Hi. I was diagnosed two weeks ago, been researching and evaluating ever since. I'm 72 years old, 6'1" tall and weighed 15 stone 11 lbs when diagnosed. Within 24 hours, I had cut out bread, cake, biscuits, chocolates and sweets and investigated diets, which I am starting to implement. I've bought an exercise bike, set of kettlebells, a fitness watch and a decent pair of walking shoes. I am determined to beat this thing. I have lost 6 lbs and want to slowly lose the weight at a steady pace to get down to 14 stone in about 3 months or so. Exercise regime is progressing, although I am out of condition, but is getting better, longer and easier. I have three aims, to lose weight, to be fitter and to reduce the onset of this disease.
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Yet another one......
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Thanks for that, Potatoes, rice, pasta and pies have gone too, but I didn't want to waffle on and write War and Peace, Never drank fruit juices anyway, so that's a result.
Hi and welcome @surdoux - sounds like you have grabbed the bull by the horns, well done you ! thought you might find this site interesting, someone posted this link in one of the threads and i found it quite enlightening. https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb Good luck with your new fitness regime, glad to have you on board.
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Welcome to the forum @surdoux
Well done on your positive start, increased exercise and determination - these will go a long way to help in the weeks and months ahead. Diabetes is very serious, but it is a condition that can usually be well managed with a few adaptations and changes.
If you’ve not found it already, many new members here find Maggie Davey’s letter a useful overview of T2 diabetes
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
One of the initial questions for people who have just received a diagnosis is often ‘what can I eat. What you will quickly find is that there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Different people can respond very differently to different types and amounts of carbohydrates (and reactions can vary at different times of day). One of the simplest options to discover ‘can I eat that’ is to examine BG readings before and 2 hours after different meals to see what your individual glucose response is. Then adjusting the meals to reduce the BG variation. AlanS’s ‘test review adjust’ a simple, methodical way of measuring blood glucose outcomes around food and understanding how different carbohydrates affect each of us individually.
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html
You might also like this post by the same author entitled ‘painless pricks’
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/painless-pricks.html
If your surgery is reluctant to provide a BG meter (and many will only offer them to people on medication which put them at risk of hypos) one of the cheapest options members here have found is the SD Gluco Navii which has test strips at around £8 for 50.
Good luck, and let us know how you get on.
Well done on your positive start, increased exercise and determination - these will go a long way to help in the weeks and months ahead. Diabetes is very serious, but it is a condition that can usually be well managed with a few adaptations and changes.
If you’ve not found it already, many new members here find Maggie Davey’s letter a useful overview of T2 diabetes
https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/maggie-daveys-letter-to-newly-diagnosed-type-2s.61307/
One of the initial questions for people who have just received a diagnosis is often ‘what can I eat. What you will quickly find is that there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution. Different people can respond very differently to different types and amounts of carbohydrates (and reactions can vary at different times of day). One of the simplest options to discover ‘can I eat that’ is to examine BG readings before and 2 hours after different meals to see what your individual glucose response is. Then adjusting the meals to reduce the BG variation. AlanS’s ‘test review adjust’ a simple, methodical way of measuring blood glucose outcomes around food and understanding how different carbohydrates affect each of us individually.
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html
You might also like this post by the same author entitled ‘painless pricks’
https://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/painless-pricks.html
If your surgery is reluctant to provide a BG meter (and many will only offer them to people on medication which put them at risk of hypos) one of the cheapest options members here have found is the SD Gluco Navii which has test strips at around £8 for 50.
Good luck, and let us know how you get on.
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Hello @surdoux welcome to the forum , though I am sorry that you needed to find us.
You have already been given some great advise, which I won’t repeat except to say self testing to see how the various carbohydrates affect you as we are all different in this respect is imo the way to go as you don’t want to cut out things that you enjoy which your body copes well with nor continue eating something that is healthy but your body can’t cope with it ie porridge or fruit.
Tip . fruit with berry as part of its name is often tolerated better.
I can only add this to the advise given. With the right info and some work by yourself Diabetes is a condition that can be managed well, however it is a marathon so any changes you make must be sustainable long term as the last thing you need is be forcing yourself to do / eat something that you really don’t like and end up giving up on your new lifestyle.
You should find that in time your taste changes, in a few months time you may decide to treat yourself to something delicious , in my case it’s milk chocolate, I now find it’s sickly sweet.
You have already been given some great advise, which I won’t repeat except to say self testing to see how the various carbohydrates affect you as we are all different in this respect is imo the way to go as you don’t want to cut out things that you enjoy which your body copes well with nor continue eating something that is healthy but your body can’t cope with it ie porridge or fruit.
Tip . fruit with berry as part of its name is often tolerated better.
I can only add this to the advise given. With the right info and some work by yourself Diabetes is a condition that can be managed well, however it is a marathon so any changes you make must be sustainable long term as the last thing you need is be forcing yourself to do / eat something that you really don’t like and end up giving up on your new lifestyle.
You should find that in time your taste changes, in a few months time you may decide to treat yourself to something delicious , in my case it’s milk chocolate, I now find it’s sickly sweet.
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