[jerryn]

Hey Lori,

If I had two baked potatoes and baked beans man my BG would be around 200 2hrs after I ate. Just excercise, drink lots of water.. I mean at least 8 - 10 glasses/day.

Your numbers sound great to me, eat healthy, and man.. your chloresterol is high.. that means don't make it a habit to eat prime rib!!!!! You need to eat better!
salmon is good for you.

[matingara]

Originally Posted by jerryn

I mean at least 8 - 10 glasses/day.

WHY???

Originally Posted by jerryn

and man.. your chloresterol is high.. that means don't make it a habit to eat prime rib!!!!! You need to eat better!

It is possible that it is excess Carbohydrate consumption that is causing the high cholesterol.

Please no not tell people that eat meat that they are NOT eating well.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by Lori Lynn

Wednesday night I deliberately ate a high carb meal. I had two whole potatoes and baked beans with some prime rib. My number was 118 two hours after eating. Last night I deliberately ate chicken and noodles (with no potatoes) and it was 122 two hours later.
I'm beginning to think that 125 is about normal for me, since I was running at that 5 yrs ago too. Maybe I don't have too much of a spike with carbs, so I am going to see if sweets with spike me up there. ...

You are missing the spike with a 2 hour test. If you want to see it, you need to test at 30 - 60 minutes, depending on what you have eaten. Go to this post Question About Postprandial Readings. to see a graph of normal blood glucose after a meal (the blue line).

[Lori Lynn]

Your numbers sound great to me, eat healthy, and man.. your chloresterol is high.. that means don't make it a habit to eat prime rib!!!!! You need to eat better!

LOL I actually do. It was Hubby's idea to go to this restaurant because of their excellent smoked prime rib. I'd never had it. Half of mine went to my German Shepherd. She's a lucky dawg.
Just took my BG and it's 103.

Next carb meal, Blue Sky, I will take my reading a few times afterwards at different intervals to see where my spike hits. Maybe that will give me more to go on, thanks a lot.

[Ronin]

Hi Lori Lynn!

A large part of what you are doing now can be called learning by experimentation. We have all done it, and it is important becuase this is how we all learn how our bodies respond to various foods. Eventually, you will get to know what does, and does not work for you. It takes time, and there will be frustrating times when you try to replicate a specific reading and you can't do it. However, we do learn how to manage our BG levels.

We're all here to help each other.

[Larry H.]

Lori,

I personally would try the reduction in carbs, exercise and loosing weight to see where you level out to. You may be like some of us and are catching the situation while some diet changes and exercise can help at least for the present.

You don't have to give up desert, just look for the things that are low in carbs. Instant no fat, no sugar puddings made with Hoods low fat milk. only 2 carbs a cup compared to 12 for skim milk. Low carb ice creams where the total actual carbs amount to "4" is a good choice for me and don't seem to bother my numbers much. There are lots of things you can enjoy, you just have to do some research.. Be aware that many things though that are called diabetic recipes would be considered very high by the standards of many here, so you need to know what you goal in carbs is.

I have posted on the thread by Ronin today about the high fiber I have been introducing to my meals again and finding a good result in keeping the numbers down, at least for now.

I would avoid the medicine until you have a really good reason to take it. Your husband obviously has some issues and needs to watch what he is doing too. You can both benefit by a new way of eating and exercise.