- Messages
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi folks,
I have been a quiet lurker on this forum for a long, long time. I think I've posted one message before tonight. But I am approaching the end of my tether with regards to making the changes that I need to make to get my T2D under control.
I was diagnosed almost exactly 2 years ago and am on a couple of different oral medications (recently starting Forxiga to see if I could get better glucose control and lose some weight with it). At my last check-up, my liver function results were a cause for slight concern and my A1C was up compared to my last couple of tests. I know why - I just haven't been managing my eating at all.
And that's the nub of it. I know there's the potential of great benefit if I can just change my diet somehow... but there are times when that just seems like an insurmountable challenge.
I'm in my late 30s and have been overweight most of my adult life. I'm reasonably active (play squash and football at least once a week and do a decent bit of cycling when the weather's accommodating). But I remain about 18 1/2 st. I have no expectations of ever being a beanpole, but I just wonder what sort of difference I could make if I could shift a couple of stone. Everything I've read in the last year or so makes it quite clear that halting and reversal are completely possible with the right amendments to what we eat.
I know that exercise is really only a small part of it - that my diet needs to be adjusted from what it has been for so long, but I just find that transition so difficult to visualise and plan for. At the minute, I know that my carb intake is very, very high - and usually of the wrong type (white, starchy stuff). I try to substitute for brown, but I still take in too much, especially late in the evenings. I'm convinced this is down to habit as much as anything - just things I have done for years and struggle to simply not do.
And I have a real aversion to most vegetables. I like to read up on these things and have seen so many alternatives diet plans and approaches e.g. LCHF, Newcastle Diet, etc. I look at many recipes and eating plans and cringe (and occasionally retch) at the thought of eating some of the concoctions. But there's a big part of my brain screaming at me that these changes can be achieved - there are so many success stories out there - and that I just need to start somewhere.
So... I'm guessing there'll be more than one or two people on here who recognise the emotions I'm describing. Where do I start? What's my first step(s)? Thanks for reading...
I have been a quiet lurker on this forum for a long, long time. I think I've posted one message before tonight. But I am approaching the end of my tether with regards to making the changes that I need to make to get my T2D under control.
I was diagnosed almost exactly 2 years ago and am on a couple of different oral medications (recently starting Forxiga to see if I could get better glucose control and lose some weight with it). At my last check-up, my liver function results were a cause for slight concern and my A1C was up compared to my last couple of tests. I know why - I just haven't been managing my eating at all.
And that's the nub of it. I know there's the potential of great benefit if I can just change my diet somehow... but there are times when that just seems like an insurmountable challenge.
I'm in my late 30s and have been overweight most of my adult life. I'm reasonably active (play squash and football at least once a week and do a decent bit of cycling when the weather's accommodating). But I remain about 18 1/2 st. I have no expectations of ever being a beanpole, but I just wonder what sort of difference I could make if I could shift a couple of stone. Everything I've read in the last year or so makes it quite clear that halting and reversal are completely possible with the right amendments to what we eat.
I know that exercise is really only a small part of it - that my diet needs to be adjusted from what it has been for so long, but I just find that transition so difficult to visualise and plan for. At the minute, I know that my carb intake is very, very high - and usually of the wrong type (white, starchy stuff). I try to substitute for brown, but I still take in too much, especially late in the evenings. I'm convinced this is down to habit as much as anything - just things I have done for years and struggle to simply not do.
And I have a real aversion to most vegetables. I like to read up on these things and have seen so many alternatives diet plans and approaches e.g. LCHF, Newcastle Diet, etc. I look at many recipes and eating plans and cringe (and occasionally retch) at the thought of eating some of the concoctions. But there's a big part of my brain screaming at me that these changes can be achieved - there are so many success stories out there - and that I just need to start somewhere.
So... I'm guessing there'll be more than one or two people on here who recognise the emotions I'm describing. Where do I start? What's my first step(s)? Thanks for reading...