- Messages
- 5
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hey guys,
When I was 18 I was diagnosed as prediabetic, I didn't really get much push from my doctors and avoided them until about 25 when I had my first bout of type 2, went to doc with high thirst, dry hands/lips, peeing every 5 minutes etc etc.
It's then that they told me i'm type 2 and to go on Metformin, I rebelled and didn't really follow it after a month or so and went back to my bad ways.
I'm 28 now and went into hospital with a bad virus which the nurse detected ketones/sugar in my urine and saw that my bloods were high again (not as bad as the last time though)
So I have finally decided to not mess around and actually do something about it, with a clean diet and exercise which i've been following even a 1 month before this diagnosis.
I was 168kg, down to 144kg now (i'm 6'5")
I've been put on 15 units of insulin each night to start along with 2x 500mg Metformin a day (any more and I have terrible diarrhea that really burns)
Coming to turns that I might have to use insulin for the rest of my life is pretty tough, but finding most of my other changes e.g. diet/exercise is really easy to conform too.
My biggest issue is I use to be a bit of a binger, sitting down and eating a bag of chips and M&M's was the norm, at the moment i'm craving to eat a snack in between my main meals that is low carb that will satisfy the crunch factor and volume a bag of chips would bring.
At work I snack on a handful of raw almonds between breakfast/lunch and a protein shake mid-arvo and that generally keeps me going/feeling full.
But in the weekends I don't, i'm craving something crunchy that I can not binge on but snack on while watching a movie or something.
I guess the thing i'm concerned about is the unknown of how quickly carbs are taken up (obviously low/high GI) and sometimes I would like to enjoy a small pizza or similar and i'm afraid if I do that it will raise my BGL too much.
When I was 18 I was diagnosed as prediabetic, I didn't really get much push from my doctors and avoided them until about 25 when I had my first bout of type 2, went to doc with high thirst, dry hands/lips, peeing every 5 minutes etc etc.
It's then that they told me i'm type 2 and to go on Metformin, I rebelled and didn't really follow it after a month or so and went back to my bad ways.
I'm 28 now and went into hospital with a bad virus which the nurse detected ketones/sugar in my urine and saw that my bloods were high again (not as bad as the last time though)
So I have finally decided to not mess around and actually do something about it, with a clean diet and exercise which i've been following even a 1 month before this diagnosis.
I was 168kg, down to 144kg now (i'm 6'5")
I've been put on 15 units of insulin each night to start along with 2x 500mg Metformin a day (any more and I have terrible diarrhea that really burns)
Coming to turns that I might have to use insulin for the rest of my life is pretty tough, but finding most of my other changes e.g. diet/exercise is really easy to conform too.
My biggest issue is I use to be a bit of a binger, sitting down and eating a bag of chips and M&M's was the norm, at the moment i'm craving to eat a snack in between my main meals that is low carb that will satisfy the crunch factor and volume a bag of chips would bring.
At work I snack on a handful of raw almonds between breakfast/lunch and a protein shake mid-arvo and that generally keeps me going/feeling full.
But in the weekends I don't, i'm craving something crunchy that I can not binge on but snack on while watching a movie or something.
I guess the thing i'm concerned about is the unknown of how quickly carbs are taken up (obviously low/high GI) and sometimes I would like to enjoy a small pizza or similar and i'm afraid if I do that it will raise my BGL too much.