Hi.

so what you are saying is that YOU have low blood sugar and your hubby has HIGH blood sugar. And you read that the treatment is the SAME ?? for both conditions???

That's a new one for me.
I've done lots of reading on diabetes type 2, which is what I have and what your hubby has. I'm on lantus and I eat a diet (extremely healthy by the way).
I haven't eaten any red meat for years and I don't crave any (so no vampire here). I also don't crave any carbs whatsoever because, for some reason my body craves protein. I just had two pieces of grilled chicken with a salad just now. In the salad are some tomatoes, some romaine lettuce, a handful of sliced black olives, (well whatever you wish to put in a salad). I then add garlic powder, pepper, basil, and some lemon and some (as Rachel Ray puts it ) SOME EVOO. Extra virgin olive oil.

I prefer this over a piece of cake every time. I guess I'm lucky, I don't get cravings and I don't eat a single thing after 7 p.m. at night. NOTHING. The last thing I eat is that after my dinner, I have a cup of decaf with a little bag of one of those 100 calories cookie things. They have a whole bunch of various ones like chocolate crisps, or peanut butter things). They are little cookie things and the whole bag is 100 calories. I call it my discretionary 100 calorie allotment for the day.

Now you ask what you can put in your fridge to entice you. At least I think it's for you. You want to know what carbs you can eat, right?

Well, unless I don't know what low blood sugar means, can't you eat a piece of fresh fruit (like watermelon (that's loaded with sugar,for example), or a banana, maybe. The idea is to eat small meals during the day to keep your blood sugar stable, right?

Are you doing this. I have a different problem. I had a lot of weight to lose and I'm more than halfway there and I found a plan that works for me but it might not work well for everybody else. There isn't a refined carb to be found in my house. Except for that 100 bag of little cookies that I allow myself after dinner, there is no bread, no corn, and certainly no potatoes.
That would kill my blood sugar.

But since you are not a diabetic, what about a baked potato with your dinner. With a pat of smart balance margarine. Don't see that hurting you.
What is your sugar reading in the morning? does it go down or up during the day?

I assume you have an endocrinologist? I went to Cornell in NYC and they sent me to a nutritionist. Boy did Alan and I learn a lesson. We both eat exactly the same (and he has never been a diabetic or had hypoglycemia).
so what works for us, well, it works for us.

The nutritionist said to us "eliminate red meat from your diet". I told her. "don't worry, haven't had it for years". She said "good you are already ahead of the game." We talked about fruits during the day. I don't eat any because it impacts my sugar. Now Alan. He lives on the stuff.

He eats up until he goes to bed. He eats fat free youghurt, he eats fruit, he takes those whey shakes. I never saw a man eat so much after he went to a nutritionist in my entire life. BUT....he goes to the gym every chance he gets and he pumps iron. I don't do that and I don't think you do that either.

So let me ask you one thing? Because I'm not clear. Are you asking me what snacks you can have in the fridge FOR YOU?? because you are hypoglemic?

If I am right, the main thing is to keep your blood sugar level as much as you can. Eating a good breakfast with some fresh fruit. A good lunch (like my grilled chicken over salad (I've eaten this every single day for 5 years and never got tired of it). And our dinner iis as follows:

Salad
Protein (fish or chicken) or if it's spaghetti night, a dish of Dreamfield's low carb spaghetti). Absolutely delicious with a marinara sauce.
Side dishes of any veggies you like.

Now I don't eat potatoes but Alan eats one potato that I slice up thin and pan fry in PAM. so no fat but does have carbs so I don't go near them.

From what you wrote, I take it you get a lot hungrier than I do. You need snacks right? Well, I don't snack and I'm so used to it, I don't think about it.

But if I wanted a snack, I'd have some sugar free pudding or jello (instead of the 100 calorie cookie thing). In my pantry, you won't find stuff with partially hydrogenated anything, or high fructose corn syrup or sugar. As I indicated the only indulgence I have is the 100 calorie cookie thing which of course has these things but I figure, one 100 calorie cookie thing a day won't kill me and so far it hasn't changed my sugar reading and I'm still losing weight.

But I would think that an occasional cupcake or small dish of ice cream couldn't hurt you right? (because you are not diabetic, right?).

So write me back and tell me exactly what you want to know.

Sorry i'm so dense.

meldoy