Diabetes and Hypoglycemia

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All of my life I have had hypoglycemia, so did my dad, so does my

son. Sometimes it bothered me for long stretches of time, other

times it did not.

I always had the Snickers bar in my purse in case I needed it.

I was diagnosed with type 2 about 2 years ago. So I do the low carb

bit, am on one Glucofage generic a day. But I have to plan very

carefully when I leave the house as I can easily get a low blood

sugar attack within 2 hours of eating. Since the Snickers is out of

the question, do I just leave the house with food (snacks) everytime

or what. I also get very hungry at the time.

I lost 50 pounds the first year (no more Snickers and cookies, wah!)

For breakfast, I eat either two slices low carb toast with peanut

butter, OR 3 scrambled eggs and 2 slices low carb toast, OR a bowl

of Kashi Crunch cereal with milk. This holds me for about 2 hours.

I then get shaky even tho my #'s are still in the 80's to 90's.

For lunch I eat perhaps the low carb toast/peanut buttter, OR a cup

of cottage cheese with some fruit (non sweetened), OR a low carb tv

dinner.

Other stuff too, but try to keep it to the 35-40 carb limit. 2

hours later....shaky again.

At nite a hamburger (no bun, some catsup), or other piece of meat, a

veggie, perhaps a salad and a baked potato. again 2 hours later,

it's usually around 125 with that and then later in the evening I'm

starving again.

Got some of the steel cut oats at Henry's Market this week. Thought

it would stay with me longer. had some today, 2 hours later......

So, should I just keep eating every two hours? Hate to gain all that

weight back. And I'm terrible about excercise except when I garden,

which is most days.

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klugbear wrote:

> All of my life I have had hypoglycemia ... This holds me for about 2

> hours.

> I then get shaky even tho my #'s are still in the 80's to 90's ... et

> cetera

Of course, there are lots of things you can " try, " but I suspect that

exercise would help you. I was like that for a long time - two hours

and bottomed out. Then I started walking a lot, and I gradually got to

3 - 1/2 to four hours between slumps.

Recently I added weight training twice a week (for bone density) and I

can get almost five hours before I get unreasonably hungry.

If you can't or won't walk, try a compact exercise bike in front of a

TV, with a table full of magazines next to it. If you can't stand to

do 20 minutes at a time, do five or ten minutes at a time.

Good luck!

Patty

Type 2, 1998, diet/exercise (hypoglycemic) celiac disease

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klugbear wrote:

> So, should I just keep eating every two hours? Hate to gain all that

> weight back. And I'm terrible about excercise except when I garden,

> which is most days.

If it were me, I'd take that quantity of food you are currently eating

and spread it out over about 6 meals a day, rather than 3. Same total

calories but your body gets food every 2-3 hours and that might help

prevent the lows. I, too, have hypoglycemia and that's what I do. It's

helped me tremendously. Also I've lost 45 pounds doing this. As far as

exercise goes, you just need to find something that you really enjoy.

For me, its lifting weights and using a Rebounder (mini-trampolene).

The Rebounder also exercises the lymphatic system and is highly recommended.

Amber

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Klugbear

I had hypoglycemia for 30 years and now have had diabetes 2 for

almost a year.

I have from the beginning used tuna and milk for staples and still

find that my usual breakfast of 1 can water-packed tuna (rinse out

some of the sodium), and 12 ounces of milk are the perfect breakfast,

no low sugars, no shakes, good for weight loss. The rest of the day

goes better -- I can pick and choose.

Janie

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> All of my life I have had hypoglycemia, so did my dad, so does my

> son.