A bit of newb and havnt read all the pages. Briefly again had a bad stroke few years ago immediately before stroke I was very fit, confirmed by the unending tests for the 2 or 3 months I was in . Went home besieged by local nursing .
Who were clearly giving me bog standard info. Lucky enough ( at the time ) to be able to work with a quite radical Nuero physio . He was very holistic not only physio, mental health diet. I’m fully functional now albeit a bit slower now.
Prior to stroke I did a lot of walking, to work etc .
I have very little time for NHS advice.
Eventually to the point. When I was abruptly told I had early stages of type 2 I freaked frankly if it wasn’t for this forum I’d still be in the dark .
I’m overweight I’m your average bloke late middle age , with what I used to call a beer gut except I’ve been teetotal for decades.
Put weight on mainly because I will never manage those regular long walks again. Also pre diabetes diagnosis I thought I was on a healthy diet but I was eating the wrong granola , eating brown bread but the wrong one and so on.
Surprisingly because of this forum I’m pretty good at reading food labels I’m not going to start adding up carbs yet but the food I’m eating is radically different . Same foods but better ratings , kicked chips etc into touch, no snacks and still do this short bursts of stroke recovery related exercises which as I progress are more regular.
So changed my eating, am increasing exercise . I think it’s inevitable I will start losing weight. It’s only two months so not expecting any massive changes yet.
The one my physio drummed into me is exercise isn’t just the obvious. Housework is a great exercise particularly for me as it helps with balance ability . Gardening again moving into different positions not just the repetitive jogging gym type exercises. In two months I’ve gone from 85.3 kg to 84.6 I guess that’s the right direction.
I’ve been told to ignore BMI as it’s a sort of token guide as has been mentioned everyone’s different .
I was relatively muscular before the stroke and have maintained core strength so my optimum weight is apparently higher than other people .
Right a long post but I’m particularly going to be following this thread with interest.