Can I be feeling jittery because the blood sugar is getting to normal?

Hi Joni, I'm glad you're getting lower blood sugar readings!  That's great!  It's true that some people may feel jittery, even sweaty and disoriented when their blood sugar is brought down to normal from very high blood sugar but I don't know if that's what you're feeling.  It's possible though and if that's the reason then with a little time, you will feel better as your body gets used to 'normal' again - your friend is right!  Ease into the exercise gradually, too, especially if you're not feeling right.  One idea is to keep a log or kind of diary with your daily readings (time, what you eat) and when you exercise.  In this way, you'll have a record of all those minutes of exercise that turn into hours or miles and you'll be encouraged to keep it up.  Good luck.  Sorry you've been through some tough family times.  Stress also makes blood sugar run high.  Take care and stick to it - you're your best friend.

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Hiya Joni,

 

 

Wow!! This is exactly how I feel when my blood sugar levels drop even a little bit.  I am so used to having very high levels that when it goes down to even 160-190 I feel bad...shaky, sweaty, sick...

 

Is that normal?  Will I ever be able to have good levels?

 

Me.

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Hi, I'm new here. I'm pre-diabetic. I get dizzy and start seeing shadows on the edges of my vision when my sugar drops to 100. My fasting at the doctor's was 126. One morning at my home I got as high as 179, but that was when I ate a small piece of chocolate cake with three scoops of ice cream the night before in a moment of weakness. I spanked myself for that no-no. I'm trying to be very good. Whole wheat bread, veggies (yeck), and no sugar (wwwwhhhhaaaaa)!
It's baby steps for me on my road to change. Next step is to get moving more.

Joy

Thanks y'all for responding to my message. It makes me feel better to know there are others out there who are feeling the way I do. I will not give up! I am lucky that I really love vegetabes. I just wish I could still eat my mashed potatoes and cream gravy...hot bisquits and corn bread! I also love mexican food...I'm still eating it without the beans and tortillas. I know I'll adjust to my new way of eating I would rather be healthy as I can be...it's worth the sacrifice. I also would like to know if anyone has shortness of breath. Sometimes I feel I can't get a satisfying breath. I don't think I'm hyperventilating...I'm not breathing shallow or fast. Just feel like I can't take in a good breath sometimes.

I don't think the shortness of breath would be related to your blood sugar.  From what you wrote before, it wasn't critically high to begin with but I'm not a doctor, so if this is an on-going condition, you'd better call your doctor's office.  That is priority, so let the doctor see what's going on.  A good substitute for mashed potatoes is mashed cauliflower.  It's made the same way: just simmer the cauliflower until it's soft, drain it, and mash it with butter.  Yes, butter is fine.  You can make a gravy substitute with either soy flour and/or almond flour (meal) with butter and a little Kitchen Bouquet for color.  I found that too much soy flour tastes too much like soy (duh), so I only use about a spoon of it and then I use almond flour for the rest of the bulk.  Real heavy whipping cream makes this and mashed cauliflower nice and creamy.  Almond flour is usually in the organic section of the supermarket along with soy products, etc.  I mostly shop at Kroger and they always have it.  Also, if you want to "bread" chicken or fish, you can use the almond flour alone or in combination with grated parmesan cheese (in the green shaker container).  I dip the pieces in beaten egg and then in the almond/parmesan and then saute or bake them.  You can mix dried oregano and basil with the almond flour to spice it up.  Search back through some old posts we have lots of recipes.  I'll see if I can find a couple and bump them up. 

I do like caulflower.... but I have to avoid soy produces (they make my fibroid grow). I love almonds, does it make things taste nutty?

Joy

Almond flour/meal does not taste like almonds to me.  I don't know why it doesn't since it's pure almonds ground fine.  The one from the supermarket is very fine. I've ground almonds at home but they come out course and that's also good for breading but they still don't taste particularly almondy - at least no one who's eaten it in my house has said it did.  Almonds and walnuts have good oils and they're healthy, so they're a good choice as a snack or as part of your meal if you eat them ground.

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