Sandwich thins that are hot!

[Leadinglights]

I bought soft wholemeal pitta pockets from a local One Stop shop yesterday and stuffed them with lettuce and red peppers, a spread of low fat soft cheese, a squirt of mayo and down the hatch. Crunchy, fresh and tasty. My BG home test reading after coffee and two digestives today was nearly 9.

It really depends on what you were before to give an indication of if the 2 digestives were OK, a single reading 2 hours after eating something doesn't tell you much on which to make a change. But it is still rather higher than you really want to be after 2 hours especially not from a 'proper' meal. Having some cheese with them may have helped.

 

[Curious2023]

The HbA1C would be the test the doctor does to confirm a diabetes diagnosis and would be done from a blood sample taken from the arn and sent to the lab.
The 6.2 would be mmol/l if taken from a fingerprick and tested with your home monitor.
People check with their monitor for a number of reasons. Testing in the morning will give an idea of day to day, week to week progress. Testing before you eat and after 2 hours will tell you if you have tolerated your meal if the increase is no more than 2-3mmol/l or no more than 8.5 once levels come down. Testing if you feel unwell can indicate if that could be because of high or low blood glucose levels.
Levels from your home monitor to aim at would be 4-7mmol/l fasting /morning and before meals and no more than 8mmol/l 2 hours post meal.
I hope that clarifies what the 6.2 is.(the units are important in knowing what a measurement might be)

Thank you so much

 

[Mummy Fox]

I hate cold food. Know salad etc is good for me but I really have to force myself to eat it. Since diagnosis as type 2 no more sandwiches. However I have found that the Warburton's sandwich thins (brown multigrain) can be stuffed with cheese and ham etc and put in one of those toasting bags and warmed up. They are scrummy and don't seem to spike the BG.

Try purchasing a Crimpit! It seals the edges of a filled Warburton thin. A gimmick but fun! X

 

[rodders1960]

I bought a crimpit 2 weeks ago. I love it. I make a thin for my lunch at work, in a toastie bag and job done.