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Martin9
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Hi @Twoya ..welcome to the club no one wants to join..I was where you’re at now around. 1.75 yrs ago by following the advice here I managed to get my blood glucose levels under control , although what works for one may not work for another as we are all different.
Here’s a good place to start with great advice is Maggie Daveys Letter...please ask any questions you may have...
Regards Martin J.
http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
Here’s a good place to start with great advice is Maggie Daveys Letter...please ask any questions you may have...
Regards Martin J.
http://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
Felinia
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Welcome. I was diagnosed last August, and by following the recommendations on the website and forum, have made great improvements. Hopefully you will do so as well. It would help us to advise you if you post some details about your results, in the signature option, which you will see other members have done. In the meantime, most of us follow a low carb diet, and have increased our exercise and lost weight if we needed to.
rebrascora
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Hi and welcome from me too. I am 10 months into my diagnosis and this forum has been invaluable in helping me to manage it.
It is great that you have started walking as that is one of the best ways to bring your BG levels down. Try to walk a little faster than your normal pace so that you need to breath more deeply and slowly build up the time/distance, incorporating hills as you get fitter.
I too would strongly recommend a low carb diet, which means cutting out the sugar and sweet stuff like cakes, sweets and biscuits but also significantly reducing your consumption of bread, pasta rice, potatoes, breakfast cereals (possibly even the "healthy" porridge option) and fruit.
That may sound quite restrictive but once you get used to it and try new things, it can be really enjoyable. It just takes a couple of months to get your head around what to buy and how to cook it.
Many people here on the forum invest in a Blood Glucose Monitor (relatively inexpensive at approx. £15) and test before meals and then 2 hours after eating to learn how many grams of carbs their body can cope with as we are all different in that respect. A rise of more than 3 mmols 2 hours after a meal suggests that it was too carb heavy and to reduce the portion of carbs next time. The SD Codefree Blood Glucose Monitor is one that is often recommended on this forum because the test strips for it are one of the cheapest at £8 for a pot of 50. It is available on Amazon if you are interested.
There is lots of info about low carb eating on the forum but if you have any specific questions about that or anything else, just ask.
It is great that you have started walking as that is one of the best ways to bring your BG levels down. Try to walk a little faster than your normal pace so that you need to breath more deeply and slowly build up the time/distance, incorporating hills as you get fitter.
I too would strongly recommend a low carb diet, which means cutting out the sugar and sweet stuff like cakes, sweets and biscuits but also significantly reducing your consumption of bread, pasta rice, potatoes, breakfast cereals (possibly even the "healthy" porridge option) and fruit.
That may sound quite restrictive but once you get used to it and try new things, it can be really enjoyable. It just takes a couple of months to get your head around what to buy and how to cook it.
Many people here on the forum invest in a Blood Glucose Monitor (relatively inexpensive at approx. £15) and test before meals and then 2 hours after eating to learn how many grams of carbs their body can cope with as we are all different in that respect. A rise of more than 3 mmols 2 hours after a meal suggests that it was too carb heavy and to reduce the portion of carbs next time. The SD Codefree Blood Glucose Monitor is one that is often recommended on this forum because the test strips for it are one of the cheapest at £8 for a pot of 50. It is available on Amazon if you are interested.
There is lots of info about low carb eating on the forum but if you have any specific questions about that or anything else, just ask.
Eddy Edson
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Hi Twoya!
I'm a walker also - it's triffic exercise & you don't have to wear spandex or hang out in a poxy gymn 🙂
But do note tha if you're trying to lose weight, walking will help a bit but cutting calories is more important. As they say, you can't out-walk your diet.
I'm a walker also - it's triffic exercise & you don't have to wear spandex or hang out in a poxy gymn 🙂
But do note tha if you're trying to lose weight, walking will help a bit but cutting calories is more important. As they say, you can't out-walk your diet.
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Welcome to the forum @Twoya
Glad to have you with us. Great to hear that you have started to increase your walking - this will really help.
Have you considered getting hold of a BG meter to be able to monitor the effect of different foods on your body? Everyone’s response to food is different, and living with diabetes long term can be much easier if you’ve been able to build up a knowledgebase of amounts and types of foods (particularly carbohydrates) that your body can cope with and digest without causing blood glucose chaos. There are general rules of thumb you can apply, but without checking things for yourself you’ll never really know if you are avoiding things that would be fine, or eating things that others cope well with, but cause you big BG spikes.
Glad to have you with us. Great to hear that you have started to increase your walking - this will really help.
Have you considered getting hold of a BG meter to be able to monitor the effect of different foods on your body? Everyone’s response to food is different, and living with diabetes long term can be much easier if you’ve been able to build up a knowledgebase of amounts and types of foods (particularly carbohydrates) that your body can cope with and digest without causing blood glucose chaos. There are general rules of thumb you can apply, but without checking things for yourself you’ll never really know if you are avoiding things that would be fine, or eating things that others cope well with, but cause you big BG spikes.
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