Prediabetes

@pharmcat56 You've hit the nail right on the head. Boom. You, too, @Tophers_Motivation.

This is not always talked about but one out three are now considered to be prediabetic.

https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prediabetes.html#:~:text=Prediabetes is a serious health,t know they have it.

Many have it and we just can't waltz around the issue in the living room. At some point, T2 will refuse to be ignored. While we may find the discussion to be uncomfortable we have to face it head on. We simply haven't got the time to go into all of the early precursors but constant yoyo dieting will only dig you into a much deeper hole with food and T2. Then there's binge eating which goes hand in hand with T2, too.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6728934/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32341661/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25841588/

Got yoyo dieting along with binge eating? See a doctor. Get your blood profile checked before T2 shows up on your doorstep. You'll be glad you did. The sooner we can get a grip on it we can start to heal the pancreas before it's full blown diabetes. Every day and every year that goes by the ground grows colder.

Yoyo dieting, constant stops and starts won't fix blood sugar or prevent diabetes. Life has no pause button. There is no timeout. There's only choices and consequences. The predictable consequence for a lifetime filled with wild swings UP and down with weight, constant stops and starts followed by long term frustration can end up in T2.

Much thanks, you two. When it comes to our overall health and well being, we cannot half-@$$ it. This is serious business.

Yeah, the dietician I talked to commented that she wished they could just put medication in the drinking water because MOST people with it don't know it.

https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/dangers-yo-yo-dieting/


https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302773

Weight cycling. Wild swings UP and down.

"Weight cycling means losing weight, then regaining it, then repeating the cycle. When this weight loss is the result of dieting, the process is often called “yo-yo dieting.” New studies show that weight cycling contributes to heart disease and earlier death.

The doctors who preach “lose weight” to people with diabetes need to learn the dangers of weight cycling. Their prescriptions for weight loss may be doing more harm than good.

A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine found that, in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), weight cycling was strongly associated with heart attacks, strokes, and death. Lead author Dr. Sripal Bangalore of New York University reported that the more weight subjects had lost and regained, the greater the risk.

The study reviewed records of roughly 9,500 people with heart disease. The data collection started in 2005. After a year of the study, participants continued to report their weight, among other factors, every six months.

Those whose weight had swung by an average of 8.5 pounds had a 124% increased risk of death, 117% increased risk of heart attack, and 136% increased risk of stroke compared to people whose weight had changed by 2 pounds or less. People with the greatest swings in weight also had a 78% increased risk of diabetes, even after correcting for all traditional risk factors.

The risk of weight cycling has been found before. In the Framingham Heart Study, which has been going on nearly 70 years, people whose weight swung up and down over the years were more likely to die of heart disease and strokes than people with more stable weights.

How weight cycling hurts
Previous studies have shown risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol among yo-yo dieters.

An article in the International Journal of Obesity reported that weight cycling may contribute to heart and blood vessel disease in several ways. These include high blood pressure, increased fat around the abdominal organs, changes in fatty acid composition, insulin resistance, and increased cholesterol.


Weight cycling leads to changes in heart rate, stress hormones, kidney function, blood glucose, and lipids. These factors can worsen, “with overshoots above normal values during weight regain periods.” The authors say these overshoots “when repeated over time, will stress the cardiovascular system and probably contribute to the overall cardiovascular [risk] of weight cycling.”

A recent British study of over 170,000 people found that the chances of achieving even a 5% weight loss were 1 in 7 for severely obese women and 1 in 8 for severely obese men. The chances of attaining a normal weight were 1 in 210 for obese men and 1 in 124 for obese women.

Bodies try hard to regain lost weight, because they feel safer with more fat. This happens because, for millions of years, the major threat to survival was not having enough food. Fat protects against famine, so bodies want to keep it.

Metabolism slows down after weight loss, and levels of hunger hormones go up. Food even starts to taste better. Weight cycling is the norm, not an exception. It’s even worse when loss and regain are rapid, as often happens with commercial diet products.

Avoiding the weight cycle
So if you’re heavy and have diabetes, should you try to lose weight? How do you avoid weight cycling?

One rule is not to do anything to lose weight that you won’t be happy doing for the rest of your life. Moving your body more and eating healthier food that you enjoy are good ideas.

Restricting calories and cutting out things you like are usually bad ideas. You probably won’t be able to keep them up, and when you go back to your old ways, your weight will return, with interest."


Rebound weight gain with friends. Sux.

@Tophers_Motivation There you go. Now you're talkin'. I ran over one of my Leki poles as I was backing out. It was propped up against a tree. I found another pair but not nearly as nice as my original ones. Let's kick some serious blood sugar @$$.

One of my favorite threads, 'What nobody tells you about weight loss'.

Variation on a theme. What nobody tells you about diabetes.

It's not true that you can only get T1 as a child. You can get it at any age. Sometimes, T1 is misdiagnosed as T2.
The blood needs to be tested for certain antibodies. Your doctor should be able to tell the difference.

Sugar may not be cause of diabetes per se but obesity is a major risk factor.

Many already have the precursors and signs of T2 but they just don't know it yet. It can take months resulting in years before symptoms give you a clue. Got blurry vision, hands going to sleep or tingling when you wake up?

Go get a blood test sooner rather than later. It will give you a picture of your blood glucose levels over the past 3 months. A1C.

Don't sit on the couch at the speed of zero. It's human nature to wait until your T2 diagnosis shows up on your doorstep before you decide to exercise. Exercise isn't about 'losing' weight. Exercise improves and increases your insulin sensitivity which lowers your blood glucose levels.

Even one exercise excursion can improve your insulin sensitivity by 50% for as long as 72 hours afterwards. Get off the couch and simply walk outside your door. Keep going until you can't go anymore, then come back home.
You don't have to count your steps, you don't have to hit 10,000 right out of the chute. People get discouraged if they can't hit their 10,000 and it blows their motivation. More All or Nothing Thinking with food and exercise will only dig you into a much deeper hole.

Stay focused on doing more every day instead of hitting a perfect 10,000 steps. Goals of perfection with food and exercise backfire. All movement counts. Don't discount your efforts because you go for a hike or a walk. It adds up.

Diabetes seems so patently unfair. It deprives you of quality of health. It shortens your life and what you endure at the end....well, I'm not going out like that. There's a reason I'm still here. There's a reason that I fight like hail. I've lost dear loved ones to WLS and diabetes.

Throw all of that dieting dogma right out the window. Give yourselves permission to create your own positive food management plan. We can learn to moderate food and portions. I'm here to tell you that it works.

Don't over complicate it. Don't overthink it. You don't have to follow someone else's rigid food rules and regulations or follow food gurus right over a cliff. It's going to take focus and direction. A lack of direction and flying by the seat of your pants won't get you there.

https://www.obesityaction.org/get-educated/public-resources/brochures-guides/understanding-excess-weight-and-its-role-in-type-2-diabetes-brochure/

How long has this been going on?

Fighting against obesity for a decade or more. There's your sign. You need to get an A1C test sooner rather than later. Carrying 30 lbs or more around your middle for over a decade can be the handwriting on the wall for what's up ahead. T2 diabetes.

T2 is going to affect your desire to drop it like it's hot. It's not going to happen. Getting all discouraged because your body keeps fighting against you is not going to fix it.

You've just hit the wall of insulin resistance. You've got to face it head on. All of the typical stock answers may not work for you because your blood sugar is high and insulin resistance can knock all of the props right out from underneath you.

It's going to take some serious patience and due diligence. Go to the doctor and find out what's going on with you. For real.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGP9uz4s8hQ

When I was 18 yrs old, we had a good ol' country doctor. He could tell and knew all of the precursors of T2. Hails Bells, he was right. I blew him off because it scared the hail right outta me. I didn't want to hear it. I should've started then but I didn't. I would've been so much further ahead.

With every day and year that goes by the ground grows colder. Got wild swings UP and down with your weight. Always thinking there's another diet coming around the corner that will fix it for you. It won't.

Face the music. Your body is trying to tell you something.

CDC. It's now 1 in 3. Prediabetes or full blown diabetes if you've blown all the signs along the highway off.

So when all of the usual things no longer work for you it's time to get tested. Look yourself directly in the eyes and don't wait for another year to pass you by.