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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1964779" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Hey Josie, and welcome!</p><p>I couldn't lose weight to save my life, literally... Basically, all common diets focus on fat as an obesity-culprit. But... And that's a BIG but... As a T2 you have a problem processing glucose. (Carbs turn to glucose once ingested, which is important to realise). You make loads of insulin, but you're insensitive to it, so rather than helping you burn the glucose as fuel, it just... Doesn't. For years, the excess gets stored in fat cells as your prediabetes gets worse. (Gaining weight is a symptom of prediabetes, is doesn't cause it!) And that's the catch. If you don't know it's glucose that's being stored, if you don't know processing carbs back out is the problem, then you can't tailer your diet to lose that weight! If you just go low fat, it doesn't help one iota. Me, I saw a dietician in the hospital and she told me to eat more carbs and cut down on fats. I ballooned even further, went from obese to morbidly obese on that advice in about 6 months. The dietician shrugged and told me I was just "one of those people who couldn't lose weight", and was dismissed.</p><p></p><p>But now you know!</p><p>Now you know what the problem is, that there's a metabolic issue that causes your body to hold on to glucose in fat cells... And now you can actually DO something about it! I lost a third of a person going low carb... Took me a while, but I'm 25 kilo's (50 pounds) lighter than I was 2 years ago. For others it usually happens faster, but my thyroid doesn't work and there's other metabolic issues to contend with besides medication... But still. Shed 25 kilo's in spite of all that.</p><p></p><p>So it can be done.</p><p>And there is hope! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Also, besides losing that weight, I also happened to put my T2 into remission. So there's that. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> (Not to mention getting rid of certain food intolerances... I can have cheese and milk and eggs again! Oh, and my panic attacks are nowhere near as bad or as frequent as they used to be. Depression's better than it was too... Getting off track here, sorry. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 1964779, member: 401801"] Hey Josie, and welcome! I couldn't lose weight to save my life, literally... Basically, all common diets focus on fat as an obesity-culprit. But... And that's a BIG but... As a T2 you have a problem processing glucose. (Carbs turn to glucose once ingested, which is important to realise). You make loads of insulin, but you're insensitive to it, so rather than helping you burn the glucose as fuel, it just... Doesn't. For years, the excess gets stored in fat cells as your prediabetes gets worse. (Gaining weight is a symptom of prediabetes, is doesn't cause it!) And that's the catch. If you don't know it's glucose that's being stored, if you don't know processing carbs back out is the problem, then you can't tailer your diet to lose that weight! If you just go low fat, it doesn't help one iota. Me, I saw a dietician in the hospital and she told me to eat more carbs and cut down on fats. I ballooned even further, went from obese to morbidly obese on that advice in about 6 months. The dietician shrugged and told me I was just "one of those people who couldn't lose weight", and was dismissed. But now you know! Now you know what the problem is, that there's a metabolic issue that causes your body to hold on to glucose in fat cells... And now you can actually DO something about it! I lost a third of a person going low carb... Took me a while, but I'm 25 kilo's (50 pounds) lighter than I was 2 years ago. For others it usually happens faster, but my thyroid doesn't work and there's other metabolic issues to contend with besides medication... But still. Shed 25 kilo's in spite of all that. So it can be done. And there is hope! ;) Also, besides losing that weight, I also happened to put my T2 into remission. So there's that. ;) (Not to mention getting rid of certain food intolerances... I can have cheese and milk and eggs again! Oh, and my panic attacks are nowhere near as bad or as frequent as they used to be. Depression's better than it was too... Getting off track here, sorry. ;) ) [/QUOTE]
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