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- 161
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Hi all, I am really hoping you guys can help me. I'm a quite recently diagnosed T2 (6 months), diagnosed in the postnatal test after having GD in 2 recent pregnancies. I was diagnosed with an HBA1c of 5.9 in old money in October. Since then I went on a low carb diet (I've had some success on it in the past losing perhaps a stone a couple of times and then getting pregnant each time, low carb being the best hormone-regulator I've found). My blood tests in November showed an improved hba1c of 5.7 but cholesterol a bit raised at (I think) 4.8.
I recently went for a full set of blood tests and my hba1c is better, at 5.2, but my cholesterol is UP at 5.8. I have lost over 3 stone through low carbing over the past 6 months (my most successful weight loss effort EVER), feel fantastic and full of energy, feel like I could cheerfully eat this way forever and that I've finally found something that works and that doesn't leave me climbing the walls, and really don't want to change what I'm doing. My dark neck (which I gather is a sign of insulin resistance, that I've suffered from since being a teenager, to the extent that even my wedding dress had a high neck) is far lighter. I fit in plane seat belts with room to spare. I am really enjoying exploring clothes shops that I haven't been able to use since I was at college 20 years ago. All in all I'm so happy with how it's all going - except for the pesky cholesterol.
Has anyone else experienced this on low-carbing? Any advice you can offer? Many thanks in advance. I don't want to reduce dietary fat as a higher fat diet seems to work for me in every other way. I don't consciously add extra fat to meals (not s bulletproof coffee person) but I do like cooking with butter, cream in my morning coffee, and cheese hence my username.
I recently went for a full set of blood tests and my hba1c is better, at 5.2, but my cholesterol is UP at 5.8. I have lost over 3 stone through low carbing over the past 6 months (my most successful weight loss effort EVER), feel fantastic and full of energy, feel like I could cheerfully eat this way forever and that I've finally found something that works and that doesn't leave me climbing the walls, and really don't want to change what I'm doing. My dark neck (which I gather is a sign of insulin resistance, that I've suffered from since being a teenager, to the extent that even my wedding dress had a high neck) is far lighter. I fit in plane seat belts with room to spare. I am really enjoying exploring clothes shops that I haven't been able to use since I was at college 20 years ago. All in all I'm so happy with how it's all going - except for the pesky cholesterol.
Has anyone else experienced this on low-carbing? Any advice you can offer? Many thanks in advance. I don't want to reduce dietary fat as a higher fat diet seems to work for me in every other way. I don't consciously add extra fat to meals (not s bulletproof coffee person) but I do like cooking with butter, cream in my morning coffee, and cheese hence my username.