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Ok folks, Day 64 for me here on this time around. That means Day 65 after being diagnosed as a diabetic.
I have found 1 (and only one) benefit to being diabetic. Metformin is a great drug. It does several things, 1. blocks some of the carbs from entering your blood stream, 2. decreases the amount of sugar your liver makes, 3. helps restore the body's ability to use insulin properly.
I have been cheat free the whole time and it is easy to do when you are testing your blood sugar 2x per day. Plus 1000mg of metformin 2x per day makes for achieving ketosis pretty easy!!!
I am down 40 pounds now and still going strong. I don't worry about calories, I go by how hungry I feel. I have actually learned what hunger really feels like. I play a game to decide if my hunger is really thirst or not. I have read that many overweight people feel hunger instead of thirst when what they really should be feeling is thirst. I guess I have been messed up for a long time.
Anyhoo, long story longer, if I hadn't been diagnosed, I probably would still be gaining unreal amounts of weight, and not really worrying about it. I would be getting more and more sick. So, I am here on the board (been a member for well over a year, but failed when I was working 70+ hours a week).
I am loving life again and if I can ever get my body used to the metformin (side effects are not fun!) I will really be in good shape.
Well, I am off to lift some heavy weights.
Later kids!
Kevin
I have found 1 (and only one) benefit to being diabetic. Metformin is a great drug. It does several things, 1. blocks some of the carbs from entering your blood stream, 2. decreases the amount of sugar your liver makes, 3. helps restore the body's ability to use insulin properly.
I have been cheat free the whole time and it is easy to do when you are testing your blood sugar 2x per day. Plus 1000mg of metformin 2x per day makes for achieving ketosis pretty easy!!!
I am down 40 pounds now and still going strong. I don't worry about calories, I go by how hungry I feel. I have actually learned what hunger really feels like. I play a game to decide if my hunger is really thirst or not. I have read that many overweight people feel hunger instead of thirst when what they really should be feeling is thirst. I guess I have been messed up for a long time.
Anyhoo, long story longer, if I hadn't been diagnosed, I probably would still be gaining unreal amounts of weight, and not really worrying about it. I would be getting more and more sick. So, I am here on the board (been a member for well over a year, but failed when I was working 70+ hours a week).
I am loving life again and if I can ever get my body used to the metformin (side effects are not fun!) I will really be in good shape.
Well, I am off to lift some heavy weights.
Later kids!
Kevin
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