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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
A little back history,
Was diagnosed beginning of September 19
Hba1C - 77
Weight 130kg
BMI 44.9
Exercise - Sedentary (almost stopped!)
Metformin - 2 tablets twice a day prescribed
Immediately researched diagnosis / diet etc switched to moderate to low (hopefully healthy) carbs of approx 80 - 100g a day and low calorie 1200 - 1500kcals a day. Currently I stick to this using a 16:8 fasting approach with the majority of my calories coming in the early evening (7.00pm ish) during the week and a slightly more spread out approach over the weekend.
October 19
Hba1C - 47
Weight - 119kg
BMI - 41.1
Exercise - 3km brisk walk a day
Metformin - 2 tablets twice a day continuing
February 20
Hba1C - Just tested, results at the end of the week!
Weight - 96.1kg
BMI - 33.3
Exercise - 6km brisk walk per day
I am hoping that my a1c reading will have come down again but more importantly after a lot of reading on here and reading posts with advice from some of the experts on here, I have come to the conclusion that I really do need to be more proactive in terms of understanding what is going on in my body. I have ordered the Gluco-navii meter from home health along with strips which should arrive by the weekend.
I think my initial testing regimen needs to be as follows
On waking
Before lunch then 2 hours after
Before evening meal then 2 hours after which will also be pretty close to bedtime.
Does this sound reasonable or is there something I am missing/not doing. Are there any ;tips' for making it effective. NB I really love use apps to track what I am doing so I am adicted t my fitness pal for food / macro tracking and have downloaded mysugr in preparation for the meter to arrive (I am keen to see an estimate of hba1c in this app as it annoys having to wait for a full three months with no feedback.
I have read a lot of posts discussing similar questions but just trying to get some definitive advice!
Sorry for the long post but any help/advice would be appreciated.
Was diagnosed beginning of September 19
Hba1C - 77
Weight 130kg
BMI 44.9
Exercise - Sedentary (almost stopped!)
Metformin - 2 tablets twice a day prescribed
Immediately researched diagnosis / diet etc switched to moderate to low (hopefully healthy) carbs of approx 80 - 100g a day and low calorie 1200 - 1500kcals a day. Currently I stick to this using a 16:8 fasting approach with the majority of my calories coming in the early evening (7.00pm ish) during the week and a slightly more spread out approach over the weekend.
October 19
Hba1C - 47
Weight - 119kg
BMI - 41.1
Exercise - 3km brisk walk a day
Metformin - 2 tablets twice a day continuing
February 20
Hba1C - Just tested, results at the end of the week!
Weight - 96.1kg
BMI - 33.3
Exercise - 6km brisk walk per day
I am hoping that my a1c reading will have come down again but more importantly after a lot of reading on here and reading posts with advice from some of the experts on here, I have come to the conclusion that I really do need to be more proactive in terms of understanding what is going on in my body. I have ordered the Gluco-navii meter from home health along with strips which should arrive by the weekend.
I think my initial testing regimen needs to be as follows
On waking
Before lunch then 2 hours after
Before evening meal then 2 hours after which will also be pretty close to bedtime.
Does this sound reasonable or is there something I am missing/not doing. Are there any ;tips' for making it effective. NB I really love use apps to track what I am doing so I am adicted t my fitness pal for food / macro tracking and have downloaded mysugr in preparation for the meter to arrive (I am keen to see an estimate of hba1c in this app as it annoys having to wait for a full three months with no feedback.
I have read a lot of posts discussing similar questions but just trying to get some definitive advice!
Sorry for the long post but any help/advice would be appreciated.