[unaluna]

I finally got a decent result on a fasting blood sugar reading - 146! Its not great, but its back in the neighborhood im more used to. Yesterdays meals were coffee and bananas for breakfast, lunch was a dole caesar chopped salad with added pumpkin seeds and dried mixed berries but half the dressing plus canned turkey on 3 slices very thin pepperidge farm white, dinner was libbys canned roast beef (gravy rinsed off) on 2 slices same bread and half cup canned pineapple. No exercise. Took me a week on weight watchers to get here, cutting carbs, increasing protein.

I am trying to find a diet - a way of eating - that is do-able, and doesnt have me literally dreaming of food cuz im so hungry at night! And that supports some exercise, and decreases my fat stores, and lowers my blood sugar. 3 out of 5 so far!

[Marylin]

I went off the rails and ate shortbread biscuits coated in sugar and I had a knickerbockers glory ice creme at the desserts store.My sugar level is back up to 370 or 20.6,which is really high and quite unacceptable.I have to tell myself that I can do this and I can and will do it.I can control what is in my mouth and what I consume,I am the only one in charge and I have to go in the right direction where I am losing weight and lowering my blood sugars.There must be no more excuses.No cheat days.

I must come back off 100% no sugar products ,no biscuits or ice creme and I must stay off pub meals which are fattening high calorie foods,and at the cafe I have to say no to toasted crumpets and butter treats.At home I must cut down on bread and fried foods.There can be no more excuses.I have to do this and succeed.

I want to get my blood sugars down to 144 in the next ten days.And I want to lose at least 12 pounds in weight by then too.

[Guiness187055]

[QUOTE=Marylin;6415156]I went off the rails and ate shortbread biscuits coated in sugar and I had a knickerbockers glory ice creme at the desserts store.My sugar level is back up to 370 or 20.6,which is really high and quite unacceptable.I have to tell myself that I can do this and I can and will do it.I can control what is in my mouth and what I consume,I am the only one in charge and I have to go in the right direction where I am losing weight and lowering my blood sugars.There must be no more excuses.No cheat days.

I must come back off 100% no sugar products ,no biscuits or ice creme and I must stay off pub meals which are fattening high calorie foods,and at the cafe I have to say no to toasted crumpets and butter treats.At home I must cut down on bread and fried foods.There can be no more excuses.I have to do this and succeed.

Don't beat yourself up to badly we all have cheat days. Just get yourself back up and try again. I know you can do it.

[Marylin]

So today I stuck to a healthy eating plan.My sugar levels are approx 180 before I eat but after food they shoot up to 360,how can I get the after dinner readings to be much lower?

I started my 1200 calories diet today.It is so very important I stay off the sweet junk foods like cakes,chocolate and ice creme.I found out today my urine creatine is 14.7 and my creatine ratio 7.6 this is bad,they found protein in my urine at 1880,this is an abnormal result and indicated early kidney damage.I found out online that trials have shown early kidney damage can be reversed by taking 300mg Vitamin B1 thiamine a day,so I am going to try that.

Today I ate porridge for breakfast with a strawberry and blueberries.Then I had chicken and sweetcorn soup for lunch.For dinner I had a salmon fillet baked in the oven with sweet potato,french beans,peas and broccoli with a little olive oil and lemon.

Sticking to a 1200 calorie a day diet means I will lose weight quite quickly,less weight means my sugar levels should come down as well as my blood pressure which is good for my kidneys.

I am optimistic that I can make the improvements I need to.I have been out of control with my eating habits for years.Now I take back my power and am in control of what I eat and am responsible for healing my body,I can and will do this.

[Guiness187055]

I know you can do it!!!

[Marylin]

Today my readings have come down to 196,so doing much better,all 3 reading today were around that mark.I have stuck to the 1200 calorie diet and cut out carbs like bread and potatoes as well as all sweet foods,cake,chocolate,ice creme,anything with sugar and white flour.I am eating healthy foods and my body feels much better for it.

[Deejay14]

Just checking in, marylin. Keep going..you can do this. Your sugars are improving!!!

[Marylin]

I have stuck to the diet,eating healthy foods,for 7 days now.My blood sugars are now down to 133.I am going to phone the nurse tomorrow to ask if we have to reduce my diabetic medications.I have lost an inch from my waist so I am on the right track.

[Deejay14]

Originally Posted by Marylin

I have stuck to the diet,eating healthy foods,for 7 days now.My blood sugars are now down to 133.I am going to phone the nurse tomorrow to ask if we have to reduce my diabetic medications.I have lost an inch from my waist so I am on the right track.

Great job, Marylin !!! You rock!!

[possum220]

Excellent job Marilyn.

[Gr3tta_0]

Marylin great job!! 😊
My wife is trying a new setting on her gastric pacemaker. First 3 days she felt absolutely miserable, but hopefully there is improvement to come. I'm glad the snow has eased up as we have to drive to the next city over for her eye surgery on Tues. Hopefully that goes smoothly.
Keep up the great work everyone!

[unaluna]

My scale is looking better - i cleaned it! har har har.

[Marylin]

I went to see the diabetic nurse yesterday.She was pleased,my blood sugar levels have come down from the 360's to around 180.I also lost 15 pounds in weight,so I and the nurse were really pleased.So the blood sugar levels should come down even more as I lose weight,I am on the right track,so I got to stick with the program.It is so satisfying to see the numbers for both the scales and the blood sugar readings come down.

[Deejay14]

One day at a time!!!

[unaluna]

That is great, marylin! My scale is also down a bit, down the next five or so, not a decade yet. It's fluctuating down. My scale doesnt usually fluctuate "down", IYKWIM. My sugar is staying around 180, plus or minus 10.

I ordered pizza the other day, but with "thin and crispy" crust, and NO pepperoni. The calorie count was like one fourth for 270. I used to have a rule that, i could only eat something if i could do the total calorie calculation in my head!

I am trying to stick to 1200 calories also. I am still fridgeless. I am now also breadless. I am feeling much better, and i think im looking a LITTLE less round.

I think this thread is really helping me. I finally found something im sticking to, knock on wood.

[Guiness187055]

Originally Posted by Marylin

I went to see the diabetic nurse yesterday.She was pleased,my blood sugar levels have come down from the 360's to around 180.I also lost 15 pounds in weight,so I and the nurse were really pleased.So the blood sugar levels should come down even more as I lose weight,I am on the right track,so I got to stick with the program.It is so satisfying to see the numbers for both the scales and the blood sugar readings come down.

Thats great to hear!!!

[possum220]

Just me thinking inside my head. I know some-one who is 61. They have diabetes and also smoked heavily since they were in their teens. They are starting to lose sensation in a foot. How much does smoking affect diabetes.

Will a diabetic who has never smoked and maintained a decent bsl stay symptom free?

[Guiness187055]

I was told the most dangerous thing you can do is smoke with diabetes. I had a doctor say I was a ticking time bomb.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by possum220

Will a diabetic who has never smoked and maintained a decent bsl stay symptom free?

I think what happens is that it becomes harder to maintain a decent bsl, as diabetes is a progressive disease. I think what im eating now would have earned me beautiful numbers 5 years ago. Now, not so much.

[possum220]

Ah what do doctors know Guiness? This person was also told they would be dead due to alcoholism two decades ago.

What you say unaluna rings true in my mind. I used to get away with much more. Not so much now. I really don't know enough about this disease. It seems so common place now so it can't be that bad??? Even though I am diabetic i know very little about the down falls. If it was something to do with another part of my body I would be more proactive. I am complacent. This does not bode well.

[Marylin]

Diabetes has a lot to do with fat in the abdominals,fat surrounds on the liver and pancreas,and they turn to fat,losing fat from the liver and pancreas gets them talking again and working together and then the insulin production goes back to normal.So losing fat is a key factor in reversing diabetes.

Also when you have diabetes and your leg goes numb that neuropathy,the sugar in the blood affects the nerves and you lose feeling,it can come and go but eventually you can end up completely numb in the legs,getting your blood sugars down helps with this.

[unaluna]

Thanks for that explanation, marylin. Ive been noticing my liver isnt sticking out as much. Ive seen alcoholics with real liver issues, its not as bad as that, but maybe its because that woman was thin and i am NOT.

I seem to be losing my taste for carbs. I stopped eating bread with my tuna, using puffed corn cakes instead? Now i would rather eat a plain can, the starch seems to detract from the fish. Or have some cherry tomatoes with.

[Marylin]

I am eating less bread too!My taste buds have changed.Last night before bed my blood sugar reading was 120 or 6.7,so that is good.This morning it was 180 or 10.0,also not bad.Improvements all round,I lost more weight,my waist is 3 inches smaller since I started dieting at the beginning of this month.Only thing that is slightly worrying I am feeling vertigo,like my head is dizzy and I can't keep my balance,hopefully that will pass.

[Guiness187055]

Sounds like you are doing great. Keep up the good work!!!!!!

[Gr3tta_0]

Sounds like lots of great work here
My wife was in the hospital again recently but is feeling better. We've had a huge insurance struggle, but may have finally got the right person at the insurance company on the phone yesterday. She called the endocrinologist and walked their prior auth person through what to say on the form so everything would be approved.
Keep up all the great work! 😊