[beefy]

Are you a type 2 or type 1? What meds or insulin are you taking? Many time we assume a certain food is causing us to spike when it may be underlying hormones that cause us to spike. If I don't eat enough calories at a meal my liver will kick in and add glucose. What other things are you eating besides the spinach and nuts?

When I was first diagnosed and trying to figure out what to eat, I wasn't eating 1) enough, and; 2) often-enough.

My liver kept trying to 'save' me by giving me what it thought was much-needed glucose, and back then I'd spike to around 10.5 (189) or so without eating, simply because of liver dumps. Of course, once I ate something I'd end up even higher...

Once I switched to eating every 3 to 3.5 hours the liver dumps stopped happening. Some people can get away with eating only 3x a day, but I'm not one of 'em. I still get the dump in the morning if I sleep more than 6 hours, but now the liver dumps only up me to (on-average) 6.2 (112) ...

So maybe look at not only what you're eating, but how much (gotta get enough calories) and when. Make sure it's both enough, AND often-enough.

The other thing to realize is that since you were only Dx'd a few days ago, it will TAKE TIME for your BG's to lower, simply because of homeostasis... the body tries to maintain a stable constant... if it's USED to high BG's, it will maintain them there for a while.

They will lower naturally as you eat properly, exercise daily, and take your medication... but it won't happen overnight. It took about 6 weeks or more before I started to see any numbers in the 'normal' range.

 

[beefy]

You might want to try a quick online calculator to determine the amount of calories you need:

This site provides you a fairly reasonable calculation for maintenance or fat-loss. Remember, fewer calories isn't always better, you need a certain amount or the body goes into starvation mode...

 

[beefy]

The Dr. prescribed a 1,800-calorie, carb-filled diet. Will use a calculator to figure out what I'm getting without the carbs.

Right now, I'm so scared of food, that dropping carbs is noooo problem. Plus, I was already changing my diet when diagnosed, so some of the changes are already well in place.

But spiking on spinach is downright depressing. Thanks, Beefy, for pointing out that the spinach may have been innocent.

Drop the carbs but not the calories. Try to limit your carbs to mostly veggies (except potatoes, corn or parsnips) and enjoy some added fat and protein in your diet.