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The other issue is that I never felt bad to begin with. Once I felt dizzy when I hadn't eaten all day, but that's it. Otherwise, my only symptom is exhaustion and we have been testing me annually for any problems and never had one until now. A1c was 7.7, and glucose was 208. That's what got the doc to diagnose diabetes. My…
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neohdiver: My advice: There is no magic. Only your meter, careful tracking, and elimination of foods that raise your blood sugar above the level you are comfortable. Track everything you eat - specifically tracking the carbs and fiber. Test your blood sugar before the first bite of anything new, at 1 hour, at 2 hours and…
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About 6 months if I remember correctly. It's worth mentioning that you should avoid the mentality of trying to do as much exercise as possible. Rest and recovery is just as important as exercise. Constantly doing loads of exercise will harm you eventually. If you want to start out walking for example, a good starting goal…
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The cakes have left the building 2 weeks ago, along with the white breads (all breads basically), sugar and rice. Let me tell you it isn't easy living in house with a chef and being a baker! The big issue is that I may not actually have type 2, but a latent type 1. Hence the wait 3 months to see what happens. Can't treat…
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How do I friend you dotti?
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My diary is on paper. I haven't started recording online. Only because I tend to be more meticulous on paper. I might be able to get it all in by the weekend though.
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Yeah, I have been testing and my numbers are all over the charts and even when i repeated a meal, they were different.
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Nutritionist wants to see at least 2 weeks of meal tracking in order to come up with a plan. Which I just started. In the meantime, they said to read up...so I did....and I had 20 books spread across the table at Barnes and Noble and couldn't find any one of them in agreement with another.
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I gave up....again. but I am back at it. Gym plan is swimming to start. We will see what happens.
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I am having the hardest time figuring out the carbs thing. I have read dozens of books on the diabetes diets and carb situation and find it all confusing. One book says 45 grams per day another says 45% of your daily calorie intake can be carbs. One says count net carbs, while another says count full carbs and sugars…
