Good afternoon,
I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2, around 2 and a half months ago with an A1C of 7.6. At the time i was 103.5kg and had a waist circumference of 114cm. I am 165cm tall and 30 years old. I live in Australia.
I am now 73.9kg with a waist of 83cm.
Since my diagnosis, I have followed a 300-600cal diet from a local dietitian with zero sugars (apart fron 1 small serve of fruit a day) and no carbs apart from 30-50g of complex carb containing food (ie 50g lettuce). My dietitian has advised me not to touch any form of processed sugar, any form of raw/white sugar containing foods or drinks, fruit juices, processed meats, honey, fruit apart from berries with low GI, meat or fish or protein items with any fat and zero simple carbs. I have also been instructed to only consume protein based foods 2 times a day - breakfast (1x boiled egg) and dinner (25-50g of extremely lean meats) or no meat at all. Fruits to be limited and if I can, zero them out too. I have also been advised not to use any flavourings for vegetables (i.e. salts, pepper, sauces etc, as they may have been processed). I can't have sweet potatos, nothing white including cauliflower, no onions, no garlic, no cinnamon etc. I am not to each cheeses, no milk (of any kind) and no tea or coffee (sweet or unsweetened)
My meals are eggs for breakfast, a hand full of leaves (probably around 10g) for lunch and a very small (20-30g) piece of meat with 20g of leaves for dinner + 3 small strawberries for the day.
I was on 2000mg of metformin per day and now have been on 1000mg for about 3 weeks.
I do 50minutes of high intensity gym work at lunch for 6 days a week and 500-1000 situps each night for 7 days a week.
For the last week, i have been feeling very nauseous and passed out 35minutes into my gym session today. I lost all vision, my left arm went really numb and tingly, I lost all hearing and then fainted for about 5-10 minutes in the locked change room
I am really confused as I have read on multiple diabetes websites that I may need to carry around some fast digesting sugar/carbs in case I do pass out again. However, my dietitian has advised never ever to touch any form of sweet food again. I have also asked my work dietitian who has advised to cut out any root vegetables, cut out all protein and iron and calcium as well.
I don't want to put weight back on and I don't want to reduce my exercise too much as I have been (up until the last week where I've been feeling nauseous) enjoying the feeling after my exercise.
Can anyone please advise what I should do?
Thank you very much,
I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2, around 2 and a half months ago with an A1C of 7.6. At the time i was 103.5kg and had a waist circumference of 114cm. I am 165cm tall and 30 years old. I live in Australia.
I am now 73.9kg with a waist of 83cm.
Since my diagnosis, I have followed a 300-600cal diet from a local dietitian with zero sugars (apart fron 1 small serve of fruit a day) and no carbs apart from 30-50g of complex carb containing food (ie 50g lettuce). My dietitian has advised me not to touch any form of processed sugar, any form of raw/white sugar containing foods or drinks, fruit juices, processed meats, honey, fruit apart from berries with low GI, meat or fish or protein items with any fat and zero simple carbs. I have also been instructed to only consume protein based foods 2 times a day - breakfast (1x boiled egg) and dinner (25-50g of extremely lean meats) or no meat at all. Fruits to be limited and if I can, zero them out too. I have also been advised not to use any flavourings for vegetables (i.e. salts, pepper, sauces etc, as they may have been processed). I can't have sweet potatos, nothing white including cauliflower, no onions, no garlic, no cinnamon etc. I am not to each cheeses, no milk (of any kind) and no tea or coffee (sweet or unsweetened)
My meals are eggs for breakfast, a hand full of leaves (probably around 10g) for lunch and a very small (20-30g) piece of meat with 20g of leaves for dinner + 3 small strawberries for the day.
I was on 2000mg of metformin per day and now have been on 1000mg for about 3 weeks.
I do 50minutes of high intensity gym work at lunch for 6 days a week and 500-1000 situps each night for 7 days a week.
For the last week, i have been feeling very nauseous and passed out 35minutes into my gym session today. I lost all vision, my left arm went really numb and tingly, I lost all hearing and then fainted for about 5-10 minutes in the locked change room
I am really confused as I have read on multiple diabetes websites that I may need to carry around some fast digesting sugar/carbs in case I do pass out again. However, my dietitian has advised never ever to touch any form of sweet food again. I have also asked my work dietitian who has advised to cut out any root vegetables, cut out all protein and iron and calcium as well.
I don't want to put weight back on and I don't want to reduce my exercise too much as I have been (up until the last week where I've been feeling nauseous) enjoying the feeling after my exercise.
Can anyone please advise what I should do?
Thank you very much,