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14 months and going well

ultradad

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
Had my review with nurse today. HbA1c is 30. Total Cholestrol is 5.7, HDL 1.7, LDL 4 and TRI is 0.5. Feet checked out ok and eyes were ok when checked last. Weight is 81 kg (12.7 stone). Waist down to 34 now.
Now i got the update out the way i want to say thank you to a great forum . Support and information from here has helped me get where i am right now as i didnt have a clue what to do when i found out .
Dropping in every day to post monring bloods has helped me stay on track. Watching everyone trying to get through the day has made me realise how lucky i am with a few changes made a big difference and i dont have to fight with my bloods every day trying to keep them low like a lot of the members here do
Only verbal complement i had from surgery was from the nurse this morning who said i done brilliant and wished all her patients were as good as me . They will see me every 6 months now so i just got to keep doing what i am doing and not fall off the wagon.
Was loosing to much weight on 20 grams or less of carbs (went down to 11 stone 10) so had to up my carbs to 40-50 grams a day to try and put a bit of weight back on without messing my blood sugars up. I look a bit healthier now but turned into a boney boy at one point . I have noticed when i get hungry now my bloods are usualy at 4.5 so i have a meaty top up and am good to go for a bit then.
Thanks again everyone. This is my go to place and recommend it to anyone who is interested or looking for info. Going to be here for a long time i hope
 
Wow, well done, really pleased for you
 
Your story sounds brilliant and don't you feel so much better when you look after yourself ? Well done .
 
Great results well done.
 
You have done so well! I look at your consistently good BG readings and am mighty impressed.
 
Very well done! Keep up the good work!
 
that's so encouraging to hear.
Got my low carb group going and getting them test strips for the duration of the course has been so helpful as they struggle to eat low carb yet can see what happens when they do go off plan!
They do complain of hunger and lack of energy (we are in week 5) still and I feel as if they are still scared of topping up on more meat/fish /eggs etc/ What should I tell them ?
 
NicoleC1971 said:
They do complain of hunger and lack of energy (we are in week 5) still and I feel as if they are still scared of topping up on more meat/fish /eggs etc/ What should I tell them ?
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I have always tryed to get fatty cuts of meat, like chops with as much fat around it as possible, mince with more than 15% fat (25% fat if you can handle it), cuts of steaks with fat on are usualy cheaper as well. Angus beef burgers from icelands, pork sausages, bacon etc. Cathedral mature chedder cheese got no carbs in it but lots of fats and protiens. When you go low carb you need more fats in your daily diet. I used a keto calculator when i started
A simple keto calculator https://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
Always found getting enough fats the hard part but eggs have a good mix of proteins and fats. Tryed adding double cream into my coffee a few times a day but didnt work for me as i started spending a bit of time in the toilet .
My diet is a bit basic based around a few food groups but some of the members post there recipes on here that look realy nice and tasty https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today.75781/page-2543#post-2525206. I am in here daily looking for idears to make my dinner plate a bit more exciting than 2 pieces of gammon and no brocclli ias i could not be bothered to cook it again
 
NicoleC1971 said:
as if they are still scared of topping up on more meat/fish /eggs etc/ What shoul
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I like the "hard boiled eggs" hunger killer.
Get them to boil at least 6 eggs and put them in the fridge, then when they feel hungry to eat an egg. If they are still hungry eat another egg and so on. If they can't eat an egg than its not physical hunger, it's emotional, or timed, or craving etc
If they eat eggs and are satisfied that's OK.
After just a few days of this, they learn to eat to hunger, to learn what is emotional hunger etc and eventually won't need eggs in the fridge, becuase just the idea of them is enough.
No damage, no heart attacks, no weight gain because its only for a week or so.
It worked for me.

Can't remember who had the original idea as I'd love to credit them with it
 
I like this approach for a bunch of people who do seem to have a 'pudding compartment' thing going on !
 
Thanks a lot for your suggestions!
And the links.
I have been warned by the surgery not to push sat fat too hard so I am getting around that by suggesting that they eat the fat the meat naturally comes with....
Also just heard Dr Ken Berry discussing the joys of wilted salad i.e. cooking lardons /bacon bits in a pan then pouring the fat onto salad leaves as well as the bacon!
 
NicoleC1971 said:
I like this approach for a bunch of people who do seem to have a 'pudding compartment' thing going on !
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Sometimes the pudding craving just has to be itched. An lc chocolate mug cake usually does the trick
 
MrsA2 said:
Sometimes the pudding craving just has to be itched. An lc chocolate mug cake usually does the trick
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Not a pudding fan, but that sounds nice .

When I started I missed a little sugar 'hit'

A few blueberries hit that spot, as did sugar free jelly, blueberries & double cream.

Think the jelly filled my stomach up, so only a small bit required .

Rarely have it now, I seem to have moved past that sweet 'habit'..but a handful of blueberries is still a treat.
 
Brilliant stuff @ultradad

And you've made it look easy
But we both know it takes time & a little dedication... marvellous effort.

Such a satisfying feeling
Proof of the pudding, indeed .

Shame we don't get more from docs

So the well done must have felt nice

I got a well done on mine too, but no one curious how I did it

Long live the forum
Viva la resistance.
 
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