Day one - embarking on a journey

I woke up today with optimism. I thought about the fantastic book I had read called " Diabetes Type 2 You can Reverse it Naturally" by Dr Sandra Cabot. By sheer fluke, a lady I barely knew had given me this book and told me that by using its principles she had lost 12 and a half kilos of weight in 7 weeks. By doing this she had gone from blood sugar level of 20 to 4!!

I was meant to read this book. It has given me a clearly defined approach to what I need to do to beat Diabetes, a disease I have had for at least 18 months. I only knew I had the disease because I had been experiencing dizziness. If not for that symptom I may have been carrying on as usual for years. Apparently for every one person diagnosed with Diabetes at leat one other person is wandering around undiagnosed, as quite often there are no symptoms.

I have known that I was a sitting duck for Diabetes for years. I am obese, with the majority of fat around my middle. I am basically inactive and I had Gestational Diabetes.

But I was hugely in denial. Ofcourse I had tried every diet under the sun. Ofcourse I would make a short-lived attempt at exercise. Basically I love food and don't particularly like exercise. It was the classic "yes but it won't happen to me"!

After my initial diagnosis, I followed the conventional Western Medicine Route. I was given Diabex and Lipitor and told to follow the prescribed diet for Diabetics "The Low GI" diet. This diet involves eating regular meals based around slow release carbohydrate. I followed this faithfully for a while but noticed it didn't matter what I ate I still had high levels of blood sugar.

Then another chance meeting led me to a Naturopath. I was under his care for several months, basically following exactly what he told me. I spent thousands of dollars on various herbal potions, cockamamy procedures and a fairly restrictive diet. I became disheartened though, because despite my best efforts I lost a grand total of 2 kilos!

The diet my naturopath had me on had me consuming bananas, porridge, fruit juice, bread, rice etc. I was even having fructose instaed of sugar. With what I know now no wonder I didn't lose much weight.


I struggled on for a while and lack of results impacted my motivation. I gradually gave up the diet and easily slipped back to my old ways. "Too bad I said to myself, tons of people have Diabetes, I'll be right"

Then about 6 weeks ago I saw a frightening expose on Diabetes on Oprah. Here information was given as to why Diabetes was such an insidious and scary disease. In a nutshell all your organs are compromised as the excess sugar in your blood is actually attacking them like tiny shards of glass! There were horrifying stories of people who had lost their limbs and their sight!


It was time to do something. My sister's husband is a chiropractor who for years has beaten an alternative path where nutrition and health are concerned. He advised me to stay off grains and sugar. I began to try that and found managing my sugar cravings very difficult. I found myself bingeing on chocolate and sugar after a while. I was once again facing falure and slipping back to old habits.

I only got the book by Dr Cabot yesterday. What I love about it is that it clearly explains why someone like me got to obese in the first place. Ok so I love food, but REALLY I know people who eat a lot worse than me. I have sydrome X and should never have been eating very many carbohydrates in the first place. Being a SRi-Lankan and eating plate loads of white rice - I may as well have been injecting myself with pure sugar!

Furthermore, the book explains in great detail what the ramifications of having Diabetes are. YES folks it is bloody serious. Do you know four out of five Diabetics actually die of heart failure!

However, what is BEST about this book is yes it gives me a prescribed diet that is very much like what my brother in law advised me to do - but in a much more informative way. There are so many ideas for snacks and main meals and the very clear message of NO CARBS . (or minute levels found in some fruit, vegies and nuts) .

So now is well past lunch time. I have had bacon and eggs for breakfast and am only just starting to feel peckish. MY blood sugar this morning was 11.9. I have just tested 9.9 - not good at all.


I guess I need to tell you how much I weigh! Its not good at all. I am over 80 kgs. At first I need to get to 70 kgs.

Hoping tomorrow will be a better day!