...trust me, I know exactly what foods put weight on and thus should be avoided, so i don't want that kind of lecture as I already know...
Welcome Dickensfan
Have a look here http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/category/vegetarian-diet-forum.71/ it should give you some ideas[/QUOT
Hi and thank you for the reply, to be honest I searched the different topics and still couldn't find the topic I had posted on, so if not for this notification I might have been lost for years LoL
Hello Daibell, yes I do know and very aware of what you've said. I think it's very easy for the average person to think that fat causes weight gain alone, but I'm not one of them, but can understand why you said what you did. I will see an NHS dietician (I'm not looking forward to it at all) at my GP surgery on the 27th April, so I'll go along and see what she has to say, and take the good parts out of it.Hi and welcome. Are you sure you understand what foods make you fat etc? We have all been fed information from the 'experts' based often on nonsense data. Beware NHS dieticians as they also may proffer the same invalid info. Fat doesn't make you fat but carbs can readily do this if you eat too many. The body easily metabolises carbs into glucose and if in excess the liver stores it as fat (even more so with fructose). Fat goes thru a much more complex process in the body and isn't so easily stored as fat. BTW I'm very cynical about the salt thing. Yes, if you have a tendency to high BP then perhaps be careful but there is little evidence that the average person needs to worry unless it pushes up your BP.
Hi Kate and thank you for the info. I've had a sore back for years, I always get it whenever I've put weight on, as soon as I lose the weight I can walk to miles, for me personally, I don't know what affects me psychologically worse, being now diabetic or being overweight, I hate both of them, and can't for the life of me think of anything good to say about diabetes.@Dickensfan, it might be worth persevering with other tests and investigations. A few months after I was diagnosed I was admitted to hospital with back problems which turned out to be infectious abscesses on my spine. Now, I am within the 'normal' blood sugar range but still continue with low carbing, I love the weight loss and energy. I also love the food. We do not know if my raised blood sugar was diabetes or my infection (which must have been brewing for a while although the medics don't want to scan me any more for fear of further complications) causing my blood sugars to be raised. I am not trying to scare you, but once the GP practices have a box for you, they tend to squash you in it regardless of any other symptoms!
As for the nhs dietician, I rather liked a comment made by another member here to his GP, 'I cannot afford the setback of seeing an nhs dietician' I have refused as I had a bad experience with one when nursing my late husband. If you have to go, do the nodding dog routine. Buy yourself a meter and test, that will soon tell you what foods are good or bad for your own personal blood sugar.
Good luck, and keep the questions coming. Btw, the vegetarian forum is very good for ideas, but always eat to your meter!
Hi Kate and thank you for the info. I've had a sore back for years, I always get it whenever I've put weight on, as soon as I lose the weight I can walk to miles, for me personally, I don't know what affects me psychologically worse, being now diabetic or being overweight, I hate both of them, and can't for the life of me think of anything good to say about diabetes.
I do have a meter and test strips and lancet's and I check before breakfast and before my evening meal.
I will do as you say and do the 'nodding dog' thing when I see the dietician.
Thanks a lot for your help.
Kate my weight bothers me a lot, throughout my life I have lost and gained weight big time, I had a tommy tuck after I lost 10st in 2004, it took almost 4 years and I put 2stone back on, then I stopped smoking and put another lot on, so I now weigh 110kilos I hate it, and I hate looking at myself in the mirror, I know I did the right thing giving up the cigs, but sometimes I think I'd be thinner (and happier) if I was still smoking - don't misunderstand, nothing would entice me to start smoking again, I loathe it, and I loathe the smell, but when I asked for a blood sugar test to be done, it was because I was drinking a lot and only getting an hour's sleep at night having to go to the loo, so I did it as a process of elimination actually, you could have knocked me over when she told me how high my BS was that was the first week in March. I'm still very confused because I want to lose weight at the same time as controlling the BS and I don't quite know how to do it.Remember to check after your meals, about an hour and a half to two hours. That will tell you what foods have what effect on your BS. If something spikes your blood, you have to let go of it, it really is that simple.
Please don't beat yourself up about being overweight and diabetic, I too went through the emotions of blaming my myself, feeling embarrassed etc. It is what it is, and you have a choice, deal with it or become more ill. In a way I am thankful to diabetes, it has been a wake up call. I am now eating a healthier diet, one which may give protection from other conditions and I cannot gloat about this enough, I HAVE CREAM IN MY COFFEE.
Kate I have been reading up on low carb - when I was told I was diabetic, the same day I stopped everything white, I was big on pasta (brought up on the stuff) and would have it almost every day at some point, and in the weeks leading up to my diagnosis I was actually having pasta every night at tea time - n ot good I know, in fact, I had already decided I needed to get back to losing the weight I'd put on when I got the diagnosis, so haven't eaten white bread pasta rice etc since the beginning of March. I'll do some research before I do my shopping list and see what I can have - the weight always comes off me slowly though, most diets never suited me i.e. slimming world, slimmers, weight watchers etc., the only diet that ever worked for me, and which i'm not allowed now was the Cambridge diet, I always had a lot of success with it and always lost a lot of weight, it takes an enormous amount if willpower, but now that I have to rely on food to lose weight, I know from past experience it will take me a very long time to even lose a few pounds, and I'm not the most patient person. Thanks for getting back to me. For lunch today I had broccoli, mushrooms and brussel sprouts - these were all left from last night, the only other thing I had was unsalted cashew nuts, I tested my BS 2 hours later at it was very high. Tonight I'm having fish with veg. I'd love something creamy and tasty haha, I haven't treated myself to anything like that in a long time. I don't have a sweet tooth, but I do love a piece of cheesecake, those days are gone I think.@Dickensfan, low carbing is the way to go for me and I suspect you. I have yo yo dieted all my adult life and went through various fitness stages. Seriously, look at your carbs, they are sneaky wee buggers and are in most processed food. I was quite severe in cutting out carbs and the weight dropped off. I stopped, potatoes, bread, rice and pasta after a while you don't notice, your new way of eating becomes normal. Other people don't notice when you feed them low carb.
Well done on the stopping smoking, I am an ex addict myself. Glad those days are behind me.
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