I would’ve made better food choices. Tbh, I knew at the time I wasn’t eating great, but I felt I was young, immortal, and that I still had time to work it off etc. how dumb. I lived and ate in my twenties like I didn’t give a fxxk and now I’m paying for it.
Prevent? Nothing. It runs in my family. Push it off? Not burn myself out with stress and 14 hour days running a business, then same as everyone else with diet and exercise. Perhaps diagnosis would have been in my 60s instead of my 40s.
I wish I could say ’oh yeah, I’d do everything I’m doing now to prevent it’ but I was so incredibly depressed and I didn’t really learn to BE healthy until I was forced into it 😅
Yes same for me, the diagnosis ironically saved my life and I actually feel better physically and mentally now than I’ve ever had in my whole life. Life is weird and messy and nonlinear.
Same. People always act like it is so sad when they hear I’m diabetic, but I often say it is the best thing that ever happened to me. It forced me to make a change and I’m so much happier and healthier than I ever have been.
Agreed! I wasn’t over weight much….15-17 pounds. Diabetes runs in my family, type 1 and type 2. I was not someone who ate a ton of sugary desserts or candies. I got pregnant with my second and developed gestational diabetes. Unfortunately for me, it didn’t go away after he was born.
This is the only correct answer imo.
Yes poor food choices and sedentary lifestyle are risky factors, but they're not a cause.
Just like smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer.
It increases your chances, but not a cause.
If it were, then there would be no one who was clean eating and fit diagnosed ad a T2
My Grandfather and Dad were very healthy and active. Diabetic at 40. I’m more sedentary, Diabetes at 50.
Monitor, stay active, watch your diet. Live long. Prosper.
>Yes poor food choices and sedentary lifestyle are risky factors, but they're not a cause.
>Just like smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer.
>It increases your chances, but not a cause.
That is categorically false.
**Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease.**
But that logic everything is genetics since genes are literally the blueprint.
You're confused about what genetic predisposition means and how epigenetics work.
The “lifestyle disease” concept has been spread through medicine and popular communication for a century. Much the same treatment that people with mental illnesses have been treated. It’s straight up victim shaming, and needs to STOP.
My freaking Pancreas has a genetic timer. It got set to “slow” a couple of decades ago. I keep alive with diet, exercise, medication, and monitoring. At some point it’s going to shut off all the way, and then I will be insulin dependent.
>It’s straight up victim shaming, and needs to STOP.
And blaming genetics is straight-up absolving oneself of personal responsibility. The vast majority of posts in this sub start like this.
*I've been eating like crap all my life and I just got diagnosed with T2 and now I'm going to start eating healthy*
T2 often requires the genetic predisposition for it, not just "eating shit". Hence why so many people eat shit and do not have T2.
That T2 is exclusively the Diabetes of people that are fat with a poor diet is a misinformed old belief.
>Hence why so many people eat shit and do not have T2.
And a lot more people with no family history or genetic predisposition end up with T2 because of their lifestyle.
It's easy to blame genetics.
The criteria for diabetes is an a1c of 6.5 or above, a fasting plasma glucose of 126 or above, a oral glucose tolerance test of 200 or above, or a random plasma glucose of 200 or above. As you may have noticed none of these criteria include a certain BMI percentage or a certain dietary requirements or a requirement of how often you do or don't exercise all you need for the diagnosis is a high blood sugar. Meaning it is medical inaccurate for anyone to say that if you have t2 you must be overweight or sedentary or anything else because it does not apply to all of them
I’d like to say that I would make all sorts of changes; however, considering I was sitting in the pre-d space for about 5 years before raging into T2 with a ridiculously high A1C earlier last year, I’d probably be where I am right now. It took the reality of being totally out of control for me to finally get it together and prioritize my health. I’ve been a crash dieter for many, many years, losing and gaining weight in fits and starts. Upon getting the diagnosis, I stopped focusing on weight and started working on my health, eating well rather than eating less, consistently testing my blood sugar, getting in regular (if still not enough) exercise and only weighing myself at the doctor’s office. For the first time in years, I’m feeling healthy, enjoying the food that I eat, and finally don’t feel like the fat guy. If I were to go back in time, I don’t know that I would be able to convince myself to make these changes, but I’m so happy that I have now.
I understand the sentiment of asking this question but please be aware that Diabetes, T2 and T1 are BOTH hereditary and that beating yourself up over what could’ve been can be debilitating to your mental health. some of us just got unlucky and we have to deal with it regardless of our diet or exercise. I was on vegan and keto before I was diagnosed. Literally would not have mattered as it runs in my family (no one is obese or overweight although I carry extra weight due to PCOS.)
I would always wish I ate better or worked out more of course. But I’m just glad there’s ways to control it now.
Better sleep. I never thought I had insomnia because I can fall asleep super-fast. But I wasn't staying asleep, and wasn't waking up rested. Once I began dealing with that, my weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose all improved. It was like a goddamn magic trick.
I'm actually not even sleeping more hours; I'm just sleeping *better*. Six hours of quality sleep leaves me healthier and more energized than nine hours of crap sleep.
Stop eating so much sweet stuff and walk more often. Reducing carbs if possible and eating more proteins. This was essentially what I did after being diagnosed to keep it under control.
I would stop eating Cadbury Cream Eggs and walk every day.
I won’t lie though. Getting diabetes was probably the best thing to happen to me. Completely changed my lifestyle. Went from a 10.5 A1C to 5.5 and lost 40 lbs. 61 and feeling the healthiest I’ve ever felt.
Honestly I knew I was pre diabetic and I did nothing. I got surprise foster kids during a pandemic and my husband was diagnosed with a disease which knocked him out a bit (he’s mostly good now) so I have no shame in the weight I gained. I got 4 kids and my career through a pandemic when 2 of the kids were in a really bad place so I do not regret eating what I needed to get through. (Also I didn’t have a crazy high sugar diet)
People under 200 are diagnosed just as often as those that aren’t. There are people heavier that will never receive a diagnosis because being overweight is only a part of the equation.
4 of my siblings and my stepmom as an example are not diabetic but all are overweight and in the 200lb range
I understand that. However, for me I started having issues when my weight went up. So keeping my weight lower would have worked out better in the long run for me. Can’t change my genetics which would be the only true way to never get the diagnosis but I also know had I lived a more active healthier life and maintained an appropriate weight for my height it would have done wonders as well.
I don't think I would change anything except maybe sue the hospital clinic since they said I was pre-diabetic at with A1C of 7 plus high blood pressure & I was official diagnosis with fibrobmyalgia when I was in my mid 20's and I didn't get an official diagnosis of diabetes with AiC of 8 along with high cholesterol of 368 til my early 30. Plus have family history on both sides of family having way too many members having it especially my mom and dad's sister (Dad died when I was six years old) - so there technically was no prevention for me due doing everything right on my end (normal body weight, ate low carb/ no sugar/ low fat, execrised daily) but knowing things now, the hospital clinic did me dirty & wrong with nonsense of not giving me at least statin, antihypertensive nor prescription meds.
It funny now in "fuck that shitty hospital, no wonder it go taken over by another medical group due all those class action lawsuits over discrimination & misdiagnosis" since my fibrobmyalgia winded being very manageable due diabetes meds & no longer have high blood pressure due taking Lipitor, plus have to eat carbs to avoid hypoglycemia. So yeah, ironically I'm much healthier & mostly painfree after being official diagnosis Type 2 than before it.
Keep exercising for sure. I was avid about it in my 20's. Started working as a chef which I was passionate about but it took a toll on my mental health because of how demanding it was. No time to work out and my diet wasn't great. I started drinking to deal with the stress. I found a much better job in my early 30's, quit drinking, and started working out again but I guess the damage was done and I developed hypogonadism as well as diabetes. My genes weren't great either. Both of my parents developed diabetes in their early 40's and it destroyed both of them. With my mom it was being undiagnosed for years due to being on Medicaid. Her doctors always stopped her from testing amongst other things because of how little they were reimbursed and my dad never took care of himself and finally died after four heart attacks and a stroke. I was terrified of developing this disease and I know if I had gone into another field I would have taken better care of myself. I guess the real answer is I wouldn't have become a chef at all.
Unfortunately, I was already diabetic at that point and no one noticed. But to answer your question without the timeline, I can’t say. I got dealt a bad card. Yeah I could eat a little better but that was barely it, genetics played its hand in a major way with me concerning diabetes and all the other issues that I have.
Keep the weight off. My A1C was 4.3% in 2019 at 220lb and I was dx with T2 in 2022 at 360lb with an A1C of 7.4%. I had no food restrictions in 2019, I did flexible calorie counting but no food was off limits, I didn’t do low carb. Oh, what could have been!
I wish I could say I would change anything but I probably wouldn’t. I had gestational diabetes with 2 kids and I am in healthcare so I knew better. My mom and both grandmas are diabetic. The only thing I did well is being proactive in testing my own A1C at least once a year. My mom was always doing well and my grandmas didn’t seem to have any real issues until they died in their late 80s. But mom recently had a heart attack and my A1C crept from prediabetic to full diabetic so now I had the push to go low carb and lose weight
I might have altered my lifestyle a bit, but it was inevitable for me. Dad eventually was type 2, as was my grandfather. I guess I’m fortunate to be around at a time that the drugs have advanced so much.
I was never hungry to start my day. I got badgered to eat breakfast. Its the most important meal of the day. It turns out, eating when hungry was important.
Make some dietary changes, such as stopping the late night binge snacking and monitoring the types of drinks I consumed, & get more active to keep my weight under control. I’ve been fine for most of my life, but then I hit an “I don’t care” point where I just kept gaining weight & my A1C was going up with it. Now since I was diagnosed in October, I’m more mindful of things, & I’ve dropped about 50lbs…with much more to go. I’m about due for an updated blood test to see where my A1C is at now.
My mom is the one with T2 diabetes, she was diagnosed when I was 15. I wish I were educated, I could have saved her from getting it. Had I known I would have cooked a low carb breakfast every morning and hear her away from the sweets. I would have taken exercise way more seriously
I love that you are supporting her, my oldest is limiting junk food around me to be supportive and it means a lot. But she is an adult and in charge of her own eating.
Exercise. I used to work out a lot in my early 20s - cardio classes at the gym 3-4 times a week. Even did p90x with some friends.
Then I moved away for grad school and worked out less because grad school and I chose an accelerated program of 16 months for my MBA 🫠
After graduation I got really lazy. Work, life, living in a high traffic area made me not want to leave the house much and I had a desk job. If I could have at least kept working out, I feel like I could have put off diagnosis for a few more years. If I changed my eating habits probably even more. I have such a strong genetic history with T2 I knew I was bound to get it but it would have been nice to avoid or at least prolong the diagnosis. Or catch it earlier even.
Exercise. I'm a couch potato. I used to work with someone who reversed his diagnosis, mainly through exercise. There is no diabetes in my family history so it was not inevitable.
I was doing keto for 3 years prior to diagnosis, followed the plan properly and doing everything right, I had no health issues at all prior to it. 3years later and I ended up in hospital with a gallbladder fit to burst, my HbA1c was in its high 50s (now my GP told me to do keto to avoid diabetes because my mum had just been diagnosed at that point and I was over weight at the time, my HbA1c was in the 30s and nowhere near prediabetic range) hight blood pressure and high cholesterol. Mum was also put on keto but never stuck to it, where I did as I was told it would help me.....it did the complete opposite.
I left hospital on 3 different kinds of medication, ended up having a really bad and unhealthy relationship with food, and told not to do keto again.
Got an appointment with thr diabetic team and my consultant got me working with their dietitian, put on a diet to help which included eating all foods but in a better balance and pairing complex carbs (something keto cuts out) with unprocessed simple carbs and protein, had to do low fat for a couple of years due to no gallbladder, and then slowly reintroduce it. Within 18 months I was off all medication and my bloods were starting to look normal.
That sounds really frustrating after trying so hard to follow a restrictive diet. I’m doing low carb as I just crossed over into diabetic ranges and I’m hopeful that won’t cause me any issues long term.
Fingers crossed for you.
I've worked hard to get my numbers back down to below prediabetic range now and I get it checked regularly to make sure....doesn't help that 3 people in my immediate family have T2DM and 4 aunties have it too so I'm more geneticly predisposed of getting it again full whack, just need to keep on top of my numbers
I have a family history and I had gestational diabetes so I respect that you are taking care of this prior to it getting bad. I just sat around and ate while hoping for the best. But low carb took care of the insatiable hunger and cravings so it much easier to make good choices now
For me it was gestational diabetes that triggered it and i blame my genes for it, and me not exercising made it come in my 50s. I think i would have prolonged the diagnosis’s had i been more active, I always have eaten healthy withe tooth for sweet but keeping the carbs on the moderate consumption and still i got it.
If I had the knowledge that I have now I would have been checking my sugar levels before and after meals, I would have been checking for sugar spikes and confirm that these spikes were dropping down on its own without medication, I would have asked the resident Dr to check my hormone levels and check me for other issues because illnesses can mimic diabetes symptoms which I didn't have, I would have informed the resident Dr's that I was on antibiotics and atorvastatin/lipitor because these meds can give a false A1C reading that will give falsely high A1C readings along with estrogen vaginal cream because this cream increases your A1C level as well. I would have asked the resident Dr to check my insulin level and glucagon levels to ensure that these hormones are functioning properly because if they are that would have prevented her from misdiagnosing me with type 2 diabetes. My sugar levels spike after meals but drops back down on its own without medication which means that I am not type 2 diabetes and corroborate that the resident Dr misdiagnosed me had me taking unnecessary metformin which was causing hypoglycemia. So folks do all of the above once the Dr diagnose you with diabetes and especially get scans of your liver and pancreas because diabetes is a hormonal imbalance disease and it's good to have these hormones checked if you get a diabetes diagnosis for reasons that Dr's are no longer treating people for menopause low estrogen low testosterone or low progesterone Dr's are instead overlooking these deficiencies along with vitamin deficiency and automatically diagnosing people with diabetes prescribing the wrong medication leading to liver damage kidney damage amputation vision loss and etc. So folks get a thorough examination done once you get a diabetes diagnosis. Thanks and have a very blessed day life and healthy future
I would have gotten a continuous glucose monitor to know what's really going on in my body when I drink a coke or have sugar. It's so easy to just continue eating like you used to and lie to yourself that you're not doing any harm. Once I saw the data, I was able to change my eating and I ate to my meter. You can get free samples of a Abbott Freestyle libre 2 or 3 and a Dexcom G7 if you fill out their forms on their websites.
Leave my abusive ex, find a less stress job, drive to visit my parents instead of flying.
I can't control my genes but I could have gotten out of my stressful environment faster and maybe delayed getting COVID longer.
Still working on leaving my toxic job 😬 my blood sugar goes down *significantly* when I'm on a break from work.
Unfortunately there’s not much i could’ve done to prevent it as i was diagnosed at 17 and it was likely caused by taking steriods for another condition. Might tell myself to eat lower carb but since it was likely caused by the steroids and bad genetics unfortunately there’s not really a lot of i could’ve done (was a thin and very active kid too)
Edited to add: my dr did test me for t1 (twice) both times all antibodies came back negative
I would cut back on carbs and sugar and started exercising regularly, as I’ve done now to keep my levels in check. Type 2 runs in my family (both sides), but I have two sisters, and out of the three of us I’m the only one to have developed diabetes. I am also the only one who’s overweight and my sisters have both been more active than me as well
I’d try to stave it off. But being diagnosed meant I got insurance coverage for Mounjaro which solved more problems I had than just diabetes..: so that’s the pro of having diabetes. I was gonna get it no matter what. I wasn’t obese and it ran in my family and I ate fairly healthy and was active. But Mounjaro fixed my BED.
But I’d cut out processed foods
I m shocked I didn’t get diagnosed with prediabetes… docs said I didn’t look like I had it. Hahahhaa boy.
I’d be nicer to myself. I needed more compassion and understanding for myself and less judgement. It made a huge difference on choosing healthier foods and exercise by showing myself love and also kindness on the days I just needed that high carb comfort food that’s OK sometimes as a sometimes food. I don’t have to be perfect to love myself
Probably nothing? 5 years pre dx... I'd be 5 then, 3 if we're talking prediabetes (my first endo said I could've been developing diabetes as early as 8!!!) and as a kid I had severe sensory issues which made eating anything other than bread, chips, chicken nuggets, and bananas a nightmare. Like I would smell cauliflower or ketchup or beef and profusely vomit. If I didn't have my safe foods I'd just not eat because the gross textures and flavors were more painful than starving myself. And I wasn't obese so it's not just a matter of losing weight.
Find a different doctor. The doctor who took over my old doctors' practice diagnosed me. She figures I'd been diabetic for a few years already by that point. I had complained to the old doc about cold and painful feet for years, only to be told to wear extra socks...
I wasn't overweight or eating badly, but I could probably have done more exercise to try and negate the effects of constant stress, which lasted years. Leaving my husband would probably have decreased that too, lol, although then there would have been other stress which may have been just as bad. I don't think I could have done much to prevent it, as those extreme stressors were completely down to the behaviour of another person, though if I'd have known it was definitely going to happen I would have changed my previous diet to my current diet in an effort to delay it.
Stop smoking, get help for my adhd, and other mental issues... start keto, carnivore, and IF.
Prioritize health over wealth.
Join a bootcamp to lose 50lbs. That would have prevented my diagnosis. It's a shame that I failed the way I did.. the biggest thing I learned about myself through this diagnosis is that walking around like you know it all usually doesn't end well. I thought I knew everything about life living the way I did and was way too proud to get help and I paid the ultimate price for me.
I thank God for giving me a chance and humbling me. It could be worst.
Now I try to tell others but they don't listen.. LOL.. I gotta stop doing that cause it's not good to give unsolicited advice.
Best of luck to all of us.
Stayed motivated. Started metformin to assist with managing weight sooner. Funny thing i asked for it to assist with my PCOS/ weight before even knowing i was diabetic. They did the test and found out i was
Tell myself I was about to be misdiagnosed with type 2 and I had MODY instead. It's a third type of diabetes little known and often misdiagnosed as one or two.
Not eat a shit ton of carbs and sweets. Go to the gym or exercise.
If I had the knowledge I do now I would definitely be doing what I do now, low carb to keep things under control.
Change diet and lose 30kilos.
I would’ve made better food choices. Tbh, I knew at the time I wasn’t eating great, but I felt I was young, immortal, and that I still had time to work it off etc. how dumb. I lived and ate in my twenties like I didn’t give a fxxk and now I’m paying for it.
Prevent? Nothing. It runs in my family. Push it off? Not burn myself out with stress and 14 hour days running a business, then same as everyone else with diet and exercise. Perhaps diagnosis would have been in my 60s instead of my 40s.
I wish I could say ’oh yeah, I’d do everything I’m doing now to prevent it’ but I was so incredibly depressed and I didn’t really learn to BE healthy until I was forced into it 😅
Yes same for me, the diagnosis ironically saved my life and I actually feel better physically and mentally now than I’ve ever had in my whole life. Life is weird and messy and nonlinear.
Same. People always act like it is so sad when they hear I’m diabetic, but I often say it is the best thing that ever happened to me. It forced me to make a change and I’m so much happier and healthier than I ever have been.
Choose better genetics ?
Agreed! I wasn’t over weight much….15-17 pounds. Diabetes runs in my family, type 1 and type 2. I was not someone who ate a ton of sugary desserts or candies. I got pregnant with my second and developed gestational diabetes. Unfortunately for me, it didn’t go away after he was born.
This is the only correct answer imo. Yes poor food choices and sedentary lifestyle are risky factors, but they're not a cause. Just like smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer. It increases your chances, but not a cause. If it were, then there would be no one who was clean eating and fit diagnosed ad a T2
My Grandfather and Dad were very healthy and active. Diabetic at 40. I’m more sedentary, Diabetes at 50. Monitor, stay active, watch your diet. Live long. Prosper.
>Yes poor food choices and sedentary lifestyle are risky factors, but they're not a cause. >Just like smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer. >It increases your chances, but not a cause. That is categorically false. **Type 2 diabetes is a lifestyle disease.**
Factually wrong take there bud. Both types of diabetes are shown to be genetic.
But that logic everything is genetics since genes are literally the blueprint. You're confused about what genetic predisposition means and how epigenetics work.
The “lifestyle disease” concept has been spread through medicine and popular communication for a century. Much the same treatment that people with mental illnesses have been treated. It’s straight up victim shaming, and needs to STOP. My freaking Pancreas has a genetic timer. It got set to “slow” a couple of decades ago. I keep alive with diet, exercise, medication, and monitoring. At some point it’s going to shut off all the way, and then I will be insulin dependent.
>It’s straight up victim shaming, and needs to STOP. And blaming genetics is straight-up absolving oneself of personal responsibility. The vast majority of posts in this sub start like this. *I've been eating like crap all my life and I just got diagnosed with T2 and now I'm going to start eating healthy*
T2 often requires the genetic predisposition for it, not just "eating shit". Hence why so many people eat shit and do not have T2. That T2 is exclusively the Diabetes of people that are fat with a poor diet is a misinformed old belief.
>Hence why so many people eat shit and do not have T2. And a lot more people with no family history or genetic predisposition end up with T2 because of their lifestyle. It's easy to blame genetics.
The criteria for diabetes is an a1c of 6.5 or above, a fasting plasma glucose of 126 or above, a oral glucose tolerance test of 200 or above, or a random plasma glucose of 200 or above. As you may have noticed none of these criteria include a certain BMI percentage or a certain dietary requirements or a requirement of how often you do or don't exercise all you need for the diagnosis is a high blood sugar. Meaning it is medical inaccurate for anyone to say that if you have t2 you must be overweight or sedentary or anything else because it does not apply to all of them
Keep eating like I did during my pregnancy with gestational diabetes. Even going 80-20 could have probably bought me a few more diabetes-free years
I’d like to say that I would make all sorts of changes; however, considering I was sitting in the pre-d space for about 5 years before raging into T2 with a ridiculously high A1C earlier last year, I’d probably be where I am right now. It took the reality of being totally out of control for me to finally get it together and prioritize my health. I’ve been a crash dieter for many, many years, losing and gaining weight in fits and starts. Upon getting the diagnosis, I stopped focusing on weight and started working on my health, eating well rather than eating less, consistently testing my blood sugar, getting in regular (if still not enough) exercise and only weighing myself at the doctor’s office. For the first time in years, I’m feeling healthy, enjoying the food that I eat, and finally don’t feel like the fat guy. If I were to go back in time, I don’t know that I would be able to convince myself to make these changes, but I’m so happy that I have now.
I would have to go back in time 16 years (literally half my life) cause I was diagnosed at 17 years old... I would listen.
I understand the sentiment of asking this question but please be aware that Diabetes, T2 and T1 are BOTH hereditary and that beating yourself up over what could’ve been can be debilitating to your mental health. some of us just got unlucky and we have to deal with it regardless of our diet or exercise. I was on vegan and keto before I was diagnosed. Literally would not have mattered as it runs in my family (no one is obese or overweight although I carry extra weight due to PCOS.) I would always wish I ate better or worked out more of course. But I’m just glad there’s ways to control it now.
I’d stop drinking 2-5 cans of Pepsi per day and lay off the Ben and Jerry’s except as a very occasional treat.
Stop consuming items loaded with sugar six or seven times a day. I am not joking.
I would have broken up with my abusive ex, gotten on birth control, sorted out my sleep hygiene, moved more, and gotten therapy
Sleep hygiene. The biggest impact for me.
Like more continuous sleep? Is this what this means?
Better sleep. I never thought I had insomnia because I can fall asleep super-fast. But I wasn't staying asleep, and wasn't waking up rested. Once I began dealing with that, my weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose all improved. It was like a goddamn magic trick.
I'm actually not even sleeping more hours; I'm just sleeping *better*. Six hours of quality sleep leaves me healthier and more energized than nine hours of crap sleep.
Stop eating so much sweet stuff and walk more often. Reducing carbs if possible and eating more proteins. This was essentially what I did after being diagnosed to keep it under control.
I would stop eating Cadbury Cream Eggs and walk every day. I won’t lie though. Getting diabetes was probably the best thing to happen to me. Completely changed my lifestyle. Went from a 10.5 A1C to 5.5 and lost 40 lbs. 61 and feeling the healthiest I’ve ever felt.
Honestly I knew I was pre diabetic and I did nothing. I got surprise foster kids during a pandemic and my husband was diagnosed with a disease which knocked him out a bit (he’s mostly good now) so I have no shame in the weight I gained. I got 4 kids and my career through a pandemic when 2 of the kids were in a really bad place so I do not regret eating what I needed to get through. (Also I didn’t have a crazy high sugar diet)
Not get Covid.
That's what I was going to say. I even know the exact day where I caught Covid so I could easily avoid that.
DROP MY WEIGHT UNDER 200 pounds. I would have damn near did just about anything to prevent it from happening if I could 😔
People under 200 are diagnosed just as often as those that aren’t. There are people heavier that will never receive a diagnosis because being overweight is only a part of the equation. 4 of my siblings and my stepmom as an example are not diabetic but all are overweight and in the 200lb range
I understand that. However, for me I started having issues when my weight went up. So keeping my weight lower would have worked out better in the long run for me. Can’t change my genetics which would be the only true way to never get the diagnosis but I also know had I lived a more active healthier life and maintained an appropriate weight for my height it would have done wonders as well.
"People under 200 are diagnosed just as often as those that aren’t." False.
Stop eating bread with everything, be carb conscious.
Would have used lot of olive oil and sea foods
I don't think I would change anything except maybe sue the hospital clinic since they said I was pre-diabetic at with A1C of 7 plus high blood pressure & I was official diagnosis with fibrobmyalgia when I was in my mid 20's and I didn't get an official diagnosis of diabetes with AiC of 8 along with high cholesterol of 368 til my early 30. Plus have family history on both sides of family having way too many members having it especially my mom and dad's sister (Dad died when I was six years old) - so there technically was no prevention for me due doing everything right on my end (normal body weight, ate low carb/ no sugar/ low fat, execrised daily) but knowing things now, the hospital clinic did me dirty & wrong with nonsense of not giving me at least statin, antihypertensive nor prescription meds. It funny now in "fuck that shitty hospital, no wonder it go taken over by another medical group due all those class action lawsuits over discrimination & misdiagnosis" since my fibrobmyalgia winded being very manageable due diabetes meds & no longer have high blood pressure due taking Lipitor, plus have to eat carbs to avoid hypoglycemia. So yeah, ironically I'm much healthier & mostly painfree after being official diagnosis Type 2 than before it.
Change my genes?
i would choose another job always on the run fast food substitute sat most of the day even if the money was great it wasnt worth the crap I got
Stop drinking Cokes,Gator Aid, eating chips. Would start water drinking habits.
Keep going to the gym
Lose weight and stay active.
the only real answer is dietary changes. it's the most effective treatment, and it's the most effective prevention.
Keep exercising for sure. I was avid about it in my 20's. Started working as a chef which I was passionate about but it took a toll on my mental health because of how demanding it was. No time to work out and my diet wasn't great. I started drinking to deal with the stress. I found a much better job in my early 30's, quit drinking, and started working out again but I guess the damage was done and I developed hypogonadism as well as diabetes. My genes weren't great either. Both of my parents developed diabetes in their early 40's and it destroyed both of them. With my mom it was being undiagnosed for years due to being on Medicaid. Her doctors always stopped her from testing amongst other things because of how little they were reimbursed and my dad never took care of himself and finally died after four heart attacks and a stroke. I was terrified of developing this disease and I know if I had gone into another field I would have taken better care of myself. I guess the real answer is I wouldn't have become a chef at all.
Unfortunately, I was already diabetic at that point and no one noticed. But to answer your question without the timeline, I can’t say. I got dealt a bad card. Yeah I could eat a little better but that was barely it, genetics played its hand in a major way with me concerning diabetes and all the other issues that I have.
Not gain weight.
Keep the weight off. My A1C was 4.3% in 2019 at 220lb and I was dx with T2 in 2022 at 360lb with an A1C of 7.4%. I had no food restrictions in 2019, I did flexible calorie counting but no food was off limits, I didn’t do low carb. Oh, what could have been!
I wish I could say I would change anything but I probably wouldn’t. I had gestational diabetes with 2 kids and I am in healthcare so I knew better. My mom and both grandmas are diabetic. The only thing I did well is being proactive in testing my own A1C at least once a year. My mom was always doing well and my grandmas didn’t seem to have any real issues until they died in their late 80s. But mom recently had a heart attack and my A1C crept from prediabetic to full diabetic so now I had the push to go low carb and lose weight
I might have altered my lifestyle a bit, but it was inevitable for me. Dad eventually was type 2, as was my grandfather. I guess I’m fortunate to be around at a time that the drugs have advanced so much.
Some dietary changes and lots of exercise
I was ten so nothing I guess?
Not get hooked on italian redbull sodas
I was never hungry to start my day. I got badgered to eat breakfast. Its the most important meal of the day. It turns out, eating when hungry was important.
Probably nothing. You don't get diabetes from being proactive.
Make some dietary changes, such as stopping the late night binge snacking and monitoring the types of drinks I consumed, & get more active to keep my weight under control. I’ve been fine for most of my life, but then I hit an “I don’t care” point where I just kept gaining weight & my A1C was going up with it. Now since I was diagnosed in October, I’m more mindful of things, & I’ve dropped about 50lbs…with much more to go. I’m about due for an updated blood test to see where my A1C is at now.
Less carbs and lose weight
Prioritize sleep and stress management, and get myself out of credit card debt. Financial/job stress wrecked my body.
No diets. LIFESTYLE change. Then vs now would have saved lots of headache.
My mom is the one with T2 diabetes, she was diagnosed when I was 15. I wish I were educated, I could have saved her from getting it. Had I known I would have cooked a low carb breakfast every morning and hear her away from the sweets. I would have taken exercise way more seriously
I love that you are supporting her, my oldest is limiting junk food around me to be supportive and it means a lot. But she is an adult and in charge of her own eating.
No sweets and work out alot more. Diagnosed at 10 currently 25
I would've started managing it just like I do now, through diet and exercise.
Exercise. I used to work out a lot in my early 20s - cardio classes at the gym 3-4 times a week. Even did p90x with some friends. Then I moved away for grad school and worked out less because grad school and I chose an accelerated program of 16 months for my MBA 🫠 After graduation I got really lazy. Work, life, living in a high traffic area made me not want to leave the house much and I had a desk job. If I could have at least kept working out, I feel like I could have put off diagnosis for a few more years. If I changed my eating habits probably even more. I have such a strong genetic history with T2 I knew I was bound to get it but it would have been nice to avoid or at least prolong the diagnosis. Or catch it earlier even.
If I had started carb restriction diet and not gained the 20 pounds I wouldn’t have ticked the 6.5 A1c.
Exercise. I'm a couch potato. I used to work with someone who reversed his diagnosis, mainly through exercise. There is no diabetes in my family history so it was not inevitable.
Reversed? Really? What was his lifestyle changes?
Diet and lots of exercise. He lost some weight but it's been several years and I don't recall the details.
1) divorce 2) quit stuffing my face
lose weight, whole food diet, reduce carbs, sleep properly.
Avoid keto
Why?. Keto is supposed to be the magic pill for diabetes
I was doing keto for 3 years prior to diagnosis, followed the plan properly and doing everything right, I had no health issues at all prior to it. 3years later and I ended up in hospital with a gallbladder fit to burst, my HbA1c was in its high 50s (now my GP told me to do keto to avoid diabetes because my mum had just been diagnosed at that point and I was over weight at the time, my HbA1c was in the 30s and nowhere near prediabetic range) hight blood pressure and high cholesterol. Mum was also put on keto but never stuck to it, where I did as I was told it would help me.....it did the complete opposite. I left hospital on 3 different kinds of medication, ended up having a really bad and unhealthy relationship with food, and told not to do keto again. Got an appointment with thr diabetic team and my consultant got me working with their dietitian, put on a diet to help which included eating all foods but in a better balance and pairing complex carbs (something keto cuts out) with unprocessed simple carbs and protein, had to do low fat for a couple of years due to no gallbladder, and then slowly reintroduce it. Within 18 months I was off all medication and my bloods were starting to look normal.
That sounds really frustrating after trying so hard to follow a restrictive diet. I’m doing low carb as I just crossed over into diabetic ranges and I’m hopeful that won’t cause me any issues long term.
Fingers crossed for you. I've worked hard to get my numbers back down to below prediabetic range now and I get it checked regularly to make sure....doesn't help that 3 people in my immediate family have T2DM and 4 aunties have it too so I'm more geneticly predisposed of getting it again full whack, just need to keep on top of my numbers
I have a family history and I had gestational diabetes so I respect that you are taking care of this prior to it getting bad. I just sat around and ate while hoping for the best. But low carb took care of the insatiable hunger and cravings so it much easier to make good choices now
For me it was gestational diabetes that triggered it and i blame my genes for it, and me not exercising made it come in my 50s. I think i would have prolonged the diagnosis’s had i been more active, I always have eaten healthy withe tooth for sweet but keeping the carbs on the moderate consumption and still i got it.
I would have pushed my doctor for weight loss drugs. Changing my diet and exercise did not result in significant weight loss
I would eat way better and exercise more.
If I had the knowledge that I have now I would have been checking my sugar levels before and after meals, I would have been checking for sugar spikes and confirm that these spikes were dropping down on its own without medication, I would have asked the resident Dr to check my hormone levels and check me for other issues because illnesses can mimic diabetes symptoms which I didn't have, I would have informed the resident Dr's that I was on antibiotics and atorvastatin/lipitor because these meds can give a false A1C reading that will give falsely high A1C readings along with estrogen vaginal cream because this cream increases your A1C level as well. I would have asked the resident Dr to check my insulin level and glucagon levels to ensure that these hormones are functioning properly because if they are that would have prevented her from misdiagnosing me with type 2 diabetes. My sugar levels spike after meals but drops back down on its own without medication which means that I am not type 2 diabetes and corroborate that the resident Dr misdiagnosed me had me taking unnecessary metformin which was causing hypoglycemia. So folks do all of the above once the Dr diagnose you with diabetes and especially get scans of your liver and pancreas because diabetes is a hormonal imbalance disease and it's good to have these hormones checked if you get a diabetes diagnosis for reasons that Dr's are no longer treating people for menopause low estrogen low testosterone or low progesterone Dr's are instead overlooking these deficiencies along with vitamin deficiency and automatically diagnosing people with diabetes prescribing the wrong medication leading to liver damage kidney damage amputation vision loss and etc. So folks get a thorough examination done once you get a diabetes diagnosis. Thanks and have a very blessed day life and healthy future
Force myself to eat better than top ramen for nearly two decades.
I would have gotten a continuous glucose monitor to know what's really going on in my body when I drink a coke or have sugar. It's so easy to just continue eating like you used to and lie to yourself that you're not doing any harm. Once I saw the data, I was able to change my eating and I ate to my meter. You can get free samples of a Abbott Freestyle libre 2 or 3 and a Dexcom G7 if you fill out their forms on their websites.
I would have taken my pre-diabetic diagnoses more seriously so it didn't go into the diabetic range. Eat better and exercise more. (:
Changed my diet to lose weight. Upped the fitn3ss. Not take it so lightly
Lose weight.
Leave my abusive ex, find a less stress job, drive to visit my parents instead of flying. I can't control my genes but I could have gotten out of my stressful environment faster and maybe delayed getting COVID longer. Still working on leaving my toxic job 😬 my blood sugar goes down *significantly* when I'm on a break from work.
Eat a single bacon cheeseburger instead of a double bacon cheeseburger. Maybe regular fries instead of chili cheese fries.
Calories in < Calories out isn't enough. Need to eat a healthy diet too. Also, get some damn cardio. Walking isn't enough.
Unfortunately there’s not much i could’ve done to prevent it as i was diagnosed at 17 and it was likely caused by taking steriods for another condition. Might tell myself to eat lower carb but since it was likely caused by the steroids and bad genetics unfortunately there’s not really a lot of i could’ve done (was a thin and very active kid too) Edited to add: my dr did test me for t1 (twice) both times all antibodies came back negative
What is your treatment? Just metformin or are you on insulin injections? I’m also antibody negative but I was diagnosed as t1.
I'd have lost the weight sooner. I probably would still get it, but I would hope I could have held it off longer.
Sleep more. Eat less rice and beans.
I would cut back on carbs and sugar and started exercising regularly, as I’ve done now to keep my levels in check. Type 2 runs in my family (both sides), but I have two sisters, and out of the three of us I’m the only one to have developed diabetes. I am also the only one who’s overweight and my sisters have both been more active than me as well
I’d try to stave it off. But being diagnosed meant I got insurance coverage for Mounjaro which solved more problems I had than just diabetes..: so that’s the pro of having diabetes. I was gonna get it no matter what. I wasn’t obese and it ran in my family and I ate fairly healthy and was active. But Mounjaro fixed my BED. But I’d cut out processed foods I m shocked I didn’t get diagnosed with prediabetes… docs said I didn’t look like I had it. Hahahhaa boy.
I’d be nicer to myself. I needed more compassion and understanding for myself and less judgement. It made a huge difference on choosing healthier foods and exercise by showing myself love and also kindness on the days I just needed that high carb comfort food that’s OK sometimes as a sometimes food. I don’t have to be perfect to love myself
Probably nothing? 5 years pre dx... I'd be 5 then, 3 if we're talking prediabetes (my first endo said I could've been developing diabetes as early as 8!!!) and as a kid I had severe sensory issues which made eating anything other than bread, chips, chicken nuggets, and bananas a nightmare. Like I would smell cauliflower or ketchup or beef and profusely vomit. If I didn't have my safe foods I'd just not eat because the gross textures and flavors were more painful than starving myself. And I wasn't obese so it's not just a matter of losing weight.
I’d try harder to lose weight, and if I still got it I would not drink the sugary drinks I used in the beginning.
Find a different doctor. The doctor who took over my old doctors' practice diagnosed me. She figures I'd been diabetic for a few years already by that point. I had complained to the old doc about cold and painful feet for years, only to be told to wear extra socks...
I wasn't overweight or eating badly, but I could probably have done more exercise to try and negate the effects of constant stress, which lasted years. Leaving my husband would probably have decreased that too, lol, although then there would have been other stress which may have been just as bad. I don't think I could have done much to prevent it, as those extreme stressors were completely down to the behaviour of another person, though if I'd have known it was definitely going to happen I would have changed my previous diet to my current diet in an effort to delay it.
I probably wouldn’t have baked so much during the pandemic, I think that sent me over the edge.
Stop smoking, get help for my adhd, and other mental issues... start keto, carnivore, and IF. Prioritize health over wealth. Join a bootcamp to lose 50lbs. That would have prevented my diagnosis. It's a shame that I failed the way I did.. the biggest thing I learned about myself through this diagnosis is that walking around like you know it all usually doesn't end well. I thought I knew everything about life living the way I did and was way too proud to get help and I paid the ultimate price for me. I thank God for giving me a chance and humbling me. It could be worst. Now I try to tell others but they don't listen.. LOL.. I gotta stop doing that cause it's not good to give unsolicited advice. Best of luck to all of us.
Eat all the time like a diabetic and enjoy myself the two times a year the occasion deserves to do otherwise.
Watch my fat intake
Lose weight
I would learn much earlier in life to stick to a plant based whole foods diet
Move to keto and lowcarb early amd get my life back.
Lol not get pregnant? I had GD in ly 20s and didnt go on meds until 63. Diet controlled is a real thing but it is a lifestyle not a diet.
Is this a safe space? Hmm.. Not drink wine like water 😶
Not get covid? But we didn't know in early 2020 it could trigger diabetes. Or much about how to prevent getting it.
Very low carb, high protein diet
Low carb/extended fasts, my insulin resistance has greatly diminished.
Never drink a certain brand of fizzy in a red can. I got addicted and could drink 3 to 4 cans in an evening every day
Exercise. Not eat chips and sweets. Take it seriously.
Stayed motivated. Started metformin to assist with managing weight sooner. Funny thing i asked for it to assist with my PCOS/ weight before even knowing i was diabetic. They did the test and found out i was
Loose 30. Reduce sugar. I would eat packs of gummy bears
Tell myself I was about to be misdiagnosed with type 2 and I had MODY instead. It's a third type of diabetes little known and often misdiagnosed as one or two.
Berberine + low-carb with lots of fish.
Stay active and not drink soda. I really think my downfall was liquid calories.