It's a year since I had my T2 confirmation
It's been a difficult year as it was also confirmed I had hemochromatosis which has caused other damage
However although at the time I thought it was hopeless & any change was beyond me I decided to take control
After reading on here & other places I decided to go for a low carb diet with daily exercise
1 year on I'm 36 kg lighter, waist 42 to 34, cholestetol normal, blood pressure down to normal and A1C 5.2
It can be done. It needs discipline and an understanding that all carbs are sugar and lots are hidden. The diet advance given by the NHS is not good!
I eat lots of meat, salad, cauliflower, broccoli, curry and have turnip fries.
Full fat greek yogurt, 85% dark chocolate along with homemade keto bread & cakes using almond flour
For me it was important to measure my key metrics of weight, blood sugar, BP and waist. It's rewarding to see the changes in real time
It's not easy but it's nowhere near impossible just focus on what you can eat not what you can't
It's been a difficult year as it was also confirmed I had hemochromatosis which has caused other damage
However although at the time I thought it was hopeless & any change was beyond me I decided to take control
After reading on here & other places I decided to go for a low carb diet with daily exercise
1 year on I'm 36 kg lighter, waist 42 to 34, cholestetol normal, blood pressure down to normal and A1C 5.2
It can be done. It needs discipline and an understanding that all carbs are sugar and lots are hidden. The diet advance given by the NHS is not good!
I eat lots of meat, salad, cauliflower, broccoli, curry and have turnip fries.
Full fat greek yogurt, 85% dark chocolate along with homemade keto bread & cakes using almond flour
For me it was important to measure my key metrics of weight, blood sugar, BP and waist. It's rewarding to see the changes in real time
It's not easy but it's nowhere near impossible just focus on what you can eat not what you can't
