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Posted 4/6/2011 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
2 months ago I had a "Come to Jesus" meeting with my doc. She put me on a high fiber (lots of beans), high green veggie, low meat, some fruit, food plan. I am steadily losing weight, slowly but surely, and eating my beans and cabbage, broccoli and brussel sprouts, and needless to say our home is very stinky! The whole family went on the plan and we are all losing and all "tooting". But my sugars have been horrible. I have had morning readings as high as 240!

I even bought a new meter because I couldn't believe my numbers could be that high. Soooo... doc says I have insulin instability from my weight loss. I guess my blood chemistry is all kattywampus from the persistent lows that weight loss entails and so it's kicking out glycogen and causing the highs. (sigh!)

Doctor's answer to the situation.... No meter for three months! I'm all but having panic attacks over this! She wants me to keep on the food plan and report in for a glycohemoglobin in three months. Then we will look at the numbers and make a plan... This is hard.
Posted 4/6/2011 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
Awww, NUTS, Jeannie! Sometimes it feels like you just can't win, eh? Hate those times but you know what....your Doc might be right. Maybe not stressing about your numbers on a daily basis will eliminate THAT stress from your life.

You're doing all the right things (you know what's best for you :-) so, maybe letting the routine take it's course for a while will see things settle down and level off. You also know adjustments take time so maybe not peaking at all for a length of time will help. I mean, if you take a reading in say 5 weeks and it's not to your liking, you'll be disappointed, demotivated, frustrated and STRESSED. Don't go there. Enjoy your spring, stick to what you know is good for you and reassess in 3 months.

Oh Ya... and enjoy your spring! Yay! Garden time! :-)

Cheers,
Kris
Posted 4/7/2011 1:23 AM (GMT 0)
Kris,
Thanks for the pep talk. I've been trying so very hard to do the right thing and my diabetes seems to be getting the best of me. Doc is pleased with the weight loss so far and just wants me to keep on keeping on. So now I'll go blindly into the night (dramatic pause) without my meter and without a scale! (I got rid of my scale when it got all rusty a few years back & never replaced it.) I'm growing lots of little tomato plants and pepper plants for the garden to make into salsa and vegetable juice for next winter. I'll beat this thing yet!
Posted 4/7/2011 8:01 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with what both of you said (or wrote!).  Your body probably needs time to settle down from the changes it's going through.  If you're following what you're supposed to be doing and eating, don't stress out on the day to day blood sugar while it's trying to find its level ground.  Hang in there.

Beans!  Are they canned or dry?  If they're soaked over night or all day with a few changes of water, it cuts down on the tootling. turn

Posted 4/7/2011 8:02 PM (GMT 0)
Jeannie, I'm going through the same thing right now, too!  My morning blood sugars have been in the 180-195 range.  I was so upset and saw my doctor about it.  He did the A1c test and it came back at 6.2!  Go figure!  I couldn't believe it so I came on this forum and asked and people said to trust the A1c and my doctor did, too.  I even took my meter into their office and checked it with the doctor's meter.  My meter is just fine.

 

I wasn't told to stop testing but I have.  I'll wait a while because I was getting so upset about it also.  We both are trying hard to keep our diabetes under control and the stress doesn't help one bit. 

 

I hope you can relax.  You are doing a great job losing weight.  If I ate what you are eating, I could be flown in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!  turn    I have to give you a lot of credit, my friend!

 

Sherrine

Posted 4/7/2011 8:23 PM (GMT 0)
lol Sherrine!  Flown in the Macy's Day Parade!  tongue   
Posted 4/9/2011 1:56 PM (GMT 0)
Hang in there Jeannie! It will turn around. I know what you mean about feeling like diabetes is winning. We keep making changes to our lifestyles, our diets, and yet the diabetes seems to keep throwing up road blocks. With faith, strength and the support of our good friends here at the forum, we will overcome.

Keep your chin up and your faith strong. :-)

Marburg
Posted 4/10/2011 9:25 AM (GMT 0)
You are all so kind! It's been a long, busy winter with hubby retired and trying to "help out" around the house. Maybe that's where my stress is coming from turn!

Sherrine, gotta tell you that we are all losing on this food plan, normals, Crohnie and me, the diabetic. We have been eating all kinds of beans, chick peas (humus!), black beans, red beans & pintos. We put them in salads, soup and eat them plain with spicy salt, kind of like peanuts. We spend about $7 per family member per week on fresh produce and buy no bread, potatoes or pastas. I have to admit that I don't get tired of salads when we forgo the iceberg and make them with spinach, mustard greens, romaine and bok choy. These are salads with character.

We peel whole carrots and make long carrot ribbons with the peeler, add fresh mushrooms and splurge on tomatoes because we deserve them. Figured we could easily spend $4.00 on a bag of chips so spending the same amount on a fancy lettuce or a few fat red peppers makes sense. It has taken some extra effort to decide where to find the best and least expensive produce but we rotate our favorite stores and we are sticking to the plan. The best part is my family's support and all my friends here who are helpful. Couldn't do it without all of you!
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