So had a health check up recently, I've been diagnosed with diabetes and have been put on 4x 500mg Metformin a day. It was hellish at first with convulsions etc but hardly notice them now.
The results are a bit of scare but my docs are also a bit confused.
BMI: 44.1. I'm short, fat but with a lot of strong muscles. So no surprise there but it is down from 51.2 a few years ago when I was ballooning due to depression and illness.
Blood Pressure: 120mmHg / 80 mmHg. This is great as it falls into the normal good range, we'd expect to see much worse for something with diabetes.
Cholesterol: 4.8mmol/L. This is apparently good aswell considering how bad my hbA1c is. They say 2-4 is good, 4.1-6 is moderately high and 6.1 to 7 is very high.
Blood Test eGFR: >90ml/min. It was 138ml/min back in 2011. They say that normal function level is 60 and above, and moderate being below 60-40. I take it this is good?
Urine Test ACR/PCR: 7.1mg/mmol. They say below 3 is healthy
HbA1c: It's now 99 mmol/mol
vs 44 in 2015. How the fuck did it get so bad, but also how the hell is that so bad when my other stuff isn't as bad? 42-48 (6-6.5) is good, 53-59 (7-7.15) is ok, 64 (
is high, 69-86 (8.5 to 10) is very high.
So I've changed my diet a bit, I now eat smaller meals more often, I've cut out most of the carbs, eating mostly steamed or raw very along with more fish. I'm now on 1 coffee a day usually with 1 sugar, this is normally around mid day. Rest of the day I'm drinking tea and herbals without sugar if needed. I've increased my water intake to around 3l especially in this heat. I've stopped drinking my can of coke and bottle of OJ once a day. Alcohol isn't an issue. I've also stopped the sweets.
What I'm having the most trouble with is breakfast. What can I have cereal like that is fast and isn't too bad? My usual cereals were weetabix, shreddies, muesli. When I have time and effort I usually go for a handful of spinach, and two dry fried eggs (no oil or butter) and a grapefruit. I've also cut out most fried foods ie fried chicken, burgers etc and go for grilled where I can if I fancy meat.
Also what can I snack on? Like I love carrot sticks and celery but there's only so much you can have. Any nuts still good?