11 months after being diagnosed with T2D, the past week has been firmly in remission territory.
This is what worked for me, in case it helps others:
- Decision to lose weight right to the edge of the low end of the normal weight range for my sex, height, and age. (Inspired by the findings of the NHS DiRECT trial).
- Return to alternate-day fasting
- Upping exercise to 30 mins of running every day
- Had a persistent problem with higher readings the morning after feeding evening (people on this forum advised that it was likely the Dawn Phenomenon.) Moving 5-hour window of my feeding time forward, so that I ate nothing at all after around 6pm, solved this problem.
- The biggest change that carried me across the last mile was switching to a Low Carb, High Fat & High Protein diet. (I'm actually thoroughly enjoying this change).
The biggest challenge now: adhering to this changed lifestyle indefinitely. The one thing in my favour may be that I've been relatively slow with the whole process, making changes in stages, so I have grown quite accustomed to this new way of living since Oct last year.
Good luck, everyone!
This is what worked for me, in case it helps others:
- Decision to lose weight right to the edge of the low end of the normal weight range for my sex, height, and age. (Inspired by the findings of the NHS DiRECT trial).
- Return to alternate-day fasting
- Upping exercise to 30 mins of running every day
- Had a persistent problem with higher readings the morning after feeding evening (people on this forum advised that it was likely the Dawn Phenomenon.) Moving 5-hour window of my feeding time forward, so that I ate nothing at all after around 6pm, solved this problem.
- The biggest change that carried me across the last mile was switching to a Low Carb, High Fat & High Protein diet. (I'm actually thoroughly enjoying this change).
The biggest challenge now: adhering to this changed lifestyle indefinitely. The one thing in my favour may be that I've been relatively slow with the whole process, making changes in stages, so I have grown quite accustomed to this new way of living since Oct last year.
Good luck, everyone!