I need knee replacement and I need to get my A1c at 7 or below and get my weight down....
I've given up candy in the last 3 months and now for about 3 weeks I've had no bread/potato/pasta/rice/fruit juice, etc...iows...a keto like diet but I'm loathe to say I'm dieting....
can't say the weight has melted off but I do feel a little less heavy...lol....
I've always thought there is more to obesity and diabetes then just blaming the person...
my husband is a bit heavy and paunchy and he eats desserts all the time...no diabetes...my SIL is quite a large person and heavy...eats a lot of carbs....no diabetes at all.....
“can’t say the weight has melted off but I do feel a little less heavy”
In January, I started to do what you’re doing re sugar, pasta, potatoes, etc. Also no more diet pop or bananas. In June my tests showed a drop in glucose, and I had lost 15 pounds
I knew I felt lighter and my clothes fit better, but I haven’t stepped on a bathroom scale since the ‘90s.
Being overweight and or having diabetes is a risk factor for cancer. My wife was 5’2” and 200lbs when diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a lumpectomy but it returned. She died.
After she was diagnosed stage 4 four years ago I put us both on a very low carb diet but it was too late for her. After about four months I went zero carb on the carnivore diet. I’m down 50 lbs and have a BMI of 24, blood work is excellent.
I don’t count calories but avoid carbs, eating meat, fish and eggs, drinking water or black coffee. It’s a very simple way of eating. I usually eat twice a day. I scramble 5 eggs for one meal, then have about a pound of meat later. The rule of thumb is to get 30% of your calories from protein. Or try for one gram of protein per pound of your ideal body weight.
I am a carnivore and eat like one, cept I like it cooked a little. All that processed carb stuff in boxes with poison flavor packets will kill you.