Newbie here. Got diagnosed with Type2 last year
- Thread starter Bobh
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Welcome to the forum @Bobh
Sorry to hear aboout your diagnosis. How has your first year been going? Do you take any medication to help with your diabetes management?
There’s a very long running thread in the food section where people jot down their daily menus which might give you some interesting ideas.
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Many T2s on the forum find that moderating or lowering their carbohydrate intake by varying degrees is a helpful part of their BG management. So while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will have wanted to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and most fruits.
That’s not to say that you have to avoid all of those things entirely, but reducing portion sizes and choosing the types that suit your body best is really helpful.
If you offer a few ideas of the sorts of things you like to eat, our friendly members may be able to make some suggestions for adaptations, swaps or tweaks to make those meals more BG friendly?
Lots of members here have recommended Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, if you’d like a clearly written overview of the ins and outs of T2
Sorry to hear aboout your diagnosis. How has your first year been going? Do you take any medication to help with your diabetes management?
There’s a very long running thread in the food section where people jot down their daily menus which might give you some interesting ideas.
What did you eat yesterday?
B - back on 1 Burgen toast and 1 boiled egg. L- 3 small homemade grilled lamb seekh kebabs and salad. T- Grilled chicken salad and 1 spicy lamb chop. Snacks- only about 22 Almonds all day. I think I win on the most repetitive daily food eater and most boring, I can't believe what I used to eat...
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Many T2s on the forum find that moderating or lowering their carbohydrate intake by varying degrees is a helpful part of their BG management. So while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will have wanted to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and most fruits.
That’s not to say that you have to avoid all of those things entirely, but reducing portion sizes and choosing the types that suit your body best is really helpful.
If you offer a few ideas of the sorts of things you like to eat, our friendly members may be able to make some suggestions for adaptations, swaps or tweaks to make those meals more BG friendly?
Lots of members here have recommended Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, if you’d like a clearly written overview of the ins and outs of T2
Vonny
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Hi @Bobh and welcome from me too 
Like many on here I follow a very low calorie diet.
I tend to eat whatever the rest of the family wants to eat (roasts, chillis, curries, casseroles, fish etc) but I just cut out the spuds, rice or pasta. While that sounds quite dismal, it's actually fine once you get used to it and I don't even miss the carbs now.
If you're not big into cooking and prefer ready meals, check the carb content on the pack. That's the total carb content, you can ignore the sugar bit.
Bacon and eggs is a good breakfast, well a full english without the hash browns and toast of course! I tend to eat omelettes for breks most days but allow myself a slice of wholemeal toast soldiers with my Saturday boiled eggs.
As @everydayupsanddowns says, the thread "what did you eat yesterday" is a mine of information and I've got several good meal ideas from there. Deffo worth a read
Like many on here I follow a very low calorie diet. I tend to eat whatever the rest of the family wants to eat (roasts, chillis, curries, casseroles, fish etc) but I just cut out the spuds, rice or pasta. While that sounds quite dismal, it's actually fine once you get used to it and I don't even miss the carbs now.
If you're not big into cooking and prefer ready meals, check the carb content on the pack. That's the total carb content, you can ignore the sugar bit.
Bacon and eggs is a good breakfast, well a full english without the hash browns and toast of course! I tend to eat omelettes for breks most days but allow myself a slice of wholemeal toast soldiers with my Saturday boiled eggs.
As @everydayupsanddowns says, the thread "what did you eat yesterday" is a mine of information and I've got several good meal ideas from there. Deffo worth a read
It's OK to eat rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and most fruits. then ??Welcome to the forum @Bobh
Sorry to hear aboout your diagnosis. How has your first year been going? Do you take any medication to help with your diabetes management?
There’s a very long running thread in the food section where people jot down their daily menus which might give you some interesting ideas.
What did you eat yesterday?
B - back on 1 Burgen toast and 1 boiled egg. L- 3 small homemade grilled lamb seekh kebabs and salad. T- Grilled chicken salad and 1 spicy lamb chop. Snacks- only about 22 Almonds all day. I think I win on the most repetitive daily food eater and most boring, I can't believe what I used to eat...
Many T2s on the forum find that moderating or lowering their carbohydrate intake by varying degrees is a helpful part of their BG management. So while there are obvious things like cakes, biscuits, sweets and sugary drinks that you will have wanted to cut out straight away, you might be surprised how much *all* carbohydrate affects your BG levels, including rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, pastry, grains, cereals and most fruits.
That’s not to say that you have to avoid all of those things entirely, but reducing portion sizes and choosing the types that suit your body best is really helpful.
If you offer a few ideas of the sorts of things you like to eat, our friendly members may be able to make some suggestions for adaptations, swaps or tweaks to make those meals more BG friendly?
Lots of members here have recommended Gretchen Becker’s book T2 Diabetes, the first year, if you’d like a clearly written overview of the ins and outs of T2
Really just need to know what's best to eat.
I take atorvastatin. Are noodles OK ??
Kaylz
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Nobody can tell you if its ok for you as the individual you are, most Type 2's tend to cut down on these things as they are high carbohydrate and spike blood glucose but the only way you'll know is to test before eating and then again 2 hours after looking for no more than a 2-3mmol rise
Unfortunately nobody can tell you what's "best" to eat as we are all individuals and tolerate different things and also different amounts of carbohydrates
There aren't many low carbohydrate ready meals either if that's the route you were hoping to take so you may have to venture in to doing some cooking
xx
I was prescribed Atorvastatin for several years but eventually developed aching, so I stopped taking them
Now I control my cholesterol to an acceptable level with diet and exercise
Search t'Net for statin Ache and Statin Side Effects
I've reduced my intake of carbohydrates very much
Read the past Threads in Newcomers and Food & Carbs
Once you've started to make the changes it gets easier
Now I control my cholesterol to an acceptable level with diet and exercise
Search t'Net for statin Ache and Statin Side Effects
I've reduced my intake of carbohydrates very much
Read the past Threads in Newcomers and Food & Carbs
Once you've started to make the changes it gets easier
adrian1der
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Those items are likely to raise your BG levels. So it’s probably wise to have reduced portions of those things.
But frustratingly everyone has different tolerances so it isn’t possible to predict whether pasta, or rice, or bread (or noodles!) will be easier or trickier for your metabolism.
Some people just reduce all sources of carbs as a precaution, while others prefer to check different foods/meals individually with a BG meter to establish their own individual tolerances, and to lean towards the sources of carbs that are kinder to their BG levels.
Kaylz
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Yes generally fine xx
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Yup! Nothing to trouble you BG levels there
. Spring water possibly better than brine if your BP is a bit on the high side?
Kaylz
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BG - blood glucose/blood sugar, BP - blood pressure xx
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Sorry!! Forum dwellers have a terrible habit of using abbreviations to make up for terrible typing skills.
There are some common one’s here which may come in handy to decode posts - but do always ask too!
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Here is an alphabetical list of acronyms and abbreviations you may come across on the forum: Health-related A1c - Shortened version of HbA1c the blood test that checks average BG over previous 6-12 weeks ADA - American Diabetic Association Basal - 'Background', long acting insulin (eg Lantus...
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Drummer
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When taking Atorvastatin and Metformin I had some devastating consequences - in about five weeks it had affected my memory, and I was so wracked I was considering suicide.
Just before Christmas 2016 I was wandering around Tesco's car park (I have remembered where it was after 4 years) looking for the car, with a heaped up trolley and when I found it and opened the back, I found that I had done the same shop two days earlier.
I went home and threw the tablets in the bin. The recovery was a long one. My last leg pain faded away after about 18 months but I had to read my songs from the book which, fortunately my daughter had asked me to make to preserve my repertoire. I have relearned the songs, but not yet taken up my guitar again.
Just before Christmas 2016 I was wandering around Tesco's car park (I have remembered where it was after 4 years) looking for the car, with a heaped up trolley and when I found it and opened the back, I found that I had done the same shop two days earlier.
I went home and threw the tablets in the bin. The recovery was a long one. My last leg pain faded away after about 18 months but I had to read my songs from the book which, fortunately my daughter had asked me to make to preserve my repertoire. I have relearned the songs, but not yet taken up my guitar again.