Drop till you shop

Woke up feeling very dizzy.

Dizziness is a sign of hyperglycaemia - too much glucose in the blood.
Lightheadedness on the other hand is a sign of hypoglycaemia - too little glucose in the blood.

So, am I feeling dizzy or lightheaded? I have no idea, and suddenly it occurs to me that without a Blood Glucose machine, I have no way of being sure, and I am just assuming I am hyper because that is typical of type 2. But the GP told me not to get a BG machine until I see the diabetic nurse in 5 days time.

The good news is that the books from Amazon arrived today, so I'll have something to start feeding my ignorance.

Some hours later, with a few chapters under my belt, to accompany the raw porridge and yoghurt, and the litre of filtered water, I feel slightly more empowered to make some better informed food choices for my new healthy eating regime, so that it can fit around family meal times.

I'm still feeling dizzy and weak, but not as much as I did first thing. So off to the shops to get some supplies; I come back with wild alaskan salmon fillets, puy lentils, leeks, carrots, bok choi, blackberries, blueberries, skimmed milk, Weetabix and bran flakes.

Plan for the next five days is to have a fibre-rich whole-grain breakfast with fresh blueberries and semi-skimmed milk (normally breakfast for me would be a glass or two of water, but hell, maybe breakfast is the most import meal of the day after all); lunch of braised greens (hence leeks and bok choi) and grilled fish, and a dinner of lentil and root veg stew. Snacks of crudites (no dips), fresh and dried fruit as the mood takes me.
And water. Am averaging 3 litres a day now.

All in all, I feel positive, at least with my commitment to effecting a real and sustained change. Can't wait to see the diabetic nurse.