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HbA1c down by 89 in 4 months

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TheJungleFour

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I have a reason to celebrate, and wanted to share.. I've just had my HbA1c in.. down to 36mmol/mol.

My reading prior to getting on top of my eating and exercising was 125mmol/mol in January 2025 and 122 in 2024.

I've just started my third pen of Mounjaro 5mg. For most days of the week I'm eating less than 30g carbs a day. Past few weeks I've struggled more to stick to that - going on holiday hasn't helped - but trying to avoid anything more than a couple of days in a row off my healthy eating. Alcohol intake has increased a bit in recent few weeks too, but trying to stick to low-carb options like vodka and rum.

I've lost 20kg weight since late-February. Gone down 8 inches around my waist.

Exercise isn't going to plan. I started off in March walking every day, a few miles.. past month it's been mostly non-existant apart from an hour on the treadmill once a week. Need to get on top of that..

Also I had my Diabetic retinopathy come back as normal last week too. For prior 2 years they had it marked as abnormal.

.. what next? I've not been called in for an emergency review with my GP like I normally do immediately after bloods. I see they've marked me down as "pre-diabetic" now.. but not sure it's that straight forward. I imagine I have to keep on top of my weight loss and continuing to eat a low carb diet- potentially for the rest of my life? I'm still 10kg above a recommended weight for my height. But I feel a little more like I can relax a touch..
 
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Well done on your achievements. I have had non diabetic HbA1cs since four months after diagnosis 8 years ago. I have never once thought that that was the end of it, I am still diabetic. I continue to eat less than 40g carbs per day and take a small dose of Rybelsus daily. I have lost a shed load of weight since diagnosis and I’m sure that helps with blood sugar control too, but I’ll never consider myself ‘cured’!
Beware of having the diabetic label removed as you may not then automatically be called for eye checks, foot checks etc…
 
Africanaussie said:
Wait… 89 point drop, 20kg down, and still allowed rum? Teach me your ways, wizard.
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Spirits are zero carb. There's no carbs or sugar, so of itself a 40proof spirit (etc) will not affect blood glucose. Does not apply to things like fortified wines, sherries, ports etc.

Mixers are a different matter and when out I avoid them entirely, as I just don't trust anyone to use zero sugar items.

Alcohol itself is calorific, at 7kcal/gram.
 
TheJungleFour said:
I have a reason to celebrate, and wanted to share.. I've just had my HbA1c in.. down to 36mmol/mol.

My reading prior to getting on top of my eating and exercising was 125mmol/mol in January 2025 and 122 in 2024.

I've just started my third pen of Mounjaro 5mg. For most days of the week I'm eating less than 30g carbs a day. Past few weeks I've struggled more to stick to that - going on holiday hasn't helped - but trying to avoid anything more than a couple of days in a row off my healthy eating. Alcohol intake has increased a bit in recent few weeks too, but trying to stick to low-carb options like vodka and rum.

I've lost 20kg weight since late-February. Gone down 8 inches around my waist.

Exercise isn't going to plan. I started off in March walking every day, a few miles.. past month it's been mostly non-existant apart from an hour on the treadmill once a week. Need to get on top of that..

Also I had my Diabetic retinopathy come back as normal last week too. For prior 2 years they had it marked as abnormal.

.. what next? I've not been called in for an emergency review with my GP like I normally do immediately after bloods. I see they've marked me down as "pre-diabetic" now.. but not sure it's that straight forward. I imagine I have to keep on top of my weight loss and continuing to eat a low carb diet- potentially for the rest of my life? I'm still 10kg above a recommended weight for my height. But I feel a little more like I can relax a touch..
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Glad to hear your success so far
 
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