I believe I may be diabetic due to many symptoms. I have gained weight around the middle and I am currently about 30 pounds overweight. I get really shaky and light headed if I eat just oatmeal for breakfast. One day I got so sick after eating only scrambled eggs for breakfast. I have to pee a lot, esp after having a cup of coffee with honey and cream...literally I will need to pee every 10 minutes for a couple of hours. I simply can handle very little sugar, even though I don't consume as much as the average person.
So, I am going to cut way down on grain and starches and consume very little sugar. I usually eat eggs for one meal during the day, but my problem is what do I eat with them? If I eat a meat with them, then I feel really hungry a couple of hours later. If I eat a grain and meat, then I feel satisfied much longer and I do use a ton of fat. What do I eat for breakfast now? I usually have a smoothie or oatmeal. But I think my raw milk smoothies are too high in sugar because of lactose from the milk and usually I put a banana. I do have coffee with a teaspoon of honey and some cream. But I plan to eliminate that by tapering off. I am just at a loss of how to stay satisfied without the grain or potatoes. I don't feel like my meal is complete without one or the other. BTW I am still nursing too, so I really need about 4 meals a day with 1-2 snacks. It will break the bank if I start buying more grass fed meat, because I already eat it 1-2 times per day. Are beans good for diabetes? Is something like quinoa and buckwheat good too or are they too high in carbs? I would like to lose some weight too. I want to get preggo soon and don't want to have the complications of diabetes. I plan to try to get pregnant in 3 months.
Thanks for any suggestions!
So, I am going to cut way down on grain and starches and consume very little sugar. I usually eat eggs for one meal during the day, but my problem is what do I eat with them? If I eat a meat with them, then I feel really hungry a couple of hours later. If I eat a grain and meat, then I feel satisfied much longer and I do use a ton of fat. What do I eat for breakfast now? I usually have a smoothie or oatmeal. But I think my raw milk smoothies are too high in sugar because of lactose from the milk and usually I put a banana. I do have coffee with a teaspoon of honey and some cream. But I plan to eliminate that by tapering off. I am just at a loss of how to stay satisfied without the grain or potatoes. I don't feel like my meal is complete without one or the other. BTW I am still nursing too, so I really need about 4 meals a day with 1-2 snacks. It will break the bank if I start buying more grass fed meat, because I already eat it 1-2 times per day. Are beans good for diabetes? Is something like quinoa and buckwheat good too or are they too high in carbs? I would like to lose some weight too. I want to get preggo soon and don't want to have the complications of diabetes. I plan to try to get pregnant in 3 months.
Thanks for any suggestions!
first of all, you must MUST go and see a doctor. Diabetes is life threatening, and not something to be self dx.
He nearly died, kidneys failed, eyesight failed, the whole shebang. It was not a good scene.
I'm subscribing so I remember. But I did want to say that I agree with PaulaJoAnne. Then again, we're coming from a similar place. My ds has Type 1.
) he's gone from being one sick puppy who had to take a rediculous amount of insulin and still couldn't get his sugars under control, to having to take barely any insulin at all! 
: He still has to take some, but his diabetes is under control, and he feels great.
, they talked about sleeping 9.5 hours a night, at the very least, and how important it is to go to sleep with the sun and sleep in pitch black in order to help our bodies' immune systems. They specifically mention diabetes and heart disease. Lack of sleep, and lack of sleep in the dark cause us to crave carbs and do other things to our hormones to cause diabetes and heart disease. I'm no expert, but I'm trying to do these things, but it doesn't always happen. I just wanted to throw it out to you, that maybe it's just about food and exercise and enough sleep.
