Type II Diabetics - Let's Support Each Other

That is amazing, Katzpawz!!!!

qtpie - one of my biggest challenges is portion control. I have phone "coaching" with a weight management coach through my insurance (well, I have had one call so far) and as a part of the "deal" she sent me a portion plate. According to the plate that shows how we should be portioning out our food you are right on track. The first surprise that she warned me about is that the plate isn't the size of a dinner plate but more like the Dora or Elmo plate we bought for our young foster kids. I do try to eat 5-6 small meals or snacks a day but this is a fairly new thing for me. I also shoot for 10 - 8 oz glasses or water a day. I also aim for 1200 calories since I have a lot to lose but I don't get in as much exercise as you do either. If you have been on the boards long you have seen the arguments for and against eating your exercise calories.

Thanks for the positive affirmation!!
Cathy

Just got in from my walk!! Two days in a row, just under two miles in 45 minutes. My target is 3 miles in about an hour or so. Ultimately I would like to be able to do a 20 minute mile, but I'm not there yet
katzpawz

Great job! I love walking!

On another thread someone commented about keeping carbs to 40% of the total calories coming in... Is this something diabetics should be using to control carbs??

qtpie- for carbs I also eat about 1/2 a cup though I'm not very good at eating vegetables. Its not that I don't like eating my veggies I do but I'm a little lazy about preparing them with my meals for some reason.

Cathy- I eat around five meals a day. I always eat breakfast with a carb (usually instant oatmeal) and some kind of protein. I'm off dairy right now because I'm trying to figure out if I'm lactose intolerant. I eat a snack around 10 which is my break time that includes almonds (usually 7-14 depending on my hunger level) and a small fruit of some kind. Then lunch around 12:30 which is always a leftover from the night before, unless they are feeding us teachers for free that day. At the end of school I have another snack of almonds and a fruit and by 6 o'clock I am ready for dinner which includes some kind of meal under 400 calories. I used to workout at the gym around 4:30 but because its softball season I'm not getting over there until around 6 which has pushed my dinner to 7:30, which is a little late for me but when I work out my appetite decreases so a light dinner works great. I'm still working on my carb intake and I notice when I eat more carbs in the morning my hunger is better throughout the day. On weekends I wake up later so I usually take out one of the snacks.

This last week my morning blood sugar has been around 125, but tonight I ate a Jumbo Jack and I'll let you guys know how that affects my blood sugar in the morning. I'm thinking its going to be in the 30s, but I didn't plan well for dinner tonight and was starving.

I remembered to check my blood sugar this morning. 131. On the high side. Probably eating ice cream last night wasn't the smartest thing to do.

I also struggle with portion control.

Carbwise, I am trying to stay away from the refined stuff, easier said than done though. Ideally I would keep the carbs to 30g per meal/snack but that is hard.

Cathy, I used to have a weight management phone coach provided by my insurance. But then they stopped it. I never investigated why. And then we switched insurance companies anyway. But I thought it was a great thing to have.

We are going to an Asian buffet restaurant tonight. So frustrating because there is not nutritional info and probably 95% of the stuff isn't healthy anyway. And I'm starving right now. I hope I don't go all crazy tonight.

Good morning friends!!
We had a late meeting at work last night and my boss ordered in pizza. Wow! 380 calories for one piece of pizza! The good news is I stopped at one piece - the bad news is my food choices weren't too good yesterday. I was so busy yesterday I was still under calories. No exercise for me yesterday I went to my first job at 7:30 then straight to my second job and didn't get home until 10 pm (I know I said no excuses!!) I did do about 5 minutes on the recumbent bike, does that count? Hubby bought one and put it together while I was working so I tested it out when I got home. In theory, that will leave me more time for the elliptical at the gym. Now let's just see if my body agrees with me. Oh, my sugar was 139 this morning which is the first time it has been higher than it should be in a very long time. Pizza.....bad!!

Everyone have a great day!
Cathy

When you eat tonight take more veggies than anything else. watch the deep fried things and if you eat deep fried things NO RICE.
Small amounts no bigger than your palm for everything except the steamed veggies eat a good amount of those.
Drink water while your eating. Having a treat and eating something you enjoy is ok.

Tabby what are you eating before bed? you may not be eating enough or the wrong things? Do you wake up with headaches in the morning your body maybe dumping sugars and it could be a false reading

Tabby what are you eating before bed? you may not be eating enough or the wrong things? Do you wake up with headaches in the morning your body maybe dumping sugars and it could be a false reading

No headache when I wake up. Before bed I either have no snack or the wrong kind of snack.
I'm not on any meds at the moment.

For the past few days I have found that my blood sugars are low not super low ( I feel sick when my number are under 5.0)after working out even though I eat before working out because the belief of you put gas in your car to go so your body needs the same, feed it before so you can go. Do any of you have the same issue how do you fix it?
How is everyone doing, remember to eat enough so you blood sugars are balanced too.
Do you drink enough water? I am drinking 10-12 glasses a day but holy moly it makes me a peeing machine lol tmi I know.

Depends on the workout, but usually my numbers go drastically down, between the 80s and 90s. My doc said as long as I'm not under 70 then I don't need to worry. If you are feeling hypoglycemic (shaky and weak) then maybe you need to talk to your doc already about changing your meds, which would be awesome right? I try not to take my meds before a workout and will wait until I eat something after the workout to take my meds if they are needed at that time.

I also drink a lot of water and at first I had to pee all the time but my bodies gotten used to it I guess cuz the urge has lessened. And in all honesty before I started taking the meds I had to pee a lot more because my body was not doing what it needed to do.

Good day Ladies

For the past few days I have found that my blood sugars are low not super low ( I feel sick when my number are under 5.0)after working out even though I eat before working out because the belief of you put gas in your car to go so your body needs the same, feed it before so you can go. Do any of you have the same issue how do you fix it?
How is everyone doing, remember to eat enough so you blood sugars are balanced too.
Do you drink enough water? I am drinking 10-12 glasses a day but holy moly it makes me a peeing machine lol tmi I know.

Have a great day!
Happy thoughts for Happy Life.

what kind of exercise are you doing? Exercise usually brings down blood sugar. Supposedly you should test about 30 minutes before exercise and then again right before you start to make sure your blood sugars are stable and not dropping before you exercise.

When I was on meds, I would just make sure my blood glucose was on the high side (150-160ish/8.xx) before starting. Sometimes my sugar would end up higher when I stopped but then drop 30-60 minutes later.