LOW CARB SUCCESS STORIES

barakiah

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I was diagnosed in November 2016 my readings were 51 or 6.6 I immediately went on my own low carb diet after 3 months my reading came down to 46 three more months later my readings are 42 I have lost 2 stone 5 pounds. I am determined to reverse this type two or put it into remission or resolve it. my readings average 5.5 to 5.6 on a fasting in the morning most days. im continuing to diet want to lose another two stone and want to get the reading into the 30s, I am on no medication and never taken any im doing this through my own diet alone. I do not want to go on tablets. I do believe that low carbs in the way to deal with type two and I know I will have to keep this under control for the rest of my life. I would advise anyone to use the low carb way of dealing with type two as I know it works.
 
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Md2t

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Type of diabetes
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We have endless debates and arguments about what constitutes a healthy diet. It seems one man's carb is another man's poision.
One common concern, however, is that newly diagnosed visitors will get mixed messages from the conflicting opinions. I have therefore decided that it's time for a wee census. I know of many members who have gained control of their condition by adopting a low(er) carb diet, but then found no further use for the forum, taken their normal blood sugars and disappeared. I would like us to gather statements from diabetics who have found success by restricting their carbohydrate intake, by whatever amount.
So please let us know if you have succeeded in managing your diabetes by restricting your carbs.
If you can supply before and after figures for diet, blood sugar readings, HbA1c, weight, weight or lipids it will all help to build a picture of how real people are getting on.
Oh, and the arguments won't be tolerated here but can be continued elsewhere!

All the best,

fergus
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We have endless debates and arguments about what constitutes a healthy diet. It seems one man's carb is another man's poision.
One common concern, however, is that newly diagnosed visitors will get mixed messages from the conflicting opinions. I have therefore decided that it's time for a wee census. I know of many members who have gained control of their condition by adopting a low(er) carb diet, but then found no further use for the forum, taken their normal blood sugars and disappeared. I would like us to gather statements from diabetics who have found success by restricting their carbohydrate intake, by whatever amount.
So please let us know if you have succeeded in managing your diabetes by restricting your carbs.
If you can supply before and after figures for diet, blood sugar readings, HbA1c, weight, weight or lipids it will all help to build a picture of how real people are getting on.
Oh, and the arguments won't be tolerated here but can be continued elsewhere!

All the best,

fergus
My own story is too long and tedious to relate here, but I'll summarise it as well as I can. There is a version I wrote earlier in the February 2015 archive of Jason Fungs blog.

I was diagnosed type 2 in late 1989 when I weighed over 18 stone and blood glucose must have been quite high, but I don't have records and Hba1c was measured infrequently and glucose meters were not issued for home readings. I lost about three stone in four months on a low-fat, calorie-restricted diet. Problem solved.

I couldn't stick to the diet, my weight went back on, and more, up to 22 stone at its worst and I stopped going to the doctor.

Around 2002 my vision started failing and I needed laser treatment, which didn't help so I then needed surgery to save my eyesight. I also needed constant podiatry to deal with recurring foot problems.. I was started on drugs for diabetes and blood pressure. I resumed the low fat diet, on and off, and my weight went up and down but often settled above 18 stone. I was given more and more drugs and told not to worry because they would start me on insulin when the drugs no longer helped.

By 2012, at around 16 stone, I made a determined effort with the low fat diet and brought glucose levels within normal ranges apart from surges and crashes after meals. I stopped taking all the drugs.

I then started reading online about .low carb and in 2013 I reduced carbs from over 300g a day to about half that. My blood glucose stabilised between 5 and 6 mmol with little surging after meals and I dropped below 16 stone. In 2016 I began aiming for less than 50g a day. My glucose readings settled between 3.5 and 4.5 and my weight dropped to 11 stone. I had begun intermittent fasting in various forms, which seemed to magnify the benefits of the low carb.

Unfortunately the 25 years of poorly controlled diabetes had irreversibly damaged my kidneys and I am now on dialysis but changing to low carb probably kept the kidneys going a few years longer than they would have. I certainly felt much better over the last five years than I had for the preceding ten years.

I eat an evening meal every day containing meat or fish and non-starchy vegetables, usually followed by cheese, then berries and cream or full fat Greek yoghurt. I eat lunch three or four days most weeks -often a salad with ham or cheese or eggs and dressed with olive oil and apple cider vinegar. I rarely eat breakfast and if I do it's eggs with bacon or smoked salmon and spinach.

This has become longer than I intended, so I'll finish here, but will try to post more if there are any questions.
 

Fleegle

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Diet only
I was diagnosed with a A1C of 95.
I messed about for a couple of weeks reading things on this site then researching - I am carefully cautions.
I thought I was doing low carb, with a bit of rice and some brown pasta - then I realised that was not the case.
So I hit the LCHF diet hard about 7 weeks ago. I can be ruthless and determined and some days just about got to 10, most days less than 20 and aside from a BBQ (unintentionally) where good knows what I ate I have not gone above 35 in a day. Now if my BGs peak over 7 after a meal I have a mild panic as to why. Typically I can remain under 6.5.

Last Monday, almost 9 weeks since my diagnosis, my HBA1C was 44.
I put that down to the help of people on this site - one or two in particular who have spent time responding to my long emails. I have lost a couple of stones and started walking, using my own gym which was gathering dust.

I still intend to try the Newcastle diet at some point soon - but I think better to think it through and know the best time in your calendar to fall apart in week 3.

Thanks for all of your help to date - a long way to go.
 
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Md2t

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I was diagnosed with a A1C of 95.
I messed about for a couple of weeks reading things on this site then researching - I am carefully cautions.
I thought I was doing low carb, with a bit of rice and some brown pasta - then I realised that was not the case.
So I hit the LCHF diet hard about 7 weeks ago. I can be ruthless and determined and some days just about got to 10, most days less than 20 and aside from a BBQ (unintentionally) where good knows what I ate I have not gone above 35 in a day. Now if my BGs peak over 7 after a meal I have a mild panic as to why. Typically I can remain under 6.5.

Last Monday, almost 9 weeks since my diagnosis, my HBA1C was 44.
I put that down to the help of people on this site - one or two in particular who have spent time responding to my long emails. I have lost a couple of stones and started walking, using my own gym which was gathering dust.

I still intend to try the Newcastle diet at some point soon - but I think better to think it through and know the best time in your calendar to fall apart in week 3.

Thanks for all of your help to date - a long way to go.
Well done! You may not need to try the Newcastle diet, seeing how well you have done with carbohydrate restriction. It was Roy Taylor's work at Newcastle that first alerted me to the possibility of reversing type two diabetes, but I didn't like the idea of his very low calorie diet. I am very much a real food fan so I cautiously tried low carb and intermittent fasting which worked for me. I had already got down from 140 kg to 103 kg over the years on low-fat, calorie-restriction but never kept the weight off permanently. This time I aimed for a modest reduction to 90Kg which I reached quickly and kept going to my present 70Kg. I don't panic if it goes up or down by a couple of Kg. A long holiday, with temporary carb-laden treats can add up to 10Kg but I can lose that quickly when back home.
 

Fleegle

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775
Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
You have done really well!
I am inclined to have a go on NC diet, mainly because I think as well as the outcome, the lesson of doing it will remind me never to eat a carb too many again.
 
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Oldvatr

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You have done really well!
I am inclined to have a go on NC diet, mainly because I think as well as the outcome, the lesson of doing it will remind me never to eat a carb too many again.
NC = Newcastle? or No Carb? or someting else. Plz clarify for an Old Vart.
 

KathyCP

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three and a half years ago, at the beginning of 2014 at the age of 59 - blood sugar 19 mmol, HbA1c 104 (should be below 50). I also discovered over the next few months that I had damage to both my feet and my eyes – it seems that I must have had diabetes for about 5 years without realising it (no obvious symptoms). My weight was about 11.5 stone (as my avatar pic) – BMI around the 25 mark, so borderline overweight. Always been well-covered, but i'm tall and big-boned – the largest dress size i ever needed was a 16. Have been vegetarian for about 35 years (plus fish the last five years) and have always eaten a good basic diet, wholegrains, fresh fruit and vegetables, etc., etc. - but a fearsome sweet tooth, so a fair amount of chocolate and biscuits as well. I don't smoke and I drink less than once a month. My job is sedentary and I've always hated doing anything like running, but I usually swim at least twice a week, about half an hour doing front crawl, and have done for years. When I was diagnosed, my GP told me that I would need to resign myself to being on medication for the rest of my life, as there was nothing I could change about my lifestyle that would make any significant difference. So I started on Metformin.

I followed the conventional dietary advice given to diabetics in the UK, and my blood sugar levels gradually reduced, until after a year I was able to stop the Metformin; but that didn't last, and in April last year I found my HbA1c was back up, in the 60s. When it went up again, I asked the diabetic nurse if there was anything I could do - she said that there was nothing she could suggest, as I was following all the current advice. So back on the Metformin again.

By great good luck, someone mentioned a nutritionist living locally who specialises in treating diabetes , so I went to see him. He told me to forget the conventional advice, and suggested I cut out dried fruit completely, limit fresh fruit to one or two pieces a day, and include protein in every meal. However, the two biggies were to cut out carbs altogether and to leave at least 5 hours between meals, with no/miminal snacking in between. His reasoning for this was that your body needs time to reset after eating; he also recommended having generous portions of food at mealtimes. He also suggested increasing my exercise, but he was quite particular about what I should do. He said that, while swimming would be good for my general fitness, it was also important to build in exercise that involved less regular movements - so he suggested running on rough ground, using a hula hoop or dancing. He also said that it was important to do at least five minutes of fairly high-energy exercise first thing in the morning, to wake my system up. I decided to dance - I had lots of fun putting together music that I liked, and made myself a playlist from which I play three songs at a time, three times a day. I always dance soon after waking, and then fit in the other two sessions when I can. That gives me about half an hour of exercise daily, and fits into my normal routine very easily - and it's fun, and seldom feels like a chore. I started this regime in April last year (2016), also taking some over-the-counter supplements that he suggested – Glucobalance, cider vinegar and bitter gourd juice. Delighted to discover that coffee can help things along, as it's bitter – I've always loathed bitter food, but I've learned to enjoy black unsweetened coffee.

I also started monitoring my sugar levels (almost daily at first), first thing in the morning, and then again either a couple of hours after a meal or at a random time during the day. My aim was to average below 6 mmol, which I managed to achieve after a couple of months and I came off Metformin again last October. I had a diabetic review in April this year and my HbA1c was 36 - so technically, I no longer have diabetes. I also found I had lost a stone over the year, despite not monitoring my fat intake at all, and regularly eating full-fat diary products, nuts and peanut butter. Cholestrol, blood pressure, kidney function, etc., were all normal.

So I continue to follow this regime, although I do allow myself a little leeway now and then, but am very careful not to overdo it. I monitor my sugar levels every 4-5 days, still aiming to keep them averaging round about 6 mmols. I have the occasional blip when they go up, but not often, and it's not dramatic when they do - the highest reading I've had was 8 mmol after I ate far too much fruit at one sitting, but my post-meal readings are generally well below 7 mmols, and my early morning reading is nearly always somewhere between 4.2 and 5.5 mmol. My eyes and feet haven't got any worse since I was diagnosed, so everything seems stable at the moment - my next review is due in September, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 

miahara

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Type of diabetes
Type 3c
Treatment type
Insulin
Thanks to the advice on DCUK regarding a LCHF diet my HbA1C has improved steadily.
December 2015 at initial diagnosis it was 102, July 2016 it was 52, February 2017 - 48 and last week was 47.
I suspect my latest HbA1C would have been even better had I not rather indulged myself while on holiday in June!!
All my other tests showed impovements too. My lipids are all 'ideal' and my blood pressure has improved considerably from 143/83 in August last year to 121/76 last week.

A very happy chappie, thanks to DCUK and all who contribute.

Dave
 

geefull

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Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Diet only
15 months in - :joyful::joyful:

Brief details of my history and strategy are in my signature but here is a quick update.

I don't have a complete breakdown of my latest test results yet (taken on the 5th September) because the earliest DN appt. I could get is for the 18th. but I phoned the Health Centre today to see if they were back and had been checked (they won't give you the info until a doctor has checked it but will phone you immediately if something is abnormal :)).

Apparently they are all marked 'normal' and my HbA1c is 26 :)
When I weighed myself this morning I have just made it into the 'overweight' BMI band having started in the 'morbidly obese' category. To say I'm delighted is a huge understatement!

I couldn't have come so far without the help, support and advice of all of you here, so a big 'THANK YOU'
 

aberbud

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Type of diabetes
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THIS REALLY WORKS FOLKS!!!!

I've just got home from my GP and I need to share this.

In 2002, at the age of 41, I was diagnosed with Type 2. After the initial shock I quickly ignored the fact and got on with life. I
was reassured by my regular 6 monthly blood tests which routinely returned results in the 42-46 range and certainly nothing to worry about.

8 years ago I moved town and changed GP. He suggested there probably was something to worry about and eventually, about 6 years ago, he finally talked me into starting Metformin 500mg twice a day "to help stave off the inevitable" he told me.
My weight continued to rise and 12 months ago I was just under 20 stones. My Hba1c came in at 66! That was a real shock and I started to eat better; 6 months later I was down to 113kg with a 42" waist. My Hba1c reduced to 57.

Then I discovered this site! I became a LCHF convert: no potatoes, rice, pasta, bakery goods. Vastly reduced alcohol, absolutely no fruit.

7 months later and I'm down to 87 kg with a 36" waist.

Today my GP was delighted to tell me my Hba1c is 30, total cholesterol is 3.1, triglycerides are great and my BP is 115/70. More importantly (for me) he told me I am no longer on the diabetic register and he has stopped my Metformin and Lisinopril.

Coincidentally I had to pick up a repeat prescription straight after leaving the surgery. The pharmacist's face was a picture when I told him I didn't need most of my meds.

My weight loss has plateaued over the last 4 weeks and I would still like to lose a bit more weight, I'm 5'11" and I'd like to get my BMI below 25 (and wear 34" trousers!!). I'm going on holiday next week but I'm going to try a version of the Newcastle diet when I get back: 4 weeks of 600-800 calories a day using meal replacement shakes.

Sorry for the long ramble but I am feeling rather pleased!
 

NewTD2

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Type of diabetes
Type 2 (in remission!)
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Where do you get your energy from if you don't eat carbs?
 

ickihun

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I am at last losing @bulkbiker .
I feel it is completing my overall efforts, at last!

For me unless I lost weight I couldnt call my low carb efforts a success.
I've lost 2st since xmas now and still losing :) :) :)
Stopped statin advised by cardiologist.
Bgs are giving a hba1c as 53 again so medics are very happy, me too.
I'm looking forward to a less IR 2018 :) :) :)

Low carb, low fat is working for me. :) :) :)
Well to date I have lost 4stone this year. Having a rest from strict low carb and reducing insulin. Xmas is here in our house. The build up has started.
I've proven you can lose weight on insulin injections as a type2. Metformin is my magic ingredient.
In 2018 I will use supplement r-ala until nearing my op. I will continue on metformin and basal insulin. Reducing basal units and novarapid units.
Its grear to have a plan. All on low carb and not high fat.
Low carb allows me to curb my appetite and carb and protein cravings. No snacks nor sugar which gives spikes.
I don't miss snacks, at all. Never hungry unless no food in.
Sooooo much to look forward to. :)
I would never have tried low carb if it wasn't for this forum. I probably would have reached 23stone by now without it.
I'm the same weight I was before my 2 children. Amazing eh?
Only ever lost 2st on metformin. Never 4st lost without restrictive milkshakes only. Or slimming tablets which prove to affect heart health so now banned.
I'm very very happy.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a healthy winter too.
This yr I discovered chest pains from GERD. Hoping bariatric surgery preparation will fix some of the condition and investigate whether stomach acid reflux only due to weak muscle.
2018 should be a health changer for me! :) :) :)
 
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paulins

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Diet only
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Feeling I can never eat anything sweet again or anything with carbs. But thought of diabetes complications scares me more so it is a no brainer!
I lost 6 stones in 2014 following diagnosis with the Newcastle diet and exercise. Have continued low carb and exercise since then and avoid all the usual culprits. Recently realised 6lbs had crept on so did ND again though only for 6 weeks and it has gone. Still off diabetes register and last HbA1c 4.8. Morning fasting readings range from 4.3-4.9. Eyes tested once a year - my GP insists - and done this week. All OK.
Friends and family go out of their way to cook low carb sugar free for me and I really appreciate it- recently had first slice of cake in nearly 4 years - carb and sugar free carrot cake! Delicious! My sister is not diabetic but has just lost 4 st with ND. She looks great! And is happy in her skin again.
 
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I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three and a half years ago, at the beginning of 2014 at the age of 59 - blood sugar 19 mmol, HbA1c 104 (should be below 50). I also discovered over the next few months that I had damage to both my feet and my eyes – it seems that I must have had diabetes for about 5 years without realising it (no obvious symptoms). My weight was about 11.5 stone (as my avatar pic) – BMI around the 25 mark, so borderline overweight. Always been well-covered, but i'm tall and big-boned – the largest dress size i ever needed was a 16. Have been vegetarian for about 35 years (plus fish the last five years) and have always eaten a good basic diet, wholegrains, fresh fruit and vegetables, etc., etc. - but a fearsome sweet tooth, so a fair amount of chocolate and biscuits as well. I don't smoke and I drink less than once a month. My job is sedentary and I've always hated doing anything like running, but I usually swim at least twice a week, about half an hour doing front crawl, and have done for years. When I was diagnosed, my GP told me that I would need to resign myself to being on medication for the rest of my life, as there was nothing I could change about my lifestyle that would make any significant difference. So I started on Metformin.

I followed the conventional dietary advice given to diabetics in the UK, and my blood sugar levels gradually reduced, until after a year I was able to stop the Metformin; but that didn't last, and in April last year I found my HbA1c was back up, in the 60s. When it went up again, I asked the diabetic nurse if there was anything I could do - she said that there was nothing she could suggest, as I was following all the current advice. So back on the Metformin again.

By great good luck, someone mentioned a nutritionist living locally who specialises in treating diabetes , so I went to see him. He told me to forget the conventional advice, and suggested I cut out dried fruit completely, limit fresh fruit to one or two pieces a day, and include protein in every meal. However, the two biggies were to cut out carbs altogether and to leave at least 5 hours between meals, with no/miminal snacking in between. His reasoning for this was that your body needs time to reset after eating; he also recommended having generous portions of food at mealtimes. He also suggested increasing my exercise, but he was quite particular about what I should do. He said that, while swimming would be good for my general fitness, it was also important to build in exercise that involved less regular movements - so he suggested running on rough ground, using a hula hoop or dancing. He also said that it was important to do at least five minutes of fairly high-energy exercise first thing in the morning, to wake my system up. I decided to dance - I had lots of fun putting together music that I liked, and made myself a playlist from which I play three songs at a time, three times a day. I always dance soon after waking, and then fit in the other two sessions when I can. That gives me about half an hour of exercise daily, and fits into my normal routine very easily - and it's fun, and seldom feels like a chore. I started this regime in April last year (2016), also taking some over-the-counter supplements that he suggested – Glucobalance, cider vinegar and bitter gourd juice. Delighted to discover that coffee can help things along, as it's bitter – I've always loathed bitter food, but I've learned to enjoy black unsweetened coffee.

I also started monitoring my sugar levels (almost daily at first), first thing in the morning, and then again either a couple of hours after a meal or at a random time during the day. My aim was to average below 6 mmol, which I managed to achieve after a couple of months and I came off Metformin again last October. I had a diabetic review in April this year and my HbA1c was 36 - so technically, I no longer have diabetes. I also found I had lost a stone over the year, despite not monitoring my fat intake at all, and regularly eating full-fat diary products, nuts and peanut butter. Cholestrol, blood pressure, kidney function, etc., were all normal.

So I continue to follow this regime, although I do allow myself a little leeway now and then, but am very careful not to overdo it. I monitor my sugar levels every 4-5 days, still aiming to keep them averaging round about 6 mmols. I have the occasional blip when they go up, but not often, and it's not dramatic when they do - the highest reading I've had was 8 mmol after I ate far too much fruit at one sitting, but my post-meal readings are generally well below 7 mmols, and my early morning reading is nearly always somewhere between 4.2 and 5.5 mmol. My eyes and feet haven't got any worse since I was diagnosed, so everything seems stable at the moment - my next review is due in September, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
I have a doubt,in lchf diet we take plenty of how does it effects lipid profile.
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three and a half years ago, at the beginning of 2014 at the age of 59 - blood sugar 19 mmol, HbA1c 104 (should be below 50). I also discovered over the next few months that I had damage to both my feet and my eyes – it seems that I must have had diabetes for about 5 years without realising it (no obvious symptoms). My weight was about 11.5 stone (as my avatar pic) – BMI around the 25 mark, so borderline overweight. Always been well-covered, but i'm tall and big-boned – the largest dress size i ever needed was a 16. Have been vegetarian for about 35 years (plus fish the last five years) and have always eaten a good basic diet, wholegrains, fresh fruit and vegetables, etc., etc. - but a fearsome sweet tooth, so a fair amount of chocolate and biscuits as well. I don't smoke and I drink less than once a month. My job is sedentary and I've always hated doing anything like running, but I usually swim at least twice a week, about half an hour doing front crawl, and have done for years. When I was diagnosed, my GP told me that I would need to resign myself to being on medication for the rest of my life, as there was nothing I could change about my lifestyle that would make any significant difference. So I started on Metformin.

I followed the conventional dietary advice given to diabetics in the UK, and my blood sugar levels gradually reduced, until after a year I was able to stop the Metformin; but that didn't last, and in April last year I found my HbA1c was back up, in the 60s. When it went up again, I asked the diabetic nurse if there was anything I could do - she said that there was nothing she could suggest, as I was following all the current advice. So back on the Metformin again.

By great good luck, someone mentioned a nutritionist living locally who specialises in treating diabetes , so I went to see him. He told me to forget the conventional advice, and suggested I cut out dried fruit completely, limit fresh fruit to one or two pieces a day, and include protein in every meal. However, the two biggies were to cut out carbs altogether and to leave at least 5 hours between meals, with no/miminal snacking in between. His reasoning for this was that your body needs time to reset after eating; he also recommended having generous portions of food at mealtimes. He also suggested increasing my exercise, but he was quite particular about what I should do. He said that, while swimming would be good for my general fitness, it was also important to build in exercise that involved less regular movements - so he suggested running on rough ground, using a hula hoop or dancing. He also said that it was important to do at least five minutes of fairly high-energy exercise first thing in the morning, to wake my system up. I decided to dance - I had lots of fun putting together music that I liked, and made myself a playlist from which I play three songs at a time, three times a day. I always dance soon after waking, and then fit in the other two sessions when I can. That gives me about half an hour of exercise daily, and fits into my normal routine very easily - and it's fun, and seldom feels like a chore. I started this regime in April last year (2016), also taking some over-the-counter supplements that he suggested – Glucobalance, cider vinegar and bitter gourd juice. Delighted to discover that coffee can help things along, as it's bitter – I've always loathed bitter food, but I've learned to enjoy black unsweetened coffee.

I also started monitoring my sugar levels (almost daily at first), first thing in the morning, and then again either a couple of hours after a meal or at a random time during the day. My aim was to average below 6 mmol, which I managed to achieve after a couple of months and I came off Metformin again last October. I had a diabetic review in April this year and my HbA1c was 36 - so technically, I no longer have diabetes. I also found I had lost a stone over the year, despite not monitoring my fat intake at all, and regularly eating full-fat diary products, nuts and peanut butter. Cholestrol, blood pressure, kidney function, etc., were all normal.

So I continue to follow this regime, although I do allow myself a little leeway now and then, but am very careful not to overdo it. I monitor my sugar levels every 4-5 days, still aiming to keep them averaging round about 6 mmols. I have the occasional blip when they go up, but not often, and it's not dramatic when they do - the highest reading I've had was 8 mmol after I ate far too much fruit at one sitting, but my post-meal readings are generally well below 7 mmols, and my early morning reading is nearly always somewhere between 4.2 and 5.5 mmol. My eyes and feet haven't got any worse since I was diagnosed, so everything seems stable at the moment - my next review is due in September, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
 

ickihun

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I admire ND successes. I just cannot do that restriction unaided. When I was 14yr old no problem and I lost 7stone. Not diagnosed then but had type2 symptoms. PCOS for sure. WELL DONE. @paulins ! :) :) :)