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. I am a rebel too, how can we know what causes the spikes if we dont test at least at first? I now know that baked beans are a no no, i felt so unwell when that happened earlier, feel ok again now, i wont need to test soon as i can tell when the sugar goes up now
 
I have found it is not always what you eat but how much of it you eat.
 
Hi Neety,
I'm a fellow newbie. Was diagnosed with type 2 about a month ago and I know exactly how you feel!
It's very frustrating when you're being really careful with food and your BG is still high. In the last month I've only been below 6 twice, I'm usually between 10 and 16.9 so I'm obviously going wrong somewhere! I'm on metformin twice a day. When I see a high reading it makes me think sod it, I might as well have a cake or something. As yet I've managed not to but it's really hard!!
 
Aww bless u mine arent that high but my goodness i feel rough when they go up to 11.1. I worry about having to go on medication and am doing my best to get that figure down but not really succeeding
 
Neety41 said:
Aww bless u mine arent that high but my goodness i feel rough when they go up to 11.1. I worry about having to go on medication and am doing my best to get that figure down but not really succeeding
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Me neither. I've been having exactly the same thing for breakfast every day and sometimes my reading afterwards is around 8, today it was 16.2. I just don't get it :(
 
Hi from a fellow T2 who's going on 17 months in.
 
Although I've generally got my BG under control, I still find I can have the same meal twice & get very different results. There seems to be so many unfathomable variables with diabetes.:confused:
 
Mark Parrott said:
Although I've generally got my BG under control, I still find I can have the same meal twice & get very different results. There seems to be so many unfathomable variables with diabetes.:confused:
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That won't change, Mark, as things like general well-being, stress, fatigue, climate and combo of even those examples, all come into play.

I bet you're glad you mentioned it now. 😉
 
Ok, so now the variables are fathomable.:D
 
Neety41 said:
. I am a rebel too, how can we know what causes the spikes if we dont test at least at first? I now know that baked beans are a no no, i felt so unwell when that happened earlier, feel ok again now, i wont need to test soon as i can tell when the sugar goes up now
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Hi Neety, welcome to the Mavericks corner.... I am lucky though, my Dr. never asks about my diet, just encourages me to keep on doing whatever I'm doing as he is seeing such good results! LCHF & IF goes so much against the establishment but it's working for me & at the end that's what counts.
 
The baked beans are probably very much OK - it's mainly the sauce they swamp em in that causes the main problems!
 
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