Checking In 3 Weeks After Diagnosis.

[HappyPumpkin]

Just checking is as I have the double bubble of T2D newly diagnosed, which has occurred due to liver damage, which the Dr feels is a knock-on effect from my Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

I know I am rubbish at dieting. I know the only way I am going to manage this is to adapt my lifestyle choices. If I go cold turkey, I will not last til the end of the month.

So, I have cut back on some things. No chocolate, the odd couple of biscuits here and there. I'm still on my latte coffee sachet things for my liver. Eating more fruit. Melon occasionally, quite a number of strawberries which I am really loving without cream or sugar, apples, kiwi fruit, plums, a few bananas, lots of salads with lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes, oily fish a few times a week and my chickens fresh eggs.

I have not cut out all carbs, but I am working on a calorie deficit. I know it's not monitoring blood glucose. They have not given me a monitor, but I feel very different.

I am not dropping off in front of the TV every night, and my brain fog is much less.

I have also lost nearly 7kg in the last 6 weeks. Plus, my HbA1c was 54 6 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago, it was 51. I got a letter from both my Dr and Diabetic Nurse congratulating me on the weight loss, and the drop in HbA1c is just 3 weeks.

I will probably hit a brick wall at some point, and I have a birthday coming at the end of the month, and a cake has already been ordered a few months ago. But so far, I am happy. I am losing weight without feeling like I am on a diet. Soon, I should be able to add light exercise to the regime

 

[Resurgam]

@HappyPumpkin you are doing well, and if you find that you stall you can remove the high carb fruit for an extra push towards normal levels.
Chocolate is actually OK, in moderation, but not the high sugar bars which fill most of the shelves. Go for the high cocoa ones and either use it in desserts or have just one or two squares at a time.
Cream is usually OK for type 2s.
There are websites with low carb recipes for baking - lowcarblondoner is quite good. You might have to look around for the ingredients or get them mail order, and I keep mine in the freezer to keep them fresh as I don't use much these days, but it is nice to be able to bake a cake or some buns once in a while, or make some bread rolls for ham or beef burgers

 

[ianf0ster]

Hi @HappyPumpkin I'm rather surprised that you decided to reduce carbs but increase your fruit intake ( which apart from strawbs and other berries) is high carb - banana is about the worst, along with Mano and Pineapple. Remember that both sugars (e.g. Fructose = fruit sugar) as well as starches are all carbohydrates.
You don't mention fruit juice, so I hope you are managing to steer clear of that - it's almost as bad as high sugar content soft drinks!

 

[Grant_Vicat]

it's almost as bad as high sugar content soft drinks!

375ml of full fat Coke = 40g of carbohydrate
375ml of Pineapple juice = 48.8g No wonder I found this the best treatment for hypos!

 

[Deleted member 475901]

Once you are more settled look at low-carb cakes for next year? I've been supplying the team working with me this week with low-carb 'fruit' and chocolate cake as two of them are also T2. They've been amazed at how good these can taste while only 3-5g of carbs a slice.

Try switching from high-carb fruit like bananas to having a few raspberries with full-fat Greek yogurt?
I do eat chocolate but I changed from milk to 85% dark. A couple of squares a night is apparently good for people.
I also make a low carb dessert from a couple of pieces of 90% dark chocolate melted then warm cream poured over with a little sweetener - depending how energetic I feel this is a chocolate pudding or whipped up into a mousse.