Newly diagnosed Type 2

[Sheilaslims]

Diagnosed 5 weeks ago, advice was simply nothing with more than 5% sugar per 100g, no advice given on how many carbs per day, wholewheat and wholegrain only, no sweeteners. I bought a glucose monitoring kit and just take bloods 3 times a day.
My early morning glucose has come down from 11.2 to around 6, which seems good to me.
On the plus side I've lost a stone, so delighted with that.
On the negative side, I'm constantly worried about what to eat for each meal, and often hungry.
I have my first face to face with the diabetes practitioner on Thursday, what would be sensible questions for me to ask. She will have the results after the first four weeks for bloods and weight loss.
I just want to feel in control and not so panicky,

 

[Inka]

Welcome @Sheilaslims and well done on your weight loss 🙂 To give you a rough idea, low carb is anything under 130g carbs per day. Some people will be fine on 100g a day, others on 80g, others on 50g - it depends on the individual.

You’d find it more informative to test before your meal and again 2hrs after the start time of your meal as then you can see if your body can deal with what you’ve eaten.

 

[Leadinglights]

Diagnosed 5 weeks ago, advice was simply nothing with more than 5% sugar per 100g, no advice given on how many carbs per day, wholewheat and wholegrain only, no sweeteners. I bought a glucose monitoring kit and just take bloods 3 times a day.
My early morning glucose has come down from 11.2 to around 6, which seems good to me.
On the plus side I've lost a stone, so delighted with that.
On the negative side, I'm constantly worried about what to eat for each meal, and often hungry.
I have my first face to face with the diabetes practitioner on Thursday, what would be sensible questions for me to ask. She will have the results after the first four weeks for bloods and weight loss.
I just want to feel in control and not so panicky,

You have indicated you have prediabetes so I hope that the fantastic weight loss and the dietary changes you have made will have made a difference to your HbA1C. I am quite surprised that you were in the prediabetic zone if fasting reading was as high as 11mmol/l unless that was an aberrant result and 6 looks pretty normal being within the 4-7mmol/l range to aim at.
Meals based on meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dairy, vegetables, salads and fruit like berries with small portions of any high carb foods like potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, breakfast cereals as well as the more obvious cakes, biscuits (unless home made low carb ones) and sugary drinks including fruit juice. There is still plenty you can eat with options for tasty filling meals.
If indeed you are prediabetic modest changes are likely sufficient, but should be enjoyable otherwise it will not be sustainable.
You may find this link helpful with some menu ideas with some plans to suit various tastes and budgets. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @Sheilaslims

And well done for the terrific weight loss so far!

Great to hear your BG levels are beginning to respond to your changed menu, but sorry to hear how worried you have been about food.

It’s very early days, and it’s only natural to have all this stuff all ‘front of mind’ at the moment, while the changes are still fresh and bedding in.

Sometimes a member here, @SB2015, likens getting used to diabetes management as a bit like learning to drive. Where initially you have to remember everything and hold it all in your mind at once with maximum concentration, but soon enough it settles into the background becomes almost automatic, and you can happily carry on a conversation, or sing along to a song you love!

If you’ve been reducing your carbohydrate intake, it can help to keep hunger at bay by adding protein and good fats within your overall energy balance, because proteins and fats can help you feel fuller for longer.

Hope your appointment goes well on Thursday, and you get encouraging results from the changes you’ve made so far. But do remember that the HbA1c measures glucose changes in red blood cells over 3-4 months, so many of the red blood cells will still be in circulation from 4 weeks ago, so there will be some ‘overlap’ between the two checks.

Let us know how things go 🙂

 

[SB2015]

I hope that your appointment on Thursday went well.
If it has led to any questions fire away.