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CKD Management with Type 2

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LiSwati

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I recently learnt I’m at stage 3a CKD. My target is to loose most of my body fat and reach my ideal body-weight in 2-3 months from now, so as to get my BG numbers low enough to get off medformin and other meds.

I’m doing very well on a low carb, high fat, 16/8 fast, lifestyle. My daily morning fasting BG is between 5.0-5.6 mmol/L, and steadily dropping (was between 6.5-7.2 three months ago). I lost 12 kg in the past 3 months. My next full bloods is next month to see where my eGFR sits, but I’m hopeful for little or no change, since I’ve greatly improved my water intake, diet and daily exercise.

My concern, moving forward, at less once I’ve reached my weight goal, is what lifestyle to follow that will best manage my CKD, considering that my low carb, high fat lifestyle may not be sustainable with CKD.

What’s your take?
 
Greeting all. I got my blood and 24-hr urine test results this week, and I’m very happy to say that my eGFR (the main CKD indicator) is unchanged from when I first discovered my CKD over 3 months ago. This is awesome news, as this means my CKD is stable.

I am also very pleased to say that all my other test indicators have improved, with over 50% of indicators that were previously either high or low, are now in the normal range. Truly encouraging, indeed.

My key lifestyle change over the past 3 months has been a major increase in water intake, from having around 1-1.5 liters a day to 2.5-3 liters a day. I also lost 14 kg in the past 4 months (from intermittent fasting and eating high fat & low carbs, and little to zero seed oils). I have 4 kgs left to loose, to reach my ideal body weight.

My weight loss reduced my BG levels to where I could reduce my metformin (from 2 x 500g per day, to 1 x 500g per day). My Doctor also put me on Dapagliflozin (1 x 10 g per day), which is a glucose control pill that also helps protect the kidneys.

I am also a lot more active, as I exercise daily. Therefore, as with anything else, a healthy lifestyle, and a lot of water, is the key to keeping our eGFR stable, and all associated vitals, improved or normal.

It is hard work keeping up my water intake, especially when I get busy at work, but I have accepted that it’s not optional for us, and I carry water wherever I go.

But I also owe a lot to this Diabetes Forum and the amazing individuals who guided me when I first posted, asking how to loss weight without causing hypos. The Forum members introduced me to intermittent fasting and to the high fat, low carb lifestyle, and to cutting out seed oils, all of which has transformed my life for the better. I no longer suffer from the false hypos I used to experience and I am losing the weight I wanted to.

Thanks guys, I truly appreciate it. Thanks too, to all the moderators. This Forum has helped me greatly.

And, above it all, I continue to enjoy my regular cups of coffee with cream. Yum (smile).
 
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