Hello again!
I found this site (and all of you, of course) very supportive when I was first diagnosed as type 2 and was very confused about all of the conflicting information about 10 months ago. Since then I have managed to keep to a fairly good diet and have not had too many unwell periods but would like to share with you some of my experiences in the hope that it could help a confused new diabetic - as I was.
Firstly, it's now my firm belief that type 2 affects different people differently. Secondly, in my case I was not overweight until I developed diabetes (or it became apparent). I can now put on a couple of kilograms in a week by having a small piece of cake (at Christmas, no icing) ...so watching the calories doesn't work, the diabetes is overuling the ordinary diet research. I can reduce the calories dramatically, eat virtually nothing and still put on weight. It's what I eat that causes the problem, whether it contains sugar or carbohydrates or not. Pork makes me really ill, which is a pain 'cos I love crackling.
One thing that I really need help with from you guys is sleep. All of the literature says that carbohydrate helps you to sleep, and this does work, I've tried it in the past. But I no longer eat bread and not much in the way of potatoes, so I have terrific problems both getting to sleep and staying that way. It's a vicious circle, I get really tired, which causes diabetes problems, which stop me sleeping. HELP!
Cheery-bye to all of you good people out there ...keep smiling and love yourselves.
Corky.
I found this site (and all of you, of course) very supportive when I was first diagnosed as type 2 and was very confused about all of the conflicting information about 10 months ago. Since then I have managed to keep to a fairly good diet and have not had too many unwell periods but would like to share with you some of my experiences in the hope that it could help a confused new diabetic - as I was.
Firstly, it's now my firm belief that type 2 affects different people differently. Secondly, in my case I was not overweight until I developed diabetes (or it became apparent). I can now put on a couple of kilograms in a week by having a small piece of cake (at Christmas, no icing) ...so watching the calories doesn't work, the diabetes is overuling the ordinary diet research. I can reduce the calories dramatically, eat virtually nothing and still put on weight. It's what I eat that causes the problem, whether it contains sugar or carbohydrates or not. Pork makes me really ill, which is a pain 'cos I love crackling.
One thing that I really need help with from you guys is sleep. All of the literature says that carbohydrate helps you to sleep, and this does work, I've tried it in the past. But I no longer eat bread and not much in the way of potatoes, so I have terrific problems both getting to sleep and staying that way. It's a vicious circle, I get really tired, which causes diabetes problems, which stop me sleeping. HELP!
Cheery-bye to all of you good people out there ...keep smiling and love yourselves.
Corky.
