Diabetes Type 2 Support Group

Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...

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Thanksgiving Dinner

mzizgayle
mzizgayle
You can eat a bunch of turkey and not worry...4 ounces of turkey has NO carbs and 21grams of Protein !! add in green beans, a salad and you have meal that will not raise your numbers hardly at all.....save that for the pumpkin pie LOL
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
So what did you have for dinner and what was your numbers 2 hours after eating?
deleted_user
deleted_user
That's what I tried to do. Did cheat with a small piece of sugarfree pumpkin pie.
Angela
3pupmom
3pupmom
I ate everything there was at my table, but since I did the cooking, the amounts of sugary, fatty foods were minimal. I did make 3 pies and sampled each. I was afraid to get a blood sugar reading afterward so I didn't. But my fasting blood sugar this morning was 100. I should've been more brave last night and tested.
serenityali
serenityali
Hello-

For Thanksgiving dinner I had a small piece of turkey because I prefer chicken, candied sweet potato, potato roll, riced potato with butter and pumpkin pie with real whipped cream. Portions were small and my fasting b/s this morning was 108. How that happened I don't have a clue.

I can always tell when I've been naughty because physically I don't feel well. My feet and toes especially really hurt today. Generally just don't feel good. I wish I could motivate myself to control the eating. I do well with the exercise for the most part usually.
mzizgayle
mzizgayle
serenity..its called the dawn effect and it can't be 100% controlled....see the liver and pancreas wait until the body is sound asleep and then it has a party, one dumps the sugars into the body and the other tries to handle it with insulin but since they now speak foreign to each other they don't do a good job lol..


I did turkey, small amount of cranberry sauce, some stovetop stuffing, bunch of green beans...waited and was 84 ! (tho I did dishes, some dusting, played with doggie outside for a few) and then decided to have a piece of blueberry pie..still wasn't too bad after that.
demutt
demutt
I got into the pumpkin cheesecake and between leaving the meter in the car so too cold to test Fri am and sheer cowardice, I was glad to find a 96 fasting today. I'm off to the gym w/my 11carb power bar.