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Hi all
My first post so excuse any poor posting practice
I'm a tall 63 year old who about a year ago I was told I was diabetic. Was it a shock? you bet it was.! I'm 6 foot three , very active and had a BMI of around 25. It took an age to be told I had diabetes, during which time I'd google the life out of it and found the Newcastle diet which I put myself on despite objections from the diabetic nurse. Its a brutal diet but for me it worked. Over the 2 months of being on the diet, my average blood sugar reading dropped to 5.7 and I'd lost 10 kilos. Friends who hadnt seen me for a while thought I had cancer as I now look skinny. ( my BMI is now 21 )
Thanks to info on this site and others ( I've been lurking for a while) and again against the advise of my Dr and diabetic nurse I blood check often. between 5- 10 times per day, depending on how much control I can see from the meter reading. I also now take my blood pressure readings and O2 and Temperature often. Its my body, I figure and want to understand whats going on with it. I buy my blood strips on ebay when they are cheap, often ones which have short shelf lives which I test against regular ones and have found this to be ok.
My practice with BS testing is to cut out any foods which keep me above 6 for more than 2 hours, unless there is something I cant avoid.
I've discovered new ways of eating which is truly delicious, it is far harder work though and sometimes I miss the casualness of just eating anything .
I used to think I was a healthy eater, I made my own bread daily from spelt flour and lots of seeds and eat 4/5 pieces of fruit a day. None of that now, my old breakfast , porridge oats and a banana gives me BS of 8 for 3/4 hours.
Its still tough , by which I mean there are things I still dont understand. Lots of things . I've read everything I can and done a few courses including the open university open access course which is quite general but gives an overview of the subject.
At the moment I'm struggling to understand the activity / exercise thing. I'm happy to share what I've found out and what I wonder about..... if it helps anyone.
So thank you for being here, and hello!!!
My first post so excuse any poor posting practice
I'm a tall 63 year old who about a year ago I was told I was diabetic. Was it a shock? you bet it was.! I'm 6 foot three , very active and had a BMI of around 25. It took an age to be told I had diabetes, during which time I'd google the life out of it and found the Newcastle diet which I put myself on despite objections from the diabetic nurse. Its a brutal diet but for me it worked. Over the 2 months of being on the diet, my average blood sugar reading dropped to 5.7 and I'd lost 10 kilos. Friends who hadnt seen me for a while thought I had cancer as I now look skinny. ( my BMI is now 21 )
Thanks to info on this site and others ( I've been lurking for a while) and again against the advise of my Dr and diabetic nurse I blood check often. between 5- 10 times per day, depending on how much control I can see from the meter reading. I also now take my blood pressure readings and O2 and Temperature often. Its my body, I figure and want to understand whats going on with it. I buy my blood strips on ebay when they are cheap, often ones which have short shelf lives which I test against regular ones and have found this to be ok.
My practice with BS testing is to cut out any foods which keep me above 6 for more than 2 hours, unless there is something I cant avoid.
I've discovered new ways of eating which is truly delicious, it is far harder work though and sometimes I miss the casualness of just eating anything .
I used to think I was a healthy eater, I made my own bread daily from spelt flour and lots of seeds and eat 4/5 pieces of fruit a day. None of that now, my old breakfast , porridge oats and a banana gives me BS of 8 for 3/4 hours.
Its still tough , by which I mean there are things I still dont understand. Lots of things . I've read everything I can and done a few courses including the open university open access course which is quite general but gives an overview of the subject.
At the moment I'm struggling to understand the activity / exercise thing. I'm happy to share what I've found out and what I wonder about..... if it helps anyone.
So thank you for being here, and hello!!!