensitivity runs in the family, and if it is there it surfaces in the end - it took me until I was 65.
I have 95% cocoa choclate from Lidl and that seems adequate even if I have just one square.