Richard157

Very good information McCarthy! Thanks for joining in.

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Richard157

I eat only 130 grams of carbohydrates each day. I walk at a fast pace for one hour each day. That caused me to lose 26 pounds. If I reduced my carbs to 100 each day I would lose even more weight. Eating food with a low fat content also helps.

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reddy1996

hi
my aunty has the same problem. For diabetic patients the best way to control the weight is to change eating habits and yoga very helpful

reddi

TheQuest

Your not losing weight, but how is your weight. Are you in proportion (height to weight)? Body fat under 20%. I have just been diagnosed and am borderline. Really need to lose weight and I have it to lose (43% body fat). I would hope I would lose a lot of weight doing what you are. I'm working on getting to 60 minutes now.

leashncollar

try adding weight training to your workouts and increase the speed of your tread mill and the incline your body has adjusted to your excerise levels. change your work out keep a food journal to improve your eating habits.

leashncollar

Hi Leashncollar here, I have an eating disorder and I have found Overeaters Anomyous to be a life saver. They have chapters all over the world and it follows a 12 step format. They have a web site If by chance you dont have an OA chapter in your area Alcholics Anomyous has open meetings to address other addiction issues. Food is an addiction, sugar as well can be a problem for binge eaters. If you like dogs you could get one and take it for walks twice a day, they are good listeners too. Also try keeping a food journal where you write down what you eat and how you are feeling. Best of luck

leashncollar

You should be going at least 4 miles a day and 5k is just over 3

Noumenon

I couldn't sleep, so posting my two bobs worth here.

I wanted to lose weight late last year, as my infrequent walks weren't making a dent, and my lifestyle had become more and more sedentary over the last decade. So I asked my local health clinic for help in some community activity, to get involved with others, and maybe by social peer pressure I thought I'd lose weight quicker.

The staff at the clinic instead went ahead and gave me diabetes. And no exercise! I was very annoyed with that, and still think I'm not DT2, but agree I have Insulin resistance, and IGF.

The health clinics Diabetes Management Plan took a while to kick in, but I didn't sit on my ass waiting for them to save me.

I increased my exercise, revised the foods I ate, ...

In fact I took bag loads of high carb, high sugar foods to my sis's and bro's place. Even before I saw the CDE & dietitian.

I first started only eating raw foods, and ramped up my exercise. I was doing 45 minutes of walking a day. And when I saw the kilo's drop away day by day I was encouraged.

But after the first ten days it became harder and harder to lose the weight at the same rate. So I piled on the exercise. My walks first extended to doing 2 or 3 45 min walks, and then I looked up Google maps and found an 11 km walk which went along the beach for some of the way. I started doing that, and at first it took me 3 hrs to complete. But the kilo's kept coming off! I was still eating greens, salads, beans, soaked grains, nuts, seeds, fruits, and meat once a week.

But again I was plateauing so I added a 2 hr cycling to my exercise repertoire, and later some jogging as well. Now I include some high energy foods like eggs, fish, and other meets like tuna in my salads.

I now also try to eat 3 times a day, so I dont binge at night-time. I used to hold off on eating as much as possible, but then by night-time I'd eat a lot of watermelons and grapes, which are of course high in fructose and sugar. I still eat them but not as much. And eating brekky and lunch when I can means I can exercise more vigorously, and not feel like a zombie trying to finish off my routes. Surprisingly the weight is still coming off, even though I eat more meals and foods. And my BG's are low.

Initially I was so unfit that even the 45 minute walks put my heart rate above 120, meaning I was in the training zone, and not just losing weight, but also gaining muscle. But after some improvement in my fitness now my heart rate is in the fat loss zone (btw 100 and 120 for my age) when I am walking and cycling.

Later when I get even fitter, and lighter, jogging should be occurring for me in the fat burning zone, and not the vigorous exercise zone it is occurring for me now. When that happens I can complete my 11k walk in about 1 hr instead of the 2.5 hr's it takes me now, and burn at least the same amount of calories, hopefully lose the same amount of weight. Or keep it low.

Finally my clinic has got around to organising some exercise activity for me. But it's only 1 hr a week, for 8 weeks, and after that I'm on my own resources again.

So here's my suggestions for you. You will have to modify this to suit your circumstances. At first pile on the exercises. I realise mose people dont have 5 hrs a day to exercise. But you have to do more exercise. Try and keep it at at least your fat burning zone. When you get fitter, you can increase the vigour of your exercise, reduce the time, and still burn off weight.

You also need to drastically change your diet. Your circumstances and dietitian will advise what is right for you, but if you're overweight, you don't need more fat in your diet. And you know you need to reduce your carbs and sugars. So that leaves you with protein, and high-fibre low carbs like vegies. The digesting of these requires so much energy that the body often just breaks even, or doesn't gain much weight from them. You will still get some HDL fats from some of yo0ur fruits like avocado, banana's, and other vegies. So you will not be able to avoid them totally, but you can evade the obvious ones like butter, meat fats, pastry, breads etc.

It's not easy. And progress is painfully slow. I crave a lot of the foods I have given up too. But if you keep a record, or a diary of what you eat, your BG, your exercises, and your weight then not only will you be encouraged, but you will also learn what works best for you.

Good luck and best wishes.

And it's 5:20 am and I have to get up at 7am lol

P.s. When I earnestly started to lose weight on Jan 5'th I was over 92.5 kg's. Yesterday I weighed in at 76.6 kgs. I will be 75 kgs by Monday, and 70 kgs by end of Feb.

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Diagnosed Denial Type 2 on Jan 2010, personally I think I have Glucose Intolerance and Insulin Resistance, and am not yet Diabetic.
OGTT: FPG 6.1 mmol/L, 1 Hr after 75g Glucose Load 14.4 mmol/L, 2 hr's after 75 g Glucose Load, 14.6 mmol/L
HBA1C: 6.2 %
Random: 10.1 mmol/L
Meters: Accu-chek Performa, and Accu-chek Performa Nano.

Shanny

That's amazing work you've done - keep on keepin' on! Just be sure you don't dry up & blow away . . . we need you around here!

sami30

I take 6kgs last months and I know why.
I eat very fat, very sweet, and too much.
I take insulin so I thougt it's easy to eat what I want. but in fact: eat crips at 12h, bread with butter at 14h, cookies at 15h, it's impossible to manage it!
furthermore, I gived up physical activity!!!
but now, i want to loose these kgs!!!
so, I'm trying to adap my basal and my bolus. and I try to not eat anything! and I return to sporting room!