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Hi, just coming back to update 3 months later - my latest hba1c has come back as 6.8 (51 in new money) - in February it was 8.3 (67). I’m keeping on working at it and have got lots to focus on for the years/decades ahead but thank you for the helpful and encouraging comments - you really helped...

8.2 - earlier than the weekend testing. Slight improvement but lots of work to do.

Aargh, second day of testing and on the max metformin dose for 3 days - 9. . Post-meals are all in target (high end of it). Fasting is my issue.

Did you follow the gestational diabetes uk website / Facebook page during pregnancy? There are TONS of recipes including cakes / desserts.

Hi, congratulations on your baby! I was diagnosed T2 after gestational diabetes for my second baby, nearly 7 years ago, at age 39. It wasn’t pre-existing for me as I’d been tested a few times after having GD for my first baby, and for the second baby the GD came on very late, at 37 weeks...

thank you, yes my husband is an avid low-carber and we try to base our family meals around it so I have the right family situation around me. I just need to keep going. My challenge is that I’m dealing with higher base numbers now, whereas previously in my diagnosis my numbers were much lower...

I’m recently back on my t2 journey as of 1 March with metformin after several years of great diet control but a recent pregnancy at age 44 that required insulin (and a lack of discipline after that) sent me off whack. I’ve started testing again and today’s fasting was 9.1 . After moving around...

Thanks Brunneria, that’s really helpful. Yes I’m hoping that getting back onto my low carb diet will make a difference - I’ve noticed my usual quick weight loss when I start back onto low carb so hopefully I can successfully sustain it again. I’ve still got my glucose meter from the pregnancy so...

Hello, I haven’t posted for years. I was diagnosed in 2014 after my second pregnancy with gestational diabetes, and kept my hba1c in the 5s for years with a low carb diet (I lost about 30kg after my diagnosis but I’m still heavy). Then in late 2019 I found myself pregnant again at age 44...

Lucy - thank you for taking the trouble to post. This kind of detailed discussion is exactly my thing. I'm going to read the Attia articles. I think lipids will become my new obsession.

And, you were very helpful!

Thank you - really useful to hear your experiences!

Yes, the video is really good - so well-explained.

@donnellysdogs thank you too for your contributions - it is useful to hear different perspectives.

@AndBreathe - I've watched the video now. And everything has fallen into place, and I am no longer worried about my cholesterol. :) thanks so much for posting it. @Brunneria thank you for your comment - now that I've watched the video I too am very happy with my 0.9 trigs.

Today = pretty much identical to yesterday, namely: - 2 boiled eggs, coffee with cream - salad w tuna, Mayo, spring onion, avocado, goats cheese, red pepper, broccoli. - black farmer sausages and cauli cheese - peanuts snack.

Hi @donnellysdogs, I don't remember them in full. I remember the total being perhaps 4.8? And the HDL was 1.1.

Thanks @sanguine - what's the significance of the trigs/HDL?

Right! Hopefully some more helpful info: Total cholesterol: 5.8 HDL: 1.5 LDL: 3.9 Serum triglycerides: 0.9 Total chol/HDL ratio: 3.87. What do we think?

I've got a Betty bossi veg twister (like a spiralizer but simpler. I like making pasta-esque meals with it. So far celeriac is my most successful faux spaghetti.