ive brought my paperwork home cumbs my heads banging had another hypo in work but im fine now im actually in bed on my laptop il do paperwork later this diabetes lark is a nightmare at times have you had your appointment yet ? sending hugs and hope all went/goes well xx
Thanks penguinmum lets hope not .goodnight xGoodnight Karen. Sweet dreams and hopefully no hypos.
Thankyou, I am on bp meds but pretty sure I just slipped half asleep, im fine thanks just a bruise from my armpit to my elbow, meant it as a funny story didnt expect you guys being so nice
I believe that there are several pathways which either help or hinder Type 2 and all insulin related ailments, some we can directly influence "direct variables" and others downstream "indirect variables". I think if we stimulate all of the areas within our control to the maximum we can, and then build this into a lifestyle plan we can create a pseudo cure for Type 2.
So get the mind right - what is it one wants to achieve? An obvious question, some say diabetes reversal, mine was a six pack on my 50th birthday last year. I set this, as I new that by working towards the body beautiful would lead to diabetes control naturally - so aim for the stars.
I decided not to settle for good numbers. So my next strategy was to go extreme e.g. I built up to 5 mile walking at under 12 minute pace. Static cycled at 90 rpm for 45 minutes and then weight trained for 3 sets for 15 minutes, twice a day, again built up.
All the time with my wife improving my diet (removed soda bread, sweet potatoes, essentially Paleo type carbs).
Set about trying to get maximum bang for my buck, so that life can be led. So for me I have almost set my protocol:
OMAD, 5 days a week, 100 push ups a day, up to 2 workouts a day including medium walking with sprinting, focused heavy weights for 20 minutes max (sometimes more), 2 day extended fasting with heavy weights 20,000 steps (this seems to muscle spare for me whilst dumping weight).
So my view in summary: go extreme and don't settle (when I was getting 5's for fbg, I decided to push for 4's, so that I had more leeway. I believe once at the optimal for you extreme, throttle back to preserve the body. So now I only do 5 mile walks once or twice a week, but mainly 3 miles with sprints dotted around. Inspiration is important to me. I watched Dr Shawn Baker do 20 deadlifts in a row with good form at 183.5 kg - this was a wow for me and kicked me to stop playing at 5 @ 115 kg. I have now gone to 10 at the same weight, and did a one rep max of 170 kg a couple of weeks ago (next morning fbg was 3.9). Once I improve should flexibility I will incorporate squats with a bar bell, these 2 exercises will smash it for me. There's lots more pm me if required.
So far so good. Started testing properly Monday and dropping slowly all week. Have not had a single reading go over 6.5. Although my daughter wanted to be done. I relented out of curiosity as I had a small portion of pasta. She had the standard pile. Beans on toast for dinner, porridge for breakfast and half a 250ml Ben and jerries for afters. I had a post meal of 6.5 and felt pretty chuffed. Hers was 5.9.
Fasting
5.8
5.5
5.3
5.0
May make it under 5 tomorrow?
This is exactly my story, went crazy with diet, exercise, cured! but my diabetes kept marching on, 8 years on, no where to go now, motivation is very hardGreetings one and all. What follows is meant as a note of caution for members just starting out on their journey. Let's say my fbg was 4.9 today. My main reaction is AND? @rhubarb73 hinted at a major issue I have been mulling over. I am concerned over how sustainable the level of control I have is without ever decreasing food intake and increased exercise levels.That is impractical. On the whole, it feels pretty joyless right now - the novelty of weight loss and lower numbers has worn off. Methinks a dose of acceptance and doubt your doubts is in order.
I don't think I wanted to be quite so Trumpian @Fenn but I feel for you. I never felt remotely cured and refuse to use the term in remission or see where I am as any kind of success. What I was trying (badly) to hint at is that progress may plateau (valley?) and with it concerns about the effectiveness of the current vogue set of interventions. As Hagrid said, "stick to it Harry. That's most important that is" or maybe "I shouldn't have said (posted) that , should I?"This is exactly my story, went crazy with diet, exercise, cured! but my diabetes kept marching on, 8 years on, no where to go now, motivation is very hardbummer.
On that happy note 8.7 today
Have a lovely Friday
@ianpspurs You'll feel better once it's daylight. You've done so well on your journey so treat yourself later to a glass of fizz to celebrate. I believe what you've achieved is sustainable without having to live on water alone and to exercise until you're giddy. I'd like to be in your position as would many others. Now give yourself a shake and have a good day.Greetings one and all. What follows is meant as a note of caution for members just starting out on their journey. Let's say my fbg was 4.9 today. My main reaction is AND? @rhubarb73 hinted at a major issue I have been mulling over. I am concerned over how sustainable the level of control I have is without ever decreasing food intake and increased exercise levels.That is impractical. On the whole, it feels pretty joyless right now - the novelty of weight loss and lower numbers has worn off. Methinks a dose of acceptance and doubt your doubts is in order.
@ianpspurs That's what we have to do. If we don't stick to it, we'll revert and for me, that's not an option.I don't think I wanted to be quite so Trumpian @Fenn but I feel for you. I never felt remotely cured and refuse to use the term in remission or see where I am as any kind of success. What I was trying (badly) to hint at is that progress may plateau (valley?) and with it concerns about the effectiveness of the current vogue set of interventions. As Hagrid said, "stick to it Harry. That's most important that is" or maybe "I shouldn't have said (posted) that , should I?"
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