how it started vs how it’s going

Wow I’m so inspired by your story and your lifestyle change you look fab. amazing you’ll be coming off your meds soon. I’m sure it was so challenging. I feel like I’ve just realised how unhealthy everyone is as a society now. Grocery stopping I just feel like so many carbs and unhealthy things everywhere it’s nuts!

 

Wow that’s an amazing HBA1c for a diabetic off meds. You should be so proud and off your lifestyle chance and weigh loss, such determination. As a mother is must be so hard cooking for non diabetics though. I’m so sorry to hear about your nan. Stress is terrible for blood sugars as you will know. Where you able to get your fasting numbers down to non diabetic range if you don’t mind me asking and how?

 

Aw, thank you for your lovely kind words. When I was diagnosed I wasn’t really sure what to eat, so I just went for meat and salad, for most meals,I’m lucky my kids aren’t overly fussy so I just add a bit more carbs to their meals, so if it’s chicken and salad, I’ll just add chips to their plates and if it’s stir fry I’ll add rice/ noodles to theirs. I try and keep meals as straight forward as possible. I’ve added more foods in now and it seems to be working for me. Sometimes I slip off the rails, no-ones perfect! My fasting numbers vary between 4.5 and 5.5. They came down within a few months. Hope this is helpful! Xx

 

Hey is me 19 months ago vs today.

I just have to say wow to everyone on this post, great transformations, not just on the weight lost but inj beat the monster called diabetes.

I was about 19 stone in the photo on the right and on the left about 12 stone on the right.

My story is, I was sent home from work 19months and 2 days ago. But ended up in hospital with a high heart rate. Due to very high blood sugars. Obviously was diagnosed type diabetic. I thought I was big but I thought I was relative healthy as I was walking about twice a day for about an hour.
So next day I started doing some research, bought the diabetic code by Dr Jason Fung, 60 ways to lower your blood sugar by Dennis Pollock. Then watched countless videos on you tube, found Beat diabetes channel and a few others. Went Low carb, high protein added ruining and weight to my fitness approach, still walking as well in fact more now. My dogs loves me for that, well sometimes. 19motnhs and 2 days, I have lost the weight control my blood sugars and feel great. I do have the odd cheat meal like a pizza, fish and chip ect and the odd beer or 3, as this keeps me sane and actually help my mental health.

 

Hopefully, I have accepted, that I will have a bad, with Blood glucose everyone now and then. But like yourself if I do an extra long run or walk before or after the effects are minimal .

Also On the cheat meal day, I try and train fasted in the morning and the helps big time as, I find it depletes my sugars.

 

Thanks, yeah could agree more, about that we think we are living healthly, but are bodies are nope your not.

In a weird way it was a bit of blessing getting diabetes as it was the kick up the ass, I needed.

But I am also got right into this fitness life style and going to try and take it right to the next level, as I love training and eating right, well most of the time like most people. I do have days I don't want to train. But now the Gyms are back open I am buzzing.