Got Rid Of Diabetes Type 2 - This Is How

Jaylee

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Type 1
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In 3 months time (September 2018)

Not long a wait...
I feel this is where your med free journey actually begins..? With a formal HbA1c representing the start of your personal diet only management regime..

Kind regards.

J>
 

AdamJames

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Messages
1,338
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Yes i was given a blood sugar reading thing when i was told of the condition in January. I check it reguarly and the average reading throughout the day, week, month, last 110 days has been 4.88 when samples are taken on a random basis.

That's an excellent stat, well done!

Does that mean you are having the fast food binge because your recent experience tells you that you can get away with it in terms of blood sugar, or is it just a one-off binge to celebrate, then you'll be back on lower carb food?
 

Rachox

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15,810
Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Yes i was given a blood sugar reading thing when i was told of the condition in January. I check it reguarly and the average reading throughout the day, week, month, last 110 days has been 4.88 when samples are taken on a random basis.

Just so you don’t get lulled into a false sense of security, an average of 4.88mmols/l equates to an HbA1c of 27.6. Your HbA1c of 37 equates to an average of 6.2mmols/l. I think your random testing may be missing some spikes somewhere.
I test before and two hours after a minimum of a couple of meals per day and enter my readings into the app MySugr. This app gives an estimated HbA1c based on the readings entered. On my testing regime the estimates have never been far off my lab tests.
Here’s the chart I used to work out your averages and HbA1cs:
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/hba1c-to-blood-sugar-level-converter.html
 

Heretic1

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Messages
201
Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Diet only
Dislikes
Diabetes!
I have never written a blog / post etc but i wanted to do this today to show how anyone with Type 2 can try and get rid of it using the same process that i followed. Its scary when someone tells you that you have a chronic condition and I hope anyone reading this will take confidence that with some focus and dedication you can reverse the condition with type 2.


I am 39 years old (Male) and in January 2018 i was feeling quite unwell, really tired all the time, going for lots of wee's, dry skin, lost a bit of weight without trying and generally felt under the weather. So i went to the doctors where they tested my blood sugar levels. On the test it came in at 18.8 (should have been under 7) then following a HbA1c blood test the reading was at 109 (basically off the scale it was so high). The doctor told me the same day that it was highly unlikely to be able to reverse it as the reading was so high. Now like most people when they say you cant ' wont do something it quite often gives you even more motivation. They also told me to take 1000mg of Metaformin… this I thought was excessive so I told the doctor I would only take 500G (i.e. 1 tablet in the evening) and see what the blood tests at home I was doing looked like.


So from that day i started off basically just eating eggs, tuna, mackerel, salmon fillets and vegetables. I stopped drinking red bulls everyday, stopped eating fast food and whatever i ate did NOT come from a packet nor could it be microwaved, instead i made it. In January i was about 16.5 stone with a BMI of 30. I then started walking everyday slowing building up to on average 10KM per day (this was really helped by getting a fitbit). I also started to run initially just 0.3Km then built this up daily to 5KM. Now i am a heavy smoker and this hasnt changed and i also like beer and i didnt change either. It was just the diet and exercise I focused on.


Everyday i would weigh myself and found that on average i would loose 0.15KG everyday on average. Today is the 8th June and i weigh 12.6st having lost about 4 stone since mid January. I dont feel any different but i did have to buy all new clothes.


I went to the doctor this morning to get my results of the second HbA1c test. I was so pleased to see that in 5 months my reading went from 109 to just 37. Effectively putting the type 2 diagnosis into remission. The doctor said you dont have diabetes now and I don’t need to take any medicine, however if you go back to eating rubbish and not doing any exercise it could come back. I am so pleased with myself I almost cried.


Having lived (quite healthy.. not including smoking and beer consumption) i cant see any issue with continuing with the same diet. It nice people complementing you on how you look and I wouldn’t want to go back to being overweight. I would suggest buying some scales for the kitchen so when you measure out the food you know exactly the amount. You wouldn’t believe how small a recommended portion of Special K looks like till you measure !


I should have said i have a 5 year most gorgeous daughter and the thought of passing away early due to this condition scared the life out of me. The doctor had told me I was as likely to have a heart attack as someone who had already had one. So everyday i would do the following :


80 sit ups

50 press ups (breaks every 10)

8-10Km walk

5Km run

Special K every morning for breakfast (30 grams)

Salmon fillet and salad for lunch or a tuna salad

No snacks or chocolate

No fizzy drinks

Eggs in the evening with some more salad, typically a omelette with 15g cheese and tuna

Beer in the evening


Daily food in take was around 700-800 calories / beer in take 700 calories (on average)


This was pretty much my daily process for just over 100 days. And today after doing this i no longer have diabetes. Now i understand it only in remission and could come back if i start being unhealthy again but for me to not take any medicines and have a normal blood sugar readings in my mind makes me clear of the condition.


What surprised me was the doctor saying in 10 years he had never seen anyone do this, which sounds mad to just accept it and not try and fix things. With focus on a goal (for me it was to not take any medicine and to have a BMI of 25 or less) you can prove doctors wrong. Their starting point is to just give out tablets and not try and make their patients put the work in to avoid a lifetime of medication.

I appreciate being only 39 helped and it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as easy without my wife supporting me, understanding that we will eat at different times, have own our food, wouldn’t be able to enjoy our weekly trips to mcdonalds and I would need to regularly be out of the house doing exercise and so on.

So if there is anyone out there in a similar position I want this my first and last post to be a little encouragement that it can be done, other people have done it and with enough effort you might be able to also.

As for me… tonight I am eating 5 big mac’s, 5 portions of chips, full fat coke and maybe a KFC for pudding. However tomorrow I will be back on the case and although it might take 2 days to get the weight back off it will be done.

If you have made the effort to read this far then hopefully you have found it useful and gives you some confidence that the doctors aren’t always right…. “ you wont be able to reverse it with your levels” she said…. My response today is “nonsense”

I would really like it if you would post a reply to this post on what you thought and wether it helped.

Ross
@diabetes Free Many congratulations on your success ... enjoy your treat!

Just to let you know that your amazing success IS sustainable! ... I am testament to that.

2 years ago, I was in your shoes and did exactly what you have done, eat healthily and ‘kick the butt’ out of the phys. I have now been free of Diabetes for almost 2 years.... and long may it stay so!

I was your archetypal couch potato who thought his phys and exercise days were behind him and was growing old (very) disgracefully! ...... and paid the price!

Now I’m healthier than I have been for 20 years plus. ALL my ‘vital signs’ are absolutely perfect, and I continue to take full advantage of the yearly MOT I am now kindly offered! ..... pity the didn’t before!

I now love my phys, mostly 2 wheeled (cycling spinning and mountain biking), but also a bit of gym and running - and loads of walking... im now fitter than my 21 and 18 year olds .... they literally can’t keep up! Now in training for my second London 100 bike ride next month.

Diet wise, mostly I do eat VERY healthily - and enjoy it. Yes I have the odd curry, Chinese, kebab etc .... and they taste all the more special now! Booze wise I WAS a committed Lager drinker - (probably part of my downfall), and do still have the odd pint or two - but discovered the world of Gin - now most definately my tipple..... life is definately for living and I’m doing just that !

Good luck my friend. I will honest, I could (and very very occasionally) do enjoy a KFC etc, but I honestly couldn’t even contemplate eating that quantity any more - but enjoy all the same!

Best wishes

H
 

NewTD2

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Messages
1,563
Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I have never written a blog / post etc but i wanted to do this today to show how anyone with Type 2 can try and get rid of it using the same process that i followed. Its scary when someone tells you that you have a chronic condition and I hope anyone reading this will take confidence that with some focus and dedication you can reverse the condition with type 2.


I am 39 years old (Male) and in January 2018 i was feeling quite unwell, really tired all the time, going for lots of wee's, dry skin, lost a bit of weight without trying and generally felt under the weather. So i went to the doctors where they tested my blood sugar levels. On the test it came in at 18.8 (should have been under 7) then following a HbA1c blood test the reading was at 109 (basically off the scale it was so high). The doctor told me the same day that it was highly unlikely to be able to reverse it as the reading was so high. Now like most people when they say you cant ' wont do something it quite often gives you even more motivation. They also told me to take 1000mg of Metaformin… this I thought was excessive so I told the doctor I would only take 500G (i.e. 1 tablet in the evening) and see what the blood tests at home I was doing looked like.


So from that day i started off basically just eating eggs, tuna, mackerel, salmon fillets and vegetables. I stopped drinking red bulls everyday, stopped eating fast food and whatever i ate did NOT come from a packet nor could it be microwaved, instead i made it. In January i was about 16.5 stone with a BMI of 30. I then started walking everyday slowing building up to on average 10KM per day (this was really helped by getting a fitbit). I also started to run initially just 0.3Km then built this up daily to 5KM. Now i am a heavy smoker and this hasnt changed and i also like beer and i didnt change either. It was just the diet and exercise I focused on.


Everyday i would weigh myself and found that on average i would loose 0.15KG everyday on average. Today is the 8th June and i weigh 12.6st having lost about 4 stone since mid January. I dont feel any different but i did have to buy all new clothes.


I went to the doctor this morning to get my results of the second HbA1c test. I was so pleased to see that in 5 months my reading went from 109 to just 37. Effectively putting the type 2 diagnosis into remission. The doctor said you dont have diabetes now and I don’t need to take any medicine, however if you go back to eating rubbish and not doing any exercise it could come back. I am so pleased with myself I almost cried.


Having lived (quite healthy.. not including smoking and beer consumption) i cant see any issue with continuing with the same diet. It nice people complementing you on how you look and I wouldn’t want to go back to being overweight. I would suggest buying some scales for the kitchen so when you measure out the food you know exactly the amount. You wouldn’t believe how small a recommended portion of Special K looks like till you measure !


I should have said i have a 5 year most gorgeous daughter and the thought of passing away early due to this condition scared the life out of me. The doctor had told me I was as likely to have a heart attack as someone who had already had one. So everyday i would do the following :


80 sit ups

50 press ups (breaks every 10)

8-10Km walk

5Km run

Special K every morning for breakfast (30 grams)

Salmon fillet and salad for lunch or a tuna salad

No snacks or chocolate

No fizzy drinks

Eggs in the evening with some more salad, typically a omelette with 15g cheese and tuna

Beer in the evening


Daily food in take was around 700-800 calories / beer in take 700 calories (on average)


This was pretty much my daily process for just over 100 days. And today after doing this i no longer have diabetes. Now i understand it only in remission and could come back if i start being unhealthy again but for me to not take any medicines and have a normal blood sugar readings in my mind makes me clear of the condition.


What surprised me was the doctor saying in 10 years he had never seen anyone do this, which sounds mad to just accept it and not try and fix things. With focus on a goal (for me it was to not take any medicine and to have a BMI of 25 or less) you can prove doctors wrong. Their starting point is to just give out tablets and not try and make their patients put the work in to avoid a lifetime of medication.

I appreciate being only 39 helped and it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as easy without my wife supporting me, understanding that we will eat at different times, have own our food, wouldn’t be able to enjoy our weekly trips to mcdonalds and I would need to regularly be out of the house doing exercise and so on.

So if there is anyone out there in a similar position I want this my first and last post to be a little encouragement that it can be done, other people have done it and with enough effort you might be able to also.

As for me… tonight I am eating 5 big mac’s, 5 portions of chips, full fat coke and maybe a KFC for pudding. However tomorrow I will be back on the case and although it might take 2 days to get the weight back off it will be done.

If you have made the effort to read this far then hopefully you have found it useful and gives you some confidence that the doctors aren’t always right…. “ you wont be able to reverse it with your levels” she said…. My response today is “nonsense”

I would really like it if you would post a reply to this post on what you thought and wether it helped.

Ross


I would celebrate in an “Eat All You Can ‘Til You Drop Dead (gorgeous) Chinese Buffet” if I were you!

Congratulations!!!!
 

nomoredonuts

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Hi and welcome @Diabetes Free Now . Not much to add to what has been said, but firstly you have done really well to make such a drastic lifestyle change and you are currently riding the crest of a wave of euphoria! That's fine, but a bit of a cautionary note is needed. Many of us on here had spectacular success initially by making similar changes (and not all of us are over 40) but it is keeping the blood sugar levels down, that is key. Test, test and test. It's the only way to get a full picture. You may well become quite carb sensitive in the months to come, and dietary excursions "off piste" may come back to bite you in the ar$e.
I'd love to hear how your journey progresses, so please stay with us and share. NMD.
 

Cellogirl45

Member
Messages
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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I have been given 3 months to lose as much weight as possible before being given medication. I'll let you know how I get on. 76 days to go.
 
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kokhongw

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Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
It is amazing to be able to reverse the condition.

Some of us manage it too...without exercise, will power or months long 800 calorie diet...the secret is a low insulin load diet.
 
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nomorechoccy

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I have never written a blog / post etc but i wanted to do this today to show how anyone with Type 2 can try and get rid of it using the same process that i followed. Its scary when someone tells you that you have a chronic condition and I hope anyone reading this will take confidence that with some focus and dedication you can reverse the condition with type 2.


I am 39 years old (Male) and in January 2018 i was feeling quite unwell, really tired all the time, going for lots of wee's, dry skin, lost a bit of weight without trying and generally felt under the weather. So i went to the doctors where they tested my blood sugar levels. On the test it came in at 18.8 (should have been under 7) then following a HbA1c blood test the reading was at 109 (basically off the scale it was so high). The doctor told me the same day that it was highly unlikely to be able to reverse it as the reading was so high. Now like most people when they say you cant ' wont do something it quite often gives you even more motivation. They also told me to take 1000mg of Metaformin… this I thought was excessive so I told the doctor I would only take 500G (i.e. 1 tablet in the evening) and see what the blood tests at home I was doing looked like.


So from that day i started off basically just eating eggs, tuna, mackerel, salmon fillets and vegetables. I stopped drinking red bulls everyday, stopped eating fast food and whatever i ate did NOT come from a packet nor could it be microwaved, instead i made it. In January i was about 16.5 stone with a BMI of 30. I then started walking everyday slowing building up to on average 10KM per day (this was really helped by getting a fitbit). I also started to run initially just 0.3Km then built this up daily to 5KM. Now i am a heavy smoker and this hasnt changed and i also like beer and i didnt change either. It was just the diet and exercise I focused on.


Everyday i would weigh myself and found that on average i would loose 0.15KG everyday on average. Today is the 8th June and i weigh 12.6st having lost about 4 stone since mid January. I dont feel any different but i did have to buy all new clothes.


I went to the doctor this morning to get my results of the second HbA1c test. I was so pleased to see that in 5 months my reading went from 109 to just 37. Effectively putting the type 2 diagnosis into remission. The doctor said you dont have diabetes now and I don’t need to take any medicine, however if you go back to eating rubbish and not doing any exercise it could come back. I am so pleased with myself I almost cried.


Having lived (quite healthy.. not including smoking and beer consumption) i cant see any issue with continuing with the same diet. It nice people complementing you on how you look and I wouldn’t want to go back to being overweight. I would suggest buying some scales for the kitchen so when you measure out the food you know exactly the amount. You wouldn’t believe how small a recommended portion of Special K looks like till you measure !


I should have said i have a 5 year most gorgeous daughter and the thought of passing away early due to this condition scared the life out of me. The doctor had told me I was as likely to have a heart attack as someone who had already had one. So everyday i would do the following :


80 sit ups

50 press ups (breaks every 10)

8-10Km walk

5Km run

Special K every morning for breakfast (30 grams)

Salmon fillet and salad for lunch or a tuna salad

No snacks or chocolate

No fizzy drinks

Eggs in the evening with some more salad, typically a omelette with 15g cheese and tuna

Beer in the evening


Daily food in take was around 700-800 calories / beer in take 700 calories (on average)


This was pretty much my daily process for just over 100 days. And today after doing this i no longer have diabetes. Now i understand it only in remission and could come back if i start being unhealthy again but for me to not take any medicines and have a normal blood sugar readings in my mind makes me clear of the condition.


What surprised me was the doctor saying in 10 years he had never seen anyone do this, which sounds mad to just accept it and not try and fix things. With focus on a goal (for me it was to not take any medicine and to have a BMI of 25 or less) you can prove doctors wrong. Their starting point is to just give out tablets and not try and make their patients put the work in to avoid a lifetime of medication.

I appreciate being only 39 helped and it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as easy without my wife supporting me, understanding that we will eat at different times, have own our food, wouldn’t be able to enjoy our weekly trips to mcdonalds and I would need to regularly be out of the house doing exercise and so on.

So if there is anyone out there in a similar position I want this my first and last post to be a little encouragement that it can be done, other people have done it and with enough effort you might be able to also.

As for me… tonight I am eating 5 big mac’s, 5 portions of chips, full fat coke and maybe a KFC for pudding. However tomorrow I will be back on the case and although it might take 2 days to get the weight back off it will be done.

If you have made the effort to read this far then hopefully you have found it useful and gives you some confidence that the doctors aren’t always right…. “ you wont be able to reverse it with your levels” she said…. My response today is “nonsense”

I would really like it if you would post a reply to this post on what you thought and wether it helped.

Ross
 
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nomorechoccy

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I have been given 3 months to lose as much weight as possible before being given medication. I'll let you know how I get on. 76 days to go.
I have been given 3 months to get blood sugar levels down. My weight is OK have stopped eating bread and choclate. Going for my first pub meal since diagnosis unsure what I will eat but we'll see.

Good to hear of your success story Ross.
 

Rachox

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I reversed my Type 2
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I have been given 3 months to get blood sugar levels down. My weight is OK have stopped eating bread and choclate. Going for my first pub meal since diagnosis unsure what I will eat but we'll see.

Good to hear of your success story Ross.

Pub grub is one of the easiest eating out choices I think. Choose a meal of predominantly meat and veggies, then swap chips for salad. I often choose gammon steak with egg, salad instead of chips. All day breakfast is a good choice too, bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms and tomato are all acceptable, just avoid the hash browns, bread and baked beans!
 
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nomorechoccy

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Pub grub is one of the easiest eating out choices I think. Choose a meal of predominantly meat and veggies, then swap chips for salad. I often choose gammon steak with egg, salad instead of chips. All day breakfast is a good choice too, bacon, eggs, sausage, mushrooms and tomato are all acceptable, just avoid the hash browns, bread and baked beans!
Thanks for advice are baked beans bad if I don't have a weight issue . would love bubble and squeak but pubs don't serve it.
 

Rachox

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Type of diabetes
I reversed my Type 2
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Tablets (oral)
Thanks for advice are baked beans bad if I don't have a weight issue . would love bubble and squeak but pubs don't serve it.
Baked beans are pretty high carb, even the low sugar versions :(
 
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nomorechoccy

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well I went for a chicken bacon and avocado salad which was really good, I wasn't I pinched 4 chips from mum's plate but think that is ok for me. had a glass of water whilst staring enviously at my mum's glass of wine and daughter's pint of cider Grrr!
 
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gettingamoveon

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Type 2
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well I went for a chicken bacon and avocado salad which was really good, I wasn't I pinched 4 chips from mum's plate but think that is ok for me. had a glass of water whilst staring enviously at my mum's glass of wine and daughter's pint of cider Grrr!

Chicken, bacon and avocado salad sounds perfect for a diabetic. Don't be shy about the generous application of a good quality full-fat mayonnaise, either. And I think you can have a glass (or two) of dry wine.

At least, it works for me ...
 

Jaz006

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I have never written a blog / post etc but i wanted to do this today to show how anyone with Type 2 can try and get rid of it using the same process that i followed. Its scary when someone tells you that you have a chronic condition and I hope anyone reading this will take confidence that with some focus and dedication you can reverse the condition with type 2.


I am 39 years old (Male) and in January 2018 i was feeling quite unwell, really tired all the time, going for lots of wee's, dry skin, lost a bit of weight without trying and generally felt under the weather. So i went to the doctors where they tested my blood sugar levels. On the test it came in at 18.8 (should have been under 7) then following a HbA1c blood test the reading was at 109 (basically off the scale it was so high). The doctor told me the same day that it was highly unlikely to be able to reverse it as the reading was so high. Now like most people when they say you cant ' wont do something it quite often gives you even more motivation. They also told me to take 1000mg of Metaformin… this I thought was excessive so I told the doctor I would only take 500G (i.e. 1 tablet in the evening) and see what the blood tests at home I was doing looked like.


So from that day i started off basically just eating eggs, tuna, mackerel, salmon fillets and vegetables. I stopped drinking red bulls everyday, stopped eating fast food and whatever i ate did NOT come from a packet nor could it be microwaved, instead i made it. In January i was about 16.5 stone with a BMI of 30. I then started walking everyday slowing building up to on average 10KM per day (this was really helped by getting a fitbit). I also started to run initially just 0.3Km then built this up daily to 5KM. Now i am a heavy smoker and this hasnt changed and i also like beer and i didnt change either. It was just the diet and exercise I focused on.


Everyday i would weigh myself and found that on average i would loose 0.15KG everyday on average. Today is the 8th June and i weigh 12.6st having lost about 4 stone since mid January. I dont feel any different but i did have to buy all new clothes.


I went to the doctor this morning to get my results of the second HbA1c test. I was so pleased to see that in 5 months my reading went from 109 to just 37. Effectively putting the type 2 diagnosis into remission. The doctor said you dont have diabetes now and I don’t need to take any medicine, however if you go back to eating rubbish and not doing any exercise it could come back. I am so pleased with myself I almost cried.


Having lived (quite healthy.. not including smoking and beer consumption) i cant see any issue with continuing with the same diet. It nice people complementing you on how you look and I wouldn’t want to go back to being overweight. I would suggest buying some scales for the kitchen so when you measure out the food you know exactly the amount. You wouldn’t believe how small a recommended portion of Special K looks like till you measure !


I should have said i have a 5 year most gorgeous daughter and the thought of passing away early due to this condition scared the life out of me. The doctor had told me I was as likely to have a heart attack as someone who had already had one. So everyday i would do the following :


80 sit ups

50 press ups (breaks every 10)

8-10Km walk

5Km run

Special K every morning for breakfast (30 grams)

Salmon fillet and salad for lunch or a tuna salad

No snacks or chocolate

No fizzy drinks

Eggs in the evening with some more salad, typically a omelette with 15g cheese and tuna

Beer in the evening


Daily food in take was around 700-800 calories / beer in take 700 calories (on average)


This was pretty much my daily process for just over 100 days. And today after doing this i no longer have diabetes. Now i understand it only in remission and could come back if i start being unhealthy again but for me to not take any medicines and have a normal blood sugar readings in my mind makes me clear of the condition.


What surprised me was the doctor saying in 10 years he had never seen anyone do this, which sounds mad to just accept it and not try and fix things. With focus on a goal (for me it was to not take any medicine and to have a BMI of 25 or less) you can prove doctors wrong. Their starting point is to just give out tablets and not try and make their patients put the work in to avoid a lifetime of medication.

I appreciate being only 39 helped and it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as easy without my wife supporting me, understanding that we will eat at different times, have own our food, wouldn’t be able to enjoy our weekly trips to mcdonalds and I would need to regularly be out of the house doing exercise and so on.

So if there is anyone out there in a similar position I want this my first and last post to be a little encouragement that it can be done, other people have done it and with enough effort you might be able to also.

As for me… tonight I am eating 5 big mac’s, 5 portions of chips, full fat coke and maybe a KFC for pudding. However tomorrow I will be back on the case and although it might take 2 days to get the weight back off it will be done.

If you have made the effort to read this far then hopefully you have found it useful and gives you some confidence that the doctors aren’t always right…. “ you wont be able to reverse it with your levels” she said…. My response today is “nonsense”

I would really like it if you would post a reply to this post on what you thought and wether it helped.

Ross

Wow congratulations... I am really pleased for you. You have inspired me and filled me with confidence. You clearly have a positive mental attitude. Fabulous. Well done.
 
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Chicken, bacon and avocado salad sounds perfect for a diabetic. Don't be shy about the generous application of a good quality full-fat mayonnaise, either. And I think you can have a glass (or two) of dry wine.

At least, it works for me ...
I am about 3 weeks into my diagnosis still no chocolate or bread. I feel better no raging thirst no smelly wee and no longer feel lethargic all the time.

I have been using diastix to test bgbut think will have to invest in a blood meter. They are hard to judge level but show an improvet but still too high.

does it take a while for body to respond to diet or should bg be down to acceptable levels already .

cheers guys
 

AtkinsMo

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You can love beer and still seriously reduce the Carbs by drinking Resolution by Marston’s Brewery. It’s double fermented to reduce the sugars and is only 3G Carbs per bottle.

My hubby drinks it half and half with Brew Dog Nanny State, which is low carb, low alcohol and very hoppy, so he ends up with a beer he likes the taste of (he finds the Brew Dog on it’s own a bit ‘hoppy’ and the Marston’s on its own a bit too strong for a ‘session beer’.

If you did that, you could add slightly to your meals and increase flavour and feel more satisfied. You have to remember nutrition, with only 700 calories coming from food you could end up malnourished. Take a look around the Low Carb world, recipes etc on this website, dietdoctor, etc etc could give you inspiration, eating the same food, month in, month out, year in, year out could end up being very tedious. Personally, LCHF enables me to eat foods that are ‘the new delicious’ so I literally never crave a ‘blow out’.

But, well done you, brilliant achievement!
 
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