Recent Content by atfsgeoff

Well, I guess another nail in the proverbial coffin is that my IA2 antibody test just came in, 120 U/mL. Normal range is <7.5U/mL. Guess I'm on the clock now.

Hi folks! Having recently been diagnosed as diabetic at 35 y/o with an A1C of 7.7%, I was sent home by my GP with no prescriptions but to watch my diet and see if I could lower it with diet alone. I then got an appointment with an endocrinologist who ordered four blood tests, those being...

On other thing I just discovered: 100% cacao bakers chocolate has very little sugar, so I've allowed myself a little nibble of that. :)

I'm very fit (or at least was until recently), I was doing 40-60 mile bike rides just a couple months ago. But this diet just has me utterly drained all the time. I don't get out of breath, my muscles just scream out in protest.

I didn't wait, I'm already on low carb. Today has been just dreadful. This morning I had a cardiac stress test, which thankfully turned up perfectly normal, but that 10 minutes of strenuous running completely wiped me out and I've been super fatigued and borderline exhausted all day since. I...

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm gonna try to incorporate more meat, eggs and dairy into my diet to offset my current massive calorie deficiency which is probably what's making me so tired and fatigued, but only after I lose another 10 lbs. I'd like to get to 180 lbs before stabilizing. I also...

before I eat, about 110-125. If I don't exercise, my levels 2.5 hours after a meal are around 140 to 150. If I DO exercise, those numbers come down to 110-120. *mg/dL

For me, fasting numbers are pretty much the same as the numbers right before I eat.

So I'm a 6'1" 35 year old who was, at least in my own mind, in excellent health until about September of last year, when I started getting random stabbing chest pains. Went to ER, they checked me out and say they couldn't find anything wrong besides very high blood pressure (200/130). Got...