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I need some help guys......

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Frontier Guy:
OzSly, congratulations on your successes which prove it can be done.

Gearhead, just get on with it. Don't make things conditional ... IF I do this and THEN I do this and THEN I do this. All that does is create multiple points for a slight failure to derail your entire plan. Start doing it now ... and if possible, start doing several things now so even if one falters you'll have other successes to carry you on.

You can do it.  We know it ... you need to know it also!

BBCAlex:

--- Quote from: OzSly on December 12, 2012, 03:09:30 PM ---In May this year I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2
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Congrats on getting your Type 2 diabetes under control.

I have Type 1/juvenile diabetes and its a bitch of a disease to live with. Unlike Type 2 diabetes, a metabolic disorder which can be controlled or reversed through lifestyle choices, Type 1 is an autoimmune disease wherein my immune system attacked and destroyed all of my pancreatic islet cells that produce insulin when I was younger (only about 5% of all people with diabetes have Type 1). I have to inject insulin about five times a day, every day, forever to stay alive and I have to check my blood sugar constantly to avoid highs and lows which can cause convulsions and death. There is no cure for Type 1 diabetes although stem cell therapy holds a lot of promise for a cure in the future which is very exciting to me.  O0
I am involved with the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). Its a great charity that really does a lot for those of us who live with this disease.

http://www.jdrf.org/
 

OzSly:
Thanks for the kind words FrontierGuy, SlySirHarry and Alex.  O0

Beardman:
Congrats on your efforts Oz, that really is a big accomplishment. Everything you described is as an upside is pretty much how I felt once I started getting healthier too.

Gearhead you are right, you will start getting mroe energy and just generally loving life. I've also felt a massive boost in confidence between shaving my head and losing all that weight. There really is a silver lining or a case of the grass is certainly greener when you lose weight and start eating healthy, you just need to leap over that fence!

Oz has given you one of the worst case scenarios if you don't turn your life around, the other is heart disease and heart attacks etc. My mates mum, she is like my second mum. A few years ago now, suffered from 8 heart attacks in the space of 24 hours, and she is a really big lady, so that is another thing you have to look at. Sure if you fail now it affects no one but yourself, but what if you do have a heart attack or something like that, then it affects your loved ones just as much as it affects you.

Hopefully you start getting on track now, as I said just make yourself some super easy to attain goals at first and work your way into some challenging but attainable ones, you don't want to be be busting a nut just to reach a goal in a set time period or something like that if you can't physically make it.

I look forward to hearing of your successes!

Switchy:
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--- Quote from: OzSly on December 12, 2012, 03:09:30 PM ---Greats posts Gearhead, FrontierGuy and Beardman. Excellent information!!

In May this year I was diagnosed with Diabetes Type 2, It was and wasn't a shock when my Doctor told me. I weighed 150 kgs (330 lbs). I knew it was coming but had become lazy the older I got. My Doc advised me of what is going to happen if I continue the way I was going. It was the wake up call I needed.

With the help of my Doctor, dietician, diabetic educator and my lovely wife, I have lost 30 kgs (66 pounds) since May. This has been done with Diet and exercise. I am also on medication for my diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. All due to being overweight.

When I was told to go on a diet, I thought to myself, crikey!!! I am going to starve!! You know the drill, bread and water and things that taste like cardboard. How wrong was I, there is so much different foods you can eat that wont make you feel like your starving. There are so many great books on eating well. My wife has also gone on a diet (she is not overweight) to help me. As Beardman mention once a week or once a fortnight I do eat naughty food but in moderation portions but still try to eat right.

Now the exercise, in my younger days I played alot of sports, was a gym rats but as you get older, work, family and life gets in the way, the last 10 years or so I let myself go. Well, that the excuses I use to say to myself for not getting off my fat arse lol.

The excercise I started with was 30 minutes walking either on treadmill, when the weather sucks, or walking for 30 minutes or more with my wife out in the suburbs. I started doing it 7 days a week, now do it 3-4 days a week. I also play golf and lawn bowls a couple of times a week too if time permits.

My Doctor is so happy with my progress, she even mentioned that if I continue this way, she will take me off my medication! YEAH!!!

The benefits??? I feel much better, I don't get as tired as I use to. I really enjoy the food. Doing things that I could do since my younger days. I am performing better in the down stairs department, if you know what I mean. I don't want to got into more detail as this is a family channel LOL  :*))

The downside?? Not much really....the cost of medication...crikey it's expensive!!!  May pants keep falling down, my clothes need alteration and have run out of belt holes in my belt  :o LOL

Apologies for the long winded post.
 
Gearhead, hang in there mate. You have taken the most important step by facing up to your problem and for that......WELL DONE mate. It does get easier, it really does.



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Trust me Bro.,  you will survive , had this for 12 years now.  Our bother that has Type 1  and  had a stroke.  This brother has a set !  Been through Hell and Back !  So figure mine and your problems are really minor.  He would love to hear from you .  He and I chat frequently.  And with your upbeat attitude it is a blessing to all of us !   ;) O0  No worries mate , you just have watch the Shilia's checking you out so tell your little lady you love her dearly ! 

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