Carbs. & Type 2 Diabetes

[Eternity6]

Very recently my husband has been diagnosed with type 2. I'm trying to find out how many carbs. daily is safe to have so I can make sure to keep them low.

[Koalajane]

I try to eat between 50 and 100 carbs a day, I check packets etc to see how many carbs are in them. I don’t eat low fat foods but full fat and don’t eat any ready meals which can be loaded with carbs

[Eternity6 in reply to Koalajane]

Thank you so much

[Koalajane]

Good luck with your husband. Mine is also type 2 diabetic as am I. He has been for years and takes medication. Over 4 years ago I was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and put on steroids. 6 months after that I was diagnosed with type 2. I was pot on gliclazide and at my first review, after going low carb high fat, I was taken off it due to my hba1c being low. I have been in remission since then. I test my blood sugars regularly so know what I can eat and can’t. I am also lucky to have a lovely diabetic nurse who tells me I am amazing. My husband has lost weight but does not eat low carb and although his medication has been reduced he has to go and see our nurse soon as during lockdown he had put weight on and his hba1c has risen. To me his biggest problem is he doesn’t eat breakfast and snacks a fair bit, and I am sure also eats things he shouldn’t when I am not there!!

[Eternity6 in reply to Koalajane]

You are doing amazing! I know what it’s like being on steriods I’ve been on them for 13 years continuously awful things but they do the job they are supposed to, I’ve recently lost two stone on them, the most difficult thing I’ve ever done, I’m now what I call a clean eater, I’m trying to get my husband to really watch what he eats, it’s so important isn’t it, you sound as though you have a great diabetic nurse, I will have to look into the high fat eating for my husband too, is that keto

[Koalajane]

Not keto as that is less carbs but nearly there.I have lost so much weight I used to wear a size 18 trousers and now wear size 10. I ache but feel so much better having gone from 12 stone + to 8 and a half stone. This involved a whole new wardrobe!

[Eternity6]

That’s brilliant, I only want to lose another half stone but I will do it( hopefully) just watch my intake around Xmas, I’m non drinker so that will help a bit,

[Eternity6]

Thank you fat buddy

[LaceyLady Star]

All good losing weight but be careful of losing muscle mass.

[LaceyLady Star]

I swim and do water exercises, use some foam dumbbells.