Hello again. So now I'm a bit confused and disheartened. Just had my second HB1AC and it has come back more or less the same as the first (second one was 58, first one was 55 in September). I have been low (<30g) carbing for four months now, and have lost quite a bit of weight (about 18kg, I now weigh 15st flat), and frankly feel better than I have done for years, with almost everyone I know commenting on my weight loss. I have no diabetic symptoms at all. My exercise levels have improved, I'm in training for a half marathon and have more or less given up alcohol (don't miss that to be honest).
I really had hoped that I could get this back below diabetes levels this way, or at least see some improvement. I'm waiting for a call from the DN, but my cholesterol also went up, although is in the mildly raised range so I have a routine call with the doc over that. I'm not on any diabetic medication, as I was already losing weight when I saw the DN for the first time, and she encouraged me to just keep going, after my BG tested at 5.4 in the surgery.
I'm kind of resigned to having to go on medication, but I'll see what the DN says when she rings me.
I think also I may be getting the low carb thing a bit wrong, as I am taking in a lot of protein and not particularly going high fat (because it just doesn't seem the right thing to do when you are trying to lower cholesterol). I'm also consuming a fair bit of sweetener, in coffee and low carb bars. I've recently tried to restrict that to Stevia and Erythritol, as I read that the other types are not that effective. I also think my portion sizes are still too big, although I log my net carb levels, and they are generally 20-30g per day.
So I'll see what she says, but meantime I'm going to cut back on the sweetener, eat more green veg, less protein and maybe introduce a bit of fasting, as my weight loss has more or less stopped in the last month or so and I'm not where I want to be yet. Any help from the wonderful people on this forum would be gratefully received and acknowledged.
I realise this is a long haul, so maybe I just need to give this more time as I'm only three months in, I'm still overweight, and have likely had BG issues for some years without knowing it. I take heart from the posts on this forum that this is an up and down journey, I guess this is my first test of that...