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HI, just joined up,
I found out today that i have prediabetes and i'm worried of it developing into Type 2. So i'm open for any advice at all, Thanks
 
Welcome @Rab1170 🙂 Losing weight if you’re overweight, increasing exercise and particularly watching the amount of carbs you eat will help.

Can you give us an idea of what you ate in an average day pre-diagnosis? You’ll then get some suggestions of where to make little changes.
 
Hi there,

There are some things you can do to help delay or possibly prevent your prediabetes becoming Type 2, and they mostly revolve around weight loss, exercise and diet.

Weight loss will help to lower your body's demand for insulin, and depending on how much fat you have stored in and around your internal organs, may help your liver and pancreas work better. Exercise, apart from helping you to lose weight, also helps by burning off lots of blood sugar, and by reducing levels of 'insulin resistance' in your muscle tissue. The lower your overall levels of insulin resistance the better your body's insulin will work and the lower your blood sugar levels will be on average. A diet that is lower in carbohydrates, sugar and starch, requires less insulin to 'process' and so, again, will result in lower average blood sugar levels.

If I may ask - what is your BMI? If you don't know try Googling 'NHS BMI calculator' for a pretty good one that takes race into account to some extent. Do you currently exercise? If so, what kind(s), how often and how much? What kinds of foods do you typically eat in a day/week?
 
Thanks for your advice. I know now i'll have to change my lifestyle as i also drive for a living. I'm going to have a good hard look at changing my diet food intake and i know i have to start exercising. This has been a wake up call for me. I need to sort my life out!!!
 
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Thanks for your advice. I know now i'll have to change my lifestyle as i also drive for a living. I'm going to have a good hard look at changing my diet food intake and i know i have to start exercising. This has been a wake up call for me. I need to sort my life out!!!
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I am a big fan of low carb and this link may give you some ideas of what you can eat as well as what things are best avoided or only had in small portions. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/
 
Rab1170 said:
Thanks for your advice. I know now i'll have to change my lifestyle as i also drive for a living. I'm going to have a good hard look at changing my diet food intake and i know i have to start exercising. This has been a wake up call for me. I need to sort my life out!!!
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Honestly, I wish I had been told I was prediabetic a couple of years ago and had that wake up call moment then, rather than having it hit me like a hammer a few months ago when I was told I was definitely diabetic. I'm doing all the stuff - weight loss (I was properly obese) exercise (I did very little) and diet (I ate everything so long as it wasn't too healthy, and plenty of it) and chances are I'll likely never get my metabolic function back as well as you currently have it at the prediabetic stage.

The very best of luck to you in your endeavors 🙂
 
Welcome to the forum @Rab1170

Do you have anyone with T2 in your close family?

There can be a fairly strong genetic link that runs in families - but we have had many newcomers who arrive here having been given just the same news that you’ve had who are able to turn things around with a combination of some tweaks to their menu, losing weight, and getting more active.

Were you told the result of your HbA1c? This can help you understand how close to the diagnostic tipping point of 48mmol/mol you are.
 
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