Yay I scored a 42mmol/mol on my blood sugars last week so have started the NHS (farmed out) pre-diabetic digital program today.
The app (Liva) is very very rudimentary, won't link to ergdata, samsung health or myfitnesspal app, everything has to be input manually but we'll see how we go over the next 6 months.
Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go and ditch a load of ice cream in the bin
I was there about 3 and a bit years ago and it scared the shit out of me.
I looked closely at diet and worked out how much sugar I was taking in and how much processed food we as a family were eating. During the working day I don't (usually) eat anything that comes out of a wrapper. Dinner is lettuce chicken and boiled egg, snacks are banana apples and oranges, evening meals tend to be variations on meat and two veg.
The worst bit was the first three days when my body was craving sugar, it was worse than giving up smoking but went away a lot quicker.
The diet sounds dull, and it is, but my last test was 38 and I've got a lot more energy in the afternoons than I have done for years.
As weeksy says, good luck
Yeah, mine is going to be tough.
Lunch's for the week are 5 chicken salads, 1 KFC wrap and 1 pot noodle.
Dinners, aside from a pizza once a week there's not a lot to cut back on, I've been low carb for yonks so no potatoes, chips or rice to cull
Unhealthy snacks need knocking on the head, but I already get through a bag of oranges and 2 hands (?) of celery.
My big one is going to be booze, so I'll use the NHS suggested 14 units for the week as a target, down from 25 - 30.
MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:35 pm
Yay I scored a 42mmol/mol on my blood sugars last week so have started the NHS (farmed out) pre-diabetic digital program today.
The app (Liva) is very very rudimentary, won't link to ergdata, samsung health or myfitnesspal app, everything has to be input manually but we'll see how we go over the next 6 months.
Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go and ditch a load of ice cream in the bin
Fuck me, it's not that difficult.
(I am probably just diabetic at the moment but the local NHS wing aren't that concerned)
1) Lose some weight - above 10% great but even just 5% will help
2) Do some exercise
3) Stop eating so much shit
4) Drink a lot less alcohol
You don't need an app for any of that
MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 2:35 pm
Yay I scored a 42mmol/mol on my blood sugars last week so have started the NHS (farmed out) pre-diabetic digital program today.
The app (Liva) is very very rudimentary, won't link to ergdata, samsung health or myfitnesspal app, everything has to be input manually but we'll see how we go over the next 6 months.
Now if you'll excuse me I've got to go and ditch a load of ice cream in the bin
Afternoon, and welcome to a club no one wants to join but comes with a bonus of free prescriptions!
No, no BG monitor, I'm guessing they wait until your a full blown diabetic before dishing them out, I might pick one up just to see what's what on a weekly basis.
Thankfully I've never been a fan of 'diet' foods, and my assigned health coach was making positive noises about what I do eat for my main meals, we'll see if she still thinks the same after I've logged everything for a couple of weeks.
MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Jul 11, 2025 6:14 pm
No, no BG monitor, I'm guessing they wait until your a full blown diabetic before dishing them out, I might pick one up just to see what's what on a weekly basis.
Thankfully I've never been a fan of 'diet' foods, and my assigned health coach was making positive noises about what I do eat for my main meals, we'll see if she still thinks the same after I've logged everything for a couple of weeks.
Well the no meter is a fucker. As all the companies give them away as freebies as they want you to buy the strips. Look up prices of the strips on ebay and see which ones are cheap
What I would say not to do, is look up all the meter makers and then look up the customer services numbers. Then phone and claim that your bag was stolen with your meter in and wondering if you could send you another. It might be seen as a little gauche but tell them that you are an insulin dependant diabetic and test multiple times a day.
They then send you a meter with a prick device, with 10 needles (a needle lasts ages) and 10 test strips. You can see which prick thing suits you best and see which test strips suits you.
Don't worry about big pharma as a they make money on the meters
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 12:33 pm
FWIW I don't think reducing carbs (other than sugar) is actually healthy. Others may disagree.
Anyway, good luck with it. You have to find what works for you.
I think it's more about working out good/bad versions ?
I recently found out that if you cook pasta and rice then cool and fridge for 24 hours it changes the carb structure (no idea of the correct phraseology - this is loosely 'translated' from what a friend and my SDad told me !!). So you reheat it the next day and it's no longer as carby or as bad (both or one or the other !! )
Excellent case for homemade fried rice to go with a nice chow mein as fried rice is always better with 'over night' rice
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
Noggin wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:55 pm
I recently found out that if you cook pasta and rice then cool and fridge for 24 hours it changes the carb structure (no idea of the correct phraseology - this is loosely 'translated' from what a friend and my SDad told me !!). So you reheat it the next day and it's no longer as carby or as bad (both or one or the other !! )
Apparently it changes them into 'resistant' carbs which the body can't / struggles to break down into glucose, not sure if it still applies if you reheat them food though, not something I've looked into that deeply as I find it easier to just go without
Noggin wrote: Sat Jul 12, 2025 1:55 pm
I recently found out that if you cook pasta and rice then cool and fridge for 24 hours it changes the carb structure (no idea of the correct phraseology - this is loosely 'translated' from what a friend and my SDad told me !!). So you reheat it the next day and it's no longer as carby or as bad (both or one or the other !! )
Apparently it changes them into 'resistant' carbs which the body can't / struggles to break down into glucose, not sure if it still applies if you reheat them food though, not something I've looked into that deeply as I find it easier to just go without
The friend does "almost keto" - not 100% strict on keto but aiming that way
She's the one that gave me all the info (that I didn't retain !! ) and apparently it still stays difficult to process when reheated. Apparently that's useful ??
I just laughed cos I love cooked Egg Fried Rice (takeaway style) so when she said all that I said, Awesome, I can do fried rice and it's not bad for me
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!!
so have started the NHS (farmed out) pre-diabetic digital program today.
At the mo I have 10 that I pass on to the rspca for people to test their animals.
