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Michelle-richards3

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Hi, I'm new here, but feeling a bit sorry for myself and as supportive as my family are x unfortunately they just dont get it.

I've been overweight for as long as I can remember. I really struggle to lose weight, even if I'm following a plan to the t and doing lots of exercise I dont seem to lose it like other people.
At the beginning of January I did a total overhaul of my diet, cut of fizzy drinks (even diet) cut out bread, chocolate, sweets, crisps and literally only let healthy nutritious food past my lips. Doing lots of walking and keeping active. And actually losing a little weight. Then told friday my bloods have gone from 49 to 66 and I've been put on medication. I'm devastated. Cant help but feel I've done this to myself and I just feel so out of my depth with it all.
I've an appointment with the diabetic nurse Tuesday to check I've tolerated the meds and she is going to increase them. Should I be checking my bloods regularly? Not sure what to do next.

Sorry for waffled post x just feeling a little overwhelmed today xx
 
have you tried to go really low carb ; like under 20 grams of carbs in total daily..there are a lot of low carb recipes in this forum , https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/low-carb-diet-forum.18/ , as I have experienced the "support" thing , one is really alone in this, people who don't need looking at diets usually don't keep on being interested, so in the end we are to keep on the steady work by our selves ... but stay in here, there are a many very supportive people in the same boat... just take part and I am sure you'll feel welcomed in here
 
Michelle-richards3 said:
Then told friday my bloods have gone from 49 to 66 and I've been put on medication.
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OK I'll hazard a guess that this is an HbA1c which looks at the past 2-3 month level of your blood sugar.. it might well be that your dietary effects haven't had a chance to kick in fully so without them your level might have been even higher!

Great that you have cut out the pop and junk but not all "healthy nutritious foods" will necessarily help with lowering your blood sugar.

If you are happy to share the kind of things you are eating we could see if there are any glaring examples of things that wn't be doing you any favours blood sugar wise.
 
Michelle-richards3 said:
Hi, I'm new here, but feeling a bit sorry for myself and as supportive as my family are x unfortunately they just dont get it.

I've been overweight for as long as I can remember. I really struggle to lose weight, even if I'm following a plan to the t and doing lots of exercise I dont seem to lose it like other people.
At the beginning of January I did a total overhaul of my diet, cut of fizzy drinks (even diet) cut out bread, chocolate, sweets, crisps and literally only let healthy nutritious food past my lips. Doing lots of walking and keeping active. And actually losing a little weight. Then told friday my bloods have gone from 49 to 66 and I've been put on medication. I'm devastated. Cant help but feel I've done this to myself and I just feel so out of my depth with it all.
I've an appointment with the diabetic nurse Tuesday to check I've tolerated the meds and she is going to increase them. Should I be checking my bloods regularly? Not sure what to do next.

Sorry for waffled post x just feeling a little overwhelmed today xx
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Oops sorryy Hi and welcome too... missed that it was your first post!
 
Hi and welcome. Have a look at the keto diet, less than 20g per day. The advantage of it is that once you have got through the carbohydrate addiction, your appetite will melt away.

I had a really high number on dx. I concentrated on getting my numbers down rather than weight loss. My weight dropped off.

Have you got a meter?
 
Hi

I was diagnosed in September .... This was probably due to my inactivity during the UK lockdown last year..my hb1c1 test was 106 mol/mol. I bought a meter and very quickly and looked at the issue of what I could and could not eat.. mainly carbs and sugars.. that is rice, pasta, bread and anything sugary and even some root vegetables.. it was very hard. As I am 41 years old and I want to completely reverse it.. luckily I started work... and due to COVID changes at work which meant that I had to walk between 8000 - 10000 steps a day. So I recently had a blood test in jan and my h1bc1 test was 41mmol/mol which is in the normal range.. but still diabetic.. but a step in the right direction. Although now I am going back in the wrong direction as in my job ..not physically at work ..another lockdown.. I have to sit at a computer 5 -6 hours a days.. by the time I am done it is too dark to walk outside or just too cold or raining cats and dogs.. and I have fallen off the wagon.. I am hopefully going to be more focused..

I bought the Micheal Mosley blood fast 800 diet.. and looked into the keto diet.. like you I have always been overweight and I have pcos and am asian so ultimately more predisposed to get diabetes.. however I am trying to lose at least 2 -3 stones .. and hopefully that will reverse my condition .. fingers crossed.. so we will see..

either way.. if you want to manage it or reverse it .. you need to lower the amount of carbs.. and I love carbs.. it’s in everything.. but that being said a cheat meal every now and again is ok.. going out to eat is difficult.. but have a steak and a salad maybe about 8 pieces of chips rather than 30.. cauliflower rice mixed with a spoon of rice rather than rice and eggs are my friend.. I was checking my blood 4-5 times a day.. one in the morning ..one when I can back from work (as I can’t really check it at work easily)..one before dinner.. one two hours after dinner

I hope this helps

Pan
 
Aw thank you all for your replies and understanding it really means alot.im following slimming world at the mo. Using white rice and pasta so I've seen that changing to brown will help. I'm cooking/eating a lot of fresh food including fresh fruit, onions, peppers, mushrooms, spinach etc and varying what we are eating, following pinch of nom recipes.

Is sw a good diet for diabetes? Any other suggestions

Thanks
Michelle x
 
I am afraid that the Slimming World diet isn't great for T2. I went to SW for 6 months but only really went for the weigh in, I followed my own LCHF diet and lost over 10% of my body weight. Brown rice and pasta are just as bad as white when it comes to their effect on blood glucose levels.

Oh and ...welcome :)
 
I echo that slimming world and it’s reliance on starchy carbs to fill you up really isn’t going to help. (The old red days were far far better if you remember them as they limited starchy things much better). Carbs are glucose in the body and carbs are carb regardless of colour. Fruit can be not so good as well berries are best. Bananas, grapes and other tropicals worst

Most of us type 2, prediabetic and insulin resistant in here use low carb eating of some stricter (keto) or lesser degree. It works to control bloood sugars and is the only method most of us find works to lose weight without being miserable and hungry. But it does involve a leap of faith and mindset change.

Have a read of these and the links within them. (Especially success stories if you are still sceptical). Then come back and ask lots of questions

Intro to T2 and low carb. https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/
All the things I wish I’d been told earlier https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/th...ish-i’d-been-told-at-type-2-diagnosis.173817/
 
Oh and I’ll put money on you not needing to increase meds (and may be able to drop them) if you follow low carb. I’d definitely ask for more time for diet changes to take effect before adding anything else and a recheck in 3 months is very very common in this situation. The last reading won’t have had much of the improved eating at all included in the 3 month average so might already be dropping unknown to you or the nurse.
 
Michelle-richards3 said:
Aw thank you all for your replies and understanding it really means alot.im following slimming world at the mo. Using white rice and pasta so I've seen that changing to brown will help. I'm cooking/eating a lot of fresh food including fresh fruit, onions, peppers, mushrooms, spinach etc and varying what we are eating, following pinch of nom recipes.

Is sw a good diet for diabetes? Any other suggestions

Thanks
Michelle x
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Rice and pasta whatever the colour will likely be pretty awful for spiking blood sugars.
Fruit too might not be good.. a few berries are ok but tropical stuff is a no-no.
There's lots of meal ideas on www.dietdoctor.com as well as lots of infographics that explain the carb contents of various foods. Most of it is free and no need to sign up.
 
Hello and welcome,

Unfortunately many of the things we are told are healthy are not at all healthy for type 2 diabetics. read the link below as that will give give a quick overview.

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/blog-entry/the-nutritional-thingy.2330/

Unfortunately the medical profession often doesn't help that much with type 2s as their position is that it is a irreversible progressive disease. I went very low carb under 20 grams a day and my blood sugars went into the normal range. I also lost a lot of weight- over 30 kg.

Good luck and welcome.
 
Michelle-richards3 said:
Aw thank you all for your replies and understanding it really means alot.im following slimming world at the mo. Using white rice and pasta so I've seen that changing to brown will help. I'm cooking/eating a lot of fresh food including fresh fruit, onions, peppers, mushrooms, spinach etc and varying what we are eating, following pinch of nom recipes.

Is sw a good diet for diabetes? Any other suggestions

Thanks
Michelle x
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I was diagnosed a little over a year ago. One of the hardest things I had to adjust to is that all the "healthy eating" advice we get bombarded with by the media and health services is simply wrong for T2. Fruit, bread, pasta, rice, the eatwell plate, "wholemeal" "base your meals around starchy carbohydrates", all that stuff, is no good for T2 (I might also argue that it contributes directly to the diabetes problem the western world has). I have friends who can't quite understand why I eat an "unhealthy" high protein, high fat diet when I already have diabetes.... I was about to link you to Jo Kalsbeek's info but I see someone else has already done it. Sorry for the rant, but following the usual "healthy eating" advice will do T2s no favours at all.
 
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