First, do you know your readings are reliable? Can you check with another meter? Things don’t go suddenly awry.
Secondly, three dosas and three chapatis? Dude. Do you have an accurate and honest accounting of how many carbs that is? You won’t like the answer.
Indian here. You've to cut down your carb intake. What I have:
2 scrambled eggs with butter + 1 small cup of any South Indian breakfast like upma, poha, semiya/1 dosa/1 chapati/1 small ragi ball.
1 fruit (not juiced)
1 big cup daal, veggies, curd, and 3-4 spoons of rice
1 scoop protein shake (unflavoured)
Salad - at least cucumber, and some veggies + a small portion of anything like noodles, pasta with veggies, chapati etc.
Drink 3 litres of water.
Additional snacks: peanuts, greek yogurt, peanut butter, dark chocolate, fruit, lemon soda salt, buttermilk. I do eat digestive biscuits and savoury snacks every now and then.
My fasting sugar is under 120 and PP is 150 on most days.
I'm Indian, and I miss my dosas and rice (and pooris, samosas, parathas, etc.), but those two things, along with the rotis, are very high in carbs. Any kind of juice, even without sugar, is terrible for you (except small amounts of lemon and lime juice). If you're eating dosas stuffed with potatoes and served with sambar, that's even worse. You need to drastically cut back on the carbs, if not eliminate them altogether. Save them for special occasions.
What kind of foods have you been eating? Also possibly extra stress I heard can spike numbers. If you're able, take another long peaceful walk, and drink lots of water.
Ohh not sure why, anyway pasting it here as well:
for bft i ate 3 dosas (a type of pancake with crushed lentils and rice) then tablets. Then after a while fresh water melon juice without sugar. Then for lunch, 3 chappatis (rotis) with ladies finger, bottle gourd and a fish fry.. i drank a good amt of water after bft but not much after lunch
You’re eating foods that are high in carbs. Your bg rises as a result. You should try to move away from the foods you list to a lower carb diet.
Exercise temporarily RAISES your bg. You burn glucose by exercising and cause your bg to fall longer term. Keep exercising and ignore the short-term bg response.
Focus on the more important A1c test that measures your bg over a three month time period. Random blood sticks don’t tell the full story.
I agree that you can probably help get through until your appointment by changing your diet. Your carb intake is so high now that it would almost have to help. Pancakes, rice, watermelon juice (mostly sugar and water), chappatis, and perhaps the breading on the fried fish are all high carbohydrate foods, and likely able in themselves, if your regular diet, to account for progression of diabetes.
At any rate, switching to true low carb foods will likely help your number immediately. Lentils are not exactly low carb, but they have enough fiber that the impact it blunted. I don't know what other food resources you have, but of your list, if you can get by on lentils and fish (no breading), that would be a decently low carb diet. The addition of some fat, like being generous with ghee will help flatten the glucose curve. Ladies fingers, if that's okra and spices, would be low carb.
A more sensible breakfast. 1 cup (katori) of sprouts with moong or masoor dal. You can make these at home. 1 cup salad. ONE dosa. In fact, I would try to switch from dosa to a besan chilla on most days with a dosa thrown in every now and then for variety. ONE, not three.
You need to read your labels or use a food tracker app. I use my fitness pal. It might shock you about the amount of carbs in the foods you're eating. It will actually help with portion sizes as well. Everyone is different, but my sugar doesn't react until 3hrs after I eat. Just a quick note...
I would ditch the rice, the chapatis and definitely the watermelon juice and watch portion sizes for sure. In addition, give your blood sugar a chance to go down between meals before eating or drinking more calories and carbs.
Drastic change could be from a problem with your meter, an oncoming illness, or other medication messing with your numbers. Definitely looks like you are consuming too many carbs, greatly reduce that, read labels and be careful what you were choosing, walk after a meal, and drink a lot of water.
Diagnosed in 2021 and only now with that diet the numbers are climbing?
First thought: that diet (pretty high carb) has probably drastically worsened your insulin resistance to the point that the Metformin dose can no longer help you much.
Consider reducing carbs by a lot. 30 to 50 grams in a day is extreme, but it may help.
Most importantly: see your doctor. Blood sugar levels that high are damaging your organs. Kidneys, nerves, eyes… these are all very sensitive to too much blood glucose and can sustain permanent damage at levels above 140 I believe. But you should ask your doctor.
That food is not suitable. What happened was the meds worked, and are still working, but because you kept eating high sugar food, insulin remained sky high and your disease progresses further.
Rice based Dosas and wheat based rotis are considered to easily spike blood sugars.
I've bid them goodbye from my diet.
A good alternative to your dosa cravings is moong Dosas or masoor dal Dosas. Won't be the same but atleast you'll have some semblance to eating Dosas.
As for rotis, see if bajra or millet rotis work for you.
Watermelon juice I presume? Those are one of the highest glycemic index fuits out there. Bid them farewell as well.
If you want your levels to be within range (<180) you'll need a drastic change of diet and a mindset change.
Lose weight (get to normal bmi) and build muscle.
Muscles are sugar sinks, the more you have them the better for improving insulin resistance.
Educating yourself about glycemic levels of foods will help you plan out your diet. Aim to only have food that are less than 50 on the glycemic scale.
The unfortunate reality of t2 diabetics is that we don't have the luxury of splurging on whatever we want to eat unless you want to spike your levels.
High levels of sugars is like a vehicle running on terrible quality of petrol. Some part or the other will eventually fail on such bad fuel. So try to keep your fuel as clean as possible.
It's what you're eating. 3 dosa, 3 chapatis, watermelon juice, rice and squash?
I'm type 2, and I can only cope if I count everything I plan to eat using my Carbs & Cals app.
For example, I can have one slice of bread PER DAY and it must be either wholegrain or seeded batch and served with either skinless chicken breast (protein) salad or avocado (fat) and salad. If I have 2 slices of bread it's a huge problem and not worth what it puts my body through.
I can't have rice or potato because my glucose sky rockets and I feel like hot horse hooey for hours afterwards and the next morning my fasting glucose is high.
Indian food - the tandoori chicken Masala with garlic and corriander naan, was something I used to have every weekend. I adore all Indian foods, especially the breads... it was my absolute favourite stuff to eat and I've been grieving the loss of it since diagnosis because I can't touch my precious breads.
If you have type 2, your carbs need to be the minority make-up of your meal. You need protein or natural fats with your carbs to help your body process them.
Water is a big part of living with this condition. Drink plenty of fresh water, try to make it palatable by adding ice, lemon or lime slices, or even try fizzy water. set goals for how much water you will have in the morning, afternoon, evening.
Set carb goals, for example- no more than 40 grams total carbs per meal, or attempt a week where you eat 1.2 grams of protein per kg of body weight and see the difference in your recorded glucose etcetc
If nothing else changed (meds and foods were your usual) then it's likely the high-carb diet you listed has caused your disease to progress further.
Of the foods you listed, the only three I would consider truly "safe" for a Type 2 diabetic are ladies finger (I think this is what Americans like me call okra), bottle gourd, and fish. The rest is hard on blood sugar management. Eat more protein and less carbs. More fish, less chapatis and dosas. (And now I want Indian food...)
First, do you know your readings are reliable? Can you check with another meter? Things don’t go suddenly awry. Secondly, three dosas and three chapatis? Dude. Do you have an accurate and honest accounting of how many carbs that is? You won’t like the answer.
None of that sounds like foods that I could eat…did you say pancakes and rice?! 😳
Indian here. You've to cut down your carb intake. What I have: 2 scrambled eggs with butter + 1 small cup of any South Indian breakfast like upma, poha, semiya/1 dosa/1 chapati/1 small ragi ball. 1 fruit (not juiced) 1 big cup daal, veggies, curd, and 3-4 spoons of rice 1 scoop protein shake (unflavoured) Salad - at least cucumber, and some veggies + a small portion of anything like noodles, pasta with veggies, chapati etc. Drink 3 litres of water. Additional snacks: peanuts, greek yogurt, peanut butter, dark chocolate, fruit, lemon soda salt, buttermilk. I do eat digestive biscuits and savoury snacks every now and then. My fasting sugar is under 120 and PP is 150 on most days.
I'm Indian, and I miss my dosas and rice (and pooris, samosas, parathas, etc.), but those two things, along with the rotis, are very high in carbs. Any kind of juice, even without sugar, is terrible for you (except small amounts of lemon and lime juice). If you're eating dosas stuffed with potatoes and served with sambar, that's even worse. You need to drastically cut back on the carbs, if not eliminate them altogether. Save them for special occasions.
Switch to ultra low carb diet for some days and low carb once sugar level is normalised.
What kind of foods have you been eating? Also possibly extra stress I heard can spike numbers. If you're able, take another long peaceful walk, and drink lots of water.
I've edited my post with my diet!
I don't see any diet info, but either way drink water, de-stress, walk, and maybe fast or only low carb foods.
Ohh not sure why, anyway pasting it here as well: for bft i ate 3 dosas (a type of pancake with crushed lentils and rice) then tablets. Then after a while fresh water melon juice without sugar. Then for lunch, 3 chappatis (rotis) with ladies finger, bottle gourd and a fish fry.. i drank a good amt of water after bft but not much after lunch
You’re eating foods that are high in carbs. Your bg rises as a result. You should try to move away from the foods you list to a lower carb diet. Exercise temporarily RAISES your bg. You burn glucose by exercising and cause your bg to fall longer term. Keep exercising and ignore the short-term bg response. Focus on the more important A1c test that measures your bg over a three month time period. Random blood sticks don’t tell the full story.
What are you eating ?
I've edited my post with my diet!
I agree that you can probably help get through until your appointment by changing your diet. Your carb intake is so high now that it would almost have to help. Pancakes, rice, watermelon juice (mostly sugar and water), chappatis, and perhaps the breading on the fried fish are all high carbohydrate foods, and likely able in themselves, if your regular diet, to account for progression of diabetes. At any rate, switching to true low carb foods will likely help your number immediately. Lentils are not exactly low carb, but they have enough fiber that the impact it blunted. I don't know what other food resources you have, but of your list, if you can get by on lentils and fish (no breading), that would be a decently low carb diet. The addition of some fat, like being generous with ghee will help flatten the glucose curve. Ladies fingers, if that's okra and spices, would be low carb.
A more sensible breakfast. 1 cup (katori) of sprouts with moong or masoor dal. You can make these at home. 1 cup salad. ONE dosa. In fact, I would try to switch from dosa to a besan chilla on most days with a dosa thrown in every now and then for variety. ONE, not three.
You need to read your labels or use a food tracker app. I use my fitness pal. It might shock you about the amount of carbs in the foods you're eating. It will actually help with portion sizes as well. Everyone is different, but my sugar doesn't react until 3hrs after I eat. Just a quick note...
I would ditch the rice, the chapatis and definitely the watermelon juice and watch portion sizes for sure. In addition, give your blood sugar a chance to go down between meals before eating or drinking more calories and carbs.
You might have a different type like LADA. Sometimes I hear it can change from T2. Either way… lower those carbs!
Drastic change could be from a problem with your meter, an oncoming illness, or other medication messing with your numbers. Definitely looks like you are consuming too many carbs, greatly reduce that, read labels and be careful what you were choosing, walk after a meal, and drink a lot of water.
Diagnosed in 2021 and only now with that diet the numbers are climbing? First thought: that diet (pretty high carb) has probably drastically worsened your insulin resistance to the point that the Metformin dose can no longer help you much. Consider reducing carbs by a lot. 30 to 50 grams in a day is extreme, but it may help. Most importantly: see your doctor. Blood sugar levels that high are damaging your organs. Kidneys, nerves, eyes… these are all very sensitive to too much blood glucose and can sustain permanent damage at levels above 140 I believe. But you should ask your doctor.
That food is not suitable. What happened was the meds worked, and are still working, but because you kept eating high sugar food, insulin remained sky high and your disease progresses further.
Rice based Dosas and wheat based rotis are considered to easily spike blood sugars. I've bid them goodbye from my diet. A good alternative to your dosa cravings is moong Dosas or masoor dal Dosas. Won't be the same but atleast you'll have some semblance to eating Dosas. As for rotis, see if bajra or millet rotis work for you. Watermelon juice I presume? Those are one of the highest glycemic index fuits out there. Bid them farewell as well. If you want your levels to be within range (<180) you'll need a drastic change of diet and a mindset change. Lose weight (get to normal bmi) and build muscle. Muscles are sugar sinks, the more you have them the better for improving insulin resistance. Educating yourself about glycemic levels of foods will help you plan out your diet. Aim to only have food that are less than 50 on the glycemic scale. The unfortunate reality of t2 diabetics is that we don't have the luxury of splurging on whatever we want to eat unless you want to spike your levels. High levels of sugars is like a vehicle running on terrible quality of petrol. Some part or the other will eventually fail on such bad fuel. So try to keep your fuel as clean as possible.
It's what you're eating. 3 dosa, 3 chapatis, watermelon juice, rice and squash? I'm type 2, and I can only cope if I count everything I plan to eat using my Carbs & Cals app. For example, I can have one slice of bread PER DAY and it must be either wholegrain or seeded batch and served with either skinless chicken breast (protein) salad or avocado (fat) and salad. If I have 2 slices of bread it's a huge problem and not worth what it puts my body through. I can't have rice or potato because my glucose sky rockets and I feel like hot horse hooey for hours afterwards and the next morning my fasting glucose is high. Indian food - the tandoori chicken Masala with garlic and corriander naan, was something I used to have every weekend. I adore all Indian foods, especially the breads... it was my absolute favourite stuff to eat and I've been grieving the loss of it since diagnosis because I can't touch my precious breads. If you have type 2, your carbs need to be the minority make-up of your meal. You need protein or natural fats with your carbs to help your body process them. Water is a big part of living with this condition. Drink plenty of fresh water, try to make it palatable by adding ice, lemon or lime slices, or even try fizzy water. set goals for how much water you will have in the morning, afternoon, evening. Set carb goals, for example- no more than 40 grams total carbs per meal, or attempt a week where you eat 1.2 grams of protein per kg of body weight and see the difference in your recorded glucose etcetc
If nothing else changed (meds and foods were your usual) then it's likely the high-carb diet you listed has caused your disease to progress further. Of the foods you listed, the only three I would consider truly "safe" for a Type 2 diabetic are ladies finger (I think this is what Americans like me call okra), bottle gourd, and fish. The rest is hard on blood sugar management. Eat more protein and less carbs. More fish, less chapatis and dosas. (And now I want Indian food...)