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<blockquote data-quote="TonyCI" data-source="post: 1125445" data-attributes="member: 228314"><p>I was diagnosed in November 2015.</p><p></p><p>After I visited the GP (for the first time in 7 years) with a case of suspected food poisoning, and was diagnosed as T2, I went up from the initial HbA1c reading of 14.9, to a high of 18.9 a week later. After 8 weeks I had dropped to 8.1, and gradually reduced to around a 5.0.</p><p></p><p>I am still on the 2x2x500mg metformin, but have also used some of the low carb programme learnings to reduce my weight from 15st 9lbs to 14st 3lbs over the last 5 months, and dropped from a 38 waist to a 34 waist.</p><p></p><p>My blood pressure, cholesterol and kidney functions were all fine at each of my GP visits, so it was 'just' the blood sugar that I had to control better.</p><p></p><p>I've been eating smaller quantities of everything except vegetables (e.g. my plate now looks more like 75% veg), and my chocolate intake is down to about 35g of 85+ dark chocolate (Hotel Chocolat single origin). Every mini-bar has completely different flavours & tones - but one bar is enough for the day - lust let each piece melt on the tongue.</p><p></p><p>I can even have my weekend treat of a takeaway chicken shish kebab, as I just dump the pitta/naan and have lots of salad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TonyCI, post: 1125445, member: 228314"] I was diagnosed in November 2015. After I visited the GP (for the first time in 7 years) with a case of suspected food poisoning, and was diagnosed as T2, I went up from the initial HbA1c reading of 14.9, to a high of 18.9 a week later. After 8 weeks I had dropped to 8.1, and gradually reduced to around a 5.0. I am still on the 2x2x500mg metformin, but have also used some of the low carb programme learnings to reduce my weight from 15st 9lbs to 14st 3lbs over the last 5 months, and dropped from a 38 waist to a 34 waist. My blood pressure, cholesterol and kidney functions were all fine at each of my GP visits, so it was 'just' the blood sugar that I had to control better. I've been eating smaller quantities of everything except vegetables (e.g. my plate now looks more like 75% veg), and my chocolate intake is down to about 35g of 85+ dark chocolate (Hotel Chocolat single origin). Every mini-bar has completely different flavours & tones - but one bar is enough for the day - lust let each piece melt on the tongue. I can even have my weekend treat of a takeaway chicken shish kebab, as I just dump the pitta/naan and have lots of salad. [/QUOTE]
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