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<blockquote data-quote="greenhowt" data-source="post: 2184054" data-attributes="member: 392064"><p>I decided I wasn't going to carb count, this was too much hassle, and I was determined not to take medication. I wasn't good with my 5 a-day fruit and veg, hardly touched the stuff. I also learnt not to take notice of the 'which sugars' figure on food labeling and only bother with the carb figure. I also decided I wasn't going to get hung up on how many carbs I should limit myself to on a daily basis. So I simply reviewed the products we bought and ate as a family and swapped brands based upon which one had the lowest total carb content, an example might have been swapping HP for Heinz or vice versa. I did at first cut out mash, rice, pasta, cakes, biscuits, crisps etc. and swapped white bread for low carb seeded breads, preferably no crust, and swapped full fat milk for semi-skimmed.</p><p></p><p>I massively upped my intake of fruit and veg and oily fish, although I did some homework on sugar/glucose content of fruits and chose the lower content ones. The great thing I learnt was I could eat cheese and as much cream as I wanted. My favorite breakfast is now porridge with fruit usually blueberries, strawberries and red grapes and sometimes rhubarb. As for mash we swapped it for a carrot and swede mash wish we now quite like a lot.</p><p></p><p>My big problem was always in the evening when I sat down with a cup of tea, I craved for chocolate, cake or biscuits with it. Now I reach for a bag of hazelnuts or a small chunk of dark 70% chocolate, 80 or 90% is too strong for my taste given I was always a milk chocolate person. Also during the day when I felt a little hungry between meals I would take a drink (usually tea) and this would often reduce my hunger, or I would eat something like a piece chicken or drumstick, or maybe some nuts usually hazelnuts because of their lower carb content to other nuts. </p><p></p><p>I did also upped my daily exercise level, got a dog so I can walk him 3 times a day.</p><p></p><p>These simple changes brought my levels down from 64 mmol/mol to 42 inside 6 months and took me out of the diabetic state, and to a level I've been able to maintain for over 2 tears now even though I've allowed rice and pasta to creep back into my diet but I moderate it.</p><p></p><p>Oh I also lost approx. 9kg in weight over a 9 month period which I didn't set out to do it just happened as a result of the changes.</p><p></p><p>The best thing was when I was first diagnosed I refused to go on Metformin and told my doctor that if I made the lifestyle changes and took the meds I wouldn't know which one had reduced my glucose levels, his words were "I understand your logic but your levels (64) are to high and I don't think you'll be able to reduce it sufficiently". 6 months later when I was down to 42 he said "I was wrong, I really didn't think you could do"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenhowt, post: 2184054, member: 392064"] I decided I wasn't going to carb count, this was too much hassle, and I was determined not to take medication. I wasn't good with my 5 a-day fruit and veg, hardly touched the stuff. I also learnt not to take notice of the 'which sugars' figure on food labeling and only bother with the carb figure. I also decided I wasn't going to get hung up on how many carbs I should limit myself to on a daily basis. So I simply reviewed the products we bought and ate as a family and swapped brands based upon which one had the lowest total carb content, an example might have been swapping HP for Heinz or vice versa. I did at first cut out mash, rice, pasta, cakes, biscuits, crisps etc. and swapped white bread for low carb seeded breads, preferably no crust, and swapped full fat milk for semi-skimmed. I massively upped my intake of fruit and veg and oily fish, although I did some homework on sugar/glucose content of fruits and chose the lower content ones. The great thing I learnt was I could eat cheese and as much cream as I wanted. My favorite breakfast is now porridge with fruit usually blueberries, strawberries and red grapes and sometimes rhubarb. As for mash we swapped it for a carrot and swede mash wish we now quite like a lot. My big problem was always in the evening when I sat down with a cup of tea, I craved for chocolate, cake or biscuits with it. Now I reach for a bag of hazelnuts or a small chunk of dark 70% chocolate, 80 or 90% is too strong for my taste given I was always a milk chocolate person. Also during the day when I felt a little hungry between meals I would take a drink (usually tea) and this would often reduce my hunger, or I would eat something like a piece chicken or drumstick, or maybe some nuts usually hazelnuts because of their lower carb content to other nuts. I did also upped my daily exercise level, got a dog so I can walk him 3 times a day. These simple changes brought my levels down from 64 mmol/mol to 42 inside 6 months and took me out of the diabetic state, and to a level I've been able to maintain for over 2 tears now even though I've allowed rice and pasta to creep back into my diet but I moderate it. Oh I also lost approx. 9kg in weight over a 9 month period which I didn't set out to do it just happened as a result of the changes. The best thing was when I was first diagnosed I refused to go on Metformin and told my doctor that if I made the lifestyle changes and took the meds I wouldn't know which one had reduced my glucose levels, his words were "I understand your logic but your levels (64) are to high and I don't think you'll be able to reduce it sufficiently". 6 months later when I was down to 42 he said "I was wrong, I really didn't think you could do" [/QUOTE]
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