Handy hints and tips

Glad you went to see your consultant. Hang in there. I am sure someone will help. Unfortunately, I can sympathise but don't really know how to advise, so well done for making the move to make the first step. Don't look back, the past is the past and don't look too far ahead just keep each day as a present. You can and will achieve your aims.
 
Bekkianne said:
Hi All
i am new here, i have had diabetes since i was 15, and i am the only one in my family, i am struggling to lose weight and have a very bad relationship with food after suffering from diabulimia for over 8 years, i am currently on an insulin re-set from my consultant after going to my first appointment in over 10 years, any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Bekki
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Hi Bekki, I think you may need to work closely with the hospital diabetic advisers and the nutritionist. You would need to be careful I would think about your weight and your past experience with diabulimia. Also how much you reduce your intake of food, carbs etc will depend on your current weight / height and how active you are. Good luck in reaching the desired outcome in a safe and enhanced wellbeing way.
 
Jodee said:
Hi Bekki, I think you may need to work closely with the hospital diabetic advisers and the nutritionist. You would need to be careful I would think about your weight and your past experience with diabulimia. Also how much you reduce your intake of food, carbs etc will depend on your current weight / height and how active you are. Good luck in reaching the desired outcome in a safe and enhanced wellbeing way.
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I agree, specialist help is the safest way. Be kind to yourself Diabetes is complex. i find low carb is helping me but its not easy for me as i have to be strict. . i have s long journey to being thin so perhaps we can share the journey
 
I've been reading through some of the posts and it seems that everyone is coping fairly well with their diabetes except me. I have always had a problem with overeating. I'm only about a stone overweight but my blood sugars are usually far too high. I don't have a problem with chocolate etc., it portion size, especially chips, potatoes and rice. I suppose you are all thinking how pathetic I am and writing this I feel ashamed, but any advice would be most welcome. I am type 1 and a vegan.
 
republic said:
I've been reading through some of the posts and it seems that everyone is coping fairly well with their diabetes except me. I have always had a problem with overeating. I'm only about a stone overweight but my blood sugars are usually far too high. I don't have a problem with chocolate etc., it portion size, especially chips, potatoes and rice. I suppose you are all thinking how pathetic I am and writing this I feel ashamed, but any advice would be most welcome. I am type 1 and a vegan.
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Do not beat yourself up you are worth more. i wish i were just a stone overweight.
However it sounds like you are not happy.
You feel out of control as carbs are addictive. imop.
My advice would be to do blood sugars to see how each of these carbs affect you, two hours post meal. if type one, I'm the fat kind type two self inflicted so may have this bit wrong . You will have an idea of carbs per insulin but still have a reaction to carbs so id try and get to what was a portion for you . Then add in healthier options to keep you full. There are 5 2 diets you can go on to give you days of pleasure . or go full low carb.
. There are lots of Vegan carb recipes.
what i have found is nothing is easy if it is to be achieved. Hope some type ones will help but good luck and no we are not all coping . im not or i would not be here.
 
republic said:
I've been reading through some of the posts and it seems that everyone is coping fairly well with their diabetes except me. I have always had a problem with overeating. I'm only about a stone overweight but my blood sugars are usually far too high. I don't have a problem with chocolate etc., it portion size, especially chips, potatoes and rice. I suppose you are all thinking how pathetic I am and writing this I feel ashamed, but any advice would be most welcome. I am type 1 and a vegan.
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Big is beautiful. A concept you won't see very often acknowledged. Being overweight is the last remaining thing it is deemed by many ok to be judgemental about. You're not pathetic, you're human.
 
I've read the average person needs food for energy every 3 hours. I have timed myself and when I hit two and a half hours I am starting to get pretty hungry. I think it's an interesting guide at the very least. I am constantly testing things like this to see if they work.
 
RichardsUsername said:
I've read the average person needs food for energy every 3 hours. I have timed myself and when I hit two and a half hours I am starting to get pretty hungry. I think it's an interesting guide at the very least. I am constantly testing things like this to see if they work.
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difficult when you only get three meals a day
 
Leadinglights said:
I normally go 5-6 hours between meals with just drinks in between and don't feel hungry.
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I am perpetually hungry, I have to remind myself that I am not. It must be a great feeling not to crave food.
 
RichardsUsername said:
Thanks. At the end of the day I'm not bothered. But I could just say I disagree. Same stuff, different day.
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i agree
i get up eat, drink, gad about, moan and go to bed.
same the morra
 
My approach so far:

1: Set a goal for how fast you want to lose weight. The internet says 0.5 to 1Kg per week is healthy and doable.
2: Drink plenty of water and weigh yourself weekly, preferably on the same day of the week, first thing, after using the bathroom. This minimizes changes to your weight measurements due to stored body water.
3: Start exercising more, if you can, in whatever way suits you. Start easy and build up slowly.
4: Analyse everything you're eating in terms of carbs and calories etc. and record it. I used an app that came with a cheap smart food weighing scale. The advantage of that is I could quickly weigh things like fruit and portions of veg or pasta for example to get fairly accurate carb and calorie counts, without having to do any maths.
5: Each week, if you haven't hit your target, eliminate a few of the worst meals and plan to replace them with something better. If you're recording everything you'll know which meals are the better ones - more meals like that, or something new. I found supermarket pre-prepared mixed vegetables for making soup for example to be extremely convenient, low calorie, and filling, with a bit of bread on the side. Also make a few small changes - I ate less pasta and potatoes with meals, stopped putting cheese in sandwiches and halved the amount of butter I was putting on my potatoes for example. Small changes add up quickly.
6: Repeat the meal swap/elimination process, week after week until you hit your weekly weight loss goal. Once there for a couple of weeks you can stop recording everything you eat - all the information you need will be in your app/records. For me this took around 6 weeks.
7: Keep increasing exercise gradually. As you lose weight you'll burn fewer calories walking for example, so walk a little further each week to keep up the weekly calorie burn rate.

This approach worked for me up until I started an SGLT2 inhibitor and I went way over my 1Kg per week target. Now I'm having to consider what things to add back into my meals, which is a nice problem to have 😉

Great thread by the way. Lots of handy tips.
 
ypauly said:
Eat slow, very very slow.

Eating fast releases the pleasure stuff in your brain, eating slowly will get you more in touch with what your body needs rather than wants. You will find after just a couple of weeks of eating slow that you feel full up sooner.



Edited to add. wife tells me paul mckenna did a programme on this, and it's on you tube.
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This is one habit I cannot adjust to! I grew up with 3 older brothers so it was survival of the quickest! Even now, I live alone, and still stuff food down. I really have to concentrate to remind myself to chew and eat slowly. It is harder than you think.
 
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