Diabetes and Weight Loss - What Can the Diabetic Eat?
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May 2nd, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Type 2 Diabetes, rapid weight loss, and D.A.F.N.E.?
I was recently diagnosed as Type 2 diabetes in November, 2009.
The problem I have is that there isn’t much I can eat due to having high cholesterol too.
I am losing about 5 pounds of weight a week.
I will not eat vegetables so that is out.
I am not on any medications whatsoever either. I can usually eat 10g to 15g of carbs without spiking too much.
Anything more than that and I have to walk for 30 minutes for every 20g of carbs I eat. Since it’s wintertime, I won’t be able to walk if at all. I am not healthy enough to exercise indoors.
What can I do to be able to eat so my rapid weight loss is slowed down? At the rate I am losing weight, I will be dead by this august.
Remember, no carbs due to blood sugar problems, no fat or cholesterol due to high cholesterol & high triglycerides. And no veggies due to abuse issues when I was very young. I am now 49 years old. Chicken and fish will get really old really fast, no matter how you prepare it.
I am very tired all the time too and my muscles scream in pain if I walk too much at one time or too many times a day.
My doctor’s office seems to be incompetent. They checked my lipid profile and did not check to see how much insulin I was actually making. They just assumed I was a Type 2 based on my GTT of 294. If not enough insulin, then I need that addressed. If plenty, then only insulin resistant.
I want to use fast acting insulin for mealtime only - dose on eating. My last (and only) a1c was 6.8 .
Diet and exercise just isn’t going to work for me.
My dietitian wants me to eat 75g of carbs 3 times a day plus 2 snacks. I refuse to do this as I do not want my blood sugars in the 300 range every day. I want to keep my eyes and toes and kidneys.
Right now, my average blood sugars via testing are about 113 for the past month, and that’s including the spikes.
What can I eat to slow the rapid weight loss rate? Remember, NO VEGGIES, NO FAT, NO CHOLESTEROL, NO SUGAR, NO CARBS.
Do I just knuckle under and eat anyway, hoping that I don’t go blind to lose my toes? Or have a heart attack from too high a cholesterol level?
If all it takes is an a1c level above 7.0 to get insulin, I can just eat a bunch of frosted cinnamon rolls every day.
D.A.F.N.E. is Dose Ahead For Normal Eating. In essence, take a shot of insulin so you can eat and have a NORMAL life. I only want to eat one or two large meals a day, around 125-150g each. I am not looking to abuse insulin to have a sugary chocolate malt or anything. And maybe once a month eat a REAL meal, say about 250g of carbs like spaghetti and meatballs, or even pizza.
I am ONLY diabetic when I eat. Not eating, and I have perfectly NORMAL blood sugar levels.
What am I to eat? What am I to do? How do I convince my doctor to give me insulin and not pills? I want to save what’s left of my beta cells for when I really need them, in my old age. Insulin will help this, but pills won’t.
I don’t know how to get my doctor to accommodate my needs. Doctor shopping is too expensive.
I am not living, I am existing. The treatment of diabetes is both to keep you alive AND restore some semblance of a normal life. I have neither. Eat, walk, eat, walk. Over and over every day.
I am just in a quandary over this horrible disease.
Any credible and practical suggestions?
In 16 weeks I will weigh less than 80 pounds but should weigh at least 135-150.
For me, Diabetes is a death sentence.
May 2nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Get a new doctor.I hope you are seeing an endocrinologist as normal GPs really aren’t that knowledgeable about diabetes.
If you are at the stage of losing weight (called ketoacidosis) then you need treatment with insulin asap.
If you are also insulin resistant you may have no choice but to go on pills - you said so yourself that diet and exercise just isn’t working. Doesn’t matter how much insulin you pump into your body if you are insulin resistant - it still cant use it. Although I think there is a type of insulin that is used for t2, called byetta or something. Ask your dr about that.
Its very hard to cut carbs altogether from your diet; if you dont get enough, your body will convert protein into carbs. I really think you should seriously reconsider your stance on pills; at least till you can it undercontrol. Anyway, make an appt with a new endo right away!
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May 2nd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
I kinda know where you are coming from. I have 4 diabetics in my family. Two of them went blind in one eye. My brother developed it when he was about 12. He had a kidney transplant a few years ago. Now he is looking to get a pancreas transplant. I think the best thing to do is do a google search to find a good diet for diabetics. Not all carbs are bad. Definitely stay away from the white refined bread and pasta. There are a lot of multigrain and whole wheat products out there. I think my Mom and siblings lay low with alcohol and desserts. But, they all do take insulin, so they pretty much eat everything else. My mother developed it in her 50’s. She started with pills, but said her tongue felt weird. So they put her on insulin. Just try to check out some sites and get some different ideas. The foods that they list that you don’t like, replace them with something else. Not all fats are bad for you either. Saturated are definitely the worse. You might make out well shopping in the organic and healthy food section at the supermarket. Here is 1 website for you to try, and there are lots more. I typed "eating plan for diabetics" and all kinds of things came up. There is also a site for supplements that help lower blood sugar. Keep your head up.
http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/sample-meal-plan
http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/the-best-herbs-and-supplements-for-diabetes/article55702.html
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May 2nd, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Please read this site then contact me privately! http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes
Insulin is the fat maker hormone! If not needed it turns all the excess carbs into fats to float around in the blood system and clog our arteries, NOT the cholesterol that we are told by big pharma!! Also fats are our friends! they prevent us from feeling as hungry as we would otherwise while restricting our food plans so much.
Being 47 and still afraid of veggies is baloney!! get over it or take a heaping helping of vitamin and mineral and fiber supplements.
Your DAFNE is for feather brains! You learn to count carb grams and figure out how much insulin you actually need to cover them and jab yourself.
Actually you are not in compliance now! why would you think the first line of defence is fast acting insulin? you need to try the Metformin, then the long acting insulin then add the fast acting. That is the 21st century methodology.
I mostly eat red meats! Not that nasty fish or chicken! but I do happen to like veggies and fruits.
and by the way: all plant source foods are carb laden, some more than others, but have rather high carb grams in each of them.
try some hypnosis to get over your aversion to green leafy and tomatoes!!!
at least that is what they tell me for my smoking.
Take the Metformin offered, I take
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