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5 months since diagnosis, eating fairly low carb with plenty veg and fruit, BG well under control, weight down and maintaining well and avoiding the obvious no-no's, Getting a bit bored with the obvious substitutes like courgette and buttersquash spaghetti, celeriac mash etc., I've started to try small portion sizes of potatoes ( new boiled small, baked and even a few chunky oven chips ....... mash is banished ), wholemeal pasta, brown rice and Burgen bread, some home baking with almond flour, flax seed and sugar substitute, and, hallelujah, touch wood, very few significant spikes. Despite being told, initially, not to monitor and just to 'eat sensibly', I've found 'careful' monitoring to be the key to managing and being confident about what I eat.......... the 'medicinal' red wine and dram of whisky is an added enjoyable bonus.

Ps - golf at least three or four times a week.
 
That sounds brilliant! Well done you for not listening to the advice and instead testing after food. It is great you can now enjoy more variety and some treats without spiking. Well done for losing weight and lowering HbA1c, great progress. I am sure your post will inspire others who have been told not to test.
 
Browser said:
5 months since diagnosis, eating fairly low carb with plenty veg and fruit, BG well under control, weight down and maintaining well and avoiding the obvious no-no's, Getting a bit bored with the obvious substitutes like courgette and buttersquash spaghetti, celeriac mash etc., I've started to try small portion sizes of potatoes ( new boiled small, baked and even a few chunky oven chips ....... mash is banished ), wholemeal pasta, brown rice and Burgen bread, some home baking with almond flour, flax seed and sugar substitute, and, hallelujah, touch wood, very few significant spikes. Despite being told, initially, not to monitor and just to 'eat sensibly', I've found 'careful' monitoring to be the key to managing and being confident about what I eat.......... the 'medicinal' red wine and dram of whisky is an added enjoyable bonus.

Ps - golf at least three or four times a week.
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Pardon the pun Browser...demonstrates most definitely 'the proof is in the pudding'...great example of how beneficial self monitoring is...agree with all you say...going to try to introduce some variety into my diet...wouldn't feel comfortable doing that without the 'insurance' my meter affords me...as @New-journey says 'I am sure your post will inspire others who have been told not to test.'...couldn't have put it better...well said both of you.
 
Good stuff @Browser 🙂 And hopefully you are feeling happier and healthier thanks to the adjustments you have made! 🙂 The key point about testing is to provide you with information you can then act upon - testing, of itself, offers no benefits, and I think this point about acting on the information seems to be what many healthcare professionals are blind to, unfortunately. Well done 🙂
 
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Good stuff @Browser 🙂 And hopefully you are feeling happier and healthier thanks to the adjustments you have made! 🙂 The key point about testing is to provide you with information you can then act upon - testing, of itself, offers no benefits, and I think this point about acting on the information seems to be what many healthcare professionals are blind to, unfortunately. Well done 🙂
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Thanks for the responses, folks. Yes, N., while I've fortunately never felt really low about my condition, it really encourages you to accept that, with an effort, the 'life sentence' doesn't have to drag you down.
 
I'm a bit late to this party, but well done Browser. I am also introducing more carbs to my diet to see what I can tolerate. As long as I keep my potatoes & rice to sensible portions, I am fine. Pasta still sends me high, but whatever I eat I never go into double figures, even with fish & chips.🙂 Will be interesting to see what my next HbA1c is.
 
I'm very late to this party, but that's spot on, @Browser, well done for ignoring the 'advice' about not monitoring 🙂. I've also found that I can now tolerate small portions of wholemeal pasta, spuds and rice etc., so things do change over time. It's not such a bad life after all, when you can experiment with different things, and try out new foods.

I so enjoy my 'medicinal' red wine and brandy (not whisky) too :D
 
Yes, very inspirational. Well done you. 🙂
 
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