My Battle with T2Diabetes

I have lived in Australia most of my life. I am 76 years old and have been overweight since my son was born about 50 years ago. It now seems amazing to now weigh less than when I got married in early 1973. As a single person and child, my weight was normal. During my marriage, I enjoyed cooking and eating Indian food as I had married an Indian and was overweight.

After I started work in 1989, I gave up cooking except at weekends and ate dinner at McDonald's because my husband was working evenings. By 1999, my weight had increased from 73kg to 90kg, I suffered terrible brain fog and was diagnosed with T2 diabetes. I gave up work and left my husband because he totally misunderstood my misery. I went on a low carbohydrate diet and started measuring my blood glucose levels daily which helped me to reduce my weight gradually until it was 84kg in about 2010. By then I was caring for my Mother and gradually lost weight until I reached my current weight of 65kg which I have been maintaining for about 5 years.

I think my low carbohydrate diet and the keto diet are very similar. My 3 pieces of advice are as follows:

1. Avoid fast food, processed food, deep-fried food, high carbohydrate food, and alcohol;

2. Eat cruciferous vegetables as often as possible, make your own oatmeal porridge, and use olive oil added to soups and salads daily.

3. Have 2 to 3 small meals per day and snacks should not be necessary because the fats in the meat, milk, or added olive oil should knock out the hunger spikes between meals.

Everyone who is overweight should get a medical examination annually and be tested for elevated HbA1c. especially now we have a pandemic of T2Diabetes. I have 20:20 hindsight about this. I exercise every day as much as possible for my age. I am sorry I don't know how to download before and after photos.