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New guy here. Recently diagnosed Type 2. Pulling a 180

gordonfitlog
Posts: 20 Member
39 years old, went in for a regular bloodtest for my thyroid and had blood sugars thrown in for good measure.
To my surprise I was sitting at over 20.5 fasting.
A real wakeup call.
So i pulled a 180 degree turn on my eating habits, and myfitnesspal has been a huge help.
I am still balancing my eating plan to ensure i get decent average of food throughout the day.
6'1 And currently 264lb. (down from a peak of 296.) 8lb of which has been lost since i started eating better on the 6th of april.....much of which I am sure i pissed off when i cut the salt.
As i mentioned, my fasting blood sugar was out of control when i started, and my Dr put me on the Metformin, and Glyberide. After the first week, when my Dr noticed that I actually followed her advice and "cut the crap" so to speak, and that my numbers were falling rapidly, she dropped the Glyberide.
So now I am just on the metformin, and am waking up with a blood sugar of high 5 to low 6, with small change on my 2 hour after eating numbers. Dr says, if I keep up my new found habits, I can probably manage without any drugs....food and exercise can work for me.
I must say, myfitnesspal has been awesome for me. It has helped me see what foods have the best bang for buck to keep my sugar/carbs in check.....not to mention keeping my daily sodium levels down.
I have not spoken to a nutritionalist, but my Dr scanned over my food logs and seems happy with what i am eating, suggesting adding a few more carbs throughout the day.
I am keeping a 1500-1800 calorie/day intake.
My biggest surprise, that when you cut out the junk food, how much actual food that is. I feel like I am eating almost non stop all day. Never get actually hungry.
If you look at my food logs, you will see that i have cut out all added sugar, being newly diagnosed type 2, I have an aversion to them. But i have discovered those sugar free jello cups. I have not been putting them in, as I consider them my guilty cheat when I am craving something sugary. Eat almost 1 a day. Fake sugar may not be great, but it fills a need nicely.
Will probably participate a little around the forum, as this kind of thing helps keep on track, and i am surprised how easy it was to change to this new food path. I dont think keeping it up for the long term will be hard at all.
That being said, I am kinda going blind (just searching the web for info on how i should eat) So if you see anything glaringly wrong......please let me know.
To my surprise I was sitting at over 20.5 fasting.
A real wakeup call.
So i pulled a 180 degree turn on my eating habits, and myfitnesspal has been a huge help.
I am still balancing my eating plan to ensure i get decent average of food throughout the day.
6'1 And currently 264lb. (down from a peak of 296.) 8lb of which has been lost since i started eating better on the 6th of april.....much of which I am sure i pissed off when i cut the salt.
As i mentioned, my fasting blood sugar was out of control when i started, and my Dr put me on the Metformin, and Glyberide. After the first week, when my Dr noticed that I actually followed her advice and "cut the crap" so to speak, and that my numbers were falling rapidly, she dropped the Glyberide.
So now I am just on the metformin, and am waking up with a blood sugar of high 5 to low 6, with small change on my 2 hour after eating numbers. Dr says, if I keep up my new found habits, I can probably manage without any drugs....food and exercise can work for me.
I must say, myfitnesspal has been awesome for me. It has helped me see what foods have the best bang for buck to keep my sugar/carbs in check.....not to mention keeping my daily sodium levels down.
I have not spoken to a nutritionalist, but my Dr scanned over my food logs and seems happy with what i am eating, suggesting adding a few more carbs throughout the day.
I am keeping a 1500-1800 calorie/day intake.
My biggest surprise, that when you cut out the junk food, how much actual food that is. I feel like I am eating almost non stop all day. Never get actually hungry.
If you look at my food logs, you will see that i have cut out all added sugar, being newly diagnosed type 2, I have an aversion to them. But i have discovered those sugar free jello cups. I have not been putting them in, as I consider them my guilty cheat when I am craving something sugary. Eat almost 1 a day. Fake sugar may not be great, but it fills a need nicely.
Will probably participate a little around the forum, as this kind of thing helps keep on track, and i am surprised how easy it was to change to this new food path. I dont think keeping it up for the long term will be hard at all.
That being said, I am kinda going blind (just searching the web for info on how i should eat) So if you see anything glaringly wrong......please let me know.
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Hi and welcome!!
read this
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10257474/starting-out-restarting-basics-inside/p1
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Thanks for the tips. Digital food scale was my first purchase after starting this. Helps a lot. Read through that, all good advice.1
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Same here! My GP says I can reverse it if there is drastic weight loss. I hope I make the effort and am successful this time.0
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