We're Each Unique

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In a message dated 4/6/2006 2:27:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

JayTownsend@... writes:

I get very hungry for carbohydrates and have fallen off the wagon on

occasion with ice cream - my biggest addiction. After two months without

any I ate two large bowls and tested two hours later and my BS was at 181

where in the prior two months of testing it had rarely been over 125. A few

days later I figured that I would test oatmeal and prepared a bowl of steel

cut oats - the most nutritious meal available, according to the world of

many health advisors. After two hours my BS was 196 - even worse than ice

cream.

Hi Jay,

I still love my carbs and this is the reason I eat them everyday. If I went

without them for that long, I would over eat also. Very seldom do I have

ice cream at home, but sometimes after hubby and I go shopping, we will stop

and get ice cream. I get the kid's size and that satisfies me. Also, when I'm

craving a food, I eat it. If not, I'm going to be eating everything else I

can find to satisfy that craving. And, that only causes me to over eat, but

doesn't satisfy the craving.

I had a medium size serving of oatmeal with blue berries yesterday and bg

readings were 86 two hours later. This morning I had about the same amount of

oatmeal with blue berries. Two hours later, bg's were 86. I'm not testing

anymore after eating oatmeal.

Diabetes would be so much easier if we could all eat the same foods.

hugs

Eunice

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<<Diabetes is not a one size fits all disease and it's b/c of this

that there are drs who don't seem to understand this. And want

to have everyone be in the same mold.>>

Boy, ain't that the truth. It's now been about three months since I was

first diagnosed with Type II and through home testing I've learned a lot and

my BS levels don't fit anyone's pattern but my own. I have read a lot about

diabetes through books, and particularly on this list. I swear by the

Bernstein's books, though I don't follow it completely. Instead, I adhere

more to the Atkins Diabetic Solution. Both programs totally conflict with

most " recommended " eating styles. Bernstein says no more than 4 grams of

carbos per meal. I do try to stick with that, but I also eat a lot more

fats than Bernstein recommends. I've lost 15 pound since my diagnosis, and

had already lost 30 before that and am down to a BMI of 2.4 for the first

time in a dozen years.

I get very hungry for carbohydrates and have fallen off the wagon on

occasion with ice cream - my biggest addiction. After two months without

any I ate two large bowls and tested two hours later and my BS was at 181

where in the prior two months of testing it had rarely been over 125. A few

days later I figured that I would test oatmeal and prepared a bowl of steel

cut oats - the most nutritious meal available, according to the world of

many health advisors. After two hours my BS was 196 - even worse than ice

cream.

I still had carbohydrate cravings so ran out and got potatoes and fried two

of them for breakfast along with three eggs and then went out and walked

five miles. Tested two hours after eating, and my BS was 85, the lowest BS

level yet. So I thought perhaps my body was Ok with potatoes. Wrong! the

next evening I ate two baked potatoes with butter on them, tested two hours

later and the BS was at 191 - worse than ice cream and almost as bad as

oatmeal.

So, the walking clicked in for me. I once had a morning fasting BS level of

118 and ate nothing for breakfast and went for my five mile walk, came back

and tested at 121. So walking by itself doesn't seem to do much for me.

Then last night I wanted a " salad " for dinner and ate two Roma tomatoes with

several chopped up celery sticks and a half cup of blue cheese dressing.

Went for a 40 minute walk and measured two hours after the meal and the BS

was at 89. What's hitting me now is that walking after eating is very

beneficial for me. How that relates to others is totally up to how other

people's bodies reacts for them. With that success, I juiced a whole

grapefruit at bedtime and drank it (I love grapefruit juice) and had no idea

where my morning fasting BS would be. It checked in at 99, in the low range

of my morning BS levels.

I'm learning what works for my body and I think that most will find that

they too are unique.

I'm not on any medications.

Jay

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Jay, walking in the morning does not lower my sugar, but walking in

the afternoon has been known to lower it 112 points. Time of day can

make a big difference.

> So, the walking clicked in for me. I once had a morning fasting BS

level of

> 118 and ate nothing for breakfast and went for my five mile walk,

came back

> and tested at 121. So walking by itself doesn't seem to do much for

me.

> Jay

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Eunice wrote:

<<I had a medium size serving of oatmeal with blue berries yesterday and bg

readings were 86 two hours later. This morning I had about the same amount

of

oatmeal with blue berries. Two hours later, bg's were 86. I'm not testing

anymore after eating oatmeal.

Diabetes would be so much easier if we could all eat the same foods.>>

So true. Will the medical professionals ever understand that? Thankfully

the RN I visit does.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it - I can drink

two double martinis with olives, and it doesn't affect my BS one iota.

However, it lowers my psychological resistance to ice cream. I think I

can live longer without martinis than I can without oatmeal and ice cream.

Jay