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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul41" data-source="post: 2660433" data-attributes="member: 503348">I don’t think I’m qualified to give advice but I can tell you what I did.I can relate to your feelings of shock and not knowing what to do , I think we all can.FYI I’m a 65 year old 1.82 metre bloke and was 102 kgs in July. Since then I’ve lost about 14kgs by going low carb and walking more. I’m going to try and get down to about 80kgs, we will see.I started by reading everything I could on the subject , it’s bewildering and confusing but this site and the advice given is brilliant.Have a look at some of the work by Dr David Unwin he has an excellent website including lessons and recipes. There are others and many inspirational stories , including from members past and present from this site. Basically I learnt that whilst we all might share the same problem ( pre diabetes) what you can / cannot tolerate eating is different to me. For instance I can eat beans and I’m enjoying them. I cannot eat any flour based foods though , this means no pasta , pastry and only certain breads are good.The key to knowing what you can / cannot eat is testing. Many use a finger prick test ( cheap as chips and available all over) and this can give information on how YOUR body reacts to different foods. Before you know it you have a set of foods that do not spike your BG and life becomes more relaxed.So now I’m at the “ normal “ blood glucose level according to the testing that I’m doing ( I used another formOf testing a CGM) and it’s comforting. Now I’m actually enjoying the ride and learning as I get healthier. Good luck.Paul</blockquote>

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