Dear all
At 46, not being overweight and with a fairly healthy lifestyle but high cholesterol I was diagnosed with type two.
Six months on and having been put on two x 500 metformin a day my Hba1c is now 7.1% (dropped from 7.3...wow!) this is despite my having greatly altered my diet, exercising and reducing alcohol intake so I feel that I am doing the right things without making much difference.
My next steps are to increase exercise and reduce alcohol consumption further even to the degree of only on special occasions, currently I only drink about 4 units at any one time and then max three times a week.
I am also seeing my work re reducing stress levels as they do not help anything!
I would like to hear from other similar people as to how they are coping and what they are doing to combat it all.
Thanks alot
WaG
At 46, not being overweight and with a fairly healthy lifestyle but high cholesterol I was diagnosed with type two.
Six months on and having been put on two x 500 metformin a day my Hba1c is now 7.1% (dropped from 7.3...wow!) this is despite my having greatly altered my diet, exercising and reducing alcohol intake so I feel that I am doing the right things without making much difference.
My next steps are to increase exercise and reduce alcohol consumption further even to the degree of only on special occasions, currently I only drink about 4 units at any one time and then max three times a week.
I am also seeing my work re reducing stress levels as they do not help anything!
I would like to hear from other similar people as to how they are coping and what they are doing to combat it all.
Thanks alot
WaG