i need to get my blood sugars under control presently 233 aqnd i could use help?

Question

i am 55 heralth but 305lbs i ride an expercise bike diamond back 4 hours a week. i watch what i east i need to loose 40 pounds and get my bllod sugars down i don't want to die yet i have too much to do

Answer 1

There are all kind of healthy things that you can do - but I think the most important component to reaching most of our goals is to change our mental and emotional patterns that help to create the problems in the first place. The single most helpful thing you can do cost nothing and takes almost no time or energy to do - visualization and affirmations.

For visualization to help, I suggest sitting quietly for 3-5 minutes (longer if you can) and get a good clear mental picture in your mind of yourself. See your self happy and healthy. Try to feel what that is like - to feel good and strong and lighter. See others around you being supportive and helping to make this an easy change in your life.

Affirmations are important too. Often people say they have no time for affirmations and yet they go through the day saying in their mind over and over again "I am so worried about ..." or "I just can't...." That is called negative meditating and it pays to pay close attention to what your mind is saying and when it says something defeatist, you can calmly stop and say (aloud or in your mind) "No, that's not right. Here is what I mean to say." For example when you hear yourself say "I'll never lose weight" stop and say "That's not true, I am getting lighter everyday".

I struggled to lose the weight I gained after having my second child, and my dieting and exercising efforts seemed to pay off a lot more when I just kept repeating to myself "I lose weight easily with the help of the Angels, everyday." Strange (you may say) but true - and you have nothing to lose by trying it.

Peace!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You are smart to ask. You don't mention having seen a doctor, but a doctor should guide you.

There are three ways to manage glucose (blood sugar).
1. Diet
2. Exercise
3. Medication
Perhaps your doc could refer you to a diabetic nutritionist to assist you. Until you know what to "watch" eating, you won't have much success...the carbs and sugars hide in things you wouldn't think of! I have diabetes, and trust me....if I had known then what I know now, I would have done everything I could to avoid it. A free site: www.fitday.com can help you track the carbs (which turn to sugar) in your diet.

I found, by experimentation, that walking for 10 minutes just 2 hours after a meal, my blood sugar went down by 44 points. So try walking some as soon as you can after meals.

I don't mean to be snide, but if you don't control you blood sugar and you die, you will definitely NOT get all the things done that you need to do. So make this a top priority! That's what my doctor told me. He said, "many people are digging their grave with their teeth!" Ouch! That hit home for me.

You can find great dependable information here: http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.j... Hope it helps!

Peace be with you!

Answer 4

You need to reduce carbs such as breads, potatoes, pasta, cakes, cookies, crackers, etc as these turn to sugar in the body. Try drinking water instead of soda. A good diet plan for diabetic is the Schwarzbein Principle. You can buy the book at most book stores or online. It is written by a doctor for her diabetic patients.

If riding the bike isn't helping with weight loss, try mixing things up a bit by walking as well as using the bike. You might want to buy a set of free weights maybe 5 or 8 pounds and start using them. Muscle makes you burn calories faster, so the more muscle you have the better.

A supplement that can help is chromium. I recommend the niacin bound chromium (Chromate) instead of the cheaper version.

Good luck. Don't give up. My Dad has Diabetes and he just had a heart attack recently, His blood sugars before the heart attack were in the 400's. Don't let it get tis bad.

Answer 5

Exercise - is that 4 1hour sessions per week. Maybe you should be riging every day or start walking after every meal

Diet - Add fiber to your diet, lots of high fiber food will help. My SO is a diabetic, and we found that when we use barley in meals as a carb, his blood sugar is about 20 points lower then after other meals. He also adds flax seed to his food.

We try to walk for 1-2 miles at least twice a day and he goes to the gym 4-5 times a week as well.

I hope something here helps you.

Go to the reader's digest website...I think they have a newsletter for diabetics with lots of good information.

Answer 6

Since most vegetables come with at least a little carbs in them, I have basically cut down on the other starchy carbs--breads, pasta, rice, potatoes, root vegs, etc.--so I can eat my leafy greens (and I try to eat a variety of them daily, not just one or two but as many different kinds as I can). I have them cooked as a side dish to my entree, and I also have a salad. Sometimes for supper I just have the salad. And I do eat probably a lot more meat then regular people do since most meats have little or no carbs and I find eating meat fills me up and takes a long time to digest so I don't get hungry for a long time. And only maybe once a week or even every 2 weeks (sometimes longer), I'll give in and have a piece of bread (as low carb as I can find), or 1/2 cup of pasta with lots of veggies added to the sauce so I feel like I'm having a huge pasta blast when I'm not. I'll do things like have sushi but stack 2-3 pieces of fish on one rice ball so I am not eating as much rice. I'll take the buns off hamburgers (or if I really need to, I'll leave the bottom bun and use a fork-knife to eat it, toss the upper bun so I'm only getting half the carbs). I read labels--too many things have secretly added sugar or carbs in them to bulk them up. I do eat cheese (low fat, don't like the no fat stuff). And I get daily exercise--at the very least 30 mins but more if at all possible. And I drink water (lately I've been adding Mio water enhancers just because I like drinking red or purple water but I have to cut that out, there's supposedly no carbs but there is an awful lot of other chemicals in it).

Answer 7

There has to be something you're doing that is out of control. Like drinking 2 liters of coke a day. Either that or you are expecting to lose all of the weight too quickly. Good job with the bike. Biggest thing I've found is stay positive. Don't let any negative thought bring you down. Be militaristic. Go, go, go! I have also heard taking lots of calcium2000mg, magnesium600mg, vitamin D5000iu, C3000mg and Co Q101500mg is helpful. I heard this from numerous naturalpaths phds mds and dcs. It is their advice not mine. I am not a doctor. You will succeed!

Answer 8

It'd difficult to watch what you eat if you don't really know what to watch for.

Have your doctor refer you to a registered dietician who is also a Certified Diabetes Educator. In the meantime, check the sites I've listed and find and read this book:

"What to Eat When You Have Diabetes"

It's pretty recent, so it should still be in print. And it's probably also in your local library system.

Answer 9

What has the doctor told you? Are you type 2 diabetic or type 1 insulin dependent diabetic? Ask the doctor for a prescription to a nutritionist/dietician for consult...if you are diagnosed as diabetic there are a lot of programs that insurance companies will at least partially pay for if you have a script. Make sure you take your meds or insulin as prescribed by the doctor.

Answer 10

Forget the doctor, go and see someone who really knows diet and exercise and that certainly is not a doctor.
Body builders , an experienced dietician a Naturopath someone who deals specifically with the problems you have Don't look to lose the weight in a hurry, now that you 've recognised the problems things will be taken care of.
If you fear that you have to lose the weight quick smart or else, you'll only heap unnecessary pressure on yourself. Relax mate you'll find the right people to help you with this .
One suggestion is start doing some of those many things you have yet to do when you love your life it starts correcting itself