Peterstone
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Hi guys my name is Pete I'm type 2 diabetic and to be honest this is all new and overwhelming to me not 100% sure of the does and don'ts any advice is greatly appreciated
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admc26
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Hi there @Peterstone and a very warm welcome to the forum! It's great that you've found us.
Tell us a bit more about yourself. How long have you been diagnosed? Are you on medication to treat your T2? Do you know your HbA1c at all?
And please do ask away any questions you might have as I'm sure someone will have answers for you! 🙂
Tell us a bit more about yourself. How long have you been diagnosed? Are you on medication to treat your T2? Do you know your HbA1c at all?
And please do ask away any questions you might have as I'm sure someone will have answers for you! 🙂
Peterstone
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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 2
I've been type 2 for about 2 year now I suffered a bit of a breakdown and went to the doctors and ended up having a full MOT done that's when I found out I was t2. Been taking metformin 500mg ever since. My son was born recently and that's given me the kick up the backside I've needed to get this beat
@Peterstone OK, so you are taking Metformin, but are you doing anything regards your lifestyle to put your Diabetes into remission. Most people find that medication on its own only slows down the progression. Getting a decent amount of exercise and eating less sugar and starch is they way many of us Type2 diabetics get into remission.
Peterstone
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Yes that's exactly what I have been doing I've joined a local slimming club, go on walks every night and to the gym 3 days a week
Slimming clubs only work for the minority - otherwise they would have put themselves out of business long ago.
Sugars and starches are in almost all packaged food, this is where the big gains can be made. For example Switching from eating the 'healthy' breakfast that I had before diagnosis to the one after T2 D diagnosis made a huge difference to me.
As advised by my GP I used to eat oat porridge a large banana and some fruit juice for breakfast. But when I bought a Blood Glucose meter I discovered that while that may be healthy for a normal person, it's a terrible way for a T2 diabetic to start the day because it is all carbs and sugars. Porridge is starches which start turning into glucose soon after you put them in your mouth - long before you rally start digesting them. Banana is starches plus lots of sugars and fruit juice is more sugary than almost every soft drink out there!
Instead a Breakfast of eggs (no toast) has no carbs, as does hard cheeses as do fish and meat. So kippers or cold ham makes a great breakfast.
The other thing is that for the majority of us, it's the carbs which make us hungry and thus tend to put weight on. So all we need to do is to cut the carbs and we become less hungry (if we eat lots of protein and fat) and we automatically lose weight without effort.
Consciously reducing calories can actually make things worse because our bodies like balance and so if we eat fewer calories the body will try to stay the same weight and as a result will slow down the metabolism meaning that the same amount of food that would have kept our weight constant will now make us put weight on. And when you metabolism is slow, you are colder (heat takes energy), less energetic and your thinking is less sharp (the brain is a big user of energy).
Sugars and starches are in almost all packaged food, this is where the big gains can be made. For example Switching from eating the 'healthy' breakfast that I had before diagnosis to the one after T2 D diagnosis made a huge difference to me.
As advised by my GP I used to eat oat porridge a large banana and some fruit juice for breakfast. But when I bought a Blood Glucose meter I discovered that while that may be healthy for a normal person, it's a terrible way for a T2 diabetic to start the day because it is all carbs and sugars. Porridge is starches which start turning into glucose soon after you put them in your mouth - long before you rally start digesting them. Banana is starches plus lots of sugars and fruit juice is more sugary than almost every soft drink out there!
Instead a Breakfast of eggs (no toast) has no carbs, as does hard cheeses as do fish and meat. So kippers or cold ham makes a great breakfast.
The other thing is that for the majority of us, it's the carbs which make us hungry and thus tend to put weight on. So all we need to do is to cut the carbs and we become less hungry (if we eat lots of protein and fat) and we automatically lose weight without effort.
Consciously reducing calories can actually make things worse because our bodies like balance and so if we eat fewer calories the body will try to stay the same weight and as a result will slow down the metabolism meaning that the same amount of food that would have kept our weight constant will now make us put weight on. And when you metabolism is slow, you are colder (heat takes energy), less energetic and your thinking is less sharp (the brain is a big user of energy).
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Hi Peterstone, welcome to the forum.
Glad that you've found us as it can be very when you first get a diagnosis but it does get easier over time.
There are a few things that you might want to read up on, what to eat and testing your blood glucose levels being the most common.
You can read more about both on our main site
www.diabetes.org.uk
www.diabetes.org.uk
If you have any specific questions or anything you're unsure about then do let us know.
Glad that you've found us as it can be very when you first get a diagnosis but it does get easier over time.
There are a few things that you might want to read up on, what to eat and testing your blood glucose levels being the most common.
You can read more about both on our main site
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