Valcendak
Member
- Messages
- 10
- Location
- Shipley, West Yorkshire
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Type 2 Diabetes
This is my first post, sorry it is lengthy, just on insight into how I got to where I am.
I have been diagnosed with T2 for the last 20 years, I am now 59. I lived in denial that I had a problem, "Yes of course I am trying to lose weight", " can't understand those results I eat healthy foods" lies and deceit full denial.
Three things happened;
1. My Diabetic Nurse after seeing my HBA1c rise from 59 to 75 in 3 Months changed my medication from Metaformin/Sitagliptin to Metformin/Canagliflozin. The side effects were terrible.
2. I went to weight management courses and the Expert course to educate me in my "Condition" it was on one of these courses hearing everyone say the same thing. "Tried to lose weight but anything I lost I put back on", "I can't live without 'insert whatever you want here' " etc etc the same excuses I was using.
3. I had a fall and needed surgery on my left quad, and needed transport to get to the hospital, for checkup etc over several weeks. I was the first to be picked up and we travelled around picking up other patients. These patients all suffered with Diabetes and the realisation that I was heading in the same direction as these souls who suffered with ulceration so and amputations.
I had to do something........
I spent several days looking at all I had learnt from the government run weight management classes, the charity run Expert Class, the GP who knows nothing about diabetes, the Diabetic Nurse who refused to prescribe Test Strips. The realisation no one wanted to cure my "Condition" , why would they its a Cash Cow for them and the pharmaceutical companies who create very profitable plasters to cover the problem but never heal it. There was only one person who could help me....That person was Me, no one else cared or was bothered about me being FAT.
I had to do Something....
Stage1,
1. Made a list for one week of EVERYTHING I let past my lips.
2. I created a Free account on MyFitnessPal and created a daily diary of what I had eaten in that week.
Result:
OMG! You greedy fat pig, 26 bags of crisps in one sitting!!!! Two Double Sausage and Egg McMuffins and SIX Hash Browns to name only TWO meals I had.
Don't talk about the Calorie Intake, the Carbs alone would kill a Rhino.
Stage2, Jan 2016
1. I Used the KetoCalorieCalculator website to find out what calorie intake I should be eating to lose 1lb per week, my result was 1800kCal per day,
2. I followed it for three months.
Result:
weight loss Nothing, Zilch, Nanna. That was the three months leading upto my HBA1c of 79 and change of medication to canagliflozin....
What on earth is going on....
Stage3,
More research. Searching on t'internet and found you kind souls on the diabetes.co.uk website and forums, I looked in on all the encouragement you were giving each other, the support you gave for individuals to fight their corner when dealing with "People that know better" and I also found the whisperings of "The Newcastle Diet"
Result:
Carbs are the killer,,,,carbs are Killing me. The Newcastle Diet looked at reducing your Carb intake to less than 50g per day, also backed up with Atkins diet to some degree and also the swathes of diets now proclaiming Low Far Out Low Carb In.
Stage4, April 5th
1. I Looked at my last three months of the food I had logged in the MyFitnessPal app and now adjusted my diet so I would only eat no more than 50g Carbs.
2. Do light exercise, walking when I could.
Result:
I have been doing this for three months, I have lost 30lbs in weight and my latest HBA1c is now 50.
Stage5, August 5th 2016
I am looking for a Medical professional at my Medical Centre who will give me the OK to try the 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet to try and reduce my dependency on Medication and hopefully stop the Medical Profession looking at me and treating me the way they have in the past.
Question:
Is there anyone who can give me help, Advise and assistance in doing the 8 Week Bloid Sugar Diet.
I have been diagnosed with T2 for the last 20 years, I am now 59. I lived in denial that I had a problem, "Yes of course I am trying to lose weight", " can't understand those results I eat healthy foods" lies and deceit full denial.
Three things happened;
1. My Diabetic Nurse after seeing my HBA1c rise from 59 to 75 in 3 Months changed my medication from Metaformin/Sitagliptin to Metformin/Canagliflozin. The side effects were terrible.
2. I went to weight management courses and the Expert course to educate me in my "Condition" it was on one of these courses hearing everyone say the same thing. "Tried to lose weight but anything I lost I put back on", "I can't live without 'insert whatever you want here' " etc etc the same excuses I was using.
3. I had a fall and needed surgery on my left quad, and needed transport to get to the hospital, for checkup etc over several weeks. I was the first to be picked up and we travelled around picking up other patients. These patients all suffered with Diabetes and the realisation that I was heading in the same direction as these souls who suffered with ulceration so and amputations.
I had to do something........
I spent several days looking at all I had learnt from the government run weight management classes, the charity run Expert Class, the GP who knows nothing about diabetes, the Diabetic Nurse who refused to prescribe Test Strips. The realisation no one wanted to cure my "Condition" , why would they its a Cash Cow for them and the pharmaceutical companies who create very profitable plasters to cover the problem but never heal it. There was only one person who could help me....That person was Me, no one else cared or was bothered about me being FAT.
I had to do Something....
Stage1,
1. Made a list for one week of EVERYTHING I let past my lips.
2. I created a Free account on MyFitnessPal and created a daily diary of what I had eaten in that week.
Result:
OMG! You greedy fat pig, 26 bags of crisps in one sitting!!!! Two Double Sausage and Egg McMuffins and SIX Hash Browns to name only TWO meals I had.
Don't talk about the Calorie Intake, the Carbs alone would kill a Rhino.
Stage2, Jan 2016
1. I Used the KetoCalorieCalculator website to find out what calorie intake I should be eating to lose 1lb per week, my result was 1800kCal per day,
2. I followed it for three months.
Result:
weight loss Nothing, Zilch, Nanna. That was the three months leading upto my HBA1c of 79 and change of medication to canagliflozin....
What on earth is going on....
Stage3,
More research. Searching on t'internet and found you kind souls on the diabetes.co.uk website and forums, I looked in on all the encouragement you were giving each other, the support you gave for individuals to fight their corner when dealing with "People that know better" and I also found the whisperings of "The Newcastle Diet"
Result:
Carbs are the killer,,,,carbs are Killing me. The Newcastle Diet looked at reducing your Carb intake to less than 50g per day, also backed up with Atkins diet to some degree and also the swathes of diets now proclaiming Low Far Out Low Carb In.
Stage4, April 5th
1. I Looked at my last three months of the food I had logged in the MyFitnessPal app and now adjusted my diet so I would only eat no more than 50g Carbs.
2. Do light exercise, walking when I could.
Result:
I have been doing this for three months, I have lost 30lbs in weight and my latest HBA1c is now 50.
Stage5, August 5th 2016
I am looking for a Medical professional at my Medical Centre who will give me the OK to try the 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet to try and reduce my dependency on Medication and hopefully stop the Medical Profession looking at me and treating me the way they have in the past.
Question:
Is there anyone who can give me help, Advise and assistance in doing the 8 Week Bloid Sugar Diet.
