Please can somebody tell me where I'm going wrong?

[BarrowInFurnessRailwayStation]

I'm doing low carb because I'm pre diabetic and sugar and refined carbs spike my blood sugar. I've lost half a stone over the past 6 weeks, but it's a struggle and I'm feeling very weak. Today I almost fainted whilst out, and dh took me for a scone and a glass of milk after which I felt a lot better.

My meals are as follows:

Breakfast: cup of redbush tea and then a cup of chicory (can't drink coffee).

Lunch: cheese omelette (one egg) and selection of vegetables done in the air fryer. Small cup of full fat milk.

Teatime: four rice crackers - two with butter and cheese and two with peanut butter. Salad. Frozen raspberries and full fat Greek yoghurt (about one tablespoon).

Nothing after 6pm apart from redbush tea. I don't drink alcohol or fruit juices. I usually have some fizzy water during the day.

I know it's not a lot, but I don't do much exercise although I'm always busy and don't sit down for long periods.

If I don't keep my calories low I don't lose weight. I can lose at around 1200, but anything much over and I just plateau.

Please can anyone give me any advice? I can't eat bread, wheat, oats, pasta or potatoes as they spike my blood sugars.

But have you been told, by a medical professional, to check your blood sugar levels and how to correctly interpret this to obtain worthwhile information?

I was diagnosed as pre diabetic, got my hba1c back to healthy levels, lost 50kg in the process...still ate carbohydrates (they aren't the work of the devil) and was never instructed to check blood glucose levels.

@OhRiRi BarrowinFurnessRailwayStation will still be eating carbs on Bootcamp. They will come in the form of vegetables, salad and (some) fruit.

Some carbs, for people with diabetes - including those diagnosed as pre-diabetic - pretty much are the work of the devil!

Thanks. This isn't something I've encountered before. People insisting that I see a dietician etc. Erm, no, that won't work for me because I'm not interested in engaging with that service. GPs know nothing about nutrition and will have me on porridge and wholemeal toast in the blink of an eye.

The blood glucose monitor is just a toy one that I stole from mothercare 🙄 I take it outside for the fairies in in garden to calibrate whilst I'm eating lbs and lbs of cheddar cheese and swigging pints of cream.

I'm hiding this thread now because it's upsetting me as people aren't listening to what I'm saying. I've acknowledged what I was doing wrong and rectified it.

Thank you to those who have helped.

To the others, carry on eating your toast with trans fats margarine and squeezing into your clothing.

That's why people are saying to see a dietician, rather than GP. And you could have all the medical equipment in the world but if you don't know how to understand and interpret the numbers they give you, at best it's useless and at worst potentially dangerous.

I hope you're able to take away the useful and constructive comments and improve your diet in a way that is sustainable and beneficial to your health.

How patronising you are, to assume that she wouldn't be able to understand the results!

If your blood sugars are spiking to levels of 13 mmol, you aren't pre diabetic, you ARE diabetic. You need to see your GP or endocrinologist and ask for a glucose tolerance test to be correctly diagnosed.
A low GI diet is what you need to be following, All carbs aren't created equally, and it's the processed ones you need to be avoiding. Pairing carbs with protein and fibre slows down their absorption, and thus lowers their impact on blood sugar.
You are feeling weak because your body is depleted in energy and nutrients because you are not fuelling it correctly.

People insisting that I see a dietician etc. Erm, no, that won't work for me because I'm not interested in engaging with that service.

No one insisted, it was just a suggestion

The blood glucose monitor is just a toy one that I stole from mothercare 🙄 I take it outside for the fairies in in garden to calibrate whilst I'm eating lbs and lbs of cheddar cheese and swigging pints of cream.

I wasn't suggesting it's a fake one or anything, just asking what type you're using. Sorry I upset you. I was just trying to be helpful. Hope you get it all sorted anyway

Sorry! Yes of course 🫢

Thanks for correcting that.

the carbers

🙄

FFS.

You clearly aren't reading the posts Biwi. I don't see an issue with low carb, tho it's not my choice.

Most of us are picking up on the absolute lack of nutrition in this ill-advised plan of OP's, plus her unwillingness to get actual medical advice & not her own version of preventing diabetes.

People insisting that I see a dietician etc. Erm, no, that won't work for me because I'm not interested in engaging with that service.

It's hard to believe I'm reading this.

A dietician couldn't advise you steps to prevent diabetes with your diet? On a better way to lose weight than this madness that is making you ill?

And I'd warrant almost any GP will know more about nutrition than you.

Sorry, anTBF, it wasn't aimed at you @EarringsandLipstick,and I should have made that clear. I was just responding to the general frustration being expressed by the OP. Who has, now, acknowledged that what she has been eating doesn't represent any kind of 'healthy' eating!

carry on eating your toast with trans fats margarine and squeezing into your clothing.

Or you know, eating a healthy balanced diet, not doing the above, exercising & fitting into our clothes just fine, while being healthy?

Thanks Biwi I get that & I also see your advice on other threads so know you are v knowledgable on this area.

It's not for me, but I often read the threads with interest.

This OP may have acknowledged she's eating badly but I see no evidence she's making proper changes. She's hell-bent on addressing a possible medical problem without the proper professional advice.

That really worries me.

Good article by Michael Moseley about fast 800 Keto and weight loss in menopausal women. Apparently for some unknown reason unlike other groups they don't start significant weight loss until week 6/7 but by week 12 their average overall loss matches other groups. So if you do it and are peri be patient

Why you're doing wrong is you're eliminating carbs, not going low. You still need carbs - they are essential - but you need to a balance a small portion with fat and protein to prevent spikes in your blood sugar.

Try to make sure you have 15g of carb with a snack and 30g with a meal - but never eat a "naked" carb. They should be paired with fat or protein sources.

I had gestational diabetes twice. Look at the GD UK website. It has loads of recipe ideas

@YukoandHiro Have you actually read the OP?! (Although I think the OP has actually left the site now)

However ...

Lunch: cheese omelette (one egg) and selection of vegetables done in the air fryer. Small cup of full fat milk.

Teatime: four rice crackers - two with butter and cheese and two with peanut butter. Salad. Frozen raspberries and full fat Greek yoghurt (about one tablespoon)

This is not eliminating carbs - and actually nor is it low!

Sorry but that lunch can only really be called carb if you add something like half a slice of Burgen or LivLife bread. Otherwise you're depriving your body of the energy it needs to actually function.

That really is nonsense.

Although it might be a small lunch - I would definitely have had a two egg omelette! - but there is protein and fat in there, from the cheese, egg and milk. We don't know how many vegetables the OP cooked, or what kind, but there were vegetables there, so there will have been carbs from those. (Also carbs in the milk).

I have no idea why you think that there was no nutrition in the meal - or that adding a slice of bread would have made any difference to the nutrition - beyond increasing the carbs even further.

I didn't say there was "no nutrition" I said it lacked a small portion of paired carbs to give energy - essential if you don't want to start fainting all over the place. Anyway OP has left so no point continuing this.