ok so I do tend to eat more oatcakes then are good for me. Shall reduce them to 2. Bencol is out and butter is in.
I am alternating eggs one day and porridge the next
@cien on the meds you are on it is dangerous to go straight to low carb quickly. Your sugars could drop too quickly and you could go into ketoacidosis which is life threatening. Its rare in type 2s so medics might miss it if you did.Mbaker your reading of 134 in Jan 2015 and the drop to 59 in March is impressive and I am looking to achieve that kind of dramatic improvement.
Thank you for your response.
My current medication is as follows
Breakfast -1000mg glucophage, 25mg alogliptin. 40mg gliclazide
Evening meal - 1000 glucophage ,40mg gliclazide
For blood pressure 1.25mg Ramipril
For Cholesterol 20mg Liipitor
I am not overweight
I have after the high hba1c reading become strict with my diet.
Breakfast is 3 plain nairns oatcakes with benecol followed by either 2 eggs OR1/2 cup porridge with soy milk sprinkled with 1 tsp of cinnamon
Since breakfast is quite late I tend to skip lunch but graze on a couple of rice cakes
Dinner is salmon or chicken with vegetables
I am waiting for a glucose monitor and strips to find out my reading
I have been diabetic for a long time with my annual reading creeping up every year but lock down made me careless
Thanks, but my drop to 59 was welcome but sub optimal, I still was eating home made soda bread and oats. I was able to get to get an A1c of 41/42 still on oat with 3 hours of cardio.ok so I do tend to eat more oatcakes then are good for me. Shall reduce them to 2. Bencol is out and butter is in.
I am alternating eggs one day and porridge the next . Mbaker your reading of 134 in Jan 2015 and the drop to 59 in March is impressive and I am looking to achieve that kind of dramatic improvement.
I think the glucose meter will help a lot. Hope to get it next week.
In terms of exercise I have started to do 100reps on my exercise bike and hope to increase that. I do go walking about once a week but not very much.
Yeah, I come from a sports background, so this is my go to. There is no requirement to exercise to where I am at, those who do less tend to have lower A1c's! This is due to the ramped up glucose produced by the liver to service the exercise, I except this side effect for the other health benefits. It is also possible to over do it and rely on exercise more than diet, when diet should be circa 90%.oh happy day I joined this forum! I am picking up so much useful information. Thank you
I live in the Uk so I know I can get a glucose meter plus all the related bits on the NHS. I have asked my GP .
Reducing carbs is not a HUGE task for me so having a go at that. Can't wait to see what my sugar reading is after 2 to 3 weeks of control.
@Mbaker I don't think I could do your level of exercise especially as demonstrated by you profile photo! Am pretty fragile as it is.
Exercise bike and walking is my limit. I don't need to lose weight. I notice the common thread here is loss of weight. The nurse was very pleased with my current weight.
I think carbs is the culprit for me. Control and testing will tell.