Heart Rate and Exercise
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I am taking a beta blocker! Got the old thing to get up to 120 yesterday.
And bloods below 10. I think I am moving in the right direction. Thanks for the pointers and support guys.
Sugar and carbs seem to be my worst enemy just now.
And bloods below 10. I think I am moving in the right direction. Thanks for the pointers and support guys.
Sugar and carbs seem to be my worst enemy just now.
I can sympathise as I hate any purposeful excercise for excercise sake with a vengence, I will walk to work occasionally a couple of miles each way and always go for a lunchtime walk when at work but doing anything vigorous for any length of time I just lose interest very quickly. I think the best way is slow but sure, just small bouts of excercise otherwise it could easily turn into a chore and you end up not bothering. For me personally its motivation but something thats playing on my mind as at 51 I should be doing more. I'm planning on getting an excercise bike and seeing how it goes, at least I don't drink or smoke and eat a reasonably balanced diet so not all bad, I'm 5ft 11 and weigh around 12 stone.
Sugar is though my biggest vice, 2 chocco bars a day on average.
Tim.
Sugar is though my biggest vice, 2 chocco bars a day on average.
Tim.
Your blood sugar testing, when and where are you doing it? the recommendation is just before eating and two hours after that (just in case that's not been explained to you). It sounds like you are actually going to end up a type two diabetic in which case they wont give you insulin but drugs such as metformin etc
the testing you are doing is fine and what most diabetics do on a regular basis however the medical profession use a second test from a blood sample to determine your long term blood sugar levels in your actual blood cells as opposed to whats free floating in your blood stream. This is usually done every 90 days and this test isn't effected if you ate a chocolate bar this morning.
The only real way to reduce long term your blood sugars is really to loose weight as its the fat internally that is effecting your pancreas. The pancreas does have a capacity to repair/regenerate itself and plenty of people/celebs stateside claim to now be drug free after loosing the weight through fitness/diet changes. This in itself is a little controversial and not all the medical professions buy into diabetics effectively becoming cured.
Moral is, get rid of the weight by hook or by crook and the internal fat cells damaging your pancreas wont be there to do any further harm and hopefully it can recover. Fitness is great but if you can run a marathon but still have the extra timber, yes you will use more energy/sugar but the route of the problem, your fat damaged pancreas with its impaired insulin capabilities will still be present.
the testing you are doing is fine and what most diabetics do on a regular basis however the medical profession use a second test from a blood sample to determine your long term blood sugar levels in your actual blood cells as opposed to whats free floating in your blood stream. This is usually done every 90 days and this test isn't effected if you ate a chocolate bar this morning.
The only real way to reduce long term your blood sugars is really to loose weight as its the fat internally that is effecting your pancreas. The pancreas does have a capacity to repair/regenerate itself and plenty of people/celebs stateside claim to now be drug free after loosing the weight through fitness/diet changes. This in itself is a little controversial and not all the medical professions buy into diabetics effectively becoming cured.
Moral is, get rid of the weight by hook or by crook and the internal fat cells damaging your pancreas wont be there to do any further harm and hopefully it can recover. Fitness is great but if you can run a marathon but still have the extra timber, yes you will use more energy/sugar but the route of the problem, your fat damaged pancreas with its impaired insulin capabilities will still be present.
I am type II and I only take insulin now as I am not able to tolerate Metformin, it gives me such a painful belly. I went to bed last night with bloods of 9 and taken them just now and they are at 18.
Weight is a problem and you are right, loosing the fat is the way forward. To help with that, and hidden sugar intake I have just got an app that scans the bar code and tells you how much sugar is in a product. It is aimed at kids I think, but it is a useful bit of information.
I have lost a bit of weight , but nothing serious. I fear that is going to be my next goal. I wish it was easy, but then if it was, we would all be skinny.
The fight goes on.
Weight is a problem and you are right, loosing the fat is the way forward. To help with that, and hidden sugar intake I have just got an app that scans the bar code and tells you how much sugar is in a product. It is aimed at kids I think, but it is a useful bit of information.
I have lost a bit of weight , but nothing serious. I fear that is going to be my next goal. I wish it was easy, but then if it was, we would all be skinny.
The fight goes on.