- Messages
- 9
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Diet only
Hi All
Thank you so much for all the help and advice on here - the dietary info and general support is fantastic and has really helped me get into a positive mindset and make the changes I needed to make.
I've just been back to the doctors 3 months after my T2 diagnosis. Blood test results are in - my HBA1c has gone from 91 to 43 - wahooo - I'm thrilled with this. I'm taking 3 x metformin a day and have made huge changes to my way of eating. I've lost just over 11kg so far - work in progress, I still need to lose lots more - and have started walking daily - from just about no steps to near enough 10K a day.
The doctor was a bit sniffy about the fact that I've been monitoring my BG - that seems to be a common reaction from GPs looking at posts on here. But I'm so pleased I have been - it's helped keep me on the 'straight and narrow' with my new way of eating (very low carb). She was also fairly dismissive of my reasons for not taking the statins she prescribed for my cholesterol.
So, onwards and upwards - I feel like I'm on a good road with my way of eating which I plan to stick to for life now (I'm 53) - my next challenge is to tweak the fats to try and reduce my cholesterol.
I know it's still early days but I'm feeling really positive right now. Thanks again for all the info ... zipping over to the cholesterol threads now to work out how to improve that.
Thanks again.
Thank you so much for all the help and advice on here - the dietary info and general support is fantastic and has really helped me get into a positive mindset and make the changes I needed to make.
I've just been back to the doctors 3 months after my T2 diagnosis. Blood test results are in - my HBA1c has gone from 91 to 43 - wahooo - I'm thrilled with this. I'm taking 3 x metformin a day and have made huge changes to my way of eating. I've lost just over 11kg so far - work in progress, I still need to lose lots more - and have started walking daily - from just about no steps to near enough 10K a day.
The doctor was a bit sniffy about the fact that I've been monitoring my BG - that seems to be a common reaction from GPs looking at posts on here. But I'm so pleased I have been - it's helped keep me on the 'straight and narrow' with my new way of eating (very low carb). She was also fairly dismissive of my reasons for not taking the statins she prescribed for my cholesterol.
So, onwards and upwards - I feel like I'm on a good road with my way of eating which I plan to stick to for life now (I'm 53) - my next challenge is to tweak the fats to try and reduce my cholesterol.
I know it's still early days but I'm feeling really positive right now. Thanks again for all the info ... zipping over to the cholesterol threads now to work out how to improve that.
Thanks again.