Hi Cynthia, thank-you for the advice. I certainly need it. I just haven't
been able to stay away from the carbs.. I will try what you have talked about.
I have high blood pressure too. And also battle with fibromyalgia. So it is
essential that I loose some weight. I have lost ten pounds so far. But it is
coming off so slow it get discouraging. I really need the support of others
with this. It is hard to believe that I have it. I take glucovance, diet and
exercise. I haven't been doing to well with the exercise. I will be really
happy when I can give everyone a good report of weight loss and that I have
everything under control. Ruby
Cynthia Lewis <swishdame@...> wrote:Hi there Rain and Ruby and any
other newbies looking
in,
As Sweetchic said, often we just read the digests
without replying unless there is a question.

Ruby, Everyone but everyone cheats some of the time.
The important thing is not to do it all day, nor
everyday, and definitely not to go overboard eating
large quantities of high sugar foods.
If you do, it means that the unquenchable thirst you
may have had before comes back as your body tries to
dilute the sugar; you will feel quite ill and also it
makes your BS rise in big spikes as well.

I'm thousands of miles away from you in London, in the
United Kingdom, but we all have many of the same
problems.
I was diagnosed in the spring of 2001 and, thanks to
the low carb diet my Endo told me to follow, I have
lost over 30pounds in weight slowly but without much
effort as well as having good control of my BS.

The only carbs I have are from 5 - 6 portions of fruit
and mainly green vegetables per day which does not
include grapes, bananas or dried fruits and no
beetroot as they are all too high in sugar. I used not
to have carrots or parsnips either as they are
naturally very sweet but now I do sometimes.
Yes, that's right, no bread of any description, cakes,
biscuits, cookies, crackers, pasta or pizzas, rice,
potatoes or sweet potatoes, yams, taro root, beetroot,
sweetcorn or maize, or any other complex carbohydrate.

My Endo said, - and he should know because he is a
professor at one of the big London teaching hospitals
as well as travelling to the USA to lecture there -
that
[a] it is important to eat things that keep the blood
sugar levels fairly steady because it has been
discovered recently that even small swings can cause
damage.... and,
that [b] if you lose weight, the reduced amount of
insulin that the pancreas can now produce will be more
efficient than if you stay heavily overweight (or
words to that effect!)
that [c] by reducing the amount of carbs you eat the
pancreas does not have to work so hard to produce
insulin and will therefore last longer.
(You do not say but I am assuming that you are on
tablets and diet to control the diabetes.)

I have found that one of the best web sites for
informing you what to eat is <www.mendosa.com>.
This gives a fairly comprehensive list of the Glycemic
Index values of most food items as well as explaining
how the Index works.
This means that you can SEE exactly what items will
make your blood sugar rise if you decide to eat them.
This doesnt mean that you can never eat them again in
minute quantities, but that it would be better to
avoid all the High Valued items until you have reduced
your weight right down to your target with your
diabetes under control.

And its a funny thing but if one really works at
looking after oneself properly while listening to that
body of yours - after a few weeks of abstaining from
foods you must not eat - your brain will say to you
that you don't really like that particular thing
anyway ......
Well mine did and now I find that I don't really like
potatoes or bread and the other starchy things and I
can happily go without.
So I think that you will find that your tastes change
too which makes keeping to a diet so very much easier.

My diabetes was found with a random test of 13 and
confirmed with a GTT count of 9. After 3 mths I got
the HBA1C results down to 6.5% and there they have
stayed ever since.
I know that this quite long but I think you will find
that reading about how others have coped does help you
too.

Best wishes for a New Year of better health and easier
control for us all,
Cynthia.

Diagnosed April 2001. Metformin 500mg twice daily
I also have- Chronic Adrenal Insufficiency for which I
must take on a daily basis, a minimum 8mg Cortisone
Acetate and 50mg of triamteren, a potassium-saving
diuretic. I also have Fibromyalgia.
NB. Needing steroids makes BS control more difficult.
........................................................

6/1/03 From: " <raininblues@...>
> Hello............. Where is everyone????
>
> REPLY : ttwinkle smile <ttwinkle1953@...>
: Re: Hello........
> Hi,
> I've been wondering the same thing. How are you
> doing? I am a Type2 diabetic since summer
2001....... I have been encouraged to exercise and
stay on diet...
snipped............. I haven't done too well over the
holidays. I'd like to hear from you. Ruby
---------
06/1/03 From: sweetchic3701@...
> hi there... sometimes we don't "speak" we just
> read... welcome to the group.. it can be very
> informative.
>
06/1/03: "<raininblues@...>"
: Re: Hello.... -Ahhhhhh there are survivors here.
Good to hear from you Ruby. I go to my first group
meeting next week. Trying to
> get ahead start on things, reading up here and
there. The holidays must be very hard. I have to
exercise, but that's fine I need to lose a bunch.
Hopefully this gives me the motivation to keep at it
and succeed!
> Well Ruby, this is a good time to get back into it,
> holidays are over forget the past start anew. You
can do it! Positive Attitude~ Nancy
..............
06 Jan 2003 : " <raininblues@...>"
: Re: Hello.. -thank you sweetchic. I hope so I need
all the help I can get. Rain
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