hiya all
the week before christmas i was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
the doctor started me on medication and I'm now part of the testing monitoring system.
I've already cut out the excess sugar and changed my diet a fair bit hopefully reversing it completely in time.
so the purpose of this thread
is not to ask for sympathy but to ask in advice.
on good things to EAT and DRINK while controlling my blood sugar levels .
any advice is welcome from fellow diabetics.
cheers
seth
Over to Mrs F (Nurse Claire) :onya:
Eating..
Green salads, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, asparagus, sprouts, peppers, onions. Pulses(beans).
Fruits..All berries, nectarines, apples, apricots, cherries. NO grapes or bananas (too high in sugar)
Swap bleached and refined carbohydrates such as white bread and pasta to wholewheat pasta and brown or wild rice.
Low fat or skimmed milk, low fat or fat free greek or plain yoghurt, cottage cheese(LOW FAT)
Fish/Poultry...Chicken breast or strips(skinless) Tuna, salmon, white fish fillets, eggs.
Olive oil, vinegar, mustard. No ketchup or mayo!!
Snacks...Nuts, popcorn(not sweetened)
Drinks..
100% fruit juice, Iced or hot tea, coffee(unsweetened) sparkling water. DEF NO coke, pepsi, lemonade, energy drinks etc even if it says sugar free.
AVOID..
Foods high in simple carbohydrates. Food high in saturated fats. Sugary foods. Red meats.
I guess you are taking Metformin?
My advice:
DRINK:
Avoid beer, regardless if with or without alcohol!
Nothing with alcohol
Nothing with sugar added
Nothing with artificial sweeteners
Nothing with natural sugars (fruit juices are way loaded with sugars)!!!!!!!!! Sorry Nurse Claire :thumbs_down:
Enough no and nothing: Water, Water, Water. Some tea/coffee
EAT:
Avoid any factory or restaurant processed foods
Avoid extra sugar as natural foods have plenty of them
Fruit is ok in small amounts
Loads and loads of vegetables
Go easy on carbohydrates (rice, pasta, potatoes, bread)
OTHERS:
Have several long discussions with a registered dietician
Move your body (if you haven't been doing it a lot allready) !!!!!
Don't jump right into strenuous exercise. Start taking public transport instead car/14 to work. Take walks, first short and slow, then extending time/distance/speed ONE at a time. Extend distance no more than 10%. Can't give you % of increase in time/speed but I think you get the picture. One variable at the time and sensible increases is the bottom line. Listen to your body regarding rest and sleep.
Cranberry juice is good...
Blood sugar: Low in sugar and high in fiber, cranberries reduce blood sugar and help regulate glucose levels throughout the day. Cranberries are recommended for type 2 diabetics. ... Cholesterol: Cranberry polyphenols raise HDL (good) cholesterol and lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Quote from: froudy on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 12:04 AM
Cranberry juice is good...
Blood sugar: Low in sugar and high in fiber, cranberries reduce blood sugar and help regulate glucose levels throughout the day. Cranberries are recommended for type 2 diabetics. ... Cholesterol: Cranberry polyphenols raise HDL (good) cholesterol and lower LDL (bad) cholesterol.
and sex twice a day ! thats what I told mrs Notty - strange she didn't believe me !! :smile2:
I am ok with cranberries but not with cranberry juice. Health attributes (still debatable) can be had by eating the berries.
The problem with juices is that they are concentrated fruits which equals concentrated fructose (a form of sugar believed to cause fatty liver). If you drink a glass of juice you will get a blood sugar spike. If you are not diabetic you should drink juice using a small glass (< 100cc). As a diabetic I would not.
Boring salad diet. No one can stand it for a long time.
It is very simple: What you eat - what you burn= + or - ,and thats it.
10 years ago I got type 2 diapetes diagnosis. I tried to lose weight by eating salad and vegetables:
Boring and tastes like shit. I got only angry.
Then I realised that I can eat or drink what ever. Only quantity matters. It´s that +/- list.
Now I´m over 40 kilos lighter than on my "glory days". During last year I have lost 20 kilos. It´s not easy, but it´s worth of it.
Now when i´m under 100 kilos, I can halve mu diabetes and blood pressure medicines, and mrs T 24 likes me a lot more in bedroom!
I can also use my drving gear from 80´s.
And one more thing how you can cheat yorself: Calculate what it is in your case; Power/weigt ratio.
In my case when I lose 10 kg:s it´s like there is 5 to 6 hp more in my 14.
With std 14 and 100 kg driver it´s about 3 hp/10 kg.
-Jussi
yes on metformin on max dose just now to get things under control and a statin
my blood sugar reading was 106 mmol/mol after 2 weeks dropped to 103 mmol/mol but i didn't know this is a 3 month test so was still mostly from my old ways .
so hoping its dropped a good nit by next lot of tests in a couple of months.
cholesterol was 6.1 mmol/mol they want that down to 4 mmol/mol.
ever other test was good .
the strange thing is i have lost 25% of my body over the last 5 years before i got this currently 92 kg they want me down to 82kg .
i only went to the doctors due to my feet feeling cold/pins&needles but weren't to the touch.
so allready changes to lactose free milk stopped all sweet snacks , swopped my sugar for a sugar free substitute , brown/wholemeal bread , sugar coated breakfast for weetabix .
all ready meals are green on the health lables for low fat and sugar.
my feet are dtarting to feel better and as they do I'll be doing more exercise too but thats a little bit off yet.
many thanks for the advice i will take in on board .
the main thing is that yhis is all new to me so very daunting on whats ahead .so good to hear you lot are doing ok and managing it ok .
cheers
seth
I can't give you any diabetes advice, but when you are eventually ready to start some exercise I would suggest having a look at the "Couch to 5K" programme. I believe it was originally invented by the NHS.
About 2 years ago I realised I was getting too sedate and my blood pressure was going up, so it was time to do something before things got out of hand. I really hated running at school and I had avoided it ever since, but I was persuaded to try out this scheme.
Basically it's an app that you install on your smartphone. Put the headphones on an a pleasant voice tells you what to do. You start off with mostly walking, and a little bit of jogging in intervals. As the weeks go by, the ratio changes so that the walking sections are shorter and the running sections longer. Eventually, as the name suggests, you can run 5K continuously without walking.
Now I go 3 times a week, without the app, just with my music on. I wouldn't say I love it, I have to make myself get up and go, but I get some nice meditation time with just me and my music. The feeling afterwards is great and I find myself less moody and I sleep a lot better.
Honestly I was very cynical about these things but if you have a will to do it, it's surprising what you can achieve.
@seth Guess how much sugar lactose-free milk contains. You are sitting down? One liter has 50 gramm!!!
Lactose is a sugar. How is the milk freed from it. They use lactase, the enzyme which people with lactose intolerance lack, to break lactose into galactose and glucose. Galactose and glucose are just different sugars just as fructose is in fruit. You are not doing yourself a favor as the glucose (don't know about the galactose) enters your bloodstream quicker than lactose (which first has to be broken down in your body by lactase). As I am typing this I hade myself some lactose-free milk. Love it as it is SWEET and doesn't give me the nasty intestinal problems I would have otherwise when drinking milk.
Lots of truth in what Jussi (
@T 24 ) said. Makes the whole thing more simple. Would it be just about losing and maintaining weight I'd agree 100%. But diabetes is a different animal as you also have to consider keeping your blood sugar levels stable!!! You can be skinny as heck and still have diabetes.
There has been much discussion about sugar substitutes having similar effects on blood sugar regulation as sugar does. Possibly not that good for you but if it helps your sugar withdrawal it's probably ok to take.
I am sorry that this is all so complicated and daunting. But you have already some success with your feet. Doing something right there for sure!
cheers andre these ate the things I'm needing to find out as the stuff on the diabetic web sites is often confusing and conflicting information on sugar and sugar replacements .
:cheers:
im hoping that cutting out all the excessive sugar i used to eat will make a big difference i had 2-3spoons in my tea/coffer sometimes more fizzy drinks several cans a day a couple of chocolate bars a day and a sugar coated breakfast cereal and biscuits with my cups of tea.
once my levels are low and stable i hopefully can maintain things .
Sugar it self is not your enemy. Your enemy is qantity of energy (sugar, fruit sugar, lactose, carbohydrate, fat, etc.), total energy you get.
Andre is right, also skinny guy can be diabetic, but its mostly type 1.
I was talking about fat boys like me and type 2 diabetes + blood pressure / weight.
Conflicting information abounds all over the place almost regardless of topic. Just collect as much info as you can, then comes the daunting task of sorting it out. Complete bullshit is fairly easy to sort out. The good sounding stuff, and I don't mean the too-good-to-be-true, is the most difficult.
To simplify things for you:
1. Blood sugar control!!! Measure levels and take your medication religiously and keep record to show your health care provider. If you notice a spike ask yourself what you may have done wrong and learn from it.
2. Any pre-processed food/drink (a near endless list) should raise a yellow or red flag.
3. Get your body moving in order to burn what you eat and enjoy all the other benefits.
Quote from: T 24 on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 02:59 AM
Sugar it self is not your enemy. Your enemy is qantity of energy (sugar, fruit sugar, lactose, carbohydrate, fat, etc.), total energy you get.
Andre is right, also skinny guy can be diabetic, but its mostly type 1.
I was talking about fat boys like me and type 2 diabetes + blood pressure / weight.
Sugar, fruit sugar, lactose are all carbohydrates. They have the same amount of calories (in the laboratory) but in the body they are different they behave differently and have different effects. You take the same amount of sugar (sucrose), fruit sugar (fructose), and lactose (milk sugar) and measure blood sugar the way it is done when doing a glucose tolerance test. The results will be different!
Seth has peripheral neuropathy as indicated by the pins/needles feeling in his feet.
Blood sugar control is paramount in this case. Caloric control is not the way this can be treated!!!!
You are correct with skinny it being mostly seen with type 1 and not type 2. But mostly does not equal always. That's the catch.
Seth, (gamekeeper?)
Sorry for your situation, BUT unlike many conditions, YOU can take control.
My past life (pre early retirement ) was fitness and health. (Sports centres and gyms) my own area of professional qualification was human biology.
Many decades of work in this area gave me a particular insight into weight and related health issues.
Weight: you are what you eat.
Health: you are what you eat.
Exercise - do you need it? Well, it helps, but you do not need to be "marathon man" a 20 min walk every day (or a min of 5 days) at a speed where, talking, makes, your, breathing, slightly, laboured.
You Are What You Eat. There is just TOO much information to digest. (Sorry for that one).
Despite my profession, I must admit, I continually battled with my weight. Why? I LOVE EATING! And Wine and Malt!! So what did I do?, first of all, there is no "quick fix" and "no one hat fits all"
But, I did a lot (And I mean A LOT) of research into the most popular diets available in the UK over the last 10 years, based on calories, protein, fats (saturated/non saturated) sugar ( all variants ) not just for me, but also to advise people who: didn't understand, had time issues, had financial issues and, most importantly, those who didn't really care, because if it was too much hassle would say "Fuck it"
But, living in the UK as you do, there is a fairly easy option - slimming world.
Stop laughing. The diet - perfectly and professionally balanced, you have an allowance of sugar based "syns" which, as a diabetic you simply ignore. Ever thing else is perfectly balanced.
I would also suggest attending the meetings ( men do go!) As stepping on the scales is a great incentive not to deviate, but also it is an amazing support mechanism. (Experience talking!)
You have simple to follow menus, information on what foods are good or bad in easy to understand language - not in biological terms but simple English. Most important for me was the inclusion of free foods, I.e. food you can eat unlimited - got the munchies? How about beans, egg(scrambled or poached) and bacon (grilled)? As much as you like?
I lost 4 stone, BMI reduced to 24, blood sugar down to 4.1.
Best of all? I still had wine 3/4 bottle Wednesdays, Friday's, Saturday's and Sunday's. Whisky chasers Friday's and Saturday's. I walk the dog's 2 - 3 kilometres most days at the right pace, and no longer worry about health.
It won't work for everyone, but it is a proven option. Good luck whichever path you take, just make sure you take a positive one.
As the old China man said "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step" :)
Hi Seth, sorry you've joined the club
Make sure you avoid Lactose-free, as previously advised, it's insanely full of sugar. Switch to skimmed milk.
Best to avoid carbs as much as sugars, but don't eat a boring diet. My sugar levels are getting better, so they upped my Metformin to try and accelerate the drop. On a plus side, Metformin tends to encourage weight loss, but the down side is it can give you the squits.
Eat lots of veg and fish, and if you like your tatties change to sweet potatoes. I would recommend you don't bother with wholemeal pasta cos it's crap, but switch to wholemeal bread.
See you this year hopefully, depending on whether a rally's on the cards.
Chris
must have court this from you when i changed your brake pads 😎
yes it'll be good to catch up again soon was a good weekend only thing definitely planned is stormin the castle at the end of the summer.
i hear what your all saying about thr milk i changed from semi skimned to that lactose free thinking it was better for me I'll now change back but these are just the kind of info i was looking for as im just doing what i think is right and carrying on or changing as i find out more about all if this .
cheers chris
Quote from: seth on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 06:09 AM
must have court this from you when i changed your brake pads 😎
yes it'll be good to catch up again soon was a good weekend only thing definitely planned is stormin the castle at the end of the summer.
i hear what your all saying about thr milk i changed from semi skimned to that lactose free thinking it was better for me I'll now change back but these are just the kind of info i was looking for as im just doing what i think is right and carrying on or changing as i find out more about all if this .
cheers chris
Oh... and exercise (whatever that is) :boogie:
:boogie2: :boogie:
Seth - the best advice I can give you is to try an LCHF diet - low carb high fat. I am a type 1 diabetic and have been following this way of eating for 12 months now. My blood sugar control has improved out of sight and my need for insulin practically halved when I started it. Not too many dieticians will recommend this way of eating because their associations are usually financially influenced by many of the high carb manufacturers, but my endocronologist pointed me in this direction and I reckon I have had pretty good results. Definitely the next best thing to a cure for me!
It is not for everyone as giving up carbohydrates can be difficult - potatoes (rostis especially) were the hardest for me - there are also not many fruits that fit this. I have loosened my diet a little to allow for beer as all the low carb beers taste like shite.
Pic below shows how much my daily insulin intake reduced...
If you want any further info feel free to PM me!
Cheers,
Chris
and more...the pic below shows the change in my BSL levels after changing to LCHF...
i dont have to check my blood sugar levels i think I'll be on 2-3 month check at first then 6 monthly once its settled down.
im looking at everything and hopefully will get this type 2 reversed in time .
i now know my diet has been poor so hopefully fixing that losding a little bit more weight and getting a bit fitter will sort me out .
thanks for all the advice it has been noted.
:boogie:
G'day Seth. Sorry to hear you have joined the diabetes club. All is not lost and with care you could possibly become non-diabetic. I am a Type 1 diabetic and have been for the last 34 years.
My mum became type 2 some time ago, mainly due to carrying too much weight.
As a type one diabetic I take Insulin via injection along with Metformin tablets. The Metformin I am told is to assist my Insulin absorption as my pancreas does not produce insulin. When mum was diagnosed with type 2 her insulin requirement was greater than her pancreas could produce. With diet and some exercise she lost weight, lowering her requirement for insulin and bringing her body back into a range that her pancreas could support. Your pancreas must be producing some insulin or you would be on insulin injections.
Some women become diabetic when pregnant, most return to normal post pregnancy.
As has been said fruit juice is very high in sugar as the pulp has gone, to fill a glass with orange juice could require 5 or 6 squeezed oranges.....would you ever sit down and eat 6 oranges ? Water is your best bet...... hot water is even better. Sorry !! I have been told there are up to 3 teaspoons of sugar in a can of baked beans......go figure ??
Just to make things more difficult for me I also have Coeliac Disease and as such am wheat intolerant. So diet becomes even more important. I have been told to cut out grains, anything with wheat, rice and corn. 80% of the worlds corn is GM !!
I feel my ears are getting longer and am slowly growing a white tail.....
Diabetes management is a balance of your sugar intake and especially reducing sugar spikes, regular exercise and your medication.
A word of caution.......motorcycling and diabetes are not always best of friends. Please always know your blood sugar levels before riding.
Seth, there is much to learn, but don't be spooked. If you just start by cutting out the things you know are not good for you, you are well on your way. :onya:
Beaker..... have just read your post and agree 100%. I too have just started on low carb high fat diet. Avocados are my new friend.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 08:25 AM
I.. am wheat intolerant.
Intolerance is frowned on these days mate. :whistling:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 08:25 AM
A word of caution.......motorcycling and diabetes are not always best of friends. Please always know your blood sugar levels before riding.
A very good point. A friend lost his son to a bike accident and it's believed he suffered a blackout while riding. Certainly it's no reason to stop riding or driving BUT you obviously have to ensure it's controlled.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 08:25 AM
Avocados are my new friend.
Avocados are everybody's friend.
"Avocados are everybody's friend."
Especially with crispy fried diced bacon! :drool: Hmmmm or shrimp & seafood sauce (where the seed was) Hmmmm. :drool:
Seth, wasnt going to add to this but will. wife is type 1, me type2. very different things. i wont offer diet advice, already some great stuff posted. get a plan, stick to it, might seem a strange thing to say but it becomes just normal. were very adaptive us humans. i stopped all stuff i thought was bad, except beer. give up beer, might as well just give up. just me. i lost 18kg in around 3 mths. pain in arse buying new clothes. 6 yrs later, what i eat now is really varied, i look fwd to stuff i wouldnt have before. exercise is totally important. my tests are all good, never really vary. one metex a day is my medicine, was prescribed 3, told doc not taking 3. im ok, life is good. someone said here, if you think its no good, dont eat it. brilliant advice. youll be fine mate. the initial stress is the worst part, gets easier by lots. how hard, how much worry the first time you had to remove fuel pump from that bloody gsx , how much easier the second time. :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: VladTepes on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 02:37 PM
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 08:25 AM
I.. am wheat intolerant.
Intolerance is frowned on these days mate. :whistling:
I have a "Black Belt" in Intolerance...... my darling wife says I am also a bit racist. At least wheat does not commit crime !! :sarcasm:
Quote from: grog on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 07:09 PM
Seth, wasnt going to add to this but will. wife is type 1, me type2. very different things. i wont offer diet advice, already some great stuff posted. get a plan, stick to it, might seem a strange thing to say but it becomes just normal. were very adaptive us humans. i stopped all stuff i thought was bad, except beer. give up beer, might as well just give up. just me. i lost 18kg in around 3 mths. pain in arse buying new clothes. 6 yrs later, what i eat now is really varied, i look fwd to stuff i wouldnt have before. exercise is totally important. my tests are all good, never really vary. one metex a day is my medicine, was prescribed 3, told doc not taking 3. im ok, life is good. someone said here, if you think its no good, dont eat it. brilliant advice. youll be fine mate. the initial stress is the worst part, gets easier by lots. how hard, how much worry the first time you had to remove fuel pump from that bloody gsx , how much easier the second time. :laugh: :laugh:
cheers buddy
it's just a big learning curve as you say once i get used to things all the changes will all fall in to place.
its just the initial scary worry as its all so new.
thanks for all the support.
:onya:
Hope you get on top of things soon Seth, I don't have it myself but have worked with lads who had it and once they got into a rhythm everything was fine, it's just another thing to learn. My cat has it so I am having to learn for him.
@mjgt........ Mate you need to talk to Col and see if he can spare any of his shrimp and seafood sauce ......your cat would love it :drool: ....l bet mice are full of sugar.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 10:50 PM
@mjgt........ Mate you need to talk to Col and see if he can spare any of his shrimp and seafood sauce ......your cat would love it :drool: ....l bet mice are full of sugar.
:lol: :happy1:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 25 January 2018, 10:50 PM
@mjgt....... :drool: ....l bet mice are full of sugar.
the white chocolate mice are definitely full of sugar :stir:
Seth... can you still buy those??? I remember eating 8 of them and then telling my mum I didn't want any dinner cos I felt sick.... thick ear needless to say :happy1:
yes I've seen them in a local shop not very long ago :cheers:
I love these shops https://mrsimmsoldesweetshoppe.co.uk/ - they are in quite a few towns now, and you can get all the old sweets from long ago as well - sherbet fountains, luvley jubbleys - you name it they have it. Aniseed twists - love them!
@grog what beer do you drink as i don't want to stop drinking its oart of my social life i haven't drank large amounts for ages(last time was my 50th the night befire i meet andre lol)
i think sprits with mixers has probably way to much sugar in it.even if diet mixer.
any advice welcome
cheers
:cheers:
:rofl2: You were pretty hammered there.
The problem with alcohol and diabetes is that the liver has many functions. When dealing with alcohol, especially with large amounts, the liver will have difficulty providing enough glucose (blood sugar) while it is in the process of detoxing your body. Now don't get the idea to use alcohol to reduce blood sugar :thumbs_down: Diabetes and alcohol is a bit more complicated than that. The intricacies of this are of more interest if you needed to inject insulin.
Moderation is key here if you don't want to give it up. If you want to party I suggest one bottle of beer (500) at the most per hour. Don't empty it within 5 minutes and then wait an hour. Use the full hour to empty it bit by bit. Then you can start to kill the next one. Saver it and enjoy!
Quotei think sprits with mixers has probably way to much sugar in it.even if diet mixer.
These things are killer for several reasons. Wiskey or gin on the rocks would be better imo.
Personally I hate these artificial sweeteners. Besides their own health issues they just taste terrible to me. Their chemistry taste overpowers the sweetness they are supposed to deliver.
@seth P.S. I hold you responsible for me getting up now and putting a Guinness in the fridge :cheers:
if your going to drink Guinness you have to drink it properly :cheers:
Seth, something l would advise and l got one and gave it to my mum was a blood glucose testing machine.
That way you can see for yourself how your blood sugars change. Im sure your GP would give you a script for the test strips. The meters are cheap, the test strips are the costly part. Good for your confidence to see how you are going on a daily basis.
Just as an aside..... am pretty sure that most of the sugar is distilled out of spirits. The alcohol content has an effect on blood sugars, certainly the mixer does.
Been liking Guinness since about 1980. Had an "Irish" pub there. Don't know if I am drinking it properly. Maybe you can advise me how to do that.
Back then someone told me that he saw a documentary about an Irish pub where in an old Irish man said that Guinness wasn't what it used to be. In his younger days the foam on the Guinness was so thick that a mouse could run on it. :rofl3:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 26 January 2018, 04:55 AM
Seth, something l would advise and l got one and gave it to my mum was a blood glucose testing machine.
That way you can see for yourself how your blood sugars change. Im sure your GP would give you a script for the test strips. The meters are cheap, the test strips are the costly part. Good for your confidence to see how you are going on a daily basis.
Just as an aside..... am pretty sure that most of the sugar is distilled out of spirits. The alcohol content has an effect on blood sugars, certainly the mixer does.
I second that advise.
As to the aside, I recently saw a table that showed alcohol free beer having the same amount of calories as normal beer. Until then I thought most of the calories came from the alcohol - not though ???
Nobody has asked, so I will. How is your eyesight ?.......Not wishing to scare you but diabetes is the leading cause of blindness. If your eyesight has not been so good, you may notice an improvement as your diabetic control improves.
Further advice would be to check your feet regularly as you mention changed sensation in your feet. I always wear shoes or sneakers as cuts or a nick on your feet can be slow to heal due to reduced blood flow to the extremities. Just another reason why exercise is good for you. It keeps the blood moving.
Chasing chocolate mice is not exercise !! :onya:
hiya cheers for asking
eyes are ok getting my screening in 2 weeks today but had an eye test a couple of months ago luckily all seams ok with everything except my blood sugar levels and feet. all other tests so far have been fine only eye screening to go.
:onya:
For anyone interested. This is the book I have started reading with regard to the new diet I wish to follow.
Nice Col. Does it mention bacon or prawns?
Only recommends spam :rofl3:
Sorry, just kidding!!!
Not a carb fan at all. Having said that, I do have a good daily helping of carbs in form of PORRIDGE. Oats are one of the best ways to get your carbs!
7 months in
My progress is as follows
Dec 2017 blood readings 106
Jan 2018 blood readings 102
April 2018 blood readings 54
July 2018 blood readings 47.
Normal is 43-53
My weight is down to 13st 4lb (94kg)
From 14 stone 8lb.(85kg)
Next step in a couple of months if results are in the same range they are going to reduce my medication .
:cheers:
Well done Seth :salute:
As Andre says mate Well Done
Del
Only problem is all my biking kit is way to big but a problem I'm happy to have .
:cheers:
Nice results :onya:
Thanks buddy
I mainly went cold turkey on sugar and a low carb diet to get my results as low as I could as quick as I could .the docs are very happy .
:cheers:
Well done Seth. On track with deleting sugar, imo is 90% of the prob. My weight has stayed off, good readings, one diabex a day. Eat whatever, just not sugar stuff.
Good effort Seth :clapping:
Nice one seth :onya:, my cat is down to 1.75 units of insulin now so he's doing fine as well.
Do you have to inject your cat ?
Just medication for me and they are speaking about reducing it at the next check up in 3 months.
:cheers:
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 20 July 2018, 05:57 AM
Do you have to inject your cat ?
:rofl2: :happy1: :lol: That'd be fun to watch.
I took care of a cat that needed insulin. She was pretty good about getting the shots. After she died the owner got a new one which also needed insulin. Apparently certain breeds are prone to diabetes. Don't know the breed but they were white fluffy ones.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Friday, 20 July 2018, 05:57 AM
Do you have to inject your cat ?
Yep, twice a day, doesn't bother him at all. He's a mackerel tabby maine coon.
Thats amazing, never heard of that before.
Good on you :onya: