Hi all, with Miket12's permission i am restarting this very important thread on health and mental issues.
A while back i thought i would be coming on here at some stage to post some good news. That being the huge amount of weight that i finally managed to lose and all about my new healthier lifestyle, mostly inspired by MikeT12 and others on the site.
Unfortunately, that was not to be.
I have lost somewhere in the realms of 25-30 kg. Mostly through diet changes and some increases in physical activity on a daily basis.
However unbeknownst to me, this came at a cost.
I didn't realise it at the time but late last year i started to lose my eyesight. I honestly didn't even notice this happening as it was very gradual. I found myself avoiding computer screens and struggling to watch TV, having difficulty driving at night etc. But i thought it was just the tiredness that i was suffering causing me to be a bit... foggy. I purchased new glasses at the start of this year and destroyed them in months just by continuous cleaning trying to fix my issues. I had plans to go back to the store and demand they replace them as it couldn't be my fault but that didn't happen.
About this time i picked up another issue, this one a little more sensitive in nature. One i didnt even know a male could get. When i finally went and spoke to my Doc about it he took one look and told me i had a problem.
Turns out i have Type 2 Diabetes.
I lost all that weight, but now i got sick and its not the type that gets better on its own.
Now the good news I am sitting at a computer looking at a monitor with nearly no issues. My personal health issue is long gone and not even a factor anymore. Yes i am taking a pill to help with my blood sugar issue, and i check my sugar levels 3 times a day. I am basically on a Keto diet now, but its not all that bad. With the changes in diet i had already taken to lose the weight, i really didn't have to make too many more.
I don't drink alcohol, fizzy drinks, eat pasta, rice, bread or potato, but i have recently found a Keto Icecream thats worth eating, and thank god im still allowed meat, though i focus on white meats mostly. And eggs, god so many eggs.
But the best thing is I can interact with my friends again on here. I can put up with losing a lot, but my eyesight isn't one of them.
So while i may not be on as much as i once was, expect to see me around a bit more than i have been recently.
Cheers all
Long live the rainbows and butterflies
total weight loss, somewhere from +128 kgs to last reading at 104 kgs and still dropping
hey bro, I understand. I got told over 10 year ago I had prediabetes. Apparently many with prediabetes develop full Type 2.
I thought oh yeah, and changed nothing. It was after all just a number on my blood test. I had given up drinking and sugar drinks. Everything was diet coke.
My blood sugar levels remained relatively stable, even though I was still prediabetic.
Nothing happened but then about three years ago I started really putting on weight. Nothing I did could stop it.
So I googled weight loss and found Jenny Craig. I lost about 12 kg in 9 months. It was a starvation diet, although their food products did help.
They went broke though, and now I am on my own....but that wasn't all...
When you lose fat by starving, you also lose muscle, and the heart is a muscle. That is really scary and they don't tell you that. Mood swings and the like.
Anyway since I lost 12 kilos, I have put 4 kilos back on diet and all, but I am pretty stable.
I eat like a sparrow. No muffins sweet or savory, no bread, no rice, no cake, no ice cream. Plain yoghurt. Basically some cheese and crackers, with some meat and lots of salad, minimal fruit, o booze, no diet coke, but I still cannot lose weight...and I do way more physical work than most people.
It is a boring existence but it gets worse...
There is a link between diabetes and kidney malfunction...now that is real scary....and my creatinine levels are in the serious range.
Try googling some information on diabetes and kidney function. A lot of it is shite, but some is good stuff.
You are not alone bro, take care, and diet coke makes you almost as fat as the standard variety.