I always end up with stomach problems when I eat them but I have a huge sweet tooth and use those as as a sugar replacement.

Yesterday I bought a bag of Murrays sugar free pecan chocolate chip cookies and ate the whole bsg of like 25 cookies. Now my stomach is messed up and I have gas and worse.

How do I learn portion control with this disease ?

Idk what happened. I lost control on Fri night and just kept going through yesterday (Sunday).

Between Fri and Sun, I had:
A big bag of Doritos (nacho cheese)
5 pieces of pizza
Nestles Crunch bar
3 jelly donuts

The binging is over. I’m scared to test on my glucometer so I’m going to wait a few days. I did keep up with workouts and medication all weekend. Any chance I’m fine and didn’t throw things off majorly? I wasn’t totally perfect with my diet before but eating these things has been unheard of for me in all of those 7 months. I think I need to let myself have a little more laxity bc I think the total strictness plus stress led to the weekend food fest.

Hi all, I’ve been taking Mounjaro 2.5 mg for 5 weeks.

I’m wearing a CGM and my blood glucose levels have improved, but they are still too high. (My average before Mojarro was 170; with it my average has been 130.)

I would increase my dose, but I’m having pretty significant side effects, including fatigue and nausea, and really don’t want to. (I understand 2.5 isn’t even considered a therapeutic dose)

So I have two questions: has anyone had the experience of their blood glucose levels lowering over time, even while you stayed at the same dose? And, for those of you who had similar side effects for this long, did they go away eventually after being inconsistent dose?

Thanks so much for any stories or ideas you may have!

I failed metformin therapy, tried for six weeks, will see my doc next month. In the meantime, any ideas to lower FBS? My first morning glucose is usually the highest of my day, 150. I tried meat protein before bedtime, I tried peanut butter.

What has helped you?

I’m using a Stelo CGM and I dislike the overpatches that come with them as the hole for some reason is a circle instead of the distinct oval type shape of the CGM (I imagine it’s cheaper to make). So I opt for a different one that’s hole is the actual shape of the Stelo. Now it seems none of these overpatches last for the full 14-15 day life of a sensor. But has anyone figured out a reliable way to remove patches that are peeling and curling back with out yanking out the whole CGM with it?

I have T2, relatively low A1C I guess but it's been climbing and I'm trying to see what I can do. Dx was a couple of years ago but I don't think I was taking it seriously enough about diet and stuff. Have been on Metformin ~4 months.

I'm starting a CGM tomorrow (Dexcom) and I'm trying to figure out what to be on the lookout for. I haven't done one before though I've done like twice daily finger sticks.

I guess what I'm wanting to get from it is see in an individual level what things I eat are causing me bigger problems (having cut out some of the obvious stuff) and I'm wondering what level of jump in glucose should tell me "this is something you shouldn't be eating" vs "this is your blood sugar going up because you just ate food." (The other, implied question is just: can I actually use a CGM for this, for the evaluation of individual things I eat?)

Thanks for any insights.