Nezelette
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Hi everyone,
I was diagnosed with prediabetes a few days ago and I am determined to turn things round!
It was a big shock and disappointment because I am healthy in many ways, which makes it hard to "make a fresh start" as advised. I have a normal BMI, I eat well (low card already, lots of veg - mainly salads, chicken, no junk food), I drink very rarely, I have low blood pressure and I'm only 39... I was told, upon diagnosis, to exercise 5 days a week for 1/2 hour, but I ALREADY do that, and have done for many months. I am a runner, and I also do workouts and pilates. My mother has type 2 diabetes, so that must be a factor, but she has always eaten too much and been overweight, with a very carb-heavy diet and almost no exercise at all. I thought lifestyle would be the most determinant factor, but it looks like genetics got me instead...
Here are my questions:
I was diagnosed with prediabetes a few days ago and I am determined to turn things round!
It was a big shock and disappointment because I am healthy in many ways, which makes it hard to "make a fresh start" as advised. I have a normal BMI, I eat well (low card already, lots of veg - mainly salads, chicken, no junk food), I drink very rarely, I have low blood pressure and I'm only 39... I was told, upon diagnosis, to exercise 5 days a week for 1/2 hour, but I ALREADY do that, and have done for many months. I am a runner, and I also do workouts and pilates. My mother has type 2 diabetes, so that must be a factor, but she has always eaten too much and been overweight, with a very carb-heavy diet and almost no exercise at all. I thought lifestyle would be the most determinant factor, but it looks like genetics got me instead...
Here are my questions:
- How can I "change my lifestyle", as the doctor said, if I already had a healthy, active lifestyle? I feel down, because I feel there is very little I can do...
- I have had an underactive thyroid for 12 years, but it has been totally under control through medication. Could it be related?
- The blood test also revealed slightly elevated LDL cholesterol. I am reading that people are on low carb, high fat diet (which is what I have been on too, to an extent). Wouldn't that be dangerous for my cholesterol levels?
- I just got a glucose meter. Is it enough to measure every morning just to keep an eye on my fasting glucose? When else is a good time to measure? "After meals" seems pretty vague. How long after? What levels are expected then?
- I live in Thailand and have been eating a fair amount of fresh fruit (mango, melon, pineapple... perhaps 4 servings a day). Could that be the culprit?
- I have symptoms that worry me and upset me... I have put on about 8 pounds even though I exercise a fair bit, I have a dry mouth all the time, I get light headed when I'm hungry, I am absolutely exhausted (I work full time with 2 kids too)