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I would consult a qualified nutritionist or dietician who can work with you to guide and work with you to help you alter your eating habits and foods. Getting good support right now is the very best thing you could do for yourself.
Many physicians, unfortunately, receive very little education on nutrition in medical school so a specialist is often your best bet. Sometimes, a local health food store can recommend someone they know to you.
Breaking life-long eating and lifestyle patterns can be done alone, but it's often so much more successful to have a professional ally to set your feet on the right path and cheer you on.
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I was looking for a thread like this.
I'm overweight and feeling tired and always hungry. I get ravenously hungry every few hours and I do eat a lot, mostly wrong stuff.
I've had several fasting blood tests and my glucose runs around 99 - 102. BUT, we also did a HgA1C which tells the doctor what your glucose has been running like in the past 3 months.
Well, I just started my serious diet. My HgA1C was 6.4. This is pre-diabetes. I have to lose about 50 pounds and the doctor said FAST, NOW. That was a little impressive. She was really adamant.
I'll be skin and bones but apparently my body doesn't process the glucose like when I was 20, 30, even 50 (late 50's now).
You should keep the HgA1C below 6. I'm getting tested again in 6 mths and she wants me to have lost the weight by then.
I know this ain't gonna be easy because I love to eat all the wrong things. I'm always in a rush and I don't know how to cook much more than sticking something in a microwave so, I'm going to be looking for lots of help!
My blood work came back a couple of weeks ago and my doc told me I'm pre-diabetic. My sugar wasn't that high, but high enough to be pre-diabetic. I don't want to take any meds and want to try & get this under control myself.
Has anyone else here been pre-diabetic and been able to get your sugar back to normal levels without the use of medicine?? How did you do it? Any advice?
I was looking for a thread like this.
I'm overweight and feeling tired and always hungry. I get ravenously hungry every few hours and I do eat a lot, mostly wrong stuff.
I've had several fasting blood tests and my glucose runs around 99 - 102. BUT, we also did a HgA1C which tells the doctor what your glucose has been running like in the past 3 months.
Well, I just started my serious diet. My HgA1C was 6.4. This is pre-diabetes. I have to lose about 50 pounds and the doctor said FAST, NOW. That was a little impressive. She was really adamant.
I'll be skin and bones but apparently my body doesn't process the glucose like when I was 20, 30, even 50 (late 50's now).
You should keep the HgA1C below 6. I'm getting tested again in 6 mths and she wants me to have lost the weight by then.
I know this ain't gonna be easy because I love to eat all the wrong things. I'm always in a rush and I don't know how to cook much more than sticking something in a microwave so, I'm going to be looking for lots of help!
Good luck to us!!!
For a diabetic 6.4 is golden, diet and exercise and you will most likely be fine.
My first test was 200 after fasting and 9.8 now it's 119 and 6.4
My symptoms were being tired all the time, blurred vision and no concentration, I would wake up feeling more tired than when i went to bed.
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For a diabetic 6.4 is golden, diet and exercise and you will most likely be fine.
My first test was 200 after fasting and 9.8 now it's 119 and 6.4
My symptoms were being tired all the time, blurred vision and no concentration, I would wake up feeling more tired than when i went to bed.
Wow! You've really worked hard at improving your readings. Thanks for your advice.
I started to "diet" this weekend. None of my favorites - butter, bread, rice, desserts, etc. I'm going through withdrawals but I hope it makes a big difference and that I get used to this "new" me.
I can't walk a lot or do a lot of heavy exercise because I apparently have a tear deep in my right hip which is really painful. I'm seeing a orthopedic surgeon tomorrow and we'll see what I need to do for THAT.
For a diabetic 6.4 is golden, diet and exercise and you will most likely be fine.
My first test was 200 after fasting and 9.8 now it's 119 and 6.4
My symptoms were being tired all the time, blurred vision and no concentration, I would wake up feeling more tired than when i went to bed.
If you are going to keep your A1C below 6% do not work alone as someone has to be alert enough to call the ambulance. A1C is average so it can be 50 one day and 500 after your pizza and with a few other perfect meals you will get an excellent A1C but let it go too low once to compensate for high readings and it is all over. For me if it goes below about 60 it's sweats and shakes, weak knees, dizzy or messed up vision, aching all over and real tired. Hmm, I wonder why many times low sugar is mistaken for drunkness even when a person hasn't had a single drink so nothing is done to help the drunk. The point where sugar is too low is different for everyone. My doctor and my neighbor's doctor (different doctors) are now saying that 8% instead of the old 7% is considered a good reading because they say too many people were letting their sugar get too low so as to get low average readings.
It is kind of like losing weight. You can't eat 6,000 calories 3 days a week and 1,000 calories the rest of the days and win the game. The average might be not bad but you are not going win in the long run. It is the same with sugar. You can't have super high readings offset with super low readings to get a good average which is what many people do and think that they are really fooling their body, the doctor and their own mind. I know two people who died minus one leg because they thought they could go without sugar all day and at night after the meeting have their glazed donuts, white bread sandwiches with bologna, salami, etc. and they would be in good shape.
I did that every night for years and in 10 years was about 90 pounds overweight instead of 20. This is only a tad over 1/2 pound a month (2 ounces a day)or a pound every 2 months. No big deal right. You can refigure this, I am lousy at anything to do with numbers.
A doctor finally told me when I had 1800 triglycerides and 480 cholestreral that I had three choices 1) I could keep going the way I was not live very long. (about 25 years ago)
2) I could take a lot of meds at about $100.00 dollars a month and probably still not live very long.
3) I could lose a lot of weight and quite likely live a long time and take very few meds.
I picked 3) and it took nearly 5 years to take the lard off. My goal was one pound a month or twice as fast as I put it on. (Again according to my calculations).
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I'm trying to reduce my carbs and TRYING to lose some pounds.
I've given up 98% of the rice, pasta, bread, desserts.... In the past 3 weeks I've cheated only a little bit during some special lunch or occasion, but I have honestly changed my eating habits. I'm also starting to walk about a half hour every day. I also eat every so often.
I feel better. That I do. It doesn't seem like I've lost any actual weight though. I weighed myself yesterday on a different scale and only half-dressed, and at a different time so I can't REALLY know if I've lost 1 or 5 lbs.
I'm eating more fruits, a lot more. Salads too with just a little low fat dressing. Not so much vegetables. High fiber yogurts & cereals. Not that much protein either. I do have salmon, fish, some chicken breast cutlets but in small portions.
What might I be doing wrong? I need to pump up the weight loss.
If you are more active, you might be converting fat to muscle - and muscle weighs more than Fat. So you could actually gain. You need protein, so don't limit that. Carbs are the no-nos and they can be found in fruits, too. Your doctor can order a consult with a diabetic educator and it would help you refine the diet.
My blood work came back a couple of weeks ago and my doc told me I'm pre-diabetic. My sugar wasn't that high, but high enough to be pre-diabetic. I don't want to take any meds and want to try & get this under control myself.
Has anyone else here been pre-diabetic and been able to get your sugar back to normal levels without the use of medicine?? How did you do it? Any advice?
So how are you coping with this now~? What foods are you now eating~?
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