Hi i am 37 years old and have just been informed that i am a diabetic with a Hb1ac reading of 97.
My BMI is 29 and my GP is not overly concerned with my weight but my recent diet is atrocious. I regulary skip meals (sometimes only eating one huge evening meal) and my diet is made up of too many takeaway and restaurant meals.
All of this must be contributing factor to my diabetes diagnosis. My GP thinks it will be impossible to reverse this with a better diet and exercise. I have a sedentary occupation and the only exercise i get is playing table tennis once per week.
I suffer from health based anxiety which centres around concerns about my own mortality. i read Google far too much for diagnosis.and i am trying to stay calm. My father had diabetes and passed at 54 with CVD so its hard to drown out the negative thoughts that a similar fate awaits me.
...I can see there could still be positives as this will force me to be healthy and my health will be regulary monitored, which will reduce risk. However from what I've read there is no guarantee that my levels will come down with medocation, so this is extremely daunting. I've also read that a low carb high fat diet is a good way to go, but i also have high cholesterol so i dont think a high fat diet is going to be conducive for my health.
As you can see im a bit overwhelmed and would appreciate any advice. My reading is towards the top of the spectrum so it would be heartening to here from people with similar readings who have managed to get their diabetes under control.
Many thanks
My BMI is 29 and my GP is not overly concerned with my weight but my recent diet is atrocious. I regulary skip meals (sometimes only eating one huge evening meal) and my diet is made up of too many takeaway and restaurant meals.
All of this must be contributing factor to my diabetes diagnosis. My GP thinks it will be impossible to reverse this with a better diet and exercise. I have a sedentary occupation and the only exercise i get is playing table tennis once per week.
I suffer from health based anxiety which centres around concerns about my own mortality. i read Google far too much for diagnosis.and i am trying to stay calm. My father had diabetes and passed at 54 with CVD so its hard to drown out the negative thoughts that a similar fate awaits me.
...I can see there could still be positives as this will force me to be healthy and my health will be regulary monitored, which will reduce risk. However from what I've read there is no guarantee that my levels will come down with medocation, so this is extremely daunting. I've also read that a low carb high fat diet is a good way to go, but i also have high cholesterol so i dont think a high fat diet is going to be conducive for my health.
As you can see im a bit overwhelmed and would appreciate any advice. My reading is towards the top of the spectrum so it would be heartening to here from people with similar readings who have managed to get their diabetes under control.
Many thanks
