Recent Content by Shawn14564

This was my fasting blood sugar this morning. Doing good! 180g carbs/day, 1700 calories/day, 45 minutes cardio exercise/day.

I feel like I learn the most from the fasting readings in the morning. After all, my goal is to have a fasting blood sugar below 100. I know it will go up after I eat, everyone’s does. Even non-diabetics can have readings in the 140’s after a meal. As long as it returns to normal, that’s all I’m...

My dietician recommends 1500-1700 cals a day until I reach my goal weight, with the added stipulation of no more than 180g carbs per day. This was my fasting blood sugar at 5am today. I generally get 45 minutes per day of strenuous exercise every evening. So that glucose reading was 12 hours...

Thanks for all the responses! Sorry for the delay in posting. My dietician recommends 1500-1700 cals a day until I reach my goal weight, with the added stipulation of no more than 180g carbs per day. Fasting blood sugar is still at “pre-diabetic” levels, around 110-120 in the mornings. I’ve...

Interesting advice! I will bring this all up to my dietician today in 2 hours and see what she thinks. I will post what she says here.

I could be wrong, (I see the dietitian today), but I am of the opinion that my excess fat (specifically around the pancreas) is the reason for my insulin resistance, and that drastically reducing that fat (and adding skeletal muscle) may help kick my pancreas into action. Do you think after I...

Full story; I am a 39 year old male, overweight but otherwise in good health. I had routine bloodwork in mid August, fasting blood glucose came in at 178mg/dL. Not good. Next test was the a1c, that was 8.4% (in American terms). Not good! Doctor put me on metformin, 1000mg/day. I never...