Hi all,
I am hoping for some help. I was diagnosed during COVID and put directly on insulin. For a while I adjusted the insulin to keep blood sugar in range. However I was needing more and more to keep in range. I put on lots of weight.
Four weeks ago I decided to come off the insulin and go very low carb to see if I could lose the weight and get better control. However, I just can’t get in range. My fasting blood sugar in 12-13. I wake at 5am. Even though I don’t eat, it will slowly rise and reach about 15-16. I eat at 1pm usually a salad or soup and it will rise to about 17-18. It will then come down to about 13 before dinner (meat and veggies) at 7pm. It will shoot up again to 17 - 18. I then jog/walk until it comes down to 12ish - sometimes this takes 2 hours.
I have lost over a stone in the last 4 weeks. Will my blood sugars improve as I lose weight or do I need to go back on insulin due to the damage of the high blood sugars?
I am hoping for some help. I was diagnosed during COVID and put directly on insulin. For a while I adjusted the insulin to keep blood sugar in range. However I was needing more and more to keep in range. I put on lots of weight.
Four weeks ago I decided to come off the insulin and go very low carb to see if I could lose the weight and get better control. However, I just can’t get in range. My fasting blood sugar in 12-13. I wake at 5am. Even though I don’t eat, it will slowly rise and reach about 15-16. I eat at 1pm usually a salad or soup and it will rise to about 17-18. It will then come down to about 13 before dinner (meat and veggies) at 7pm. It will shoot up again to 17 - 18. I then jog/walk until it comes down to 12ish - sometimes this takes 2 hours.
I have lost over a stone in the last 4 weeks. Will my blood sugars improve as I lose weight or do I need to go back on insulin due to the damage of the high blood sugars?