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spencer72

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Good afternoon,

I have been lurking for a while and found it informative. I was diagnosed with prediabetes while in hospital in Turkey. I ignored it like a fool. Anyway recently my blood results said I was pre-diabectic and I have finally decided to tackle the problem. I've probably been like this for a decade.
I'm absolutely determined to put this into remission. I was around 16 and a half stone until 14th May came along where I decided to fast. I saw a picture of my belly on my mates phone and this my epiphany. I only eat two meals a day now. Last being before 6pm. The first two weeks were extremely difficult. I couldn't sleep due to being extremely hungry. Some days i couldnt get to sleep until 5am.This got better as time went on. I always thought I had the fat gene but since cutting down on carbs/sugars etc and fasting I'm noticing the difference.

I have always struggled with my weight until now and even found quitting smoking easier. I'm just under 15 stone now and feel great for it.

I intend to diet and walk myself to death to reverse this. I brought myself a glucose monitor and I'm absolutely obsessed with it. It's my new PlayStation game.

My hobbies are tropical fish, Brighton Hove Albion and hand feeding a vixen fox I named Vanda.
 
Well done on the weight loss and good luck keeping it up.
You do not mention if you have seen a Dr or Diabetic nurse if you have not then please do.
what level are your readings ?
 
Hi, welcome

Well done with your progress so far! A couple of points I would like to mention is that you don't need to feel hungry, make sure you eat enough protein and fats to satisfy you whilst cutting down on carbs. This shouldn't feel like a 'diet' as such, more a new way of eating. I agree with @Mark Rawlinson about seeing a doctor.

Lastly, I was at Brighton a couple of weeks back...as an Arsenal fan. Wow! Very well played, the high line caught us out now that a couple of our faster players have been sold. There's a football thread here if you would like to join in.

Thread '2026/27 Football Season'

Ok today and very shortly we find out who our lads will be playing in the new season. We already have some friendlies pencilled in for July. Watch this space.
 
I agree with @zand - you don’t need to go hungry, in fact for me personally I find if I’m hungry it actually has a detrimental effect on my BG and raises my numbers. I don’t fast but I don’t snack either. I have 3 meals a day with about 6 hours in between but I don’t eat many carbs at all. About 20g carb a day. I also have a small no carb snack about 10pm, something like a hard boiled egg with a bit of mayo, or a small piece of cheese & a few nuts or a bit of celery.
 
Mark Rawlinson said:
Well done on the weight loss and good luck keeping it up.
You do not mention if you have seen a Dr or Diabetic nurse if you have not then please do.
what level are your readings ?
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I'm going to my doctors today to get my last reading. I only received a text message back in June asking if I would like to join a programme. I will definitely ask about seeing a diabetic doctor/nurse
 
I'm probably about 50gr - 80gr of carbs aday. Yeah my blood levels rise in the evening so I've started walking before bed also.
 
Tried replying to Zand but ran into technical issues on here.
 
spencer72 said:
Tried replying to Zand but ran into technical issues on here.
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Sorry about that @spencer72, did you get an error message when trying to reply? the forum can glitch sometimes, try again or you can try tagging a member by putting @ in front of their name like I have with your name in this post. If you continue to have problems just give myself or another of the mod team a shout
 
Saw a wonderful nurse this morning who wasn't actually a diabetic nurse. She was absolutely fantastic, witty, understanding and so down to earth. She showed me pictures of herself and said she was pre-diabectic.
Anyway my A1c in 2022 was 46. June this year was 43. She done another blood test which I was grateful for.
She basically told me to carry on exactly what I was doing. My HDL was 4.5.? Blood pressure normal and I lost about 15kgs. BMI from 33 to 28. I had both feet tested which hasn't happened before.
She was genuinely pleased with my results and my commitment to reversing it.
I left the surgery happy and energised.
Yesterday I did 27382 steps broken up into different walks. Walking time 3 hours 43 mins. These were proper walks not just steps counted throughout the day. I'm on course for the same steps total today.
 
The lovely nurse I saw on Tuesday phoned me today to give me my results.

I scored very low on the prostate score. My cardiovascular score has dropped from 11? In 2024 to 10? Something in June to 6.8 today.
HDL has dropped from 4.5 to HDL to 4.2
The best bit......I'm no longer classed as pre-diabectic. My score has dropped from 43 to 40. She was excited and this was genuine. She just said to me to continue what I doing as its working for me.
I have put so much effort into this and this is my reward.
Not only have I reversed it but I'm a lot slimmer aswell.
There were clothes that i really liked that I couldn't part with and hid away. Never believing for one moment I would ever fit into them again.
Shop window reflections are not scary anymore.
All I need now is for my hair to grow back. I wonder if I walk more I might be able to reverse this?

Thanks all
 
Well done
this is exactly what my nurse said at my last check up (last February) am well overdue this one but all the blood labs in Lancashire on strike so can only get part of it done
 
Mark Rawlinson said:
Well done
this is exactly what my nurse said at my last check up (last February) am well overdue this one but all the blood labs in Lancashire on strike so can only get part of it done
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I cannot quite believe how quickly I have turned it around. Once I get something into my head that's it.
I intend to stick around also to remind myself how easy it is to fall of the wagon.
Going to Spoons today then onto a theatre. Neat spirits only. That is the hardest part for me not food anymore. I enjoy a real ale.
Im definitely going to play about with my carb intake regarding foods and tes after meals,
I want my next A1C in six months/year to drop into the thirties..
 
Mt nurse did say you can have to occasional thing just now all the time
then followed by I didnt say that
 
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