anyone with over 100lbs to lose?

[Max87]

Just thought I would add my experience with dieting over the past 12 months.

I've lost a total of 11 stone since this time last year, lots and lots of exercise (mainly lifting weights) and a diet that most on here would consider a bit lazy! High protein, low sugar but my carb intake wasn't that low.

I don't take anything for my T2 now and my sugar levels are actually extremely low even after eating most things a normal person would.

[rtee]

Wow that weight loss is impressive. Well done you Max

[whelk]

I weighed in at 300 lbs at my daughter's wedding last December. I'm currently 218 lbs with 50 lbs more to reach my target. It would be helpful to get a better estimate of body fat %age than BMI to rationalise the target setting.

[Van1946]

Yes I do, but my practice signed me up with individual one on one help for losing the weigh, I have been going now for four weeks and it does help. You also get to join an exercise group too.

[tiamaria13354]

hi ya, yes im in the same position as you. finding it hard to count carbs and weight watchers points.

[alex621]

I didnt have that much to lose but with a regular routine of diet and exercise I managed to lose 2 stone in 1 year

[mpprh]

I'm not in that league but have lost 17kg from my target of 24kg which would result in a weight of 85kg ( 187lb).

I gained weight rapidly when I stopped smoking because of high blood pressure. With the weight came diabetes, cholesterol, etc.

I started by eating virtually no meat and many vegetables, but lost little.

I then switched to a high protein (at least 50% fish) + veg diet. After an initial loss I stayed much the same but with higher muscle mass, and reducing waistline. This continued for 5 months and at that point I had lost 13cm off my waist.

Continuing with the same diet, the weight started to drop off at around 1 - 2 kg per month.

I've recently added a weekly 10km (6mile) walk to the process.

From 109kg (240lb) I am now 91.6kg (202lb)with 22% body fat.

I test fasting glucose each morning and it is also dropping to the extent that my doctor has reduced medicaments (now 2 X 500mg Metaformin daily). My 3 month rolling average is running at 97.2 mg/dl (5.4mmol/l) and HA1bc is 5.4 .

A highish protein, low fat, little carbohydrate diet, now seems to work consistently. Most importantly I now eat smaller portions and drink less beer.

My Doctors view is that even if I need less than 1 metaformin per day, continuing with the medication will result in longer life expectancy.

[LesleyAnne2]

Congratulations all on your fantastic accomplishments. Losing weight is no easy feat!
Over the last three years I have lost 3 stone and 3 dress sizes, would be nice if it continued to go down but I am not dieting as such. I am following a low carb diet in the hope of controlling the diabetes, but I don't watch calories and get through gallons of double cream! Still managed to lose 11lbs though whilst eating lots of lovely fat in the past three months :thumbup:

[glenmoray]

I'm afraid I'm like you. My BMI is 47 and I've been told I've got to loose weight to. Problem is I eat less than my 8 year old daughter. I also need bilateral knee replacements and have been told by the consultant that he will not replace my knee joints until my BMI is less than 35. I've just found out after attending a DAFNE course in Birmingham that I was overdosing on insulin for the past 10 years. When you take too much insulin it stores itself as fat cells in your body which now explains why I have been putting on so much weight. I was overdosing each day by over 90 units of insulin. Since I've been on the lower insulin regime I've lost nearly a stone in weight so there is hope for us all.

[mpprh]

Reading up on this I discovered :

Eating very little puts the body into a "survive the famine" mode and fat builds up. Insulin moves in to try and break down the fat.

I had to eat a high protein diet for several months until the body realised there was no famine and I started to firstly convert fat into muscle, then begin to lose weight.

As a type 2 this resulted in the insulin breaking down more sugars and less fat and I needed to reduce my medication.

[chrissie1stella]

yes i do and am finding it very hard to stickto a diet as i comfort eat and at the moment have a lot of stress so am putting weight on like anything and yes i do know the risk.so any thing that will help me over come this i'm def interested in looking into.

[LesleyAnne2]

Chrissir1stella, just wondering what kind of diet you are following as it doesn't sound like it keeps you satiated?

[mpprh]

I'm not in that league but have lost 17kg from my target of 24kg which would result in a weight of 85kg ( 187lb).

I gained weight rapidly when I stopped smoking because of high blood pressure. With the weight came diabetes, cholesterol, etc.

I started by eating virtually no meat and many vegetables, but lost little.

I then switched to a high protein (at least 50% fish) + veg diet. After an initial loss I stayed much the same but with higher muscle mass, and reducing waistline. This continued for 5 months and at that point I had lost 13cm off my waist.

Continuing with the same diet, the weight started to drop off at around 1 - 2 kg per month.

I've recently added a weekly 10km (6mile) walk to the process.

From 109kg (240lb) I am now 91.6kg (202lb)with 22% body fat.

I test fasting glucose each morning and it is also dropping to the extent that my doctor has reduced medicaments (now 2 X 500mg Metaformin daily). My 3 month rolling average is running at 97.2 mg/dl (5.4mmol/l) and HA1bc is 5.4 .

A highish protein, low fat, little carbohydrate diet, now seems to work consistently. Most importantly I now eat smaller portions and drink less beer.

My Doctors view is that even if I need less than 1 metaformin per day, continuing with the medication will result in longer life expectancy.

I'm now at 87.0kg and went for my 3 month check up this morning.

I have now lost 22kg in 21 months and taken more exercise which has reduced my glucose levels. I had my metformin reduced to 2 X 500mg tablets per day for the last 6 months.

My fasting glucose reading is 75mg/dl to 90mg/dl (4.2mmol/l to 5.0mmol/l) and Hba1c has been 5.4 for the last 6 months.

My normal doctor was away and I saw a locum. He gave me the same prescription but suggested I reduce to 1 x 500mg tablet per day and monitor the results. He expects to see little difference, in which case he suggests I stop taking the tablets and monitor the results. He thinks it very likely I no longer need medication.

Is this likely ?

[viviennem]

It may well be likely that you could stop. In your place I'd wait to see your usual GP and discuss things with him.

Personally, I'd be inclined to stay with the metformin. I tolerate it well, and because I'm a statin refusnik I like the fact that it gives some protection against stroke and CVD.

Viv

[Yorksman]

I'm aiming to lose 55Kg and have lost 20Kg since Christmas. It's a lot easier at the beginning. Now my weight loss rate is down to a little less than 1Kg per week but, I eat well. It is now just a question of keeping it up over time.

I prepare all my own food and spend some time sourcing the right foodstuffs. I actually find preparing food takes the edge off my appetite. I don't want to snack. I hope to start gowing my own veggies soon and even have plans for building a wood fired outdoor bread oven. Activity stops you thinking about what is in the cupboard. I am sure I used to snack a lot because I was a bit bored.