Never Too Late

[Treasure_Hunter]

Congrats to you TH, it sounds like you've made a hell of a comeback!
Can I ask if your on any meds for the diabetes, and your age?

I'm 74 and on metformin for the diabetes.

I have raised my carb intake to about 75 grams of carbs a day now, Im down 39 lbs and I don't want to lose much more, losing weight was never my goal, just a side effect of cutting the carbs.

I still go to the gym 6-7 days a week, going on my 8th month now, 3+ miles on a treadmill, usually between 55 to 65 mins and 30-45 mins of weight training a day.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Up date, still at it, just completed 4.1 miles on treadmill for a grand total of 26.5 miles this week. Still doing strength training and still on low carb diet, although I did boost my carbs to 75 grams a day, didn't want to lose more weight, the 40 pound loss is enough.

 

[dognose]

congratulations on your progress.

anyone who has attempted this can appreciate your effort and dedication needed to achieve the goal you gave attained.

again, congratulations

 

[pepperj]

I'm 74 and on metformin for the diabetes.

I have raised my carb intake to about 75 grams of carbs a day now, Im down 39 lbs and I don't want to lose much more, losing weight was never my goal, just a side effect of cutting the carbs.

I still go to the gym 6-7 days a week, going on my 8th month now, 3+ miles on a treadmill, usually between 55 to 65 mins and 30-45 mins of weight training a day.

There are certain medications that can help resolve the problem one is having.
Though long term use can lead to other issues.
Simple intake of a multivitamin can reduce many side effects actually.
Taking a high dose of vitamin D can actually start effecting other vitamin levels.
There are some things that you should keep an eye on when taking Metformin. 6-30% of people taking it showed decreased levels of B12.
This is pretty informative information about what they've seen.

Association between metformin dose and vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes

Metformin can cause serum vitamin B12 deficiency, but studies on the influence of its duration and dose are lacking. We investigated vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes using metformin, in conjunction with other related factors.This ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Mackaydon]

Good job T_H, good job.
Your effort gives me more incentive to do what I should be (will now be) doing.
Don.....

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

There are certain medications that can help resolve the problem one is having.
Though long term use can lead to other issues.
Simple intake of a multivitamin can reduce many side effects actually.
Taking a high dose of vitamin D can actually start effecting other vitamin levels.
There are some things that you should keep an eye on when taking Metformin. 6-30% of people taking it showed decreased levels of B12.
This is pretty informative information about what they've seen.

Association between metformin dose and vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes

Metformin can cause serum vitamin B12 deficiency, but studies on the influence of its duration and dose are lacking. We investigated vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes using metformin, in conjunction with other related factors.This ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I take a multiple vitamin, also additional, vitamin d3, vitamin c, and vitamin e every day.

 

[pepperj]

I take a multiple vitamin, also additional, vitamin d3, vitamin c, and vitamin e every day.

Remember to take K2 with the D3.

 

[dirtlooter]

the object or at least it is for me is not give up. I can't walk very good at all, they want me to use a walker all of the time but I do my best to use a cane or a walking stick. In fact, the VA has me scheduled to see about a scooter. It is embarrassing when you do a face plant in the middle of walmart. I hit my exercise bike as I try to trim down and maybe walk a little bit better.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Start of new week at the gym, I just finished 4 miles on the treadmill, I did 28 miles on the treadmill last week.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

4 miles a day is now my mininum on treadmill, I did 4.6 miles yesterday and 4.2 today.