Hi - I'm Ian1962. i am type 2 diabetic, and was first declared such in 2006. I live in Wiltshire. I am 55 years old, and via other issues have stress management problems and high cholesterol. I am 106 Kgs which is 6 Kgs more than when I was racing long distance traithlon until 2012.
For a while through vast quantities of exercise for triathlon training (15-20 hours a week) by diabetes was very much under control. Then in 2012 I had to have a total hip replacement and I was banned from running. Subsequently cycling long distance has proved uncomfortable. I still swim, and look to swim long distances too, but find pool swimming not only tedious in the extreme (I prefer open water) but available sessions are just not convenient - let alone long enough (50 minutes at our local pool which is just about a warm up). I quite like walking but there are issues there with the hip still, and finding "time" is another issue; now I can no longer exercise to the degree I enjoyed, I am involved in local am-dram and choral societies which take up three evenings a week, plus I coach rugby which is an evening and sunday morning each week, plus a full time job albeit mainly working at home. i also have two self employments that fit in around al;l that though their impact is not that many hours a week.
Since 2012 my stats have all got steadily worse. I am maxxed out on metformin and the next step is injections. I live in a household of 5 including myself, all of which have differeing dietary needs - one vegetarian, a second vegetarian that doesn't like mushrooms, tomatoes, salad, a vegan (that doesn't like mushrooms and nuts), a committed carnivore and myself a carnivore/omnivore. The prospect of putting at a minimum two types of meal on a table at the same time, let alone three potentially (or five!) is just beyond complicated. Notwithstanding we all work/study so nobody is able to spend much preparation time. Its not uncommon anyway that if I don't cook nobody cooks.
I have been offered a diabetics "course" to help me prepare better - but its only available on a Monday for three hours on an afternoon in a town 20+ minutes drive each way; i'm a working man, its not feasible.
I'm at a bit of a crossroads in my life and need to make changes. it seems to me that just lumbering on the way I am is not a solution. But I don;t see workable options to alter much.
I've decided that as a starter i will just have to look after my own food - my own shelf in the fridge etc. I'm not convinced this is feasible to be honest but its a starting point.
I have looked at the diet plans etc on this site and while they are an excellent start, I really don;t see that they can always help - what's the point of a 4 person recipe when nobody else may eat it anyway? I could do with "plan for one only" and use that, and which doesn't involve recipes for two, or four and expectations that everybody else will want to eat what I will.
I suspect the above sounds like a self pity rant. Its not intended as such. Its a brain dump of the reality in which i live. I cannot be alone.
Ian1962
For a while through vast quantities of exercise for triathlon training (15-20 hours a week) by diabetes was very much under control. Then in 2012 I had to have a total hip replacement and I was banned from running. Subsequently cycling long distance has proved uncomfortable. I still swim, and look to swim long distances too, but find pool swimming not only tedious in the extreme (I prefer open water) but available sessions are just not convenient - let alone long enough (50 minutes at our local pool which is just about a warm up). I quite like walking but there are issues there with the hip still, and finding "time" is another issue; now I can no longer exercise to the degree I enjoyed, I am involved in local am-dram and choral societies which take up three evenings a week, plus I coach rugby which is an evening and sunday morning each week, plus a full time job albeit mainly working at home. i also have two self employments that fit in around al;l that though their impact is not that many hours a week.
Since 2012 my stats have all got steadily worse. I am maxxed out on metformin and the next step is injections. I live in a household of 5 including myself, all of which have differeing dietary needs - one vegetarian, a second vegetarian that doesn't like mushrooms, tomatoes, salad, a vegan (that doesn't like mushrooms and nuts), a committed carnivore and myself a carnivore/omnivore. The prospect of putting at a minimum two types of meal on a table at the same time, let alone three potentially (or five!) is just beyond complicated. Notwithstanding we all work/study so nobody is able to spend much preparation time. Its not uncommon anyway that if I don't cook nobody cooks.
I have been offered a diabetics "course" to help me prepare better - but its only available on a Monday for three hours on an afternoon in a town 20+ minutes drive each way; i'm a working man, its not feasible.
I'm at a bit of a crossroads in my life and need to make changes. it seems to me that just lumbering on the way I am is not a solution. But I don;t see workable options to alter much.
I've decided that as a starter i will just have to look after my own food - my own shelf in the fridge etc. I'm not convinced this is feasible to be honest but its a starting point.
I have looked at the diet plans etc on this site and while they are an excellent start, I really don;t see that they can always help - what's the point of a 4 person recipe when nobody else may eat it anyway? I could do with "plan for one only" and use that, and which doesn't involve recipes for two, or four and expectations that everybody else will want to eat what I will.
I suspect the above sounds like a self pity rant. Its not intended as such. Its a brain dump of the reality in which i live. I cannot be alone.
Ian1962
