Borderline diabetic

jgzunich09 wrote: »

Just found out I’m a prediabetic have really good eating habits exercise possibly this is due to oversupplementing with dextrose powder and carb powder..... anyone have any info or advice besides cutting those two out???

Fill out you settings on mfp. Use the defaults at least at first to see how they work for you or if you need to adjust anything.

On carbs, eat a limited amount of fruits and other simple carbs (various sugar sweetners).

Instead choose mostly complex carbs like brown rice, and whole grain foods with fiber. The Dash diet could provide some helpful guidelines.

For protein find healthy protein sources like turkey, chicken, lean steak cuts, very lean ground beef. And consider eating some non animal sources of lean protein like beans/legumes, tofu, etc. Limit or cut out fried foods

For your fats, extra virgin cold pressed olive oil is the healthiest choice.

Veggies are comprised of both protein, and carbs. Eat then for fiber and vitamins.

Consider going to a dietician that can help you with a diabetes diet and other guidance.

Ok. Excercise can be your best friend. You should try to do some strength and some cardiovascular excercise, unless you have health issues that could worsen from exercising. Ask your dr if you can do an an excercise program.

If you are seriously out of shape you can start slowly with walking or water walking in a pool. Then you can build from there to cardio equipment ( recumbant elliptical, and recumbant cycling are good.)Or a good tread mill or indoor walking track if working outdoors is an issue for you. And resistance machines.

* Have a trainer show you the correct way to use resistance machine. Gyms like the YMCA often have classes to try.

I hope this helps. It is what I did when I first joined the ymca. The food tips are from back when I was diagnosed as prediabetic.

But you will need to figure out in the end what works for you though.

Make mfp buddies with other members here, because support from peers help.

Get to an Endocrinologist (Diabetes Specialist) I've had type 2 for over 7 years only an endo dr can really know what is the best course for you. Diabetes is super complicated and a regular doctor while knows the general stuff has no idea of new treatments. Don't guess with this it's your life.

jgzunich09 wrote: »

I’m not overweight my BMI is almost 24 I’m 5’8.5 and 158 probably close to 10% body fat the point of those supplements was dextrose was suppose to help with recovery from what I read and to get more carbs in my diet from thexarb supplement to meet my macros

I was diabetic and managed to get back to normal sugars by walking daily and losing weight but I was overweight, sedentary and ate way too much sugar. My suggestion would have been you need to exercise. You stated you lift regularly. I would try some cardio but even then you may just be one of those unlucky (genetically) people who struggle with diabetes. Diabetes runs in my family. It killed my father. I'm 61 and my doc says it probably will come back later in life. Not much I can do about it but stay active and watch how much sugar I consume. Good luck and I hope you are successful getting back to normal.