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What did you eat yesterday?

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rosie1 said:
lm sorry but l cant cope with counting b carbsthis has up set me today l dont know what the hell to eat now lm sorry l give up
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Why don't you try easing yourself in? Say counting carbs in one meal a day and then progress after a week to 2 meals (if you eat more than one that is), none of us want to do it but some of us were thrown in at the deep end and had to learn very quickly to be able to eat, I struggle with other issues in daily life but I still need to carb count even on days my contamination OCD takes over which is most days this last year, unfortunately this and testing regularly is likely the only things that will help you gain better control
 
rebrascora said:
Hi. No one is saying you have to eat meat every day. You can have eggs or fish or cheese or nuts or mushrooms instead. In order to lower your Blood Glucose levels you need to reduce the amount of carbohydrates you eat.... that means less bread and pasta and potatoes and breakfast cereal etc. You might try eating a smaller portion of these foods or having something completely different instead.....
For instance, if you have breakfast cereal at the moment for breakfast, try having an omelette instead because eggs do not contain carbohydrate. You can have mushrooms and ham and cheese or even prawns in your omelette if you like. I often have a salad with my omelette and a big dollop of cheese coleslaw with it instead of bread, because the bread will raise my Blood Glucose levels and be bad for my diabetes.
Or many of us have Natural Greek yoghurt with a few berries (I buy bags of frozen berries and defrost a couple of tablespoons in the microwave each day to go in my yoghurt) with some chopped nuts and mixed seeds like pumpkin and sunflower and sesame and chia seeds.
These breakfasts will be much easier on your BG levels than a bowl of cereal or a couple of slices of toast.

We can make similar suggestions for other meals if you would like, but just changing one meal at a time and getting into a routine with that new food will really start to help your Glucose levels come down.
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isnt cheese bad for your blood pressure.
 
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rebrascora said:
Hi. No one is saying you have to eat meat every day. You can have eggs or fish or cheese or nuts or mushrooms instead. In order to lower your Blood Glucose levels you need to reduce the amount of carbohydrates you eat.... that means less bread and pasta and potatoes and breakfast cereal etc. You might try eating a smaller portion of these foods or having something completely different instead.....
For instance, if you have breakfast cereal at the moment for breakfast, try having an omelette instead because eggs do not contain carbohydrate. You can have mushrooms and ham and cheese or even prawns in your omelette if you like. I often have a salad with my omelette and a big dollop of cheese coleslaw with it instead of bread, because the bread will raise my Blood Glucose levels and be bad for my diabetes.
Or many of us have Natural Greek yoghurt with a few berries (I buy bags of frozen berries and defrost a couple of tablespoons in the microwave each day to go in my yoghurt) with some chopped nuts and mixed seeds like pumpkin and sunflower and sesame and chia seeds.
These breakfasts will be much easier on your BG levels than a bowl of cereal or a couple of slices of toast.

We can make similar suggestions for other meals if you would like, but just changing one meal at a time and getting into a routine with that new food will really start to help your Glucose levels come down.
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surly cheese isnt good for your blood presser
 
Hi I'm on my fourth week of trulicity so yesterdays food intake well below my usual
Breakfast: fruit
Lunch: small bowl of museli
Dinner: lamb steak, mash and sweetcorn
 
B Weetabix and yoghurt Coffee
L Home made soup 2 liv life toasted bread childs apple
T Chicken Kiev small portion of cauliflower cheese and 2
small roast potatoes, snacks square of chocolate, olives
 
RirisR said:
Weetabix and yoghurt
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Is that good? I'd never have thought of putting yoghurt with weetabix, it was always warm milk when I had them lol xx
 
People assumed because you said first time here, not everyone looks under avatar to see a person's status nor does everyone hover over a name to check when they joined, no harm done so think it can be left alone xx
 
Leadinglights said:
I apologise if I misunderstood but there was a comment 'first time on this' which I took to mean they were new to diabetes and the forum.
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I can see why you'd think that, I don't always look at the avatar to see their member status such as "well known member" and "new member" etc, nor do I often hover over their name to see when they became a member, no harm done 🙂 xx
 
Leadinglights said:
Perhaps this book would be useful for you to look at.
Gretchen Becker's book is a great reference

First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (Marlowe Diabetes Library): Amazon.co.uk: Becker, Gretchen: 9780738218601: Books​

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I’ve just ordered this book on your advice leadinglights also carbs and cals think we newcomers do need to educate ourselves and not just leave it to the doctors , when you can get hold of them
 
The forum is cracking me up at the minute; I feel at 6s and 7s and the forum seems at 6s and 7s, we're all mad March hares. rofl.gif

I shan't bore you all with my eats yesterday and today, I've just gone blah and can't be bothered which is ridiculous because the type 2 won't be taking a backseat, it'll still be trying to do me in insidiuously. I really need to do a liquid milk diet to get my tum to go down. I hates it.

Stay safe, well and sensible everybody. I'm so down I couldn't even be bothered to have any tea so my brother trying to be helpful made me cheese on extremely buttery Jacob's cream crackers. Aw. I ate 'em of course, not going to refuse food that somebody made for me, will measure later to see what's what. Dire no doubt.
 
rosie1 said:
isnt cheese bad for your blood pressure.
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Cheese is probably a lot less of a problem for your Blood Pressure (if you suffer from high BP) than bread and pasta are for your diabetes, I can assure you. Obviously it is not good to be eating masses of cheese and you should choose good quality cheese rather than highly processed cheese like those "plastic" cheese slices, but you asked for us to comment on the food you had for tea.... spaghetti bolognaise ready meal with garlic bread.... and we are trying to tell you that it wasn't a good choice for a diabetic and to suggest alternative foods which would be better for your diabetes.
 
to day lve had a chicken sandwich and a cup of soup l didnt have any veg in as lm waiting for my online shopping and lm sheilding l have to eat what l have l have no one living near to do shopping for me and l dont have a car so l cant go to some bloody farm shop.
 
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rebrascora said:
Cheese is probably a lot less of a problem for your Blood Pressure (if you suffer from high BP) than bread and pasta are for your diabetes, I can assure you. Obviously it is not good to be eating masses of cheese and you should choose good quality cheese rather than highly processed cheese like those "plastic" cheese slices, but you asked for us to comment on the food you had for tea.... spaghetti bolognaise ready meal with garlic bread.... and we are trying to tell you that it wasn't a good choice for a diabetic and to suggest alternative foods which would be better for your diabetes.
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you talk a bout cheese in plastic l dont no where you shop but theres no cheese at the moment unwraped cos of covied you said l made the wrong choice with my dinner but you but you didnt say what l should eat you sound like the nurse l got angry at, your both reading from a script
 
rosie1 said:
you talk a bout cheese in plastic l dont no where you shop but theres no cheese at the moment unwraped cos of covied you said l made the wrong choice with my dinner but you but you didnt say what l should eat you sound like the nurse l got angry at, your both reading from a script
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Did you read right through my post where I suggested an omelette with salad and coleslaw. You could have that for breakfast or lunch or evening meal.... obviously not all the same day! How about a gammon steak or sausages with cauliflower cheese? That is one of my favourite evening meals.

The "plastic" cheese I was referring to is the shiny slices of prepacked cheese which are sometimes separated with squares of plastic to make them easy to separate. I was calling them "plastic" because they look shiny like plastic.
It is best to buy a wedge of proper cheese and cut slices off it yourself but perhaps you already do that. Those ready sliced ones contain extra additives.

I am genuinely trying to help you but I am sorry if my posts are making you angry and I will not reply to you anymore. I wish you well and hope that someone else will be able to offer better support to you.
 
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