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Hello all,
I'm maxine. i live in new york state. i'm 70 yrs. old and about 6 mos. ago was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. my A1C was 5.9. This was the first time in my life i ever thought about diabetes! I was quite alarmed altho dr. said most ppl would be very happy with 5.9. i looked at my previous A1C tests. I had one 6.0 and the others ranged around 5.7 -5.9.
A neighbor of mine has been diabetic for 30yrs and has a long story to tell. but bottom line, he's a very strict man and he is on vlchf diet. i couldn't go along with his prescription of so few carbs, but a diabetic nurse gave me this prescription. 15-30 carbs per three meals a day. i went for it. i also made the big dietary changes. no more granola. no more milk (i was having two mugs of milk a day). no more pasta. no more moonpies (thats ice cream between two biscuits) which i had every night. no starchy veg. no need to bore you with more. basically, i cut carbs down to the bone. I lost 14 lbs, (two stone?) so down from 156 lbs to 142 and may have lost slightly more, depends on scale. Doc would like me to lose 4 more lbs as my BMI is 123.5
also, i'm on 500 mg of Metformin ER, 1 x a day.
My new A1C is 5.5. Two months ago it was 5.6. so i'm trending in the right direction.
here's my question. (FINALLY!)
what now?
Have i reversed a condition and now i can ease slightly into some carbs? Like a bit of pasta every now and then?
Or has my body just told me, stay off the freakin carbs. they are history.
I realize this is a good place to be, but still, would like your thoughts.
Thanking you guys in advance,
Maxine
I'm maxine. i live in new york state. i'm 70 yrs. old and about 6 mos. ago was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. my A1C was 5.9. This was the first time in my life i ever thought about diabetes! I was quite alarmed altho dr. said most ppl would be very happy with 5.9. i looked at my previous A1C tests. I had one 6.0 and the others ranged around 5.7 -5.9.
A neighbor of mine has been diabetic for 30yrs and has a long story to tell. but bottom line, he's a very strict man and he is on vlchf diet. i couldn't go along with his prescription of so few carbs, but a diabetic nurse gave me this prescription. 15-30 carbs per three meals a day. i went for it. i also made the big dietary changes. no more granola. no more milk (i was having two mugs of milk a day). no more pasta. no more moonpies (thats ice cream between two biscuits) which i had every night. no starchy veg. no need to bore you with more. basically, i cut carbs down to the bone. I lost 14 lbs, (two stone?) so down from 156 lbs to 142 and may have lost slightly more, depends on scale. Doc would like me to lose 4 more lbs as my BMI is 123.5
also, i'm on 500 mg of Metformin ER, 1 x a day.
My new A1C is 5.5. Two months ago it was 5.6. so i'm trending in the right direction.
here's my question. (FINALLY!)
what now?
Have i reversed a condition and now i can ease slightly into some carbs? Like a bit of pasta every now and then?
Or has my body just told me, stay off the freakin carbs. they are history.
I realize this is a good place to be, but still, would like your thoughts.
Thanking you guys in advance,
Maxine