Update: Was obese & T2 but not any more

[Adamski]

I would avoid all these thing which are good at parting you from your money, better to spend it on good quality sensible food and follow a proven dietary regime which may have found successful like this one designed by a GP surgery to help their patients lose weight and reduce blood glucose. Have a look at this link it may answer some of your questions and help with your confusion. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/

I know i should not be sucked in but I’m feeling scared and thought this juice along with adjustments to my diet may motivate me and keep me on some sort of healthy path if I start seeing the weight come off x my fingers and toes keep getting numb and going purple and I keep thinking I’m going to have them amputated!! My head has gone a little, thanks for this link though I’ll check it out now ! Your great Leadinglights x thanks so much

 

[Nayshiftin]

I would avoid all these thing which are good at parting you from your money, better to spend it on good quality sensible food and follow a proven dietary regime which may have found successful like this one designed by a GP surgery to help their patients lose weight and reduce blood glucose. Have a look at this link it may answer some of your questions and help with your confusion. https://lowcarbfreshwell.com/

Yes Freshwell works and is free there are also good books at the library. You can download things too.
It can be expensive enough without filling other peoples pockets.

 

[Leadinglights]

I know i should not be sucked in but I’m feeling scared and thought this juice along with adjustments to my diet may motivate me and keep me on some sort of healthy path if I start seeing the weight come off x my fingers and toes keep getting numb and going purple and I keep thinking I’m going to have them amputated!! My head has gone a little, thanks for this link though I’ll check it out now ! Your great Leadinglights x thanks so much

The danger is when people bury their head in the sand and do nothing about high blood glucose, you need to find a regime which is enjoyable otherwise it will not be sustainable for the long term, it is not a quick fix and has to become a new way of eating.

 

[Drummer]

I know i should not be sucked in but I’m feeling scared and thought this juice along with adjustments to my diet may motivate me and keep me on some sort of healthy path if I start seeing the weight come off x my fingers and toes keep getting numb and going purple and I keep thinking I’m going to have them amputated!! My head has gone a little, thanks for this link though I’ll check it out now ! Your great Leadinglights x thanks so much

Putting on weight easily is a symptom of the problem, which is all about carbohydrate and profits for the businesses selling it.
Rethinking diet has been successful in many many situations - look at all those advised by Dr Atkins at his clinic, those who read his books - in the previous century there was William Banting and his letter on corpulence.
For an ordinary type 2 cutting down on carbohydrate tends to push their metabolism back towards normal - it is like turning the cold tap from full flow to a trickle so rather than ending up in an overflowing bath of cold water up to your neck you can relax and enjoy a bath as it should be.
For so long those with poor tolerance for a modern diet have been told it is their fault, so 'lose weight fatty' is the come back to our problems. I was actually a bit bewildered to realise that I had lost so much weight my clothes were sliding south when all I did was get my blood glucose into normal numbers.

 

[Nayshiftin]

Oh bless youI’m good at telling folk how to improve and move forward but when it comes to myself and the self care planning of things I’m not used to it I guess so I’m not so goodthe lady selling this belly fat miracle tonic is very convincing and promises and guarantees results!! So I’m gonna try it along with some healthy plan ! I need some sort of results quickly to get me motivated and then I’ll begin to see some light at the end of the tunnel whereas now I’m not feeling it I want to be determined but I feel so damn tired and depressed and just want to sleep I’ve no energy most days and feel so crappy ! This stuff costs £200 for a 40 day supply and she’s guaranteed good results so even if I manage to lose a couple of stone that’s gonna feel good and get me going

How did you get on?

 

[KandyKat]

This is a very long and late reply to a post I made a few years back. the thread is now closed but can be found here: http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=314

I am truly very sorry for posting & never returning to thank everyone who read my post & offered advice.

I have an update though, almost 5 years on and I would like to share my experience of what happened next in my life, for what it's worth.

I remember posting the above message very clearly. I was in a very bad place at the time. I didn't know this (or want to know) but I weighed just over 28 stone. I found that fact out when I took that first visit to the doctors. I also found out very quickly afterwards that I had Type 2 diabetes, as I thought. This sent me into an emotional roller coaster to say the least. I had some very bad days where I felt like my world was crashing down on me, quite literally I mean, where I was close to collapsing. Other days I would slip in to very deep sleeps and I put my partner through a lot of stress during this time. However the metaformin I was prescribed really did help settle me back into a bit of normality.

After the wake up call off the doctor I tried to lose weight, I really did, but it seemed like a mission impossible. Walking was quite painful and one day I stood on a footbridge about 2 miles from my house almost crying as I thought I would not be able to walk back home as my shins were feeling like they were made of lead.

The doctor was quite good and not patronising though they wanted me to commit to all these meetings but I admit the idea of these stressed me. I did my best and the metorformin kept on helping. This was early & mid 2009.
By 2010 I had lost about 4 stone & my symptoms eventually sort of cleared up in the main and after a while I stopped taking metorformin. This was a mainly because the doctor cancelled my repeat prescription and wanted to see me again, but I thought I would use up my remaining medication and try without it. Now this is not advisable at all. But in all honesty I did feel ok. I sort of felt like I was over my symptoms.

Then in late 2012 I realised I had put some weight back on again & I got some flash backs of that day I was told I had type 2 diabetes. I sort of panicked again and although I had none of the symptoms (and hadn't for a long time) I decided I really had to do something this time BEFORE it happened again. I felt like I had been given a second chance and I was wasting it.

So I changed my diet again, this time I kept a food diary and made a lot of generally good choices. I planned out a weekly meal plan and stuck to it. I cut out all the bad foods & replaced with good choices. Critically for me this time was that I was able to walk without pains, so I did. Every evening after work I walked 4 or 5 miles. This time the weight dropped off me, thankfully. After a few months of this I started running (I found something called the C25K program, and it got me into running). This was the life changing point really as now there was no going back. Eating well was making me lose weight and running took that further. I had never run before this but I sort of got a bit addicted to it.

That was last November. I have now lost over 11 stone in total and I'm currently just under 17 stone. Sounds heavy I guess, but not to me, I look normal now as I am very tall, and I feel fitter and stronger than ever, and well and truly on my way to being "normal" weight/bmi.

I am running 4 times a week, proper running I mean, I've ran in local 5k races, 10k races, and soon to be running in a half marathon.

So my story turned out to be very positive in the end, but it did come down to me sorting my weight & fitness levels out.... But before that, the trip to the doctor I dreaded so much proved to be vital, as like you guys told me above I needed to be helped.

I only remembered this thread on here as I recently moved house & I had to re-register with a new doctor to see about a ear problem I had. The nurse inducted me in and I told her about the diabetes. She agreed with me I probably didn't have it any more but sent me for a blood test.

I was given the all clear today and I've vowed to myself I will never again allow that to happen to me again.

Thank you for reading and the support I was offered at the time, but I was too scared to even use an anonymous message board as I just wanted to bury my head in the sand as much as possible really.

To anyone reading this going through similar feelings as I had in my first post (like I did when I registered on here and read others experiences), all I can add to what was said to me is you HAVE to seek medical advice, the doctors will be able to help & the medication they give will be the start of getting better, or at least getting it all under control. I got my life back on track but only with the help of the tablets & advice I was given. I know many people with diabetes are not overweight, but lets be honest obesity is a massive reason for many people with type 2 diabetes. I never thought I could lose this sort of weight but I did, but not even doctors telling me I HAD to actually got me to do it. Something just clicked last year for me and I got my head down and went for it.

I am glad I did now though. Having the nurse telling me that my blood glucose levels, my cholesterol and my blood pressure are all fine and healthy felt amazing to be honest. That's a very negative chapter of my life behind me.

All the best and sorry for a massive post, I wanted to explain what happened, and sorry for taking so long to update. Good luck to anyone who has to drop some serious weight, it really can be done. 🙂

You are amazing and an inspiration. I was diagnosed T2 yesterday and have a lot of fat to shed but I will do it! Best wishes to you.

 

[Winifreds child]

This is a very long and late reply to a post I made a few years back. the thread is now closed but can be found here: http://www.diabetessupport.co.uk/boards/showthread.php?t=314

I am truly very sorry for posting & never returning to thank everyone who read my post & offered advice.

I have an update though, almost 5 years on and I would like to share my experience of what happened next in my life, for what it's worth.

I remember posting the above message very clearly. I was in a very bad place at the time. I didn't know this (or want to know) but I weighed just over 28 stone. I found that fact out when I took that first visit to the doctors. I also found out very quickly afterwards that I had Type 2 diabetes, as I thought. This sent me into an emotional roller coaster to say the least. I had some very bad days where I felt like my world was crashing down on me, quite literally I mean, where I was close to collapsing. Other days I would slip in to very deep sleeps and I put my partner through a lot of stress during this time. However the metaformin I was prescribed really did help settle me back into a bit of normality.

After the wake up call off the doctor I tried to lose weight, I really did, but it seemed like a mission impossible. Walking was quite painful and one day I stood on a footbridge about 2 miles from my house almost crying as I thought I would not be able to walk back home as my shins were feeling like they were made of lead.

The doctor was quite good and not patronising though they wanted me to commit to all these meetings but I admit the idea of these stressed me. I did my best and the metorformin kept on helping. This was early & mid 2009.
By 2010 I had lost about 4 stone & my symptoms eventually sort of cleared up in the main and after a while I stopped taking metorformin. This was a mainly because the doctor cancelled my repeat prescription and wanted to see me again, but I thought I would use up my remaining medication and try without it. Now this is not advisable at all. But in all honesty I did feel ok. I sort of felt like I was over my symptoms.

Then in late 2012 I realised I had put some weight back on again & I got some flash backs of that day I was told I had type 2 diabetes. I sort of panicked again and although I had none of the symptoms (and hadn't for a long time) I decided I really had to do something this time BEFORE it happened again. I felt like I had been given a second chance and I was wasting it.

So I changed my diet again, this time I kept a food diary and made a lot of generally good choices. I planned out a weekly meal plan and stuck to it. I cut out all the bad foods & replaced with good choices. Critically for me this time was that I was able to walk without pains, so I did. Every evening after work I walked 4 or 5 miles. This time the weight dropped off me, thankfully. After a few months of this I started running (I found something called the C25K program, and it got me into running). This was the life changing point really as now there was no going back. Eating well was making me lose weight and running took that further. I had never run before this but I sort of got a bit addicted to it.

That was last November. I have now lost over 11 stone in total and I'm currently just under 17 stone. Sounds heavy I guess, but not to me, I look normal now as I am very tall, and I feel fitter and stronger than ever, and well and truly on my way to being "normal" weight/bmi.

I am running 4 times a week, proper running I mean, I've ran in local 5k races, 10k races, and soon to be running in a half marathon.

So my story turned out to be very positive in the end, but it did come down to me sorting my weight & fitness levels out.... But before that, the trip to the doctor I dreaded so much proved to be vital, as like you guys told me above I needed to be helped.

I only remembered this thread on here as I recently moved house & I had to re-register with a new doctor to see about a ear problem I had. The nurse inducted me in and I told her about the diabetes. She agreed with me I probably didn't have it any more but sent me for a blood test.

I was given the all clear today and I've vowed to myself I will never again allow that to happen to me again.

Thank you for reading and the support I was offered at the time, but I was too scared to even use an anonymous message board as I just wanted to bury my head in the sand as much as possible really.

To anyone reading this going through similar feelings as I had in my first post (like I did when I registered on here and read others experiences), all I can add to what was said to me is you HAVE to seek medical advice, the doctors will be able to help & the medication they give will be the start of getting better, or at least getting it all under control. I got my life back on track but only with the help of the tablets & advice I was given. I know many people with diabetes are not overweight, but lets be honest obesity is a massive reason for many people with type 2 diabetes. I never thought I could lose this sort of weight but I did, but not even doctors telling me I HAD to actually got me to do it. Something just clicked last year for me and I got my head down and went for it.

I am glad I did now though. Having the nurse telling me that my blood glucose levels, my cholesterol and my blood pressure are all fine and healthy felt amazing to be honest. That's a very negative chapter of my life behind me.

All the best and sorry for a massive post, I wanted to explain what happened, and sorry for taking so long to update. Good luck to anyone who has to drop some serious weight, it really can be done. 🙂

Brilliant and amazing story it can’t have been easy but you got where you needed to be