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[Issymiss]

Hi there. Was told in Jan my levels were at 48. I am struggling with weight loss as I also have PCOS and take meds for mental illness (which are renowned for weight gain). I feel like I'm walking up hill backwards on one leg. I have spoken with lifestyle coach at my surgery who has said my diet is good and have all the right ideas. Is there anyone out there in a similar position?

 

[EllsBells]

Hi @Issymiss - welcome to the forum. You'll find lots of people on here with similar. As you are just on the border of pre-diabetes/diabetes, it may be that you only require a few tweaks to your diet to bring your count down - it may be slightly smaller portions or slightly smaller portions of certain types of food. It could be as simple as swapping full sugar fizzy drinks for the diet variants.

It's really helpful to keep a food diary for a few weeks (an honest one!) and see where you can make small changes. Pay attention to your carbohydrate intake as that is what is impacting on your blood sugar levels.

There's lots of information on this forum so have a hunt round and ask as many questions as you like. What advice were you given by your surgery?

 

[SB2015]

Welcome to the forum @Issymiss

There is plenty of experience to draw on from others on here, and all questions are welcome.
By finding out how many carbohydrates you are eating each day, which all get turned into glucose once inside us, you can then make some changes to drop this to a level that your body can manage. This could be as simple as reducing the portion size, and/or swapping food to lower options.

I found this helpful in making decisions about what veg to choose. Veg that grow
- under the ground will be very high carb (potatoes, parsnips, ...)
- above the ground will be medium carb (beans, peas, ...)
- on the ground will be low carb (celery, lettuce, ....)
Hope that helps.

Fire away with any questions that you have.

 

[Issymiss]

Hi @Issymiss - welcome to the forum. You'll find lots of people on here with similar. As you are just on the border of pre-diabetes/diabetes, it may be that you only require a few tweaks to your diet to bring your count down - it may be slightly smaller portions or slightly smaller portions of certain types of food. It could be as simple as swapping full sugar fizzy drinks for the diet variants.

It's really helpful to keep a food diary for a few weeks (an honest one!) and see where you can make small changes. Pay attention to your carbohydrate intake as that is what is impacting on your blood sugar levels.

There's lots of information on this forum so have a hunt round and ask as many questions as you like. What advice were you given by your surgery?

Hi. I keep a food diary, have swapped out white carbs for brown. I tend not to have any carbs with evening meal where possible. I walk most days, drink around 2 litres of water and dont drink fizzy drinks. I try and follow recipes with low GI from this website and others. I cook from scratch every day and rarely eat takeaway. Surgery are monitoring me monthly for now and have said everything I'm doing is great.

 

[Issymiss]

Welcome to the forum @Issymiss

There is plenty of experience to draw on from others on here, and all questions are welcome.
By finding out how many carbohydrates you are eating each day, which all get turned into glucose once inside us, you can then make some changes to drop this to a level that your body can manage. This could be as simple as reducing the portion size, and/or swapping food to lower options.

I found this helpful in making decisions about what veg to choose. Veg that grow
- under the ground will be very high carb (potatoes, parsnips, ...)
- above the ground will be medium carb (beans, peas, ...)
- on the ground will be low carb (celery, lettuce, ....)
Hope that helps.

Fire away with any questions that you have.

Thanks for the veg info that's helpful as I do grown my own.

 

[Drummer]

Hi. I keep a food diary, have swapped out white carbs for brown. I tend not to have any carbs with evening meal where possible. I walk most days, drink around 2 litres of water and dont drink fizzy drinks. I try and follow recipes with low GI from this website and others. I cook from scratch every day and rarely eat takeaway. Surgery are monitoring me monthly for now and have said everything I'm doing is great.

Ah - I suspected something of the sort when you got advice that your diet was good - I had almost half a century of being told that it was good to have porridge, low sugar cereals or wholemeal bread for breakfast, when it was part of the problem.
As a type two diabetic I do not cope with carbs at all well, and never had done. The first time I was given a diet sheet I had a 24 inch waist but weighed 'more than I should' - by the time I was diagnosed type two I was almost spherical.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hi. I keep a food diary, have swapped out white carbs for brown. I tend not to have any carbs with evening meal where possible. I walk most days, drink around 2 litres of water and dont drink fizzy drinks. I try and follow recipes with low GI from this website and others. I cook from scratch every day and rarely eat takeaway. Surgery are monitoring me monthly for now and have said everything I'm doing is great.

Sounds like you are doing really well @Issymiss

Hopefully the changes you have made will help you achieve your BG management goals. 🙂

Sorry to hear about your difficulties with weight loss. Hopefully the changes you have made to your menu will gradually begin to bring your weight down.

Are you able to include some activity every day (not necessarily formal ‘exercise’ but just something toget your heart rate up)?

If you’d like help starting with exercise and activity, but don’t really know where to start, you might find the Diabetes UK ‘live well move more’ programme helpful.

Keep going... Diabetes is a marathon, not a sprint!