CycleShell
New Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- At risk of diabetes
Hi,
I'm officially pre-diabetic. I think my blood test reading had actually crossed the line into the diabetic range but I've been given a few months to go away and try to lose weight and get the numbers down. (I have been here before about 3 years ago and managed it that time with diet and exercise, but since then I've changed job and have clearly let things slide.)
I'm finding it much harder this time, I've lost a bit of weight but not as much as I would like, and I know that I'm not doing as well as I should with my food choices.
I'm wondering about getting a meter so I can test myself regularly and maybe that will help to spur me on to do better, if I can see the impact of what I am eating in actual figures. I am the sort of person that likes plans and numbers and to know the ins and outs of things - and I'm also quite impatient, so it's not enough of an incentive for me to wait for a weekly weigh in - or a blood test months away - to see if I've achieved what I need to.
But I have no idea what I'm looking for in terms of meters - what should my criteria be? On Amazon they mostly seem to be the same sort of price (between £15 and £25 - apart from a stripless one at £70+) so are there any pointers other than price for choosing a good one?
Thanks for any advice!
I'm officially pre-diabetic. I think my blood test reading had actually crossed the line into the diabetic range but I've been given a few months to go away and try to lose weight and get the numbers down. (I have been here before about 3 years ago and managed it that time with diet and exercise, but since then I've changed job and have clearly let things slide.)
I'm finding it much harder this time, I've lost a bit of weight but not as much as I would like, and I know that I'm not doing as well as I should with my food choices.
I'm wondering about getting a meter so I can test myself regularly and maybe that will help to spur me on to do better, if I can see the impact of what I am eating in actual figures. I am the sort of person that likes plans and numbers and to know the ins and outs of things - and I'm also quite impatient, so it's not enough of an incentive for me to wait for a weekly weigh in - or a blood test months away - to see if I've achieved what I need to.
But I have no idea what I'm looking for in terms of meters - what should my criteria be? On Amazon they mostly seem to be the same sort of price (between £15 and £25 - apart from a stripless one at £70+) so are there any pointers other than price for choosing a good one?
Thanks for any advice!