~Need help with meal plans..please:0)

[Leigh H]

~Im a type 2 diabetic looking for........

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help on what to eat and such, im not do to go to my diabetic education class until the end of Oct and i would really like to get the ball rolling before then, im sooo tired of not feeling good and taking the shots(8) daily. a little about myself, as i said im type 2 diabetic have been for many yrs and have been on insulin shots for prob the past 5, last month i was put in the hospt with blood pressure of 200/over something cant remeber the bottom right off hand but my sugar has been running 300-400's and i just bottomed out. chest was tight thought i was having a heart attack. diddnt .....but close...said it was a wake up call;( anyways.. as of now im on high blood pressure meds, and as i mention above 8 shots of insulin a day..i now take..Levermir 40 units morning night(just started it changed from being on Lantus 50units morn /night also take 18units of humalog every meal, and also just started on Symlin 10 units every meal.im on tons other meds for depression and tons more..some days i can hardly get out of bed i feel sooooo out of it. i have dropped about 45lbs over this past yr and seen no changes in my bs numb.. im needing help here. anyone that can share with me like what they eat for meals and how they go about fixin them would be sooo much of a help to me, i guess im worried im either eating to much or not enough,,,i just dont know where to start and i feel this has taken over my life,,im 41yrs old and feel 101. i have my first grandbaby due in Jan and i really wanna be around to enjoy him/her. please....anyone.....share with me...i need someones help that has been in my shoes and have made a change around in their life .:0) thanks to all that respond to my post..i sure hope someone comes along real soon and i feel i sure need it. thanks much
Leigh
ps..I would love to know of a egg breakfast bake to eat and fix i have no clue where to start on any of my meals......also last time i was at the doc i weighed in at 208 and im 5'5
also when i first got out of the hosp i went back in for my fisrt check up and i had gained 12lbs.. they said i was holding on to to much fluid i feel i might have loss some of that gained water weight(i hope) but i go back to the diabetic dr this next week, wish it was the education part its what im needing help with..hehehe

[Loretta V]

Leigh

You can check over our menus here. I think most of them are lowcarb and no sugar or sugar substitute. The Recipe room here also has plenty of ideas on what to cook. Egg casseroles are in there too.

I am not diabetic so cannot give you any on hands experience in that area.
I am hypertensive though. Do you drink at least 64 ounces of water a day? That is important, no matter what else. What about exercise? Even walking is a great benefit for better health.

Glad that you are under a doctors care and will have a nutritionist aid you with meal planning. The Atkins woe is probably the best for diabetics.

Wishing you the best with your health. It can be done. Be patient!!!

[Leigh H]

thanks so much for responding to my post, i thought oh no....im a new gal and no one wants to talk or respond to me i was really feeling down then i found your post and gave me hope:0) thanks so much for the info and tips too.
Leigh

Originally Posted by Loretta V

Leigh

You can check over our menus here. I think most of them are lowcarb and no sugar or sugar substitute. The Recipe room here also has plenty of ideas on what to cook. Egg casseroles are in there too.

I am not diabetic so cannot give you any on hands experience in that area.
I am hypertensive though. Do you drink at least 64 ounces of water a day? That is important, no matter what else. What about exercise? Even walking is a great benefit for better health.

Glad that you are under a doctors care and will have a nutritionist aid you with meal planning. The Atkins woe is probably the best for diabetics.

Wishing you the best with your health. It can be done. Be patient!!!