Sally71
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Parent of person with diabetes
I am not diabetic but I am overweight and have been for many years. And I really ought to know better given what I read on this forum! But for so long I knew what I needed to do but didn’t want to do it because I thought it would be difficult and I didn’t want to put the effort in. Then in May last year a friend came to visit and we went shopping, and I realised that I had no energy and kept having to sit down to have a rest. Erm, I’m 48 not 88, I shouldn’t be this tired all the time! The friend got me into walking every day using an app to track how far I’ve been. At the same time, daughter's diabetes annual review showed up that her iron levels were a bit borderline so I started cooking more meat and veg meals each week, and noticed how much more energy I had afterwards. These two things combined gave me the encouragement I needed to try to do something about my health and over the next few months I lost two stone in weight and feel a lot better. And it wasn’t anywhere near as difficult as I thought it would be!
Things have stagnated over the winter, I haven’t lost any more weight but only put a couple of pounds on again, and was happy at that for the time being, although overall I really need to lose at least another two stone. I need to get my act together again but had fallen into too much snacking again and was being really half hearted about it. Reading this thread has given me the determination to start again with the dietary tweaks as well as walking and see if I can lose a bit more. Thank you all 🙂
Things have stagnated over the winter, I haven’t lost any more weight but only put a couple of pounds on again, and was happy at that for the time being, although overall I really need to lose at least another two stone. I need to get my act together again but had fallen into too much snacking again and was being really half hearted about it. Reading this thread has given me the determination to start again with the dietary tweaks as well as walking and see if I can lose a bit more. Thank you all 🙂