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It's what motivated me too. I was aware that I was in the 'at risk' group as my mother was T2, and I was overweight with the fat mainly around my middle which is the worst place,
But I kept telling myself that I was ok and would put off trying to lose weight. Until I was diagnosed T2.
 

I’m saying without knowing for sure which test it was in what units it’s impossible to know what it means. Go ask the surgery the actual test name and what units the results are in. For future use it’s always worth getting a printout to save confusion and so you can double check any details.
 

Thanks I’ll do that tomorrow.
 
Hello. the waiting is hard, the diagnosis is hard. This will all seem peculiar and unpleasant for a while, but gradually it will make sense. The test result, which you need to get a copy of, will be helpful but you already know that things need to change.
The best metaphor I can think of is that you have been drifting on the ocean for a while but have just realised. You are waiting for the co-ordinates of exactly where you are, but in a way it doesn't matter because you have made radio contact with all the right people who will help you back to shore safely.
This may seem overwhelming at first but make a plan for just a few days; then the next few; then the next week. When a Low Carb diet starts making inroads into your weight loss target this will all start to feel a lot better.
Keep asking questions - people here want to help. Things will get better.
 

Feeling like I’ve jumped the gun a bit and that I’ll be telling you all in the next couple of days that the bloods were a glitch and that I’m fine and don’t have diabetes. I am totally in denial. Is this normal.
 
Lisa haffy said:
I am totally in denial. Is this normal.
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Depends.. When I was 23 stone and went to the doc due to all over pins and needles I had a pretty strong suspicion what I would be diagnosed with and hey I was right.
So I did something about it.
A diagnosis is just that .. it lets you know that you have something wrong with you. What then needs to happen is you do something about it.
Until you know for sure what is wrong then the action is unclear but once you know you can hit it hard.
I can't stop you stressing but its a bit pointless to be honest. Wait and have the second test and then when you get some results (and find out what has actually been tested) we are all here to help.
We have all been in your position.
 

Thank you.
 
Lisa haffy said:
Feeling like I’ve jumped the gun a bit and that I’ll be telling you all in the next couple of days that the bloods were a glitch and that I’m fine and don’t have diabetes. I am totally in denial. Is this normal.
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It is quite normal to be in denial. But I agree with @bulkbiker that it is just information which you can use to take action, and you already have enough information to take that action anyway.
Either your Hba1c will be at diabetic level, in which case you need to reduce it.
Or it will be at pre-diabetic level, in which case you need to reduce it.
Or it will be non-diabetic level (which would be nice) but if you are really 30kg overweight then you might want to reduce that to reduce the risk of diabetes or other health problems in the future.
So by all means remain optimistic, this is a hard emotional journey for any of us to go on. But if you want to make some positive changes to your life and health then all the help is right here in these pages from people who have done it. I've turned my life around this year, not because I'm amazing, I'm was just a fat diabetic guy in a suit. Now I'm just a thin guy in a suit with T2 in remission. You can do that too. You've taken the most important first step by coming here to seek guidance - that isn't jumping the gun, because you can use that guidance now to help you.
 

You are of course absolutely right, I have known for a while that lifestyle and diet has been well of target, I know I need to pull it back, I’ve tried and tried t9 lose weight, even going to the gym and doing metafit for thirty mins a day, and spin thirty mins a day, diet after diet and I’ve still failed so I’m obviously doing something wrong. I just need to work out what. Thanks will probably need more help with this.
 
Bet you haven't tried low carb before!
 
xfieldok said:
Bet you haven't tried low carb before!
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Just the cave man diet, but that was too hard to sustain but I’m defo gonna look at this carbohydrate diet. Maybe ge5 some meal plans from someone. Any advice welcome.
 
Lisa haffy said:
Feeling like I’ve jumped the gun a bit and that I’ll be telling you all in the next couple of days that the bloods were a glitch and that I’m fine and don’t have diabetes. I am totally in denial. Is this normal.
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Absolutely normal. It's one of the stages of grief, and whatever way you turn it a (potential) diagnosis does induce some of that. I can tell you, that if you did jump the gun, all of us will be quite happy for you. And a little jealous besides. And if you didn't jump the gun, well... We can help you work through it.

As you said, you are overweight and no diet has stuck before. Low carb can help, even if your bloodsugars don't need fixing. I got huge due to meds, PCOS and Hashimoto's (and absolutely rubbish advice from my dietician which made a bad obese situation worse and morbidly obese), and was told I just couldn't help being big: that was just my lot in life. (That was a direct quote from my dietician). I went to a gym until my rheumatism threw a wrench in and my hip became severely inflamed, but even then, it didn't help anyway. After all, and you'll hear this one here often: You can't outrun a bad diet. And you really need to be able to stick with it. Solution to that is usually finding food you really enjoy eating. I don't hate my eggs with loads of bacon and goat's cheese, and I love my tuna salad, meat and fish... Nuts, adore 'em, but not half as much as my extra dark chocolate! And I never knew I'd really enjoy celery sticks with a bit of hummus as a snack or even as lunch. Hipster-chow suits me. Avocado took some getting used to, but I like them in my salad, or with a little salt & pepper. And I have a McD or BK burger about once a month, sometimes two: I just tell 'em to hold the bun, and voila, low carb. (And a lot juicier without that spunge they usually serve it with). Find food that loves you back. It works, honest. And it makes being on a diet less of a punishment; it becomes part of the reward.

My mom's about as wide as she is tall, (sadly, that's not a mean exaggeration...) and she's trying to low carb a little now. She can't remember carbs half the time and she's not quite as motivated or as rigorous as I am, (and not diabetic), but she does have heart and lung problems, and since she's started reducing carbs she's found she can actually walk little distances again without running out of breath or her heart pounding out of her chest, and she's stopped wheezing months ago, which she's done for over a decade. So even for non-diabetics it does have an impact. She doesn't see it, but she is losing weight. It's hard to tell when you see yourself in the mirror every day, but I can see it, in her face especially.

You hold on to hope as long as you have/need to, and as long as you can without having it crushed. Mine went out the window when I made a so-called curve the day after I found my bloodglucose was a bit high. I borrowed my diabetic cat's meter and took a reading every hour, on the hour. I've had bad things happen to me in my life, but that day was one of the ones where I cried the most. I couldn't deny an 18+ reading post-lunch, and I was just... In a puddle. There was no way around that, no denying anything from that point in. You feel whatever you need to feel and work through it as you need to work through it. Whatever comes next, good news or bad... We're rooting for you!

Hugs,
Jo
 
Lisa haffy said:
Just the cave man diet, but that was too hard to sustain but I’m defo gonna look at this carbohydrate diet. Maybe ge5 some meal plans from someone. Any advice welcome.
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www.dietdoctor.com had loads of recipies. You can join and get their (based on US grocery stores) meal plan, but the recipies are free, and you don't have to join or pay for those. Knock yourself out.
 
Lisa haffy said:
Just the cave man diet, but that was too hard to sustain but I’m defo gonna look at this carbohydrate diet. Maybe ge5 some meal plans from someone. Any advice welcome.
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Have a look at dietdoctor.com

Once you get past carb cravings it is easy to feel full. I did rosemary Connolly a couple of times and I was starving all the time.
 
If I could only have all the money back that I wasted on gym memberships over the years I could probably afford an expensive car. Exercise is helpful for health but pretty useless for weight loss. "Diets" by their very nature are short termist and eventually will fail.
What a lot of us have found is that by changing what we eat you can not be hungry (which is why most diets fail) and can lose weight (not all but a large percentage) by eating great tasting food. All you have to do is chuck away what you have been told for the past 50 years concerning food.
 
That line about “i’ve tried loads of diets” is one I’ve read over and over on low carb forums the last few months. Usually followed by “and this one works” or similar.

Another site I found in my early search that I use a lot is ditchthecarbs.com which has lots of recipes and ideas and a support Facebook page with load screen of ideas and moral support.
 

Gonna ring for results of my second blood tests. Can’t see them being different to the first lot as I inadvertently fasted for the first tests and when they rang to call me in the next day I was told to fast. I told the nurse I fasted for the first lot and she says it’s fine to fast for a non fasting but not okay not to fast for a fasting test. Apparently fasting tests are never wrong.
I’ll be looking at all these low carb thingys and start making some meal plans,
 
Good news for me the second bloods came back normal. But it’s given me a scare and I will be changing my diet. Thanks for all of your support.
 
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