A few points. I'll come back to the carbs.

Either you have made an error or you are eating far too
little.

To simplify those numbers, 22gms fat (198kcal)+ 92 gms
cabohydrates (362)+ 32 gms protein (128) works out to a
little under 700 calories. That is starvation level. I doubt
you could keep that up for long, nor do I think any
reputable dietician would suggest that you should.

Your ratio of fat/carbs/protein would make the ADA happy at:

Fat 29%
Carbs 53%
Protein 18%

But the devil is in the details. Despite those starvation
levels you had these results:

FBS 137
Breakfast of oatmeal [any other ingredients?]
1 hour PP 180.

Dinner of 1/3 cup great northern beans and 1/3 cup hash
brown potatoes [any other ingredients?]

1 hour PP 239

Even those scanty details are enough to say that, at least
for the moment, oatmeal is a poor breakfast choice for you
and the same may be said for beans and/or hash browns at
dinner.

You might want to reconsider this too:

Possibly you could add a few small low-carb snacks spread
across the day. Note that while cheese is low-carb, crackers
are not.

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These are my statistics for today.....besides my iced tea made with Splenda.
Should I also count that?  I do drink lots of tea during the day.  I have
started to list my intake at FitDay.  My BG today was FBS 137  -  1 hour PP
for breakfast was 180.  I was unable to do a 2 hour PP as I was not at home.
1 hour PP for dinner was 239
2 hour PP for dinner was

We only eat 2 meals/day in my home due to our schedules/lifestyle.   I have
been eating a slice of cheese with a cracker  around 10 PM.

I know this is probably way too many carbs for 1 day....most of them coming
today from oatmeal at breakfast and for dinner  great northern beans and
hash brown potatoes....but only 1/3 cup each of those.  Can anyone point me
in the right direction of actual menu type items to prepare?  Thanks

grams cals%total
Total: 674
Fat:22 195 30%
 Sat:10 90 14%
 Poly:3 23 3%
 Mono:8 71 11%
Carbs:92 326 50%
 Fiber:10 0 0%
Protein:32 129 20%
Alcohol:0 0 0%

Oatmeal is probably a bad thing to have for breakfast.  The body is the most
insulin resistant then and many of us find we have to eat less carbs then.
Better choices would be eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, cottage cheese, in other
words, protein foods, with perhaps a small amount of carbs like one slice of
toast.

Not sure about dinner because it appears you didn't test prior.  Could well
be your BG was too high prior.  You didn't even eat 2 servings of carbs
there, unless there are more carbs you're not accounting for, like salad
dressing, sauce, gravy, etc.

I don't do Fit Day so I can't help you there.

Hi Brenda,
   Actually 92 grams of carbs overall is not too bad, although some here on
ASD must eat less than that to get their numbers down.  But there's more to
it than just the total carbs, although that is very important.  Some carbs
hit your system faster than others, and the oatmeal and potatoes are pretty
notorious for spiking BG.  As for the great northerns, some people can
handle them okay, and others can't.
   For breakfast, it would be best if you stayed away from cereals.
Morning is the time when you are likely to be able to tolerate carbs the
least.  Instead, try mixing up a couple of eggs in a bowl and microwaving
them.  Still fast, but much fewer carbs.  You can supplement that with fresh
veggies, like celery, peppers, etc.
   The other thing, and it's going to be tough, is that you really do need
to eat more often.  The reason for this, is that if you're ingesting 92
grams of carb, divided into two meals then you're eating 46 grams of carb at
a time.  That's a big punch to your system.  Whereas if you broke that up
into 5 meals/snack you'd be hitting your system with only 18-19 carbs at a
time.  Much easier for your body to deal with.  I eat 3 small meals and 2-3
snacks per day.   My meals are only slightly bigger than my snacks.
   Another issue is your cracker.  Unless its a Ryevita or a Wasa Rye, it's
going to be made out of refined flour and that's another food likely to
spike your BG.

Here's a sample from my menu:
Breakfast:
1/2 a turkey burger (cook a lot of burgers ahead, freeze, and then microwave
when needed)
1/4-1/3 cup of some kind of beans (right now, I'm on a butter bean
kick)--some people can't tolerate the beans though.  I have substituted
cottage cheese or a leftover veggie from the night before.

Mid-morning:
8 oz of V-8

Lunch:
Green salad with ham, cheese, sunflower seeds and full fat dressing.
Or
A wrap made from a low carb tortilla--ham, cheese, lettuce mustard.

Afternoon snack:
A few mixed nuts
Celery with cream cheese

Dinner:
Some time of meat (grilled chicken, salmon)
2-3 servings of low carb veggies--broccoli, cauliflower (both great with
cheese on them), zuchini, summer squash, brussel sprouts, spinach

Evening snack:
Wasa Rye cracker with cheese
or cottage cheese with fresh strawberries (or other fruit as tolerated)

As always, you need to test to determine what works best for you, but yes
there are foods that almost always spike BG in diabetics:  rice, anything
made with white flour, potatoes, fruit juice (might as well drink regular
soda), bananas, grapes.

I can surely understand a hectic schedule, Brenda.  However, I've got to
point out that getting your BG under control has got to be your number 1
priority.  The trick is for you to make it your number 1 priority BEFORE you
have no choice.

Do not hesitate to ask questions.  That is what the group is here for, and
we were all newbies once.

These are my statistics for today.....besides my iced tea made with Splenda.
Should I also count that?  I do drink lots of tea during the day.  I have
started to list my intake at FitDay.  My BG today was FBS 137  -  1 hour PP
for breakfast was 180.  I was unable to do a 2 hour PP as I was not at home.
1 hour PP for dinner was 239
2 hour PP for dinner was

We only eat 2 meals/day in my home due to our schedules/lifestyle.   I have
been eating a slice of cheese with a cracker  around 10 PM.

I know this is probably way too many carbs for 1 day....most of them coming
today from oatmeal at breakfast and for dinner  great northern beans and
hash brown potatoes....but only 1/3 cup each of those.  Can anyone point me
in the right direction of actual menu type items to prepare?  Thanks

       grams  cals %total
     Total:   674
     Fat: 22  195  30%
       Sat: 10  90  14%
       Poly: 3  23  3%
       Mono: 8  71  11%
     Carbs: 92  326  50%
       Fiber: 10  0  0%
     Protein: 32  129  20%
     Alcohol: 0  0  0%

Brenda

Brebda,

For a start.. 2 meals a day is not good for diabetics. Carbs need to be
spread out over the day. Eat all your carbs in two meals and you will have
ridicuously high bg's. Second, you are not changing your diet, it is still
carb-based. 3rd, carbs at breakfast is pretty well disastrous for most type
2's. That's whe we are most carb sensitive.

Base your meals around animal protein and low starch vegetables and then add
a little carb to each meal to see how it affects you. Starty at around 10 gr
carb. Make those carbs high fibre (i.e. scrap the hash browns!)

Hi Brenda,

How much oatmeal? I love pinhead oatmeal, but can't take much carbs at
breakfast. Usually bacon, eggs and a slice of fried tomato. When my fasting
number is real low (below 70) I'll add half a slice of buttered whole grain
toast. When I have the oatmeal (usually in the afternoon, I'll cook up 1/4
cup of it with a cup of water and slow boil or nuke it 'til it's nice and
soft. I then put a big blob of butter on it, drop on a raw egg and stir.
Both the fat and the protein slow the rate at which the carbs are absorbed.
Besides, it tastes good. I don't get them every day (I should), but make
sure you're getting enough green vegetables, too. HTH

Dividing the same amount of food into 3 or more meals a day helps reduce
your peak bG.

Has anyone given you these web sites yet?

http://lowcarbcookworx.com/

http://www.diabetic-talk.org/freeveggies.htm

Note that discussion of such food types often appears in newsgroup:

alt.food.diabetic