I have Diabetes-this is me losing weight

worried_jim

Candy53 wrote: »

No, I'm on Metformin, and just low carb, but not drastically. Alot of diabetics are on the 600 calorie per day diet that lasts 8 weeks. Good luck to them and hope it works but wouldn't work for me.
Hope your diet works for you.

Candy

I have metformin too. I am now 10 days in and haven't eaten anything that I shouldn't and really don't have any desire to do so. I have very little appetite until food is in front of me when I devour it. It is a strange sensation knowing that you are hungry but having no desire to eat- I suppose very few know what real hunger is. In the past I now realise that when I was feeling hungry it wasn't a need for fuel but the effects of carbohydrate wearing off leaving me thinking I was hungry and then eating more. Now I can get by on three meals a day with no snacking, I am amazed at the change in the way I feel in just a short amount of time.

I have just heard a trail for Radio Four next week on Tuesday 21/02/2012 @ 8pm -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c7pr5
New NHS research has revealed the shocking toll of preventable deaths caused by just one medical condition. Diabetes - in which the body fails to control blood sugar levels safely - is causing 24,000 needless deaths a year in England alone.

It's not just the old and middle-aged who are at risk. Young women with diabetes are 6 to 9 times more likely to die than their age group overall. And many more young people who don't die will develop life threatening diseases later due to failure to manage their blood sugar.

Badly controlled diabetes can lead to kidney disease, heart conditions, or blindness. It's also the cause of 5,000 amputations a year, mainly of legs or feet. With around 3 million diagnosed sufferers known to the health service, diabetes is said to be costing the NHS £9 billion a year, about a tenth of the total health budget.

Julian O'Halloran reveals why, despite Government pledges, it's so difficult to get to grips with the disease. And, with the incidence of diabetes rocketing, he asks whether the NHS can cope.

Sounds very interesting and I will make a point of catching it.

Edwardia

Hi Jim T2 here just wondered how you are doing

ktb

Hi Jim... I also just popped back to see how you are getting on?

Jo4

I have just found this thread!

Are you still on the diet? How's your blood glucose readings now?