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Leigh Rushton

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good evening,

I was diagnosed last week with type 2 last week I ate porridge, chicken dinner and rice cakes as a snack and lost 6lb in four days now on a low carb diet I have lost very little weight which is the best please
 
Hi Leigh.... Welcome to the forum.....

A simplistic view of loosing weigh is to look at calories in vs calories out, if there is a deficit then you should lose weight. However, it's not that simple as there are other factors like water retention, I put on 15lb last week on a cruise (due to eating more carbs than normal) & it'll probably be the weekend before I lose it & back in the low 160's

I think that ,any people stress too much about weight loss & that will cause problems in itself. Myself, I went low carb diet & lost about 60lb over 2 years.... I was never mindful of calories, just carbs, & now I usually weigh about 160lb & have FBG in the range, last A1c was 37.

A key thing is also exercise, not to burn calories but help in increasing metabolism & general fitness levels.

As a parting note I would suggest that you do some research on Low Carb, it's not for everyone.... Sites like the DietDoctor are very helpful in explaining this dietary approach (or the term I prefer is Way of Eating.... WOE... as it really is about your whole being)
 
Martin Canty said:
Hi Leigh.... Welcome to the forum.....

A simplistic view of loosing weigh is to look at calories in vs calories out, if there is a deficit then you should lose weight. However, it's not that simple as there are other factors like water retention, I put on 15lb last week on a cruise (due to eating more carbs than normal) & it'll probably be the weekend before I lose it & back in the low 160's

I think that ,any people stress too much about weight loss & that will cause problems in itself. Myself, I went low carb diet & lost about 60lb over 2 years.... I was never mindful of calories, just carbs, & now I usually weigh about 160lb & have FBG in the range, last A1c was 37.

A key thing is also exercise, not to burn calories but help in increasing metabolism & general fitness levels.

As a parting note I would suggest that you do some research on Low Carb, it's not for everyone.... Sites like the DietDoctor are very helpful in explaining this dietary approach (or the term I prefer is Way of Eating.... WOE... as it really is about your whole being)
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Thanks your right I am becoming obsessed with my weight now I need to exercise a lot more and stop been paridoid about the scales.

Thank
 
Leigh Rushton said:
Thanks your right I am becoming obsessed with my weight now I need to exercise a lot more and stop been paridoid about the scales.

Thank
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Hi Leigh, welcome to the forum 🙂 Sorry to hear about your diagnosis, how did it come about? Martin is right - don't stress about your weight, the important thing right now is to try and get your blood sugar levels under good control - many people discover that, once they achieve good control they naturally lose weight at the same time without thinking about calories and diets etc. so hopefully the same will happen in your case 🙂 Regular exercise will certainly help, so try and pick something you will enjoy, set yourself an achievable goal and go for it 🙂

Have a read of Jennifer's Advice and Maggie Davey's letter - both contain a lot of good information about how diabetes works and how you can learn to control it well 🙂 Type 2 Diabetes: The First Year by Gretchen Becker is also highly recommended to help you through these early months.

Do you test your blood sugar levels to determine how well (or otherwise!) you tolerate the food you are eating? If not, it's probably the best way to make the adjustments you need to - it provides information that you just couldn't learn otherwise and makes a lot of your food choices guesswork without it. Have a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S to understand the process 🙂 If you don't have a meter, the cheapest option we have come across is the SD Codefree Meter which has test strips at around £8 for 50.

Diabetes UK have an online training course for people new to Type 2 diabetes - see Type 2 Diabetes and Me. They also offer a useful free book '100 things I wish I'd known about diabetes', so get yourself a copy! 🙂

Any questions, fire away and we will be happy to help! 🙂
 
Hi Leigh and welcome to forum
 
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