I'm type 2 diabetic and so is my husband. 3 yrs for me, 6 or so for him. Someone else mentioned doing one or only a few changes at a time and I agree. You're eating a better diet than we are, mostly we are low carb and Mike eats more meat than I do. He's lost 25 lbs cutting carbs way down.
Having to cut carbs when Fibro makes me crave carbs was harder to limit in the beginning. I've managed to cut back. I don't metabolize carbs like Mike, he's much more sensitive. I'll have a peak but usually don't go over the alarm set for too high and then it comes down, not too fast but w.in a short amount of time. His will go up and stay high for hours and hours.
There's only so many times I'm going to stick my fingers in a day even if I was having issues. We both have the new Freestyle Libre glucose sensors and it's been helpful - that's how I realized I metabolize carbs better than he does, I can adjust my food choices to add in more if I want. Medicare pays 100% on the sensors, not sure w. Overall, changing one of two things and see how that works, then do something else when you've incorporated that change into your life. I have done this a long time w. adding meds or supplements for fibro, etc, to see what is what what - I have side effects easily, need to see what new med has caused something so it can be stopped. Learned this after being bombed w. several rx's and couldn't tell what was making me feel worse and stopped them all.
no subject
Someone else mentioned doing one or only a few changes at a time and I agree. You're eating a better diet than we are, mostly we are low carb and Mike eats more meat than I do. He's lost 25 lbs cutting carbs way down.
Having to cut carbs when Fibro makes me crave carbs was harder to limit in the beginning. I've managed to cut back. I don't metabolize carbs like Mike, he's much more sensitive. I'll have a peak but usually don't go over the alarm set for too high and then it comes down, not too fast but w.in a short amount of time. His will go up and stay high for hours and hours.
There's only so many times I'm going to stick my fingers in a day even if I was having issues. We both have the new Freestyle Libre glucose sensors and it's been helpful - that's how I realized I metabolize carbs better than he does, I can adjust my food choices to add in more if I want. Medicare pays 100% on the sensors, not sure w.
Overall, changing one of two things and see how that works, then do something else when you've incorporated that change into your life. I have done this a long time w. adding meds or supplements for fibro, etc, to see what is what what - I have side effects easily, need to see what new med has caused something so it can be stopped. Learned this after being bombed w. several rx's and couldn't tell what was making me feel worse and stopped them all.